The process by which One selects a mate is usually considered to be random. However, as in the case of one Miss Maggie Freelove Wescott, there can also be random strikes by a guardian angel. At fifty-nine and divorced for many years, all Maggie wanted was to continue her education in music and art, not men. However, one particular guardian angel was so desperate that he grabbed the only thing available: Maggie. A mix of generations and laughter, the story starts on campus at the Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and ends in a cabin outside of Park City. In her attempt to escape, she...

Annie is in her fifties, single, and recovering from an unusual type of breast cancer. Her sense of humor finds an outlet when her two uncles and their wives give her a surprise week at a ranch south of Salmon, Idaho. There, Annie meets a tall cowboy named Jake, and Silk, a black stallion who instantly likes Annie, although the redhead known as Allison does not. Several surprises await Annie and her cohort, Mike, not to mention Trouble.

Lillian Marie Cline is finally widowed after forty years of an abusive marriage and has no use for men. She has come to the Kootenai National Forest to work as a volunteer Birder for Ranger Roberts but ends up with the bossy retired Ranger Russell instead. Lil's view of Ranger Russell, also known as Mr. B, is woven between attacks by the poachers and her attempts to prevent the death of his grizzly, her illnesses and his attempts to help her, the almost fatal attack by the dogs, and, her love of the Lord and how that plays in her life. Attempts to get to Church are thwarted from the very...

In the week after the marriage, Lillian Cline Barrington discovers that she has married the most dangerous lips ever given to manhood. And they are in constant pursuit of hers except when interrupted by the happenings of life. So far nothing seemed to go right - not since she had met him last April, in fact. Lil referred to her state of constant surprises as Lillian's Law of Probabilities in honor of Murphy's Law. Her ability to attract disaster continues as Lil quickly finds herself having some trouble in that marriage and for that marriage. One unwelcome visitor to the cabin informs her...

As the anniversary of her first year with Russell approaches, Lillian Cline Barrington learns to overcome the death of her son then finds herself in her greatest challenge: her own death. She had already promised herself that she wouldn't leave Russell alone ever again. Yet, there on the mountain the choice was taken from her. And, there on a mountain in the Kootenai National Forest, she learns to fear again. And, finds the solution to Batsy's problem.

Amidst all the events that have happened since their meeting - the poachers, the marriage, the struggle to regain control of Russell's Foundation, the attempted kidnapping of Lil by Roger Junior, and Russell's recovery from food poisoning - Russell, in his own inimitable way, forgets to tell her something explosive. Lil discovers that Russell isn't the only man who could love her. That explosion opens a door in her soul and one of Lil's unseen fears spills out into the marriage. Russell learns something precious about forgiveness toward Lil's abusive first husband. Then, her first...

After Thanksgiving with Daniel, Sarah, Philip, Batsy, Michael, and Benjamin Pennington, Philip leaves his grandfather with an unwelcomed present: Russell is struck with a recurrence of a high fever, bringing the deadly arthritis back to his body. Recovery is necessary in town while waiting for Christmas and Batsy. Lil's first Christmas in the cabin. Her face is healing after being struck by her son, Daniel, and her love for Russell growing while she battles some remaining fears of both his Gorgeous, and her son's affect on her new family. However, as all things Lillian, this Christmas would...

After Lil is attack by Arnold Pittsman in the cabin on Thanksgiving weekend, Russell quickly replaces everything in the cabin that Arnie touched. Nothing was to be left of memory. Nothing. Of course, memory has a way of retaining the more fearful things, but Lil has a unique solution for the problem. Russell. After Batsy's marriage to Andy and the arrangements for allowing the new couple to live in the cabin for tree-day weekends, life tries to return to normal. However, nothing is ever normal with Lil, either through illness or her natural Klutz in life. This time, her health declines while...

Through all the adventures Lil and Russell had experienced together, none of them would equal their new challenge: her pituitary tumor. Or the struggle that quickly ensued with Batsy's new family. While Benjamin Pennington is at the cabin, Lil finds herself on the floor of the kitchen, unable to speak. Russell decides to continue what he started after Lil was attacked by Arnie in the cabin and write a book about their marriage. There was only one past for them: a combined one where they married young, he went to medical school, and then raised their sons on the mountain. This was a gift Lil...

This book is only possible because of Lil's survival from her tumor. The success wrought by all three of them: Lillian, Russell, and Benjamin Pennington. If not, her story with Russell would have ended - the essence of the happiness he had found on his mountains, his gift from the Lord, turned to a greater sorrow than he had ever known. However, joy continues to lift him simply looking at her every day. Something Lil thinks she will never understand. On the other hand, a new development occurs which finally gives her some insight into his vision of her. Perhaps another gift from the Lord....