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She’s a new widow, very pregnant, and carrying around a truck load of guilt. He’s an accountant, carrying a truck load of bitterness over his dream of publishing a novel having been hijacked. A cozy cabin resort in the Ozarks is the perfect place for each to seek peace. That is, until they recognize each other… Debbie Tanner didn’t plan to make a stop in between her hometown in Ohio and her cousin’s home in Texas, but the beauty of the Ozarks tempts her into finding a place to rest there for a few days. Two weeks away from giving birth to her first child, she figures she has time....

Liz despises men, thanks to her abusive ex-husband. Leslie is a single woman, struggling to keep her wayward teenage son from going down the same road her ex-husband did. They both believe men are the scum of the earth…until Liz’s ex shows up unexpectedly, pushing both women to learn critical lessons about grace when he becomes an unlikely hero… ********** Fourteen-year-old Ryan Pierce is determined to prove his independence to the world – or, at least to his mother. When Leslie Pierce suspects her son has begun sneaking off in the middle of the night to do drugs in the small ...

A heart-wrenching nightmare. A frustrating recurring dream. A dim hope that seems impossible... ********* Jen has avoided romantic relationships for twenty years, knowing that getting into one would be a constant reminder of her shattered dreams. Tommy is Jen's secret admirer...but the ghosts from his past tell him he could never be good enough for her. However, when an incident at the Phoenix business conference where Jen is teaching drives them together, they soon become entangled in a journey full of mystery and suspense as Jen realizes she's being stalked. The harassment continues and ...

She thinks she’s in love, but is afraid of mistaking attraction for the real thing. He can’t let himself fall in love, because he has no idea what he wants to do with his life, beyond his impossible dream. His mother would do anything to get her husband to notice her again…at least she thinks so, until the unthinkable happens… ********** Bethany Mitchell has a thing for Shane Patterson. The problem is, he lives over a thousand miles away. A bigger problem is, her feelings for him don’t seem to be mutual. The biggest problem of all? She has no idea how to know if a particular ...

A young lady who has known nothing but slavery since the age of nine. A young man who wants to be her hero. And the dark powers that will do anything to keep that from happening... ********** What if you'd been a slave since childhood, and were suddenly thrown out into the streets without a clue about how the world works? This is exactly what happens to eighteen-year-old Dalia. First forced to be a choir member from ages nine to sixteen by a white man claiming to be her adoptive father, then sold off to another white man who kept her chained in a bedroom to do computer work, she dreams of ...

I am not a country-clubbing kind of woman. In fact, I’d rather get a root canal than mingle with the kind of women that socialize at country clubs. I don’t fit in with them. I am what you might call unconventional when it comes to the mainstream ideas of beauty and fashion. But when my best friend – and cousin’s wife – Marilyn invites me to her pool party with her country club friends, I kind of have to accept. First, my children and I have been staying with her and my cousin for the past month while my husband has been away. So we’re already at her house. It would be kind of ...

She’s an out-of-work actress, fleeing from an enemy. He’s a handyman-cum-trade writer, fleeing from what is certain to be an awkward and painful family Christmas. Neither one wants a relationship, but when God is in control, wonderful things are bound to happen… Rochelle Erhardt’s goal is to make it from L.A. to North Carolina by car before Christmas. With a new haircut, fresh wheels, and large sunglasses, she is confident no one will recognize her. Until those “fresh wheels” break down in northwest Arkansas. Suspecting that she is being followed by the one person who can ruin ...

Being different can feel like a curse… until God turns your life upside down and shows you the true blessing that it is… Angela Parker is at odds with herself. Working at the Crazy Quilt Cabins resort in northwest Arkansas, she has seen beautiful romances unfold between several of the guests, and has been pining for her own happily-ever-after. Then her great-aunts, who own and help manage the resort, decide to take the year 1991 to fulfill their dreams of traveling the country. Angie is left alone for weeks at a time to run the resort by herself, thereby becoming convinced that she ...

The last thing he expects is that his new co-worker would take over his heart in an instant. The last thing she wants is for a white man to give her any attention. They both need a miracle, and soon, or their respective worlds will be turned upside-down... *********** When the young Mexican lady named Antonia goes to work at the motel where Max is the desk clerk, he loses his heart to her from day one. Problem is, she cannot stand the sight of white men. Then one day, several years after Antonia has been working there, he takes a bullet for her – and she is forced to face her prejudices. ...

She’s convinced she was born to fail. He’s afraid to love again. In the meantime, an unknown enemy lurks in the background, threatening to destroy the tenuous beginning of her new life… ********** In her mid-forties, Grace Meyers has wanted nothing more than to live a life of independence. But the emotional abuse and oppression she suffered at the hands of her mother – as well as the emotional and physical abuse she suffered during her brief marriage years ago – have stifled her ability to move forward after her mother dies. While she struggles with taking the next step in a ...

Her deepest desire looks like an impossibility…unless she dares to break down the walls she’s built around her heart, which may be an even greater challenge. He yearns for a lifelong partner and a mother for his sweet daughter, but doesn’t know if he can ever love again. Then her bitter enemy comes along, appearing to have changed for the better, but appearances can not only be deceiving, but also bring chaos and devastation… ********** When Miguel Manriquez lost his wife during the birth of their only child, Diana, he thought he’d lost everything. Now, seven years later, with ...

A woman who has sealed her heart against love… …the man who can’t help but fall for her... …and a bitter enemy with a thirst for deadly revenge… ****** As sister to and talent manager of world-famous rock star Julio Estrella, Danita Ramirez could have the pick of any man she wants. But she has neither the time nor inclination to get involved with a man. Especially not a musician. Numerous past experiences have taught her that her brother’s ability to remain a morally upstanding person is extremely rare in the world of celebrities, especially in the world of rock and pop music. ...

**Although this novel is part of a series, it can be read as a stand-alone.** One man rejected her for what he thought were valiant reasons at the time… a second man ruined her life with his own fears… can either of them have any hope with her again, after all these pain-filled years? ********** For the past seven years, Jordan Rathman has been living a quiet, peaceful life in the small northern town of Little River Village. Having had her heart broken not once, but twice, in the span of two years, she has stayed well away from anything smacking of romance. But there’s another reason ...

Rosa is running from the storm of emotion that resulted from a serious deception she unwittingly carried out against her brand new husband. Sixteen-year-old Nashe is running away from the injustice of his life as a pastor’s son. But neither planned to get lost in the African bush, and they both soon realize that running away is likely to cause problems a hundred times worse than those that they left behind... ********* The morning after Rosa and George’s wedding, neither could be a happier person. On their way to their honeymoon in Zimbabwe, George’s home country, he eagerly ...

She’s come back home with her proverbial tail between her legs, hating herself and desperate for a change. He’s been hoping and waiting for a second chance with her, not realizing he was the reason she fled her hometown in the first place… ********** Sarah Dennis made a huge mistake. Running away from her feelings for Trevor Zimmerman, she ran straight into trouble. Now home, she carries the secret of what has transpired in her life during her eighteen-month absence, not wanting to admit her failures to her family. All she wants is to start over with a completely new career and find ...

Few men can stand up to Carla Dennis’s strict standards of character. Jake Harrison, her new brother-in-law, is one of the many who fall way short in Carla’s eyes, made worse because of a couple of “facts” about him. she thought she gleaned at her sister’s wedding several months ago. This has made life much more difficult for Jake, as he fell for the stubborn, unbending woman the minute he set eyes on her almost a year ago. No longer willing to live with the frustration any longer, he determines to set Carla straight about her misunderstanding and then wash his hands of her for ...

Becky Dennis has two main goals in life. The first is to find a fulfilling job. The second? To stay away from men for the rest of her life. Hurt badly by her last boyfriend, Becky wishes the best for her five older sisters who have found their soul mates, but she herself is convinced she’ll be much happier if she gives up on romance altogether and finds a way to live a fulfilling single life. When Vance Wilder comes on board at the small clinic where she’s a receptionist, she at first doesn’t give him a second glance. However, about a month into his career as an pediatric occupational...

Beth Hanlon is running out of time. If she doesn’t get to the Tulsa airport before the winter storm hits, she will be trapped. And probably found. She might have made it, had it not been for a deer running across the road in front of her car in the middle of the night… Matthew Anderson lives a quiet life on his parents’ rural southeast Oklahoma property, with a plan to finally be on his own in a couple of years, making a living off his own homestead. But when he encounters an overturned vehicle on the road, his plans are shaken to the core when he cannot shake his attraction to Beth. ...

A woman who will protect her young brother at any cost… ...The man determined to win her heart… ...And the fathers whose shadows threaten them all… ********** Twenty-seven year old Talia Lovejoy trusts no one. She can’t, because she never knows who might be working for the father of her six-year-old half-brother, a father in name only, because his intent toward his son is pure malice. But when the keyboardist for a famous rock band, Tiger O’Keefe, sees her signing to worship songs on a DVD, he’s determined to seek her out – even though it means entering a religious fellowship,...

She’s an artist, at the resort to paint the beauty of the Ozark mountains… and to try to forgive her ex. He’s here because his boss commanded him to take a break, or else. The mistake he made at work was too big to ignore. Neither expects to see the other, but when they do, the old wounds, sorrow, and resentment will not be kept tamped down… Six years ago, Megan Tyler divorced her husband, Brian. They’d gone their separate ways, and she’d hoped never to see them again after the way he broke her heart. She certainly never expected that she would one day encounter him many miles ...