Uplifting Love

She built a library box to reclaim her voice. He gave up everything to help her amplify it. Together, they didn’t just fall in love again—they sparked a movement that proved stories can still change the world. When the county demanded she pull LGBTQ+ books from her library shelves, Clara Reed did the only thing that felt right—she refused. Now unemployed, exhausted, and unsure what comes next, Clara finds herself the unlikely face of a quiet rebellion in her sleepy Southern town. But the last thing she expects is for her childhood best friend—and the man who once broke her heart—...

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 the heart of Hopewell, Indiana, Gabriel Miller tends to his farm, embracing the solitary life he's carved out for himself. But three unexpected visitors, accompanied by a stranger bearing news of his cousin's untimely passing, disrupt his quiet existence. With no one else to turn to, Gabriel takes on the responsibility of raising the orphaned children. Alone and overwhelmed, he grapples with the daunting task of managing his farm while becoming a caregiver to three young souls. In this tale of unexpected responsibilities and unspoken desires, Anna Burkholder emerges as a beacon of hope. ...

Discover a world of love, faith, and community. Follow the Lancaster County Amish as they navigate the challenges of balancing their beliefs with the allure of the wider world. When a young Amish man, Daniel Byler, returns to the community after serving time in prison, he finds an unlikely ally in Lydia Lapp, who sees his potential for change and growth. As Lydia's efforts to bridge the gap between the Amish and Englisch communities continue, she organizes a community event that brings together members from both worlds. Meanwhile, Hannah Fisher continues to grapple with her own struggles ...

They say a full moon on Christmas Day signals a time of new beginnings... Everyone knows that Christmas in Holly Pointe, Vermont, the Capital of Christmas Kindness, is a big deal. The Events! The Traditions! The Tourists! This year Melinda Kelly wants to shake things up. She’ll trade snow for sand and spend the holidays in sunny Mexico. A destination wedding in Mexico is the ultimate Christmas vacation--unless you're Jack McPherson, the groom is your brother, and the bride is your ex-fiancée. While Jack wishes them the best, this holiday has awkward written all over it. When a system-...

Jasper Day lives in a quaint village called Eagle Cove located deep in the beautiful Adirondacks. Recently he has become troubled by all the changes he has encountered during the past few years, so he decides to create a journal (for one year) in hopes of discovering exactly where these feelings are generating from. What he comes to discover is it is not so much about the place where he lives, but the person he is becoming. A chance meeting with a homeless cat, the tragic murder of a close friend, finding true love with someone he has known for over thirty years all emerge and come together...

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 ...

When a curvy, kind-hearted woman is matched with a rugged firefighter, sparks fly—but so do their doubts. Hazel is ready to put her heart back on the line, but after a crushing breakup, she’s more guarded than ever. Tired of men who only see her curves and not the woman behind them, she takes a bold step and signs up for True Curves Matchmaking Agency. Hazel dreams of finding someone who will appreciate her for her warmth, loyalty, and strength—and who will help her heal the parts of her heart that are still fragile. What she didn’t expect was to be paired with Jake, a stoic ...

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 ...

Singles are coming into their own: Each year more and more people are single either by choice or by circumstance. This book celebrates the joys and challenges of living life single, and like its Chicken Soup predecessors, will be a source of inspiration, laughter, and wisdom.

Can two teachers learn God’s lessons in love, or will fear and doubt keep them apart? Sports teacher Fraser Maclean has worked with Sarah Browne for eight months at their Edinburgh high school. She's not involved with anyone else, and she seems to enjoy his company, so why won’t the pretty trainee teacher see him outside school? Despite their attraction, he has to take no for an answer. Besides, he wants a simple, uncomplicated life, and he suspects Sarah is far from uncomplicated. Sarah’s struggled to control her feelings for Fraser and keep him at arm’s length. He’s kind, ...

Too old for love? Widowed Isabella Rossi is content with her life at the villa. In the past year, all her grandchildren have discovered faith and love. But what about her? When a beau from her teens returns to Tuscany, can the flame of love be rekindled, or is eighty-something too old for romance? A shorter novella follow-up to the wonderful A Tuscan Legacy multi-author series! Visit the A Tuscan legacy page (click on the author name) to see all the books in the series.

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 ...

In a world of conflicting voices, sometimes the hardest one to hear is your own... For Piper, AJ, Daphne, and Brooke, nothing could be worse than the suicide of their idol. If she couldn't make it, who could? But when Piper's boss points out that the woman's life was meaningless, the four friends are thrown into a tailspin of self-doubt. What does it mean to be a woman? Who are they supposed to be? What are they supposed to want? And, once they figure it out, how are they supposed to get it? With no role models to lead the way, the four must navigate the tricky road to womanhood with only ...

It was only supposed to be a pit stop... Lori Loveland has plans. Big plans. Places she wants to go and things she longs to see. Serving as a nanny to widower Drew McCashlin’s two girls will give her the money she needs to fund her adventures. Drew is quickly captivated by Lori and her positive energy. She has brought light back into a world that had gone dark. His girls have blossomed under her loving attention. For the first time, his house feels like a home. Falling in love occurred so naturally, that Drew isn’t sure exactly when it happened. He only knows Lori is leaving soon and he...

Everybody who knows Leigh Dallas-Hone worries that she’s going to grow up to be an old lady with cats. Everyone but Leigh that is. Not that she doesn’t think that it’s likely, only that she doesn’t mind that idea because for her, becoming the crazy cat lady is a ‘novel’ concept that will satisfy her bookworm fantasies to a tee. But, in the interest of convincing her parents that she truly is looking to do more than her life than read, write about what she just read and then read something else, Leigh decides to undertake a Book Blog tour with a difference; traveling the U.S and ...

FROM THE AMAZON UK NUMBER ONE BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF A CHRISTMAS MURDERUnlock the secrets of a cult and experience the journey of self-discovery with Tegan, a brave and vulnerable 27-year-old who has been cast out of the only life she has ever known. Join Tegan as she travels to Wales and meets her unknown relations in the wild Cambrian Mountains, an intriguing backdrop to her drama. In this uplifting story of hope and new growth, Tegan must battle the guilt and shadows of her past as she embarks on a journey to find herself and flourish in a world she has been taught to fear. Feel the wild...

A promise to their dying father was why Mhairi Quinlin wanted to strangle the life out of her twin sisters. Mhairi hid an awful secret. Her vow never to marry has been usurped by her sisters’ harebrained scheme. She would accept no man as husband. At six foot six, grown men had fled in the face of Connor Smythe’s anger. He came to Arkansas for land. But the moment his eyes roamed over Mhairi’s rose petal skin, beautifully shaped lips, and violet eyes, Connor claimed her as his own. Now Mhairi faces the fight of her life.

Whether single, separated, or someone's spouse, everyone wants to find and keep this elusive thing called love. Best-selling author and foremost relationship expert Barbara De Angelis teams up as a co-author of Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul, a collection of heartwarming stories about how real people discovered true love with the person of their dreams.

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 ...