Finding purpose...together Calico Christmas at Dry Creek When influenza claims her husband and baby, Elizabeth O'Brian doesn't know if she can go on. Then Jake Hargrove approaches her with a plea she can't ignore. He's been left in charge of his two nieces, and the baby desperately needs Elizabeth's help to survive the harsh winter. A marriage of convenience seems the only answer. With a new purpose in life, dare Elizabeth hope for the gift of love this Christmas? Redeeming Gabriel Spying for the Union army has taken a heavy toll on Gabriel Laniere. Though the cause is noble, he can never risk getting close to anyone--not even God. Yet Camilla Beaumont, daughter of the Confederacy, might be the exception. Camilla has a secret that rivals Gabriel's--she works for the Underground Railroad. When the two forge an unlikely partnership, it could be the key Gabriel seeks to a truth larger than any conflict--love.

Author Biography

Janet Tronstad grew up on her family's farm in central Montana and now lives in Pasadena, California where she is always at work on her next book. She has written over thirty books, many of them set in the fictitious town of Dry Creek, Montana where the men spend the winters gathered around the potbellied stove in the hardware store and the women make jelly in the fall.