Christmas Blooms

The Christmas season finds Serena Douglas reeling from the sudden disappearance of her six-year-old daughter, Cassie, while shopping at a department store.

Brad Shaw, a local craftsman working in the store's garden center, discovers Cassie's hiding place. Brad's gentle manner and understanding nature comfort the distraught mother, and their shared experiences with grief and loss forge an immediate connection.

The family's fragile peace is shattered when Cassie disappears again, this time on her way to a birthday party. Finding her in Serena's abandoned family farmhouse in Linden yields a shocking discovery.