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About the Tales from Grace Chapel Inn series: Once readers visit the charming village of Acorn Hill, they'll never want to leave. Three sisters -- Louise, a widow from Philadelphia; Alice, an unmarried nurse who lived with her father; and Jane, a divorced chef from San Francisco -- reunite in the sleepy town after their father's death and turn the family home into a charming bed-and-breakfast. Here the sisters rekindle old memories, rediscover their childhood bonds, revel in the blessings of friendship, and meet fascinating guests along the way. A collection of three novellas celebrating the beauty of Christmas at Grace Chapel Inn. The novellas capture a sense of nostalgia and the ideal of a good old-fashioned Christmas. The Howard sisters reminisce about Christmases past. Jane reads from the Bible and remembers when she took part in a Living Nativity. Louise studies the badly-constructed stocking she made for her daughter and remembers her first Christmas as a mom. And Alice examines the ornament she received the year she organized a program to give all the animals from a nearby shelter a home for Christmas.

Strange things are happening in Sugarcreek, from stampeding pigs to barn explosions! Some locals place the blame on a new family in town, the Patels, originally from India. A few members of the community, in particular, are not happy about these newcomers—from the local diner owner whose business is threatened by the new competition to an odd, wet-behind-the-ears local reporter, to the owner of a local car dealership who is intent on breaking off his teenage son’s budding romance with the Patels’ daughter. Could one of them actually be the perpetrator of these crimes and mishaps? Or is it someone even Cheryl doesn’t suspect? She and Naomi must work together to stop the spread of suspicion and mistrust that threatens to pit neighbor against neighbor and to reinforce the Golden Rule—that we are to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Cheryl Cooper loves helping out a friend so when Naomi Miller asks for a ride to visit a sick relative, she is happy to comply. They make numerous stops along the way, including one to a large estate sale. When Cheryl’s attempts to buy a uniquely patterned quilt lead to a puzzling confrontation, she is more determined than ever to make it her own. Once she has her prized purchase, several attempts are made to steal the quilt, including a break-in at her home. Cheryl, determined to figure out what makes the quilt worth stealing, sets out to decipher its mysterious message. In the process, she stumbles across a twenty-year-old secret. With reputations and careers hanging in the balance, she must decide if searching for treasure is worth exposing the past.

When Albert Yoder is arrested for illegally transporting and selling raw milk across county lines, Cheryl and her mystery-solving sidekick Naomi step up to help. And just in time! Albert’s very pregnant wife has to be rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section, leaving their six young daughters to milk the cows and care for the dairy farm. Things get more complicated as an environmentalist begins to picket at the Yoders’. Is he responsible for all the missing milk? Or is it the owner of the farm-to-table restaurant who wants it for his organic dishes? What about the crotchety neighbor across the road who has been in competition with them for years? Add in a strange English girl who has long-ago ties with Albert, along with a mysterious barn fire, and Cheryl and Naomi may have stumbled across a mystery too big for even them to solve.