In the little town of Prosper, the holidays are merry and bright! As a reflective hush falls over the harvested fields surrounding her farm, Melinda Foster packs away her memories of city life and turns toward the coming holidays. She has a list of ideas that will make the season perfect, and she's checked it more than twice: Prepare her acreage and animals for the coming winter, host her family's Christmas dinner, and use her marketing smarts to...

The muggy days of August find Melinda Foster's garden bursting at its borders. And two months into an unexpected sabbatical from her bustling life in Minneapolis, Melinda's efforts at her rented farmhouse are starting to pay off: She's learned to preserve produce, outsmart a few headstrong chickens and wrangle a flock of spoiled sheep. But even in the little town of Prosper, nothing stays the same. One member of the hardware store's coffee group shares...

She has matrimony on her mind … but not necessarily for herself. As summer slips in over the countryside, Melinda’s focused on giving her farmhouse the facelift of a lifetime and preparing for Prosper’s first Founders Day festival. Her to-do list gets longer when Horace’s great-niece suddenly needs a wedding venue. Melinda and her friends vow to give Jen a celebration she’ll never forget ... but will Jen be the only one to make a commitment? Love...

Spring brings a series of fresh starts … and a glimpse of a future more complex than Melinda expected. No one is exempt from the winds of change, and that includes the residents of little Prosper. Between debate about the fate of a vacant property and the rush to open the community center, new ideas are taking root all around town. But it’s a season of secrets, too. Someone seeks a chance to start over, while others are too proud to ask for...

Melinda throws herself into plans for the rural community's first-ever fall festival, and all the seasonal tasks around her small farm. But her sun-dappled days are disrupted when little Prosper is suddenly thrust into the spotlight. An unexpected windfall gives new life to a long-held hope, and a surprising discovery puts everyone on edge. And as the mayor's race heats up, Melinda discovers small-town politics can be worse than anything that goes...