Could this finally be her time? Serafina Callahan has always been the responsible one, sacrificing her dreams to keep her family's Pennsylvania farm afloat. Now, after ten years of hard work, here comes someone who could change her life in a major way. All Sera has to do is say yes. It would mean selling the place Callahans have lived on and owned for almost a century. But Sera's starting to have major feelings for the big-city lawyer who flew home to negotiate the deal. While there's a lot Sera isn't sure of—Alex Kimmel's motives, his questionable past in Bear Meadows—she can't forget their kiss. Is it enough to build a brand-new dream on?

After a brief marriage, Linda Lafferty has taken care of her small family by herself. She figures everyone is entitled to one mistake and she doesn't plan to allow another undependable man in her life. Her first task is to trim the budget of the small college she works for. She targets aging playboy professor Mitch Collins. After all, what does a course in leisure studies truly offer? Mitch's father was a workaholic who didn't spend time with his family. Pursuing leisure studies ensured Mitch would never fall into the same trap. He's kept his promise and enjoys his single life and his reputation of only dating younger women not looking for a commitment. A night spent searching for Linda's son who went missing after taking one of his classes finds him changing his mind. Maybe there is more to life than just play. Can he convince Linda that they can balance work, leisure and find everlasting love in the process?

What happens when you do go home again? One mistake cost Josh Hunter almost everything. Burning his bridges was easier than coming home. Yet here he is, eight years—and one family crisis—later, back in his Pennsylvania town playing unlikely rescuer to a blizzard-stranded stranger. Local newscaster Wendy Valentine is looking for the story that will make her name as a serious journalist. The tragic secret Josh is concealing could be her stepping-stone. Funny then that Wendy seems more interested in the sizzling personal dynamics playing out between them!

His daughter deserves the best Police chief John "Mac" McAndrews is on a mission to find the perfect mother for his daughter. Someone who will stay home, welcome his child after school and bake cookies. Obviously, Holly Hoffman is not that woman. She's still as feisty, independent and headstrong as she'd been when they were teenagers. And she's just spent every last dime opening the Wildflower coffee bar. Mac would never ask her to give up her brand-new business. Still, he can't help dropping by the shop whenever he gets the chance, fanning old flames he should be dousing instead.

Katerina Bauer's goals were etched in stone...teach at the university and take care of her widowed father. The first crack came when her supervisor strongly suggested she leave her home in Germany to spend six months at a California college. The second crack comes when handsome vineyard owner Alessandro Marino and his perfect horse send her tumbling into the trunk of a rental car and a totally unexpected romance. Adventurous Alex Marino thought his course in life was clearly charted. Heir apparent to the Marino Family Vineyard, his future is threatened when younger brother Tony and new wife Wendy return home with a baby to assume their places in the business. When athletically-challenged Kat appears and captures Alex's heart, he learns it's never too late to pursue your dreams. Their lives are a continent and an ocean apart. Kat and Alex's hearts may be joined...but what about their futures?

The last thing Colleen McLachlan is thinking about while flying over central California in her perky red and yellow Tri-Pacer is a man. After twenty-five years in the US Air Force, she's ready for freedom and looking for a place to call home. When she's forced to land in the middle of Matthew Berk's almond grove, she discovers a home, a family, and a man! Matt is perfectly happy taking care of the family business and teaching part-time at the local college. When Colleen literally knocks him off his feet, he quickly realizes there's more to life than work. Only problem is--there's a bit of an age difference. Falling in love with Matt Berk goes against everything she stands for. Can she convince Matt she's wrong for him or will he change her mind?