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All she wants is to leave her past behind.

When he arrived at the ranch, he wasn’t sure what he was looking for. She wasn’t looking for anything beyond stability for her son. Christmas might be a season of hope, but do they dare risk everything for love?

She has no roots. He has no wings.

At the end of summer, sixteen years ago, we promised we’d keep in touch. And I did.

She didn’t.

I spent a year reaching out to her in every way imaginable, desperately clinging to the future we’d planned while we walked hand-in-hand on the beach. When July rolled around again, I waited eagerly, for her family’s return.

They never came.

She never came.

I blamed her. I blamed myself. I blamed my big, involved family who are basically royalty on this island our ancestors found. After a while, I forgave her and moved on.

Of course I did.

Carrying a torch for sixteen years would be ridiculous.

So the fact that she’s come back to the island, apparently to stay? Doesn’t matter to me at all.

Maybe I’ve been asking God why, but I figure He’s got some kind of plan.

I can probably learn to accept her as a member of our little town, but that’s where it has to end.

My heart’s still too shattered to risk breaking it again.

Inheriting her friend’s Bed and Breakfast in Idaho is a second chance to succeed, but falling for the farmer next door wasn’t in the plan.

Past hurts and insecurity mean they both prefer the background, but a chance at love shines a light too bright to escape.

What will it take for an everyday Joe to find love with a former starlet?

Struggling with infertility? As a Christian, how do you work through the hurt, anger, frustration, pain, and sorrow? Where is God's hope and joy?

She renovates old houses. Can he restore her heart?

Two landscape architects and former college rivals work together to restore the grounds at Peacock Hill. Will the garden they plant blossom into love?

A Tidbit of Trust is the fifth and final book in the Taste of Romance Contemporary Christian Romance series. Catch up with old friends from the previous books (A Splash of Substance, A Pinch of Promise, A Dash of Daring, and A Handful of Hope) in this satisfying conclusion to this series today.

Police officer Gloria Sinclair had her life in order until Jonah Baxter moved to Arcadia Valley. Now their friendship has sparked feelings that threaten her tightly-guarded secret. Can Jonah learn to see beyond her devastating revelation, or will they be stuck with a relationship made of donuts and daydreams?