Friends in the Fold — Debbie Williams

As the story of the Green and Foster families continue, they welcome new friends into their fold. Kay West works for Sarah at her lawn and garden center. She is a divorced woman recovering from a very abusive relationship. She meets Jim, the father of Ronnie, who is a friend of Brad and Sarah's children. As romance begins to bloom, Kay wonders how she can tell him the secret that she has shared with none of her friends. Mary Miller is the mother of another of the Green children's friends. After her husband leaves her, Mary finds that's she needs to take her children to Tucson to live with her mother. The loss of their friends devastates all the Green children. Dale Riley was Brad Green's college roommate. After he moves from Texas to Arizona to join Brad's veterinary practice, he is ready to settle down, but he keeps encountering women who are turned off by the fact that he works with cows. Will he ever find a woman that can fit into his country lifestyle? As the Green and Foster families struggle to help their friends, life continues to throw obstacles in their path; a fire breaks out, someone vanishes without a trace, and a runaway child stuns them all.