Waiting Season

Melinda hopes to spend January by the fireplace, paging through the seed catalogs' promises of spring, while the snow drifts outside her cozy farmhouse. After all, the slower pace of rural life was one of the reasons she'd left the city behind.

Instead, she must face her fears when the worst of winter's threats surround her door. Braving blizzards to care for her animals, thawing her acreage's water lines, and anxi...