Evans, Richard Paul

Eliana, unhappy in her marriage to the philandering Maurizio and caring for a sick child, falls in love with Ross Story, an American who has come to Italy to work at a local art museum, but it seems as though their romance is doomed due to the laws that would award custody of her young son to her husband if she were to leave.

The author of the 1994 bestseller "The Christmas Box" describes his journey with the book--writing it, publishing it, and experiencing its influence on readers--describing the little "miracles" that have made him believe that life is shaped by some sort of divinity.

Still grieving the loss of his wife and the rest of his life, Alan Christoffersen starts walking the one thousand miles between South Dakota and St. Louis. Along the way, he meets a mysterious woman who follows him for nearly a hundred miles, a ghost hunter who searches for his wife in graveyards, and an elderly Polish man who gives Alan a lift and shares a memorable story with him.

Alan Christoffersen loses his wife, his business, and his home and embarks on a cross country walk, leaving behind what little is left of his life, and in the course of his journey, the people he meets and the places he visits offer him hope, inspiration, and refuge.

Alan Christoffersen, attacked and left to die on the road only sixteen days into his cross-country trek to Key West, wakes in a Spokane, Washington, hospital to realize that he has not only lost his wife, home, and business, but has now been deprived of the ability to walk, and he accepts a generous offer to recuperate at the home of a mysterious woman named Angel, who he learns needs some help along her journey, too.

After her fiance unexpectedly calls off their wedding, Christine finds herself on a mission at an orphanage in Peru, where she will eventually recover her faith and find love. From the author of The Christmas box.

After Luke Crisp graduates from business school, he refuses to take over his father's business and takes his trust fund to live a life of reckless indulgence, but when his funds and friends dwindle he secretly takes a lowly job at one of his father's copy centers where after falling in love with a struggling single mother he finally learns what is really important in life.

Alan Christoffersen loses his wife, his business, and his home and embarks on a cross country walk, leaving behind what little is left of his life, and in the course of his journey, the people he meets and the places he visits offer him hope, inspiration, and refuge.

Successful businessman James Kier is shocked to see his obituary in the local paper and devastated at the harsh comments left by those who knew him, but instead of getting angry, James is inspired to turn over a new leaf, and as he looks back on his life and tries to make amends to the people he has hurt the most, he learns the true meaning of Christmas and the real price of love and family.