Two of Francine Rivers popular contemporary classic books brought together in this one collection.

The Scarlet Thread and Leota's Garden feature in this classic collection.

The Scarlet Thread features:

Sierra Madrid a woman of today. Bold. Determined whose life is about to be turned upside down.

Mary Kathryn McMurray a young pioneer on the Oregon Trail is filled with anger at being uprooted from her home.

Two women, centuries apart, share a remarkable journey. When Sierra discovers her ancestor's handcrafted quilt and reads her journal, she finds that their lives are amazingly similar. As they contend with God, husbands - even themselves - until they fall into the arms of the One who loves them By following her ancestor's example, Sierra learns to surrender to God's sovereignty and unconditional love.

Leota's Garden

Once Leota's garden was a place of beauty - where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. It was her refuge from the deep wounds inflicted by a devastating war, her sanctuary where she knelt before a loving God and prayed for the children who couldn't understand her silent sacrifices.

At eighty-four, Leota is alone, her beloved garden is in ruins. All her efforts to reconcile with her adult children have been fruitless. She voices her despair to a loving Father, her only friend.

And God brings a wind of change through unlikely means: one, a college student who thinks he has all the answers; the other, the granddaughter Leota never hoped to know. But can the devastation wrought by keeping painful family secrets be repaired before she runs out of time?