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Cole Collier was a man of God until he found his true calling on the savage battlefields of the Civil War. There he realized he was quick and lethal with a gun as any man. Now living as a crook on a ranch, Cole's peaceful existence is threatened when his employer introduces a new breed of cattle. Turns out the neighboring ranchers aren't happy -- and they're willing to spill blood over it.

Bishop T.K. Wilson is banking on dynamic new choir director Anthony Mackie to reverse the failing congregation's fortunes. But while Anthony's got more than enough chops to raise a heavenly chorus, he's also got a weakness for the ladies that could make the Devil himself stand up and take notice.

The day after their welcoming dinner in Blodgett, Texas, Lucy Goodnight's husband Phil, a bank manager, vanishes. Soon the townspeople discover that their bank has been robbed. Suspicions point to Phil, who hs just been given the keys to the bank and the combination to the vault. Lucy's only hope it so turn to her grandfathers - the legendary lawmen John Carmack and Charley Dawson - to find Phil and clear his name.

Presents Mysteries of Winterthurn, Part Three.

From the church pew to the dinner table, the stories and lessons handed down from one generation to another impart the messages that guide and shape our lives. The contributors to this collection distill that age-old wisdom into rich and varied tales of life's lessons.

When thirteen-year-old Josh runs away to the mountains of Montana with an orphaned bear cub destined for laboratory testing, they both must fight for their lives in a sudden snowstorm.

Flying a Cessna from Seattle to Portland, Jarred Bryant, accompanied by his estranged wife's lover, crashes on the banks of the Columbia river. Waking in a hospital bed, he regains consciousness slowly and remembers little of the events leading up to the accident. As his parents, half brother and estranged wife linger by his bedside, Jarred faces a bleak future and wonders whose account of the accident is the truth.

A widow with a teenage daughter, Kate may be the founder of a successful talent agency, but she is also the unfulfilled prisoner of a painful past. When former lover Jake Talbot re-enters her life, she finds him just as irresisible as the day he shattered her heart. As their passions are rekindled, Jake urges her to give him another chance. But Kate is uncertain if she can open herself up to such hurt again.

Yoshi Lomax loves playing dirty. She'll do whatever it takes to win a case--including bribing cops, sleeping with her superiors, and convincing her DEA pals to make evidence disappear. But when Yoshi runs out of tricks while defending a Haitian mob boss, the gangster makes one thing clear: Yoshi either wins the case or loses her life.

A criminal lawyer working in Miami, Yoshi skips town when the pressure cooker of her job threatens to turn deadly. But after landing in Norfolk, Virginia, Yoshi quickly realizes she better watch her back when she witnesses a drug dealer committing murder.