Uplifting Love

Defiant Soul on a Cross In book 5 of The Cross Series, Fred Rossi seeks to quell his anger with children and adults who have abused him verbally and physically by going on his cross to seek peace of mind. During his brief stay on the cross, he meets Georgie, a preschooler, who captures his heart and Del who is significantly handicapped. He and Del become friends and seek out Paul, The Man on the Cross, to help them cope with their anger issues. Maria, who was the first person to follow Paul onto a cross, leaves Italy to visit Paul and falls in love with him even though he is in love with ...

Dark and hazy nights were both their sword and shield... Liz Danger surrounded her. Escape seemed impossible. Hope came from the last place she expected. She knew his name...everyone did. But she knew nothing about the man he really was. Or if he had any chance at saving her. Sam The plan was a good one. If it worked. He had the perfect cover story. He’d be the one asking all the questions. Looking for answers was the story of his life and everyone knew it...expected it. This time though...the stories could turn out differently than expected. Sam and Liz knew the trip wouldn’t be easy ...

Read as part of the series, or enjoy as a standalone novel When your perfect life explodes in your face, running is easy. Fighting for it? That’s the hard part. Amy Porter has it all—or so she thinks. A skyrocketing career, unshakable friends, and Rick, who looks at her like she’s the only woman in the world. But when a single devastating truth destroys their love, she walks away. Then her career crashes. Her friendships fray. And just as she hits rock bottom—tragedy strikes. Now Amy must choose: Cling to the pieces of her broken life—or fight for what truly matters. Can she win ...

He’s her best friend. She’s the one dream he’s never let go of. Can a timeworn bakery and an unexpected snowstorm give them the push they need to finally take a chance on love? Briana Lawson has spent years pouring her heart into Sweet Briar Bakes, her cozy small-town bakery in Crystal Pines. Between early morning dough-making and endless festival preparations, there’s no time to dwell on the past—or the feelings she’s spent a lifetime ignoring for her best friend, Cade Turner. Cade has always been there—steady, dependable, and just one heartbeat away from telling Briana the ...

Spending Christmas alone was their plan…but things didn’t quite work out according to plan…all the better because no one should spend Christmas alone…The last thing Mac would ever have believed that he’d be doing a few days before Christmas was to find himself driving through a couple feet of water…but he was. His RV was filled with neighbors and friends and a couple of kids they picked up along the way after their car flooded out. Emily wasn’t expecting guests when she woke up that morning but that’s exactly what she’s getting ready for… And Christmas is just around the...

Family…however close or distantly connected…is still family. And no one knows that better than the many members of the McAdams family. Few understand the vast implications that come with a large extended family as Drew McAdams does…and especially now. His brothers and sisters are also beginning to understand just how complicated it can be now that the four of them are responsible for the equally vast and extensive McAdams Trust. The headaches have only just begun. Life as they knew it will never be the same. Drew McAdams strongly suspects that if another call or message comes into his...

New beginning or new heartache? Nurse Lana Smith gives herself a gift for Christmas, a fresh start in a small town. After escaping a dead-end relationship with a celebrity, she avoids her patient's grandson, a pro football player. When Arturo gradually thaws her frozen heart, can her Christmas wish for family and affection come true? Football is Arturo De La Vega's life, but he returns to his hometown to help his ailing grandfather. Lana challenges Arturo to reach for stars of faith and love. Is Arturo's quest for glory worth crushing Lana's dreams and sacrificing his heart's true desire?

Historical Women’s Fiction with forbidden love, enduring friendships, and second chances during an era of dramatic change in the American colonies. It's 1722 when Willow Witherspoon, a young Quaker widow, finds herself irresistibly drawn into a shocking illicit romance, which sweeps her away on an unexpected journey of self-discovery. Ill-prepared for society's expectations, she wends her way through tumultuous times, discovering a resilience she didn't know she possessed. Newfound friends and surprising adventures emerge to help her navigate this New World that lies not only around her ...

Whispers of the Heart: True Stories About Love and Wisdom Sixteen Women. Sixteen Stories. One Powerful Collection Love is the thread that binds us all—whether it’s the unbreakable bond of friendship, the devotion to a cherished fur baby, the journey to self-love, or the enduring strength of unconditional love. In Whispers of the Heart, sixteen remarkable women from the Women Like Me Community open their hearts and share their deeply personal experiences with love in all its forms. Through heartfelt true stories, touching poetry, and words of wisdom, they remind us that love is not just ...

She’s waited years for this moment…for him. You can always go home…but what will you find when you do. Jonathan Hansen is about to find out. For years they’ve hidden a huge secret…an island that was home to their small town, the families and friends who live there, and the secrets they’ve kept for generations. But danger might be right beyond the water’s edge. Jonathan Hansen felt broken…but he would never break. He believed he had nowhere to go…no home, no family, no friendships or relationships to return to. But he was wrong. As he stood just beyond the island’s small ...

If you like stories that bring a tear and a smile, join a crotchety professor, his psychic wife, tech-guru daughter, clever grandchildren, and loyal best friends on a journey to overcome a past tragedy. As in any family story, there's laughter and love between the troubled times. The clever dialogue, surprising humor, and poignant ending will make you feel as if the Andrew Ward family is just like your own. Editorial Praise for To Leave a Memory "A warm portrait of a family coming together to forgive ... the colorful dialogue keeps the story moving ... There's a pleasing amount of healthy ...

Love’s Beloved Achieving Women's Equality and Worth In the seventh book in The Love Series, Kaathi, the mystic healer, Jacob, the warrior, and friends confront danger and intrigue in distant villages. Global warming has led to natural disasters wiping out nearly all of humanity. In the post-apocalyptic society, women encounter suppression similar to the Dark Ages. Kaathi and her group visit other nations and encourage women to demand equality, justice, and freedom. Now a force to be reckoned with, Kaathi speaks with the leaders of the three world religions, enraging one of them so ...

Love’s Ancients A Spiritual Quest for Enlightenment In Book 4 of The Love Series, Kaathi, the healer, and Jacob, the warrior, embark on a quest to find the Ancients who have been communicating with Kaathi since she was a child. They encroach on the territories of lions, crocodiles, baboons, a race of diminutive hairless people, a new colony of mutants, a married couple of gigantic stature, and people resembling Neanderthals. Their encounters elicit danger, injury, and death. Intrigued by the depth of love inherent in someone as young as Kaathi, some from the new races seek sanctuary with ...

A Thrilling Odyssey from Conflict to Love - - - A Self-Help Novel Offering Emotional & Spiritual Guidance Through Events, Issues & Personal Interaction In the sixth book in The Love Series, Kaathi, the village Healer, lives in a future, young, developing society after an apocalypse. She establishes the Relationship Sessions based upon the philosophy of equality, justice, and love in several villages. Angry men rooted in traditional male domination are determined to make her life miserable and make the sessions fail. Despite her joyful presence and spiritual insights, she meets tremendous ...

A CHRONICLE OF BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF DANGER In Book 5 of The Love Series saga,, Kaathi, the enlightened Healer, and Jacob, the Warrior, together with the Tall Ones, Evette and Gene, set out on another adventure to Sumati to share their loving philosophy. In yet another page-turning story about the brutality, negativism and condescending nature of the men of his make-believe world where the greatness of the female spirit that resists, overcomes and sacrifices, Emil Toth expounds upon philosophies of creation and meditation rooted in the enduring power of love. When Kaathi and her fearless ...

The Mystic Brings Hope to the Weary and the Seekers of Beloved In the eleventh book of The Love Series, Kaathi, the mystic, her friends, and her nine-year-old cousin, Hope, set sail to exotic nations to introduce Hope and advance the quest for justice, equality and love. While in Jeru Salem, Kaathi challenges the pope about his interpretation of hell, and Hope confronts the pope saying many of the commandments are negative and should be replaced by one loving statement. Kaathi also irritates the head rabbi of the Jewish faith concerning women’s status in the synagogue. The queen of Persia...

Love’s Wisdom A Heroine's Intense Saga of Truth and Love - - - A Self-Help Novel Offering Emotional & Spiritual Guidance Through Events, Issues & Personal Interaction In the third book in The Love Series, the races have been blended many generations after the world devastation. In this new world, cruel tyrants rule, women and slaves are considered to be possessions, religion is used to control the masses, and any opposition is met with death. Kaathi, the teenage heroine in Love’s Sacrifice is on the brink of enlightenment and is filled with courage and unconditional love. Aligning ...

Love's Grace The Mystic Healer Uses Love to Conquer All Challenges In the ninth book in The Love Series, Kaathi, the mystic healer, and her friends continue their quest to challenge societies to bring about gender equality, justice, and worth for women wherever their quests lead them. When Kaathi hears Innocent's suffering voice in her head, she takes to the river to find him. On the quest to rescue Innocent, they stop in the village of Obour where they encounter a notorious sex slave trafficker and confront him for his contemptible character and disgusting actions and deceit. They visit ...

From “a wonderful storyteller” of Southern fiction: A trusting teacher who loves with all her heart and a successful lawyer who is naïve about women meet in this 1950s sweet romance of love and deceit. Fran Wilson secretly gives her heart to Bobby Joe Anderson when they meet. More than a year later, he hasn’t mentioned the word love. What if he has no romantic emotions toward her and never will? Bobby Joe Anderson is a successful lawyer who can passionately argue cases in a courtroom. However, when it comes to relationships and expressing his feelings, he’s innocently naïve. But ...

She’d known the boy he was and it had never been a secret that she loved him with all her heart...then walked away...her dreams and hopes lost. Years later her life depends on the man he’s become. Dark secrets and twisted truths...hidden clues and unexpected danger...a lost island of dreams and mystery... There was only time to grab her purse and the small keepsake box she couldn’t leave behind. She had no choice but to trust a family friend with his own share of secrets to keep them safe from a mysterious and threatening danger. But was her heart safe from him...was it ever? Addie ...