Larger	Porch Swings and Picket Fences Author: Jane Orcutt, Barbara Jean Hicks, Lisa Tawn Bergren, Suzy Pizzuti
	Book Information Publisher: WaterBrook Press Book Type: Paperback Rating: 6 ISBN-13: 9781578562268 - ISBN-10: 1578562260 Publication Date: 6/15/1999 Pages: 335 Book Reviews

In the face of constant time pressures and the juggling act of balancing countless tasks, there is nothing more soothing than taking the opportunity to slow down for a few moments, relax with a good story, and come home to romance.

In Porch Swings and Picket Fences: Four American Love Stories, readers will find not just one, but four delightful tales of love--each written by one of the foremost authors of Christian romance fiction. All four evoke familiar warm feelings, and a sense of getting back to the basics with feel-good stories about characters readers love.

From Vermont to Iowa, Texas to Washington State, Porch Swings and Picket Fences spins the tales of four couples who find love where they least expect it--right under their noses--and leaves readers with a sense of satisfaction and hope that will bring joy to their hearts.

"Tarnished Silver" by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Stuck in Stillwater, Iowa, for the summer to work on the windows of a turn-of-the-century church, stained-glass restoration artist Jemma Stuart longs to return to her Manhattan studio... until a young pastor named Samuel Tucker helps polish away her tarnished views of small-town life and see the sterling silver that lies beneath.

"Twice In a Blue Moon" by Barbara Jean Hicks
Having experienced the kind of exceptionally good marriages that happen only "once in a blue moon," neither widow Cait Reilly nor widower Jack Van Hooten ever expects to fall in love again. But when the two childhood friends are reunited, it quickly becomes clear that a renewed friendship isn't the only thing that's being kindled.

"Texas Two-Step" by Jane Orcutt
A small-town girl with big-city dreams, Molly Fuller returns home to Crunk, Texas, to end her five-year marriage to high-school sweetheart, Clay. But old promises aren't easy to break, and Molly finds that love is a dance best two-stepped with the one who brought you.

"The Boy Next Door" by Suzy Pizzuti
As children, they were best friends. Now that their paths have crossed again at the Victorian duplex once owned by their parents, Lucy Burns and Trevor Bacon are determined to find soulmates for each other. And it may take the world's most disastrous series of blind dates to convince them that friendship is truly the best foundation for romance.