Mitford's rector and lifetime bachelor is in need of some divine intervention. His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings, a wealthy widow brings him hot casseroles, and his cousin Meg has moved into the parsonage, uninvited. Life is never dull in Mitford.

Father Tim, the Episcopal rector, and his wife are pondering the uncertainties of retirement, a new mayoral candidate is calling for aggressive development in Mitford, a shady realtor has plans for a health spa, and the Sweet Stuff Bakery may be closing.

A retired Episcopal rector accepts an interim post on an island off the coast of North Carolina, where new challenges and adventures await him and his wife.

The Mitford series has moved the hearts of millions of fans. Shepherds Abiding, which is accompanied here by two additional short stories, is a wonderful Christmas gift for all listeners. When Father Tim finds a battered nativity scene in an antique shop, he embarks on a humble endeavor to save it.

All good things must come to an end. And in Light from Heaven, the long-anticipated final volume in the phenomenally successful Mitford Years series, Karon deftly ties up all the loose ends of Father Timothy Kavanagh's deeply affecting life. On a century-old valley farm where Father Tim and Cynthia are housesitting, there's plenty to say grace over, from the havoc of a windstorm to a surprising new addition to the household and a mystery in the chicken...

"After five hectic years of retirement from Lord's Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, to Mitford where he - and his beloved friends and family - face the challenge of settling into the next phase of their lives"--

After twelve years of wrestling with the conflicts of retirement, Father Tim Kavanagh realizes he doesn't need a steady job to prove himself. Then he's given one. As for what it proves, heaven only knows. It's life as usual in Mitford. A beloved town character lands a front-page obituary, but who was it, exactly, who died? And what about the former mayor, born the year Lindbergh landed in Paris, who is still running for office? All this, of course,...

It's 1919, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London, and most of all her oppressive and dangerous uncle. Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nursery maid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy - an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories. But then a nurse - Florence Nightingale...

"It's lady's maid Louisa Cannon's wedding day, but the fantasy is shattered shortly after when she is approached by a secretive man asking her to spy on Diana Mitford--who is having an affair with the infamous Oswald Mosley--and her sister Unity. Soon, as summer 1933 dawns, Louisa finds herself accompanying the Mitfords on a glitzy cruise in the Mediterranean, full of the brightest stars of society. But the waters run red when a man is found attacked....