Uplifting Love

As a Black girl, I know that sometimes it can be hard to love ourselves. We are bombarded with messages telling us that we are not good enough, that we are not pretty enough, and that we don't belong. We often don't see positive images of ourselves in the media or in the world around us. This can make it hard for us to appreciate and love ourselves just as we are. But I want you to know that you ARE good enough, you ARE pretty enough, and you DO belong.

What if an unexpected detour led you to the place you belong? For Julianne Waterford, music is more than a career—it’s a sanctuary. As a gifted flutist in a prestigious orchestra and the founder of A World of Music, a nonprofit that brings music to underprivileged children, she’s poured everything into creating a meaningful life. But when her late sister’s baby becomes her responsibility, Julianne’s life takes a dramatic turn. Determined to honor her sister’s memory while navigating single parenthood, she reluctantly allows Alex Lejardin, the child’s father, back into the ...

The Right Man: 15 Bite-Sized Contemporary Romance Stories Served with Love in Small Doses. Fall in love fifteen times over with The Right Man, a charming collection of short, contemporary romance stories perfect for a cozy afternoon or bedtime escape. Each story is a quick read—just enough to tug at your heart, spark a smile, or leave you breathless. Heartbreak. Hope. And the moment you finally meet the right one. The Right Man & More Romantic Short Stories delivers touching, tender tales of love found in unexpected places. From second chances to serendipitous meetings, each story offers ...

3 uplifting books with heroines who are as offbeat as they are lovable. In With a Friend Like You, Bronwyn's life is a study in failure until she befriends her next door neighbor, the son of her mother's political rival. From enemies to best friends, will they ever be something more? For The Girls is an ensemble cast of four best friends trying to navigate life and love with only each other to lean on. In A Christian Cougar, Mare is a young widow dating an even younger man, a secret she tries and fails to keep from everyone, especially her imaginary husband. From laughter to tears to ...

Is it ever too late to overcome the adversities of our past? Set in the South during the 60s and 70s, The Art of Straightening Nails follows Robert Rhodes as he reminisces about his life. His childhood had not been a pleasant, innocent experience. Aside from the poverty and the endless disappointment his family endured, the boy had also known personal challenges of neglect and abuse. As an adult, Robert continues to be fettered by his past. Even a religious conversion doesn't resolve his struggles. After realizing the source of his lifelong pain, he confronts his past in a dramatic climax ...

In "Doctor's Rescue," Lia Meadows weaves a contemporary slow burn romance novel that will leave you breathless. Heather Lee is a woman who has lost everything - her business and her relationship. But when she's rescued by a handsome doctor, she finds herself falling hard for him. Despite her better judgment, she can't resist his charm and kind heart. As she works to rebuild her life, she finds herself drawn to his loving nature. But just as things start to look up for Heather, her ex-boyfriend returns, throwing her world into chaos once again. Will Heather find the strength to move on from ...

The Summers family always chose somewhere special to spend their Christmas holiday instead of at home. Every year their holiday vacation destination was different and determined by each of their Christmas wishes. Hannah and her children loved their Christmas holiday tradition even though it was never easy for everyone to be completely satisfied and this year was no different...or was it? Daniel Summers quickly offered to handle the arrangements for their upcoming Christmas holiday vacation. He knew his mother was surprised and maybe even a little suspicious about his offer to find a place ...

This charming, romantic story is set in the small town of Darling, Kentucky during a very special holiday season. Piper Tackett and Darren Brynn, two high school sweethearts separated years before, are brought back together quite accidently and under very trying circumstances. Fireworks are sure to fly, but will love blossom?

The ink on Carrie’s divorce papers was barely dry when she got the frantic call from her ex-husband’s sister...Carrie’s young niece trusted when she shouldn’t have and everything in her young life changes. Without a second thought Carrie agrees to her former sister-in-law’s request to allow Addie to spend time with her in Burlington. Regardless of the divorce she is still family. Within hours of Addie’s arrival Carrie realizes the damage done to her young niece is far worse than she could have anticipated and that a few shopping excursions weren’t going to do the trick. She ...

Irina Popov didn’t mean to knock over Arnold Matthews’ trash cans. Twice. Or to park her beat-up sedan half on his manicured lawn. Or to nearly drop a vintage sofa on his head. But moving into a new town is chaotic, especially when you’re trying to juggle your freelance design business, your faith, and your habit of jumping into life headfirst—even if it means landing face-first in your new neighbor’s flower bed. Arnold Matthews likes his life just the way it is: quiet, orderly, and decidedly free of loud, bubbly women with questionable baking skills and a dog named Sparky who ...

Celebrate the joys, triumphs, sorrows, and the wisdom gleaned - all of the ups and downs of the amazing adventure called Motherhood. Whether you become a mom through adoption, by giving birth, or through marriage, your heart is never completely your own again…and that is one of the miracles of being a mom. Just as no two women are the same, the experience of being a mom is different for each of us. In The Ultimate Mom, you'll follow the journeys of mothers through a diverse collection of stories about this rewarding and challenging job.

When is it time to stop running? Coralie Casey is haunted by her past. Deciding it's time for a fresh start, she sets up 'Sweet Cleans', a range of natural beauty and cleaning products, and escapes to Penmorfa, a quiet coastal village in west Wales. Gethin Lewis thinks he's about to put his home village Penmorfa behind him for good. Now an internationally-acclaimed artist living in New York, he just has to return one last time to wind up his father's estate. But the village soon disrupts their carefully laid plans. As truths are uncovered which threaten to split the community apart, Gethin ...

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...

Grace Tanner has a heart for love—after all, she plans weddings for a living. But her own life? It’s a little more spilled coffee and chaos than smooth sailing and happily-ever-afters. Especially when she’s roped into planning the church’s charity gala…with him. Brandon Roberts is all business. Budgets, schedules, efficiency—he likes things neat and predictable. Grace? She’s a walking exclamation point in a world that, in his opinion, needs more periods. From the moment Grace trips into their first planning meeting (literally), it’s clear they see the world very differently....

Ben used to tell Ella everything. Now he’s not telling her anything. He can’t, because she won’t understand. Even he doesn’t. All he knows is he can’t keep doing this day after day, pretending everything is okay. He has to go … even though he has no idea where to. No plan is sometimes an extraordinarily good one. As Ella’s world unravels, she can’t help but wonder, how did she not see that something was wrong with Ben? And can one lie really undo everything? The more courageous the question, the louder the heart will respond.

Can you find true love while pretending to be someone else? Mackenzie Porter is at a crossroads after a humiliating encounter with her handsome boss, Cameron. To escape her embarrassment, she agrees to a twin switch with her sister Madison for the holidays. Cameron Grant is shaken out of his comfortable routine when his favorite hostess resigns. In an out-of-character move, he tracks her down to see if he can coax her back. Things get complicated when Cameron falls for Mackenzie. Can he convince Mackenzie that he loves her for real? Or will she believe he’s falling for her twin? A Husband...

He broke her heart once. Can she trust him to piece it back together? Tonya McPherson thought Malcolm Hall was her forever—until the day he walked away without looking back. Four years later, she’s rebuilt her life, convincing herself she’s moved on. But when Malcolm returns to Orange Valley as the new youth pastor at her church, the past crashes into her present, and the man who left her behind is now everywhere she turns. Malcolm never stopped loving Tonya, but answering God’s call meant making the hardest choice of his life. Now, he’s back—not just to serve, but to fight for ...

The rules are simple. Choose the most significant moments from your relationship - one for each hour in the day. You'd probably pick when you first met, right? And the instant you knew for sure it was love? Maybe even the time you watched the sunrise after your first night together?

Can a sweet reunion lead to a second chance at love? After a marriage gone sour, Rebecca hopes for a fresh start. With plans of opening a bakery by the sun-kissed shore. She trades the hustle and bustle of city life, For the tranquil embrace of her hometown, Emerald, Florida. But like a wave of surprise, Max Thompson washes ashore. With dimples that could outshine the Florida sun, He's not only her childhood crush, But also, her best friend's twin brother. It's clear there's some unfinished business between them. But she's determined to keep things professional. Until Max becomes her next-...

So much...life...family...all that is most important to us...can change in a single day...a single moment...Home Again is the second book in the ongoing story of the Return to Summit Falls series. Summit Falls is a small town in the middle of nowhere that could be anywhere. It’s small enough that even though you might not know everyone…you know who everyone is. And they know you. Years ago four young men left their hometown of Summit Falls. Each of them ready to take on whatever the world had to throw at them. Now, years later, two of them have returned home. Adam Dane and Jonah ...