William, age 50, is barely going through the motions, trapped in the unspeakable hell unique to parents who outlive their children. After watching in helpless horror as a train kills his beloved only child, he is fired from his job, and his wife, as ruined by suffocating sadness as her husband, moves in with her sister. Meanwhile, William's treasured daughter-in-law seeks oblivion in the arms of a local carpenter, and nothing seems able to break through his pain.

As Susanna Galway takes her children to a cabin in the Adirondacks to escape her life and take a break from her husband, Texas Ranger Jack Galway, murderous ex-convict Alice Parker, determined to get Jack back for killing her dream of ever becoming a Texas Ranger, follows Susanna to exact her revenge.

A wealthy and notorious clan, The Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks, in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythic Lake Noir.

A socialite-reporter and her network-owning boss rekindle an old romance, but when she starts investigating his jealous ex-wife's TV ministry, dangerous passions stir.

The busted ex-Texan -- How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney celebrated New Year's -- The leaf of Red Rose.