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SELAH AWARD WINNER in Women's Fiction - 2nd Place!Inspirational Contemporary Women's Fiction from Award-winning Bestselling Author Carrie Fancett Pagels Lilac Cottage set on Mackinac Island, Book 2 Mackinac Cottages Series Out of options, Rachel Dunmara "camps out" at her deceased grandmother's cottage on Mackinac Island. Next door, her childhood nemesis, Jack Welling, is overseeing his family's remodeling of their home on the West Bluff. When Rachel's new boss, at Lucky Bean, a local coffee shop, pushes her to work as Jack's assistant, for her second job, can they mend their rift? Kareen Parker, widowed in the past year, returns to the island to share new and also some long-held information with her son and to transition ownership of her resort to her son. Her grandson befriends Rachel, who was banned by her family from associating with the Parkers. In a summer full of secrets that are finally revealed, can three families be healed?

New lumber camp boss, Richard Christy, finds the town library mighty appealing -- as well as the pretty librarian who works there. A dashing beer baron, from Milwaukee, also pursues Juliana's attention. A library trustee determines to push out the female librarians, imperiling Juliana's ability to support her elderly infirm mother and sickly sister. Each man has a plan to help Juliana, but only one will win her heart. Will a mansion in Wisconsin, with a personal library, be Juliana's new home --or a small cabin in a lumber camp?

When new lumberjack, Tom Jeffries, tells the camp cook, Josephine "Jo" Christy, that he'll marry her if she can make a fruitcake, "as good as the one my mother makes," she rises to the occasion. After all, he's the handsomest, smartest, and strongest axman her camp-boss father has ever had in his camp-and the cockiest. And she intends to bring this lumberjack down a notch or three by refusing his proposal. The fruitcake wars are on! All the shanty boys and Jo's cooking helpers chip in with their recipes but Jo finds she'll have to enlist more help-and begins corresponding with Tom's mother. Step back in time to 1890, in beautiful Northern Michigan, near the sapphire straits of Mackinac, when the white pines were "white gold" and lumber camps were a way of life. Jo is ready to find another life outside of the camps and plans that don't include any shanty boys. But will a lumberjack keep her in the very place she's sworn to leave?

Maggie Award Finalist in Romance Novellas"A Christmas Carol" meets "It's A Wonderful Life"A letter for Sonja's deceased friend arrives at the post office in Michigan, and with it a proposal. With her father threatening to kick her out of his home, Sonja impulsively responds, offering to travel west to be a substitute bride. At the same time, Louis's railroad promotion sends him back to Michigan, the one place on earth he'd hoped to never return-where Christmas past was full of pain. A mysterious stranger leaves him marked copies of "A Christmas Carol" as he considers romancing Sonja in Christmas present. Will Louis discern the best choices for Christmas future? Does it include the Poor House, again? Even so-will God bring healing and love to him this year?

Martha Osborne fears for her six-year-old brother, who was shuffled off to boarding school when his British mother departed to England. Set in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in the build-up to the War of 1812, expert rider Martha plans to substitute for her older brother in a "race to the steeple" to win the prize-and a bet with Phillip Paulson, equestrian trainer at Yorkview Academy, to help have her little brother returned home. When Phillip stumbles upon the real reasons behind the secret race he finds he may not be able to keep his end of the bargain. Can he save Martha and her brother? And will his heart be lost in the process?

When a deadly yellow fever outbreak draws Cornelia Gill back home, her new independent life must be abandoned. Injured veteran, Carter Williams, likewise must return to Dogwood Plantation when he suffers grievous family losses. Both become caretakers to younger family members. As the War of 1812 heats up, two wounded hearts begin to heal. But can they manage all that life has handed them?

Life-changing journeys begin when three generations of women unexpectedly spend a summer at the family's Straits of Mackinac cottage. Three generations of women unexpectedly head out to the family's cottage at the Straits of Mackinac for a small-town Michigan summer together. Jaycie begins an Archeology internship on Mackinac Island. Her mother, Tamara, takes a break from teaching kindergarteners. And her grandmother, Dawn, struggles with a decision to sell her successful travel agency and possibly retire.Each has her own journey to pursue during this short respite time from "normal" life. One of them has a secret that will change all of their lives. Can she make this one special summer to remember or will all be devastated? Faith for family and friends will be tested, with some finally able to put the past behind them and begin anew.(Set in 2018, pre-Pandemic.)