Uplifting Love

Are some wounds too deep for love to heal? When nurse Lainie Sullivan’s beloved father dies, she vows to fulfil his retirement ambition to visit all the mainland US states on his vintage motorcycle, raising funds for cancer care. But an overnight stop in Sweetapple Falls, Oregon, home town of the wounded warrior she unwillingly fell in love with, could stretch till after Christmas as she waits for repairs on her motorcycle. The warm welcome and uncomplicated faith of the townsfolk make this place feel like home, healing her faith — and her heart. As does working on her bike with Adam ...

In high school she’d been convinced he was her forever love… Never-married Christy Fairchild has built a career telling others how to keep their marriages together. She isn’t impulsive and getting married by Elvis in a Las Vegas wedding chapel to a guy she hasn’t seen in ten years isn’t how she rolls. Despite the unorthodox beginning to their life together, Christy is determined to make her marriage to David Warner work. David needed a bride and running into Christy after all these years seemed to be a sign. Yet he couldn’t help but wonder if she could love the life he desired. ...

Can two very wrongs, make a right? Most of us have a dream. I’ve given up on mine. My life’s been perfectly, perfect. No trauma, no excruciating heartbreaks, no delectable skeletons in my closet. All of which are essential attributes to writing a great country song. You see, great songs don’t appear at the end of rainbows. They’re formed out of the dog shit you step in before getting fired, or the rain on grand final day, or the flat tyre on your way to the emergency department. I’ll never be a great songwriter. I’m not even mediocre. I’m ready to give up. When I agree to ...

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...

One wonderful day in the city of romance, then they say goodbye. What could possibly go wrong? American graduate student Zoe Gallagher is in Paris on Valentine's Day, determined to prove that romance is an illusion and love based on it doesn’t last. Though when she meets Gabe Ross, there to fulfil his mother’s dying wish by placing a lovelock on a bridge for her and his father, even she finds it hard to resist the most romantic city in the world on the most romantic day of the year. The impulsive challenge to try a psychological experiment isn't part of her research plan. Especially ...

It is music to the spirit and the rhythm of the soul. There’s no feeling more wonderful than to know that you are loved and supported unconditionally. Yet, for the strong Black queen, love can be quite elusive sometimes. Her assertiveness is labeled as aggression; her standards are labeled as arrogance. She’s been told to conform to an image that is not her, nor that of her ancestors. Sometimes, she’s been so hurt that she ends sabotaging her relationships herself, because she feels undeserving of affection, unworthy of love.

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 ...

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...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

Encountering an Assassin, Anger, Voodoo, and Satan with Love In book two of The Cross Series, Paul Sentes is home from the hospital, recuperating from being shot three times while on a cross in his front yard. He looks forward to a quiet existence but the Unholy Four have other ideas. Previously, they burned his cross and now they abduct Paul to perform a demonic ritual with deadly intent. Paul travels to Spain with Bronson to visit a monk, Brother Gregoria. While there, they participate in a march, protesting abortion. A violent confrontation occurs between the pro-abortionists and the ...

Michael Lee was born in San Francisco and worked as a ghost writer of best selling Romance Novels. As much as he liked the vibrant and sometimes chaotic life of The City by the Bay, the noise, traffic and overall craziness had become a distraction. He was working on his own version of the Great American Novel, and needed a quiet place to finish it. Luckily for him, his college roommate owned an old cabin in the small Sierra Nevada Foothills town of Grass Valley where he could stay for as long as he wanted. That's where Michael met Sam: ...Michael smiled and said. "Hi, I'm having a little ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Teen Girl’s Courageous, Heroic Journey A Self-Help Novel Offering Emotional and Spiritual Lessons Through Events, Issues and Personal Interaction In the first book in The Love Series, teenager Batu fearlessly speaks out against injustice in a post-apocalyptic male-dominated society. Unwilling to subject herself to a barbaric ritual, she insults the High Priest creating a persistent enemy. Selfishly, she marries the Story Teller to continue her quest for knowledge but the marriage turns into a test of wills. The death of her husband and her baby cause Batu to lose worth as defined by law...