The Lightkeeper's Daughter by Colleen Coble

Addie Sullivan grew up in northern California in a lighthouse.  It was a quiet and uneventful life until a stranger shows up and tells her she is not who she thinks she is.  Addie's world and identity is turned upside down as she is introduced to her "real" family.. the Eaton's.  Well known in high-society, the Eaton's are wealthy and powerful and like no family Addie has ever seen or imagined.  How on earth will she begin to fit it?  And as she begins to try, tragedy strikes. It seems someone is not happy to have Julia Eaton back from her watery grave and is determined to end the happy reunion.

An intriguing and exciting tale that draws the reader in and takes him/her on a roller coaster ride with emotional highs and gut wrenching drops.

This is book 1 in the Mercy Falls series by Coble. I am picking up book 2 at my local library today!

A Vote of Confidence by Robin Lee Hatcher

This is book one of Hatcher's latest series -- The Sisters of Bethlehem Springs. Gwen Arlington is a woman of breeding who knows all the social graces and she is woman who knows her mind. So it is really no surprise that she takes her sister's challenge to run for Mayor of Bethlehem Springs, Idaho. Her 2 opponents are men... a drunkard and a handsome man of means who has her all in a dither. Morgan McKinley is not what Gwen expected. He has a heart for Bethlehem Springs and sees that she does also. He is a man of means, but first and foremost a man of faith. Can Gwen hold on to her independence if she gives her heart away? And what of the election, who will be mayor of Bethlehem Springs?