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Abby MacGuire and Joel Pickett find unexpected refuge in the town of Happenstance when a pre-Christmas storm disrupts their plans. Abby never allows anything to alter her course, but in these last days of her pregnancy, she's forced to admit she can't fight the weather. Sandy Fitzpatrick III, former Happenstance resident, returns from Ireland with his PhD in Forestry. He is accompanied by an intern named Cal, a sprite of a woman with the personality of a feral cat. Everyone, except Bear, steers clear of her. He has dealt with feral cats before. When a traumatic incident takes place, triggered by long-held secrets, friends team up to help Abby and Joel. With Christmas only days away, it seems the Living Nativity won't come together in time. But what seems like another disruption may be the very thing the people of Happenstance need. Relax into your favorite comfy chair with a cuppa, and revisit the quirky and well-loved regulars in Happenstance as new friends are introduced into their midst. Secrets & Second Chances is the fourth novel in The Happenstance Chronicles.

Death and destruction rage through the Mennonite colonies as Red and White armies continue to requisition, recruit and advance their positions. Ongoing strife and accompanying drought result in severe famine, disease, and the worst enemy of all-fear. Johann Sudermann works with Benjamin Janz to secure permission for Mennonite emigration, but they are faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles at every turn. Meanwhile, Katarina attempts to sustain her family and friends amid chaos and uncertainty, and Paul Gregorovich Tekanin tries to survive in anonymity. The Mennonites of South Russia face a fierce struggle for faith and survival as their dreams are dashed one by one, yet they cling to the hope that God will yet intervene and speak to them as He did to Job, "out of the storm."