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Cat is taking care of a Black Bombay cat. A school boy taunts her that Black Bombay cats are cursed, and to watch out since it is Halloween time. When bad luck continues to strike Cat, she begins to worry that maybe there really is a curse.

When Princess Hailey sees a thief steal her mother's Royal Ruby necklace, she begins to chase after him. She is surprised when she is magically turned into a pony and is able to canter faster. Will she catch the thief and return the ruby necklace to her mother? Will she be transformed back into a princess or remain a magical pony?

Relax and listen to this wonderful story about Carol, a waitress at the U-Drop Inn in the historic town of Shamrock Texas on Route 66. All Carol wants is to get out of this town and away from the crazy yearly St. Patrick's Day celebrations. But when good-looking city boy Pete comes to town, yearning to experience a true small-town festival, Carol is only too happy to partner up with him. But as she sees her hometown again, through Pete's gorgeous blue eyes, she realizes that God has placed her in a very special place.

All Holly wants is to join her younger brother in Golden, Colorado with his adopted father for Christmas, so when the opportunity to ride on the Orphan Train arises, she jumps at the chance. However, her unexpected arrival in town right before Christmas is not what Jake Carson had planned for Christmas, but since she is his adopted son Tommy's sister, he feels he must take her in for the holiday. Will Holly find a new home in Golden, Colorado and perhaps a true love by Christmas?

When Rachel attends the annual Dickens on Main event in Boerne, Texas, she never imagines she will end up spending the weekend with a Houston Newspaper man who wants to write an article about the event. As their relationship grows, Rachel wonders if Charlie Dickens could be the man that God has prepared for her, until she discovers he is a possible thief. Will Rachel be able to solve the mystery before the weekend is over and Charlie leaves with the stolen Dickens collectible and her heart?

Cat, a 12-year-old, takes on a different cat-sitting job. Each month Cat's teacher teaches the class a different poetry style. In this charming first book, Cat is asked to watch a neighbor's Siamese cat named Percy. Percy is usually the most perfectly behaved cat, but while on duty, Cat notices that Percy is not acting like himself and the destruction he leaves behind makes Cat wonder if she will ever get any mercy. In this book Cat and the listener learn to write a Haiku poem.

When Danny and his little sister are left alone in New York City, he decides to take his sister and ride the Orphan Train out west, hoping to find a new family and a new life.

When she arrives and discovers her brother is running the Gold Dust Saloon, she wants to leave, but has no place to go. Then, her brother gets put in jail, and she must run some kind of business to keep him from losing the building. Against the recommendation of handsome Lance Corte, Jennie converts the saloon into a Tea House.

Kelli is a 19-year-old orphan who lives and teaches at a New York orphanage. She is sent west on the Orphan Train to oversee the children. When the train reaches Kansas, the end of the line, and Kelli realizes that she must return to New York, she makes a desperate plea to a golden-bronzed cowboy, asking to fill the place of a mail order bride he advertised for to raise his little girl.

When Shera Logan stepped off the train to stretch her legs, she never expected to twist her ankle and be abandoned at a coal stop, 60 miles from the next town. After walking for hours, she realizes that she can go no further, so she lays down in the snow, makes a snow angel, and her most special prayer asking God to either send someone to help her or to take her home. Mathew Tucker, intent on returning to his ranch after a visit to town, never expected to find a woman collapsed in the snow almost frozen to death.

When Jane steps into the old antique store to look at the lovely Christmas Village, she can only dream of living in a wonderful place like that. But when the owner of the store encourages her to make a wish over the village, she is swept away to a place where her dreams can be fulfilled.

Ida has been taken away from her lovely childhood home, The Cottage on Ivy Lane, and forced to live with her unloving step sister. The only joy she has is going to school and church and believing that the boy next door will some day help her to return to the Cottage on Ivy Lane.

Forty-year-old Katie’s overprotective aunts have recently passed away, leaving Katie their fortune and mansion located in Harbor Inn, Maine. Trying to become involved in the community, Katie opens the mansion as a thrift store to support the local animal shelter.

Birch Tree, Maine, is experiencing a rash of deaths, all mysteriously linked to food trucks that frequent the Birch Point Lake Park. Angel’s new donut truck was doing great, until deathly rumors started. Shanice thought she had customer support when taking over her grandpa’s potato truck, until one started complaining. Marisol’s taco truck is a fixture in the park, until linked to a food judge’s death. Mey’s noodle truck was her ticket to a new life, until her ex-boyfriend threatens to take it away. Could competition between vendors have led to this murder and mayhem?

Holly thought she was going to Waterhole, Texas to marry William Pitt; a young rancher she’d been corresponding with. However, the old, rude and arrogant man who picks her up at the stagecoach station in San Antonio to take her to meet her fiancé, reveals along the way that he is actually who she has been writing to. Now that she’s agreed to the marriage there is nothing, she can do but go through with the ceremony.