Jennifer Erekson

It's nearly Christmas, and the seven children in Millie's family can't wait for Grandma to arrive with her special Christmas apron, newly pressed and filled with generations of holiday memories. According to tradition, each grandchild will carefully write down the gift he or she wants most in the world, and then slip that wish into the apron's frilled pocket.

Inspired by true events, a pair of young Mormon men are kidnapped, beaten, and held for ransom for a week during a mission in a rural part of Russia.

An island vacation for a woman who sells her photos on stock photography websites is upended by a psychopath who believes they share a life together.