Religious Love

She works constantly, never really leaving the family ranch where she's the evening manager. He's not who he says he is... Can Holly and Silas find their way through their troubles to a happily-ever-after? Holly Stewart needs a break. Plain and simple. She's been working seven days a week on her family ranch for far too long. She's hired several new people in recent months, one of them being the mysterious Silas Money. She knows he's not who he says he is. He went by a different name in college. Holly knows, because they both went to and graduated from Texas A&M at the same time. Silas ...

They’re haunted by their past—but this is their last chance at happily ever after. Fourteen years ago, Zeke Parker lost everything. His future professional football career, his mother, and his optimism for the future. He’s not sure he’ll ever be ready to give love, but when he runs into her, he feels like a teenager all over again. Fourteen years ago, Lacey Morgan gave up everything. Her sports aspirations, her drive to succeed, and her self-confidence. She’s not sure she’ll ever move past her anxiety, but when she encounters him, she can’t help but feel uplifted. Both Zeke ...

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 ...

There is very little that Lizzie Patterson wouldn’t do for those she cares about. That is especially true for her two neighbors in the quiet corner of the canyon that’s been her home for over fifty years and her refuge since she retired from the profession she loved but was more than ready to walk away from. Recently she’s accepted a role in a movie her first husband is producing after years of turning down all the other offers that came her way since her retirement. Many believe that her reason for doing so is because Clay Tobin has agreed to play the lead character in the same movie...

A K9 cop, the woman he hires to build him a deck, and the magic of Christmas that could bring Trent and Lauren together this holiday season... Police officer Trent Baker lost his wife four years ago and moved back to Hawthorne Harbor so his parents and sister could help with his toddler. He trains K9 police dogs for the force, raises his son–and needs a new deck. So he calls Lauren Michaels, a general contractor and the woman who asked him out years ago. Lauren has made a name for herself in the beach town of Hawthorne Harbor, but finding a man to share her life with hasn't been easy. She...

In a clear and engaging way, this book shows how the principle of emptiness, the philosophic heart of Tibetan Buddhism, connects intimately to quantum nonlocality and other foundational features of quantum mechanics. Detailed connections between emptiness, modern relativity, and the nature of time are also explored. For Tibetan Buddhists, the profound interconnectedness implied by emptiness demands the practice of universal compassion.

Saint Matthew is an example of God’s love and mercy not just for those who are saints, but also for those who are struggling with sin and feeling disconnected from God. The many layers of Matthew’s story teach us about true love and the powerful and sustaining force God’s love offers to us.

What readers are saying... "Sharon Srock has the ability to draw us in and and not let go until the last word." Amazon reviewer "I fell into this story quickly. The characters are so real I thought I should look for their Facebook profiles and friend them." Amazon reviewer YOUNG LOVE FOUND. In 1970, seventeen-year-old Ruthie Arnold found the love of her life. Six months later, she lost him to the horror and confusion of war. With Elliott missing and presumed dead, Ruthie had no choice but to go on—carrying regrets and secrets she never dared tell another soul. Even though she eventually ...

When a desperate escape leads to hidden treasures of the heart. When Isabella Crawford flees her wealthy Chicago life, she expects hardship in the Montana Territory. What she doesn't expect is Garrett Nash, a successful opal miner whose gentle hands and sharp mind suggest a past far removed from the frontier. As she builds a new life in Spencer's mining district, Bell discovers that some secrets are more precious than the gems they mine—and more dangerous. Garrett has his own reasons for choosing the isolation of the frontier over society's comforts. But when Bell's presence threatens to ...

To everything, there is a season. But at age 31, Sarah Langley refuses to believe that there can be a season to find love again. When her marriage to her wealthy and ambitious husband comes to an end, Sarah returns home to the small town where she grew up. The cold, barren winter scenery of Pennsylvania in January matches the way she feels inside, frozen and empty. She feels that life has cheated her and she holds God responsible. Divorced, with nothing to show for her years as a wife, Sarah is bitter and resentful and she fully intends to be angry at God for depriving her of what she ...

Jonah’s fiancée is in a coma, and he’s wondering if life is still worth living. Do they still have a chance at happiness? Jonah can’t catch a break. While his fiancée, Mary Lou, is in a coma, he loses hope for their future, so he decides to numb the pain with alcohol. In a drunken stupor, he kisses his best friend’s beautiful younger sister, and he gets caught in the act by Mary Lou’s parents. Now, Jonah is wondering if life is still worth living. He’s made a mess of things, and even if Mary Lou does wake up, she will probably never forgive him. Will God redeem Jonah’s ...

She's a domestic goddess. He works on her father's ranch. They could have forever...if they could take their relationship out of the shadows. Betsy Quinn is a queen in the kitchen. And behind a sewing machine. And with the gardening. She keeps everyone fed and happy at Quinn Valley Ranch—but she can't stay there forever. After all, her older brother will inherit the ranch and take over the homestead. She worries about that, but not as much as she does her crush on Knox Locke, the new farrier at the ranch. The problem? Knox's brother is already dating Betsy's sister, and he's worried about...

Leah Ly a driven, exceptionally talented, Chinese-American actress, working her way through Hollywood’s system, determined to make it on her own, involved with an equally driven Jewish man, discovers she has a Chinese fiancé, arranged at her birth when the Hong Kong businessman comes to LA to meet her. Life collides with life and Leah finds herself unhappy, torn, and conflicted between the love of two men she loves dearly and her heart's greatest desire, as she learns that in all things, she's the key to her happiness or unhappiness.

UPDATED EDITION Will Merry get the Christmas gift she wants most of all? Desperate to make ends meet, winsome diner waitress Merry Hopper takes a temp job as a Christmas Coordinator for a handsome widower, promising to bring Christmas back for his three kids. As the "haves" collide with the "have nots" of this world, Merry finds herself head over heels for the family she's never had, most of all her new banker boss, not realizing that he's well on the way toward a Yuletide engagement to his employer's beautiful daughter. Looking for Christmas gift ideas for a Kindle eBook or paperback lover...

Available as a value box set www.amazon.com/dp/B07WPWNSZS (copy and paste the link into your browser) July, Vail, Colorado Kate James, owner of the Kit Kat Boutique meets traveling rodeo Cowboy Randy Levenson at the 4 Eagle Ranch annual rodeo in Vail, Colorado. Drawn to each other instantly off a chance meeting, he persists until Kate realizes he is just the man she has been waiting for. Can Kate come out of her comfort zone and let Randy into her life? Vail Series Book 1: Dresses, Dreams and Cowboy Boots Book 2: The Cowboy Pirate Book 3: The Pony’s Tail Ranch Book 4: Lizzy’s Freedom ...

In 2013, Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in horror as his children faced anti-Muslim remarks at school and some of his most loyal patients began questioning whether he belonged in the community. Virji wanted out. But in 2017, a local pastor invited him to speak at her church....

Termites for dinner. Bombs in the backyard. A nation torn by decades of war, still on the brink. Can one life really make a difference here? Born without her left hip and leg, Michele Perry is no stranger to seeming impossibilities. So when she arrived in war-torn southern Sudan, with little more than faith in God's promises, she did what everyone told her was crazy: she opened a home for orphaned children in guerilla warfare territory.

A fake ad brings a cowboy to Georgia's door just in time for all the Quinn family holiday parties, so she hires Logan to be her boyfriend. Nothing can go wrong with this plan...except she might lose her heart to her newly contracted cowboy. Georgia Quinn doesn't particularly love being one of the dozens of Quinns in Quinn Valley. Her family is just so loud, you know? And she's certainly not looking forward to a holiday season full of family get-togethers when she has to do everything alone after her painful break-up months ago. When her granny mentions the holidays would be more fun with a ...

Chefs Petr Sergeyev and Lacy-Jane Macalister can't agree on anything except for that they can't agree on anything. Lacy-Jane Macalister returns to her hometown, eager to prove she's not the culinary failure her ex claimed her to be. After a career in the military, Petr Sergeyev settles down in Rios Azules to help his brother with his nephew and new business. randpa Alexey's is the only place in town that needs chefs. He's for hearty meals. She promotes healthy food. He likes order. She prefers creativity. He left his girlfriend. She was betrayed by her fiancé. Their arguments are more ...

Can a widowed sheriff and a former drug addict believe God has the power to mend all broken hearts, even crushed ones like theirs? Now a Christian, former drug addict Emma Hughes is back in the small town of Rios Azules. She’s desperate to regain the trust of the son she once abandoned and change her life. Meeting a vacationer, Rodrigo Ybarra, she fights her attraction to him. Even with her newfound faith, the risk of a relapse is too high. On the two-year anniversary of his wife’s death at the hand of a junkie, Sheriff Rodrigo Ybarra comes to the ocean to mourn her. Romance is the last...