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After an abusive relationship, social worker Sharee Jones is determined to leave men alone. She'll concentrate instead on the upcoming Christmas program she's written and designed. But she'll need the church's multi-skilled-maintenance-technician's help to do it. John Jergenson doesn't want anything to do with Sharee's program. After a tragedy in his own life, he's angry with God and life in particular. But Sharee's enthusiasm, her warmth, her persistent getting-in-his-face attitude might have him changing his mind. Then a baby is kidnapped, and Sharee decides to play detective.

The man Christina Torres has fallen in love with kisses her and then disappears for years. Now, he's back but with two detectives as shadows, and someone's trying to kill her. Should she trust him or run for her life? Dr. Chase Richards has fled his Christian roots long enough. He's returning to his home town in Tennessee to make amends - at what he thinks is God's direction. But the way is not just hard, it's almost impossible. The girl he once loved is now a woman - and she wants nothing to do with him.

Following a gang war, the undercover cop known as Patriot is forced to flee his hometown and assume a new identity. When the gang reorganizes and threatens a friend, Patriot - now a firefighter - returns to face them. Chloe Swearingen confines herself to the fast pace of the ER and away from interpersonal relationships - for a reason she keeps to herself.

Dancer Becca Stapleton lives to magnify the Lord through dance, but when she becomes involved in a gangland murder, her life becomes anything but the dance she imagined. Tall, handsome Wes Lloyd helped her pull the body from the Gulf of Mexico, but is his interest in her real? And if the police are suspicious of his innocent bystander persona, shouldn’t she be?

Kickboxer Kati Walsh's one outreach is to her kickboxing friends at the gym, but she’s praying God will stir her heart again. She’s not sure, though, that the new assistant pastor and his friend Reece Jernigan are what she prayed for - because Assistant Pastor Josh Corbin intends to win the hearts of the gangs in the north side neighborhood.

He tried to leave the past behind, but it won’t leave him. Ex-gang member Garrett Lovett is a new creature in Christ. At least, he’s trying to be. He’s got a wholesome routine, a place on the IronWorks football team, and a pretty woman he wants to know better. But when the old gang resurfaces with the ultimatum to re-up or face consequences, Garrett has tough decisions to make. These guys know how to get to him—his addictions, his fears. When things get life-threatening, Garrett must decide if this God he’s heard about is real or not.

Lynn Stapleton likes designer handbags and high-end clothing, so how did Sharee Jergenson talk her into visiting a homeless site, much less starting a friendship with one of its residents? Then a hurricane hits Florida, and Lynn finds herself involved in the homeless woman’s murder. Detective Rich Richards thinks Lynn’s connection with the woman is suspicious, but Lynn doesn’t care what the blue-eyed detective thinks. She’s not leaving this investigation until the murderer is found.

After her divorce and all that led up to it, Sarah Emerson’s life consists of her son, her job, and the secret she carries. Maybe, if she’d married the boy who proposed after Homecoming, things would be different now. Philip Devereaux has had similar curveballs thrown his way, but he’s picked himself up and continued on.

Social worker Sharee Jones has enough to think about - anonymous phone calls, an attack on her life, and uneasiness about her relationship with missionary pilot John Jergenson. The last thing she wants is a marriage proposal. But she's about to get one. Commitment to God was easy in the jungles of Indonesia, but when John Jergenson returns home, Sharee refuses his marriage proposal, someone tries to kill them, and a personal tragedy hits. As Easter approaches, will love prevail and their faith survive?