It only takes a split second to forever change lives. Sometimes that change can be tragic, as is the case in this story. The story is not meant to take a stand on a controversial issue. Rather it is to be used to remind people that it is what is done minutes, hours, even days before a tragedy that can prevent it from happening in the first place.

Awakened by the phone call every mother dreads, Michelle MacIntyre is in shock. Her son, Clark, has been in a car crash. She's relieved to know he's alive. Unfortunately, she is totally unprepared for what's ahead as she realizes Clark's drinking problem runs deep. Thankfully, there is someone who can help, but if snap judgements are correct, she isn't certain this is the man to provide it.

When DiAnna Wayne left her job as Director of of Hope General's busy emergency room, she wasn't sure she'd ever return. That day had been too much of a reminder of another time, she wished she could forget. It was a day she lost everything, including her faith. As she drove through blizzard conditions trying to get away, the last thing she expected or wanted to find was another emergency. But that was exactly what she found that night. Now her life would never be the same. The people she met after that fateful night changed her in a way she never would have thought possible.

At first Alicia is unconcerned when her daughter, Paige, proclaims her baby Jesse is the Newborn King. After all, Jesse was born right before Christmas. His name sounded a little like Jesus. And she did allow her infant son to be used in the church Nativity play. However, as Easter approaches and her daughter still thinks her baby brother is Jesus, Alicia begins to fear what will happen when Paige hears the Easter message.

Cutter's Love is the first of what Pam Garlick hopes will be many "Short-Shorts," as she refers to them. Quick reads that can be enjoyed in one sitting. Karlie, a midwife like her mother, loved her mountain home in Tennessee. What her neighbors lacked in material things they more than made up for in love. So it was twice as hard when she is faced with the death of a young mother following childbirth. She was responsible for the task of taking the newborn to town to his father, Andrew Cutter, a wealthy businessman. In a twist of fate the situation turns out to be far more complicated than she...

Pam Garlick's second quick read, short novella takes you to Big Sky Country, as the title implies. Ranchers live by a different set of rules, especially those whose families have owned their land for generations, and plan on it staying in their family for generations more. But rules must sometimes change, as this family learns.

Karla had fading memories of a time before she'd been taken by her mother to an orphanage run by kindly nuns. Her memories were more vivid of the day she'd set out to search for her mother who wouldn't have just left her so alone. What she found on that search wasn't her mother, but instead a friendship that would last a lifetime.

Beth had a huge responsibility on her shoulders - raising her brother's children after he and his wife were killed. She was fortunate she wasn't alone. She had two loveable, match-making seniors to help, both with her growing business and family. She didn't think she needed anything else, until a handsome man walked into her store one day and turned her life upside down.

Miranda has gone through many things in the last few years, not the least of which an accident that left her near death. The worst part of the trauma was losing the baby she was carrying. After a long battle to regain her life, including fighting an addiction to pain killers, another result of the accident, Miranda is faced with more challenges. She is certain her husband was cheating on her with her one-time best friend. When an old flame returns for their 10th class reunion she is overjoyed to have a friend to talk to. That is until he tells her news that could shatter her life even...

There was one thing Misty was certain about, she wanted to one day run her family's ranch. In spite of the fact she was an only child, she feared her father would never trust her to run a ranch. So she set out to prove she could. Misty really had no interested in having a relationship with any of the men on the ranch. But she did like kissing. She figured she'd know when the right man came along because she'd hear bells like in the romance novels she read. Unfortuantely, her penchant for giving out kisses nearly causes two disasters before she finally does hear those bells.