As Christy's students are preparing for a school play, she reveals her dream to act on stage. Little does she know that Dr. MacNeill's aunt is the artistic director of the Knoxville Theater. Before long, just as Christy is about to debut on stage, several mysterious incidents threaten both her dreams and her pride.

Will the dam hold?Julie Wallace has always wanted to write. Trying to escape the Great Depression, Julie's father buys the Alderton Sentinel, a small-town newspaper in flood-prone Alderton, Pennsylvania, and moves his family there. As flash floods ominously increase, Julie's investigative reporting uncovers secrets that could endanger the entire community.Julie, the newspaper, and her family are thrown into a perilous standoff with the owners of the steel m...

"Marry me, Christy," David whispered. Christy should be thrilled when David, the handsome minister, proposes marriage. So why do thoughts of Doctor Neil MacNeill keep popping into her head? Before she can answer David, Christy is blinded in a terrible riding accident, and all her dreams are threatened.

She sighed and rolled her eyes up to heaven. "Why me?" she whispered. She had to be the only teacher in the world who had hogs living under her classroom.When Christy is offered a chance to teach in her hometown, she faces a difficult decision. Will her train ride back to Cutter Gap be a journey home or a last farewell?Suddenly, the train carrying Christy breaks from the track and plunges down the side of the mountain. In a moment of terror and danger, she ...

Christy waltzed with Doctor MacNeill in an enchanted moment. Suddenly the sharp sound of gunshots shattered the pleasant calm. Bob Allen and many of the residents of Cutter Gap are upset because a black family has moved into the Cove. When a hostile shooting and a series of threatening incidents befalls the Washingtons, Christy steps in to help. But it's a clue in the Washington's family Bible that may hold the real key to peace and acceptance.

Christy stepped onto the stage. Her throat tightened. Her heart raced. What I really need is a dose of courage.When Christy is suddenly thrust into the role of a lifetime on the professional stage in Knoxville, she is both thrilled and terrified. A series of mysterious incidents aimed at Christy threaten the success of the play.Will Christy discover who is trying to sabotage the production before opening night?Based on Catherine Marshall's novel

Why Am I Here?This question, if we are honest, often comes from a restless, nagging feeling that you should be getting more out of life or putting more into it.The search for something more—something beyond your own self—begins when your spirit cries out for It Maker and refuses to be satisfied with anything less. At that point, how do you go about finding God? How does an ordinary person gain intimacy with Him for a lifetime of meaning and significance?...

That Cutter Gap is right rough country. Watch yourself out there. . .The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions.But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her--and her one-room school--as a...

When Christy travels alone to a nearby mountain, she vows to discover the truth behind the terrifying legend of a strange mountain creature. But what she finds seems worse than anything she could ever have imagined!

She could just make out the glimmer of a knife, poised high over the open piano. "No!" she cried, and as the knife came down, she grabbed for the intruder's arm with all her might.Headstrong and independent, Christy is determined to change the lives of the children in Cutter Gap. Apparently, Christy has angered someone enough to cause a string of mysterious pranks. Miss Alice warns Christy to be careful as the pranks become more threatening.What will Christ...

The whip cracked, and the stallion reared up in pain. "I don't care what it takes," Christy cried in horror. "I've got to find a way to get Prince away from here!"Prince, the Mission's stallion, has a cruel new owner. When Christy and her students learn of Prince's fate, they are heartsick. They desperately want to help Prince. But how? Is there a way their magnificent horse can be reclaimed?When Christy and Ruby Mae team up, will their efforts be enough to...

Christy Huddleston thought her biggest problem was going to be choosing between the charming country doctor, Neil MacNeill, and the handsome minister, David Grantland. But Christy has more serious matters to deal with when her student Ruby Mae Morrison and the mission's runaway black stallion vanish in a furious storm. As Christy desperately searches for Ruby Mae in the cold, blinding rain, she runs headlong into three angry moonshiners bent on revenge against anyone who might try to stop ...