Della Wagner doesn't need a husband. Widowed, she is committed to running her boarding house and helping out with some of the town's students. But when one—eight-year-old Carson Baines—stumbles into her life, she finds herself facing trouble and danger, in the form of Carson's drunken, abusive grandfather. And when James McMurray comes to her rescue, it isn't long before she realizes that he is more than the blacksmith he portrays himself to be.James McMurray didn't come to Miner's Creek looking for love. But after taking up residence at Della's boarding house, he finds himself caught up with the widow's campaign to rescue young Carson Baines, and in the process, discovers that the gift of love can transform a hard heart, as well. ** Sweet

Jake Morris is a lawman, but—wounded and near dead—his survival depends upon Mary Hastings who discovers him half-hidden in her family's woodshed. Practical, determined Mary nurses him back to health. But danger is not far off; the outlaw who wounded him has continued to pursue him, and now threatens both Mary and her sister, as well. More than just an intriguing and attractive woman, Mary becomes the Valentine Angel who not only helped heal Jake's body, but also helped heal his heart.

Rebecca Williams doesn't need a man. One abusive husband was enough and now that she's widowed, she resolves to make her own way in the world of horse trading – with only Shih-chai, her Navajo "grandfather," as companion and hired hand.Colt Ryman is a stranger who happens upon Rebecca after a cowboy-turned-thief assaults her. He finds himself captivated by the beautiful but stubbornly independent widow, and he determines to make her his own.In the heat of the moment, and after Rebecca's life and reputation are again threatened, the widow finds herself married to Colt Ryman. In spite of her protest, however, she comes to discover that this stranger is more husband than the late Frank Williams, and that love can sometimes, quite unexpectedly, have the power to heal.