Berthoud Community Library District

Despite her frayed relationship with Charlie, Lucy takes in a runaway teenager, a decision that Charlie is none too pleased with; meanwhile, Betty falls in love with a struggling writer who is moonlighting as Santa Claus.

As the citizens of Cape Light deck the halls for a Christmas to remember, the curmudgeonly Lillian Warwick has been confined to her bed with pneumonia. Cared for by her daughters, Emily and Jessica, she lets her thoughts drift back to the holiday season of 1955, to the magical time when she first met Oliver Warwick-the dashing man who would become her husband.

So often we hold back and fail to express our feelings of love and joy to the ones we hold dear. This year, the residents of Cape Light and Angel Island will learn to speak what's in their hearts... After a serious medical scare, Adele realizes that her greatest regret is that she sat idly by while a petty dispute tore her family apart. She has returned to Cape Light determined to mend the relationship between her feuding sons and bring everyone...

"This Christmas the peaceful town of Cape Light shines extra bright. When Lauren Willoughby returns to Cape Light for the holidays, she's hardly feeling festive. Although her family views her as a sharp, successful New York attorney, she's come home to heal from a bad breakup and a career setback. While freelancing for a local law firm, Lauren meets Cole McGuire, a widower and a single father, as difficult to deal with as he is attractive. His sweet...

Finding herself pulled in every direction with no room for her own dreams and goals, Cape Light mayor Emily Warwick struggles to balance town conflicts, the local election, and a family feud between her mother and sister.

Disillusioned by romance and love since her bitter divorce, single mother Molly Willoughby has steered away from personal relationships and abandoned her dream of opening her own catering business, until she meets widower Dr. Matthew Foster.

Emily Warwick struggles to build a new relationship with Sara, the daughter she had given up for adoption two decades earlier, while dealing with her regret over their years apart and falling for newspaper publisher Dan Forbes.

James Cameron, a minister who runs a mission in Central America, has decided to spend the holidays in Cape Light. But when his car collides with another car, a hint of trouble befalls this close-knit community. No one is hurt, but out-of-towner Leigh Baxter is forced to stay in town until her car is fixed. What she doesn't expect, however, is that the charm of this beautiful seaside hamlet and its citizens will soon win her over-and that she will...

In Cape Light, Christmas brings unexpected gifts that will never be forgotten as a wounded soldier returns home from the war in Afghanistan and a fiercely independent woman and mother finds the tables turned on her and her old friend.

"Liza Merritt is grateful for the many blessings in her life when she returns to Angel Island with her family to celebrate Thanksgiving. Most of all, she's looking forward to a reunion with her dear friend, Claire North. Claire seems untouched by the years she's spent faithfully watching over Liza's inn. Still, it is troubling to see that the hotel is no longer the sparkling jewel it once was. It's a hard truth to face, but big decisions must be made....