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'''Serenity Point''' is a fictional town, the setting for two book series by Canadian Christian romance author [[Kimberly Rae Jordan]]: ''The Halversons'' (an ongoing series featuring the Halverson family, centered around the family's medical clinic) and ''Christmas in Serenity Point'' (a series of three Christmas-themed novels issued in 2022 and early 2023, which feature some of the Halversons in crossover scenes).

'''Serenity Point''' is a fictional town, the setting for three book series by Canadian Christian romance author [[Kimberly Rae Jordan]]:

*''The Halversons'' (a series featuring the Halverson family, centered around the family's ten children),

*''Christmas in Serenity Point'' (a series of three Christmas-themed novels issued in 2022 and early 2023, which feature some of the Halversons in crossover scenes), and

*''The Burkes'' (a series of three books featuring another local family, members of whom would later marry members of the Halverson family).

The town is portrayed as being in northern [[Idaho]], roughly an hour way from the city of [[Coeur d'Alene]], and is small but large enough to have one "big box" chain store serving it and the surrounding area.  The town's most prominent employer is a local ski resort; two of the Halversons - including the resort's general manager - are employed there.

The town is portrayed as being in northern [[Idaho]], roughly an hour way from the city of [[Coeur d'Alene]] and is small but large enough to have one "big box" chain store serving it and the surrounding area.  The town's most prominent employer is a local ski resort; two of the Halversons - including the resort's general manager - are employed there.

==Halverson Family==

==Halverson Family==

**Aiden McIntyre--Skylar's ex-boyfriend and Shiloh's father.  He didn't believe Skylar was telling the truth about her pregnancy (thinking she was saying that to keep him around).  They initially meet again so Aiden could be tested for possible stem cell donation; they later reunite, marry, and have a child (Miles Robert).

**Aiden McIntyre--Skylar's ex-boyfriend and Shiloh's father.  He didn't believe Skylar was telling the truth about her pregnancy (thinking she was saying that to keep him around).  They initially meet again so Aiden could be tested for possible stem cell donation; they later reunite, marry, and have a child (Miles Robert).

*Cole--initially a high school student who is a top-level basketball star, later goes to college and eventually to the professional ranks.  His story is portrayed in ''[[Cole(book)|Cole]]'', the tenth and final book in the series.  He is discovered to be the best match for Shiloh as a possible stem cell donor.  In the ninth book, he is friends with Aiden (but wasn't aware that he was Shiloh's father, nor about his comments about Skylar).  In his book, he eventually retires from pro sports to serve with a Christian sports ministry.

*Cole--initially a high school student who is a top-level basketball star, later goes to college and eventually to the professional ranks.  His story is portrayed in ''[[Cole(book)|Cole]]'', the tenth and final book in the series.  He is discovered to be the best match for Shiloh as a possible stem cell donor.  In the ninth book, he is friends with Aiden (but wasn't aware that he was Shiloh's father, nor about his comments about Skylar).  In his book, he eventually retires from pro sports to serve with a Christian sports ministry.

**Annelisa "Annie" Walker (nee Burke).  The daughter of uber-rich Duncan Burke, her surname is changed after she and her twin sister, Angelica, were kidnapped; she was returned after a ransom was paid but Angelica was not, and the family never knew if she was still alive or murdered.  It caused her mother to essentially abandon her; she has no relationship with her.  Her father has become overprotective of her, her older full sibling Julian, and her younger half sibling Benjamin (Benji), and at one point threatens Cole's career (as he has purchased a part interest in the NBA franchise for whom Cole plays).  She has an online business making custom clothing; however, she donates all the proceeds - plus matching amounts from her monthly allowance - to a local women's shelter. (A planned follow-on series will feature Annie's three siblings; Angelica is discovered to be alive and living in rural Kentucky with a couple who took her in after her "parents" - likely those who kidnapped the girls - claimed they were "unable" to care for her.)

**Annelisa "Annie" Walker (nee Burke).  The daughter of uber-rich Duncan Burke, her surname is changed after she and her twin sister, Angelica, were kidnapped; she was returned after a ransom was paid but Angelica was not, and the family never knew if she was still alive or murdered.  It caused her mother to essentially abandon her; she has no relationship with her.  Her father has become overprotective of her, her older full sibling Julian, and her younger half sibling Benjamin (Benji), and at one point threatens Cole's career (as he has purchased a part interest in the NBA franchise for whom Cole plays).  She has an online business making custom clothing; however, she donates all the proceeds - plus matching amounts from her monthly allowance - to a local women's shelter.

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