Contemporary Inspirational

What If Everything You’ve Been Chasing… Was a Lie? Bob had it all—a good job, a loving family, and a life that looked perfect from the outside. Until the day he woke up on the mountain. Stripped of everything he thought he knew, Bob is thrust into a brutal world where survival is the only rule. No instructions. No safety nets. No way back. As he fights his way up the treacherous slopes, he encounters others just like him—climbers who spend their lives chasing the summit, believing that reaching the top will finally bring them peace. But will it? Or is the climb itself the greatest ...

What if Cinderella's fairy godmother was actually the town's billionaire playboy? When Poppy finds herself wandering the streets with a “Hungry” sign around her neck, she never imagined life could get any worse. But it does. A tragic misfortune forces Poppy and her brothers to take refuge in the home of Tucker Bentley - the enigmatic, wealthy playboy who isn’t quite what everyone represents him to be. Yet as Poppy and Tucker adapt to one another, they discover not everyone supports their growing connection. How far will this playboy go for the girl he's falling for? And will their ...

Reviewed by Frank Mutuma for Readers' Favorite In Silent Echoes by Crystal Mary Lindsey, Dr. Faith Lancaster is a junior doctor when she meets Dr. Kaleb, who is much older and an experienced surgeon. They are in love, but their unlikely union faces serious challenges since Kaleb’s mother doesn’t approve of them being together. Despite the challenges, they get married, but Kaleb walks out of their marriage without any explanation. Heartbroken, Faith moves to another city where she immerses herself in her work. Her colleagues love her, and when the time comes for her to deliver the baby, ...

Kellyn had always loved Elias Stratton with all her heart and probably always would. She'd trusted him...but never again. Elizabeth had always believed there was nothing more magical than the precious gift of love...even now in the heart of danger, she still believed it...she always would. After telling the story of Simon's magical cowboy ranch for more years than she cared to count, Elizabeth Fountaine wondered if there might be more to the fanciful fairy-tale than being an elaborate bedtime story to tell children. More than ever before, she very much needed for even just a small piece of ...

Tides of Renewal—the riveting second installment in the Kemet Island Series—plunges readers into a world where love, faith, and survival intertwine. After a cataclysmic disaster nearly claims his life, Ruben Smith journeys with his father and brother in search of new land. But when Blake, driven by his own choices, embarks on a separate adventure, Ruben is left to shoulder the full weight of their father's legacy alone. Just when hope seems lost, an unexpected reunion occurs, and a captivating Frenchwoman begins to tug at the strings of Ruben’s heart. Meanwhile, Ruben’s brother Joe,...

All Brooke Cantrell wants is two weeks to live Brooke Radcliff's life. But the one person who knows the truth resides in the room next to hers at Sunlight Peaks Guest Ranch. When Brooke falls in love with the handsome wrangler who works on the ranch, will her employer's daughter tell him the truth Brooke hides? Garrett Bowman has finally found peace under Wyoming skies at Sunrise Peaks Guest Ranch. Never again will he return to the demanding corporate life in Seattle, Washington. But will the guests recognize him from the incriminating newspaper and magazine articles eighteen months ago? ...

Where hope and healing unite... Caleb Duncan, a devoted single dad, has kept his world small and safe since the tragic loss of his wife in a horseback riding accident. But when unexpected financial troubles threaten Bigsby’s, he must step out of his comfort zone to save the family business. But balancing parenthood with running the store becomes increasingly challenging, and in a moment of desperation, he decides to hire a nanny to help care for his daughter. Madison Bradley is a talented fashion designer who has returned to her hometown in Dover, Texas, while in search of a fresh start. ...

Kylie Cormier is loyal and devoted to her family at just about any cost. Nothing ever comes before her family and the small dry cleaning business they run together. Trying to finish her degree and help her parents out is a struggle, but she's tough and determined to succeed. When sheltered and naive Tony finally talks his father into giving him a role in the business, his first target is Cormier’s Cleaning and Alterations. It appears he might be late to the party as a rival gang is already encroaching on the territory he intends to claim. But Tony can't back down or he'll risk his ...

Miriam cannot make herself go back to the teaching job she loves so much. The high school holds too many memories of her husband, and the staff and students offer too many platitudes. So she does something totally out of character for a homebody like her—she closes her eyes and points at a map, and her finger lands on Newport, Rhode Island. Before she can talk herself out of it, Miriam applies for a governess position. Just a temporary job, mind you, until she can pull herself together. The Browne family is as needy as she is. The father, Mr. David, is distracted by his own grief, his ...

Debbie's never had a family or a home. She's never been loved or cared for. Can the arrival of a handsome billionaire in her life change everything? Debbie Donovan and Ethan Myers live in worlds as different as they could possibly be. Debbie grew up as an orphan and now operates Red Oak group home, dedicating her existence to giving abandoned children the life she was denied. Ethan is a handsome billionaire, in charge of the family empire that his grandfather had built. When their worlds meet, sparks fly. It doesn’t take long for their mutual respect to blossom into something more. But ...

Jade Bishop left the home she grew up in, and the man she’s loved since childhood when her grandmother MiMi passed away. She thinks the move was to heal her heart, but she finds out that healing was waiting right in the place that she left. Now, that she is back home, she’s pleased with how everything, seemingly, went right back to normal. Jasper loves her, she loves him, but the only problem is… he’s not happy leaving her at night. So in Booth-Fashion, Jasper is planning the surprise of her life. Love is on the horizon for the Jackson/Booth gang. Kane, Uncle James, and Jasmine are ...

A couple on the verge of divorce gives their marriage one last try. Will they be able to get past the issues holding them back? "A heart-warming romance," Jamie Brook Thompson. Candice is through with married life and all it entailed: infertility, an adoption gone wrong, and the death of her husband’s twin brother. Now that they’ve been separated for nearly a year, Candice is finally ready to set Logan free. But when he steps back into her life, Candice begins to have second thoughts. Even though she hasn’t fully healed from the heartache she endured over their married years, she ...

A woman in jeopardy and her brother's best friend she'd once crushed on meet again before Christmas… When the past comes knocking on her door, will she choose love or closure? A sweet, clean, wholesome romance with a happily-ever-after! After discovering her father's infidelity, Jenna Clark used the chance of a European trip with a friend to flee as far from the painful secret as she could. She'd never imagined she'd fall in love and stay for years searching for her fiancé, who disappeared two days before their wedding. Finally back at the family ranch for Christmas, she discovers that ...

The perfect romance for vegans, vegetarians, and their wannabe cohorts... A small-town, simple-living vegan girl, terrified of being in the limelight… …the most famous celebrity on the planet, convinced that she’s his soul mate… …and an untimely lawsuit that forces them to make choices that will either make or break their lives... ************ ***PLEASE NOTE: I have edited and revised those portions relating to the character Deshawn that caused offense to some readers. Even though I'd patterned his speech after a friend who is more educated than I. Just sayin'.*** All Rachel ...

Jenna Camden knew nothing would be the same again. She felt like a guest in her own home...empty rooms echoed with precious memories, quiet nights filled with shadows of so many cherished yesterdays. Nothing was the same. Not even Christmas.A Christmas love story of hope, courage, and the enduring strength of love… Jenna didn’t have to look around her home with its colorful and shining Christmas decorations, the tall Christmas tree in her front room with the many Christmas ornaments that told in a special way the story of her family, to know that no matter what she did it would never ...

In Harmony's Second Chance, pianist Victoria Park reunites with her first love, rock star Derek Phillips, to save the concert hall that once brought them together. As music and memories return, so do feelings neither can ignore. Can they compose a second act—or will heartbreak silence their song once more?

After a family tragedy leaves her with two young wards, Megan Fuller trades her job as an ER doctor for a small-town family medicine practice. She’s lost and upside-down and the last thing she expects is to fall for a local cowboy. A cowboy with shadows in his eyes and secrets she can’t trust. A cowboy who seems to be the only person her grieving nephew can talk to. Will Megan’s cowboy overcome the shadows of his past to become the man she needs? ”Lacy’s books are just so darn cozy and wholesome, without being cloying.” WendyTheSuperLibrarian book blog Other titles in the Cowboy...

Autumn Breeze is the winner of the prestigious San Diego Book Awards for best romance novel of the year. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 On the morning of 9/11, a fourteen-year-old genius’s mother disappears. Her beloved father had been murdered years before. She’s now without parents. She resolves to get a new mom and dad and have them adopt her before she is deported to Trinidad. For her new mom, she selects her BFF (best friend forever), a New York City detective. For her new dad, she selects the handsome spy investigating her BFF. The investigation was the girl’s fault. She had predicted the ...

Loretta is in a quandary. In her sixth year of Veterinarian school and an Intern at the Veterinarian Hospital, she has broken her first rule. She was not to get involved until after graduation. She had fallen for Grange, and her mind wasn’t on her studies. Luke was an excellent friend and someone she could always talk to, but was it ending up more than friendship? Life became even more complicated when drugs begin to disappear from the medication room. Cyrus, a Resident in the Emergency Room, is looking suspicious. Was he responsible? Three men have upended her life. Was Luke only a good ...

They come from different worlds, but they were meant for each other... She’s an activist who hates the rich. He’s a billionaire with a heart of gold. Both of their worlds are changed when they meet, but will it be for the better? Alisha He’s not like anyone I’ve ever met before – rich or poor. We come from different worlds, but I can’t control my feelings when we’re together. I fall for him mind, body, and soul, but will that be enough to crack his defensive shell and prove my love to him? Ivan She’s a pretentious activist who acts like a child most of the time, but I ...