To Merry a Sheppard — Lola Grace Stevens

Casey Sheppard is very happy in his role as the preacher of the small town of Turtlecreek. His life is modest and unassuming, exactly what you expect from a young preacher. Now, through the matchmaking skills of one of his parishioners, he may soon also have a wife.

Merry Garrison is ready for a change. After losing her siblings and watching her mother slip away from reality, she is unable to stay in the town she grew up in any longer. Becoming the wife of a good, Christian preacher is exactly what she envisions for her future.

Things are not as simple as they would seem. Casey, though a chaste man of God, is also a man with dark secrets. What will happen when his secrets come knocking on his door again? Can he ever overcome the guilt of his past? And will Merry show him that letting go of his pain is the only way he can have an honest future?