Anne finds a key among her Aunt Edie's holiday decorations as she is busy preparing for Christmas and soon discovers that it unlocks a cubby in the church's Advent cabinet, which contains a beautiful sapphire ring. She wonders if the ring may belong to her recently deceased great-aunt and if so, why it is not among her other jewelry? Meanwhile, the production of the Christmas play is in jeopardy when costumes go missing and the director becomes ill....

Anne balances raising her children alone with her job at the library and anonymous threats against her reputation.

"When a powerful storm blows through Blue Hill, Anne's children are rescued by a drifter named Jack Kendall. Anne doesn't want this stranger near her children, but they immediately grow attached to him, enthralled by stories of his adventures. Jack claims to have known Aunt Edie, but Anne finds his stories too outrageous to be true. As Jack works his way into the hearts of Blue Hill's residents, she tries to figure out what he wants--and if he can...

When Anne finds a roll of undeveloped film in an old camera of her great-aunt Edie's and has it processed, she makes a startling discovery. Anne's father's cousin Carl was reported killed in action in Vietnam in 1970, so how is it possible that he is standing next to Aunt Edie in a photograph taken at the bicentennial celebration in Washington, D.C.? While digging through the newly revealed family photographs and the storehouse of albums and scrapbooks...

After a fire in an empty warehouse damages the historic Blue Hill Theater, Anne is shocked to learn that her son, Ben, was seen in the area and is suspected of being involved. Alex hires a woman to help him with the cleanup of the fire's aftermath while he tackles the repair and renovation of the damaged theater, but someone keeps vandalizing the work site. Who would want to prevent the theatre from being restored? Can Anne prove her son had nothing...

Anne and Wendy decide to organize a used books sale to raise money for the library.

It's early February in Blue Hill and Anne Gibson is surprised to receive a Valentine's Day postcard from an exotic locale addressed to her late aunt Edie. What puzzles Anne even more is the year-old postmark. The sender, whose scrawled first name is illegible, references a reunion at an undisclosed location in two weeks. Anne doesn't want the mystery coorespondent to travel halfway around the world for a meeting that can't hapen, but how can she figure...

Blue Hill is in an uproar! A representative from Beau-Mart is in the area, looking for a place to build its new big-box discount store. Competition is fierce among landownders wanting to make a huge profit, but things turn dangerous when someone starts sabotaging the land surveys. Can Anne uncover the saboteur before someone gets hurt?

"Love is in the air when a stray cat shows up at the Blue Hill Library with a diamond engagement ring attached to its collar. Anne is determined to find the cat's owner before Liddie falls in love with their new furry friend, but news of the ring brings more than one prospective bride to claim it as her own. As Anne tries to discover the truth, two handsome men vie for her attention, and she realizes she may be in danger of falling in love herself....