Uplifting Love

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.

Can a scarred man running from his past and a beautiful star running from her future survive a murderous attack and find healing in God's loving arms? Country music sensation, Miriam Lizarraga, thinks her world's crushed when she loses her voice. But that's before her first love decides to marry someone else and the man who nearly killed her sets out to get her again. In desperation, she accepts help from a stranger, Philip Barlow. But with a target on her back and pain in her heart, can she love again? When Philip Barlow goes on a vacation, he doesn't expect to meet his celebrity crush. ...

My grumpy next-door neighbor, Prince Julian Kingston III, was obnoxious and opinionated. I never expected to be attracted to him. As a small-town artist in Cherry Lane, my life was simple—until Julian moved in to escape his demanding and royal obligations. He pretended to be just a regular guy. Yeah, right. He had a knack for getting under my skin and giving unsolicited advice, which irritated me. The Cherry Lane Holiday Celebration forced us into an unwanted proximity. We clashed over everything. Despite his antics and our bickering, an undeniable chemistry developed. His occasional ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Behold the final saga in the chronicles of a gay alcoholic's quest for enlightenment, recounting twenty-six years and culminating in the wisdom and gratitude he achieved during those tumultuous decades. Charlie Gray concludes his tale of recovery from addiction and embracing his identity by exploring where it all began and journeying back to the summer of 1996, age ten, on Truman Lake at his family’s quaint fishing resort. A brief glimpse of Charlie’s idyllic childhood unfolds before it is abruptly brought to an end by the untimely death of his mother shortly after his thirteenth ...

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 ...

He’s her childhood best friend. She’s the reason he never stopped looking back. Can an old inn and a few love letters give them the future they were always meant to have? Ellie Harper has spent her life keeping Harper House—her family’s lakeside inn—afloat. But with repairs piling up and bookings dwindling, saving it feels impossible. The last thing she needs is Lucas Morgan, the boy who once swore he’d always be there… right before he left town without a word. Lucas never planned to stay away forever. Now a skilled restoration expert, he’s back for the summer—and ...

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 ...

Fairytale romances can’t happen in real life. Or can they? It’s love at first sight when reclusive inventor Jesse Buckley meets unemployed music teacher Bronte, moonlighting as a take-out delivery driver. Okay, so splattering guacamole and sour cream over them both wasn’t the best way to impress the woman he hopes to make his wife, but from here on the only way is up, right? Still, maybe offering her a job as his chauffeur and personal assistant wasn’t one of his best ideas. It means he’ll see her almost every day, sure. It also means, as one of his employees, she’s out-of-...

Charlotte Hayes swore she’d never come back to Willowbrook. But when her mother’s health scare pulls her home, she’s forced to face not only her past, but the man she left behind. Jack Turner was everything to her once—the boy she loved, the heart she broke. Now, he’s a man who carries the weight of their history with quiet strength. As old wounds resurface and new sparks fly, Charlotte must decide: Is it too late for second chances, or is the love they lost worth fighting for? Welcome to Willowbrook, where small-town whispers tell stories of lost love and second chances bloom ...

This is a collection of all of my short stories. Please see the descriptions on each title. There is a love story or two, a comedy and even a dark tale. Hopefully something for everyone. Morton

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

It is every child’s dream to live a life filled with happiness and joy, and while this may be a reality for some children, it remains a dream for many Black children. The years of systematic prejudice have alienated a lot of Black parents from realizing the value of their lives. This has impacted the perspective that their children have of themselves because of the negative projections that they get subjected to. To help Black children learn just how much power there is in being positive, this book will provide some affirmations.