THE AUTHOR'S CUT The day the earth tried to swallow LA, Alexandra "Sandy" Wheaton dropped her iced mocha in the parking lot of the emergency services dispatch office. Her day went downhill from there. Seven years later, hidden away in a small mountain town in Wyoming, Sandy is still haunted by the day that changed her life forever. When Ryan McGee left home in a storm of controversy sixteen years earlier, he never expected to return to the land he loved. But an old feud between his family and the MacKays has escalated to a dangerous level, and he answers his brother's call for help, putting...

"Love is family...." One moment, Justin McGee's pulling twin calves. The next, he wakes up in a hospital bed with a heart monitor beeping beside him. "Love is endless...." He loves his adult sons. But he's tired and they have families of their own now. Watching his sons with their wives is bittersweet, because it makes him miss his beloved Beth all the more. Not a day goes by when he doesn't think about her... want to be with her. "Love is timeless...." And suddenly she's there. With him, beside him in some strange way he doesn't understand. But speaking and reminiscing with her about the day...

Secrets, secrets... Christmas secrets, that is Who decorated the Orson's Folly City Hall with thousands of lights? Who's the Secret Santa leaving presents all over town? And who's sneaking out to the barn at three in the morning fetching even more gifts? Justin McGee might have been able to resist, but with Christmas closing in, his sons Ryan and Sean are off in Jackson on ranch business, leaving Sandy and Mel to worry about their husbands with a major snowstorm brewing. Justin sets out to keep their spirits up... and finds himself contemplating a second chance at love when his childhood...