Ariel Custer (Unabridged‪)‬

After the death of her last remaining relative and the sale of her Virginia home, Ariel Custer heads north to a promised job as a librarian's assistant. But when the job falls through, lovely Ariel's plea to God for help is realized when she meets Judson Grannis and her life takes a different turn.

The road is not smooth for these two. Ariel finds a job but with a difficult employer; Judson's tyrannical mother is determined to separate them; and their dear friend Emily Dillon goes missing. As evidence accumulates, the townsfolk begin to suspect a young couple of murder....