"Linda Wallheim, who is increasingly jaded with the Mormon church, has begun marriage counseling with her bishop husband, Kurt, hoping to reconcile their household and philosophical disagreements. On other days, Linda occupies herself with happier things, like visits to see her five grown sons and their families. When Linda's eldest son, Joseph, tells her his infant daughter's babysitter, a local teenager named Sage Jensen, has vanished, Linda can't...

In Iowa City, Casey Harrison joins the Barrington family and the wounded but spirited Iris as they prepare to make the journey to the Salt Lake Valley and claim the promise of Zion.

Brigham Bybee has withdrawn from the routine practice of law and purchased Piute Villa, a motel in Kanab, Utah with a large, concrete tepee in the middle of the grounds. He wants to be near the beautiful Zolene Swapp. Still, when the state approaches him to prosecute the notorious polygamist, T. Rampton Crowe, Brig accepts. When a runaway "plural wife" of Crowe's, Mercy, is beaten, bloody, and terrified and tells a story of murder and mutilation within...

When rebellious Utah socialite Kirsten Young is found murdered in Provo Canyon with strange markings carved into her flesh and a note written in a 19th Century code, questions arise about the old laws of the Mormon Church. Journalist Selonnah Zee is assigned the story--which quickly takes on a life of its own. Even before the first murder is solved several more victims appear, each one more mysterious than the last.

"When his wife and two of his children were killed in a drunk-driving accident, Chris Williams made the most important decision of his life"--Provided by publisher.

Examples of God's love include listening, sharing, and talents.

Taggart Coll.