Orchard Hill Volume Three

ORCHARD HILL VOLUME THREE Includes: Disrupting Harmony: Harmony Solberg is happy with her quiet, orderly existence. Then, widower Joseph Velasquez and his brood of noisy children, teenagers, and pets, moves next door, shattering her peace. Against her will, she is drawn into the children's lives. Soon she's sewing Halloween costumes and helping out with the church's fall harvest party. Harmony realizes that she'd rather have a loud, chaotic life with Joseph and family than go back to her lonely old life, but Joseph doesn't seem to think she's cut out for it. Will she be able to convince him, with a few tricks and maybe a treat or two? Losing Patience : Shaun Thiesen's jealous nature and quick temper drove his wife Patience away. Since then, he's been through counseling with Pastor Isaac and gotten involved with the church. Now he's just waiting for his second chance. When he learns Patience is visiting her parents for Thanksgiving, he thinks this may be it. In only a few precious days he has to win back his wife, and suddenly the stakes are raised when Patience tells him he's going to be a father. Can Shaun convince her they deserve a second chance? Finding Joy : Shy Joy Harper, the organist for Orchard Hill Community Church, has long been overlooked by Pastor Isaac. Then Pansy Parker announces she's retiring, and Joy is asked to fill in as secretary. With an unusually large number of weddings coming up and the Christmas holidays looming, Joy and Isaac put in a lot of hours together and he discovers a beautiful and caring woman beneath Joy's reserved façade. Can he convince her that the only gift he wants for Christmas is her heart? PLUS SPECIAL BONUS STORY: An Angel's Advice