Uplifting Love

New Cover. This novella was originally included in the anthology Christmas Comes To Dickens. A holiday romance where ambition meets heart, and love must overcome office gossip. Laura Jordan is looking forward to a peaceful holiday season, with plans to volunteer at the homeless shelter and enjoy some quiet time at home. She loves her job at the Callahan Group advertising agency and deeply admires her brilliant boss, Ward Callahan. Careful to keep her feelings hidden, Laura knows that even a hint of office romance could threaten her reputation and career. Ward Callahan, a self-made success ...

As a Black girl, I know that sometimes it can be hard to love ourselves. We are bombarded with messages telling us that we are not good enough, that we are not pretty enough, and that we don't belong. We often don't see positive images of ourselves in the media or in the world around us. This can make it hard for us to appreciate and love ourselves just as we are. But I want you to know that you ARE good enough, you ARE pretty enough, and you DO belong.

What if an unexpected detour led you to the place you belong? For Julianne Waterford, music is more than a career—it’s a sanctuary. As a gifted flutist in a prestigious orchestra and the founder of A World of Music, a nonprofit that brings music to underprivileged children, she’s poured everything into creating a meaningful life. But when her late sister’s baby becomes her responsibility, Julianne’s life takes a dramatic turn. Determined to honor her sister’s memory while navigating single parenthood, she reluctantly allows Alex Lejardin, the child’s father, back into the ...

The Right Man: 15 Bite-Sized Contemporary Romance Stories Served with Love in Small Doses. Fall in love fifteen times over with The Right Man, a charming collection of short, contemporary romance stories perfect for a cozy afternoon or bedtime escape. Each story is a quick read—just enough to tug at your heart, spark a smile, or leave you breathless. Heartbreak. Hope. And the moment you finally meet the right one. The Right Man & More Romantic Short Stories delivers touching, tender tales of love found in unexpected places. From second chances to serendipitous meetings, each story offers ...

Everyone thinks Barbie Roman has it all. But this time, being perfect might cost her everything. With her picture-perfect looks, polished manners, and political pedigree, Barbie Roman was raised to play the role of the ideal daughter, wife, and mother. From an exclusive enclave in Connecticut to the sun-soaked shores of Stardust Beach, she’s spent her life smiling, supporting, and staying silent. But now, the stakes are too high—and Barbie’s time as the quiet good girl is running out. Her husband Todd is one of NASA’s rising stars, and with three young sons at home, Barbie should be...

3 uplifting books with heroines who are as offbeat as they are lovable. In With a Friend Like You, Bronwyn's life is a study in failure until she befriends her next door neighbor, the son of her mother's political rival. From enemies to best friends, will they ever be something more? For The Girls is an ensemble cast of four best friends trying to navigate life and love with only each other to lean on. In A Christian Cougar, Mare is a young widow dating an even younger man, a secret she tries and fails to keep from everyone, especially her imaginary husband. From laughter to tears to ...

He broke her heart once. Can she trust him to piece it back together? Tonya McPherson thought Malcolm Hall was her forever—until the day he walked away without looking back. Four years later, she’s rebuilt her life, convincing herself she’s moved on. But when Malcolm returns to Orange Valley as the new youth pastor at her church, the past crashes into her present, and the man who left her behind is now everywhere she turns. Malcolm never stopped loving Tonya, but answering God’s call meant making the hardest choice of his life. Now, he’s back—not just to serve, but to fight for ...

In "Doctor's Rescue," Lia Meadows weaves a contemporary slow burn romance novel that will leave you breathless. Heather Lee is a woman who has lost everything - her business and her relationship. But when she's rescued by a handsome doctor, she finds herself falling hard for him. Despite her better judgment, she can't resist his charm and kind heart. As she works to rebuild her life, she finds herself drawn to his loving nature. But just as things start to look up for Heather, her ex-boyfriend returns, throwing her world into chaos once again. Will Heather find the strength to move on from ...

This charming, romantic story is set in the small town of Darling, Kentucky during a very special holiday season. Piper Tackett and Darren Brynn, two high school sweethearts separated years before, are brought back together quite accidently and under very trying circumstances. Fireworks are sure to fly, but will love blossom?

The ink on Carrie’s divorce papers was barely dry when she got the frantic call from her ex-husband’s sister...Carrie’s young niece trusted when she shouldn’t have and everything in her young life changes. Without a second thought Carrie agrees to her former sister-in-law’s request to allow Addie to spend time with her in Burlington. Regardless of the divorce she is still family. Within hours of Addie’s arrival Carrie realizes the damage done to her young niece is far worse than she could have anticipated and that a few shopping excursions weren’t going to do the trick. She ...

Irina Popov didn’t mean to knock over Arnold Matthews’ trash cans. Twice. Or to park her beat-up sedan half on his manicured lawn. Or to nearly drop a vintage sofa on his head. But moving into a new town is chaotic, especially when you’re trying to juggle your freelance design business, your faith, and your habit of jumping into life headfirst—even if it means landing face-first in your new neighbor’s flower bed. Arnold Matthews likes his life just the way it is: quiet, orderly, and decidedly free of loud, bubbly women with questionable baking skills and a dog named Sparky who ...

Celebrate the joys, triumphs, sorrows, and the wisdom gleaned - all of the ups and downs of the amazing adventure called Motherhood. Whether you become a mom through adoption, by giving birth, or through marriage, your heart is never completely your own again…and that is one of the miracles of being a mom. Just as no two women are the same, the experience of being a mom is different for each of us. In The Ultimate Mom, you'll follow the journeys of mothers through a diverse collection of stories about this rewarding and challenging job.

When is it time to stop running? Coralie Casey is haunted by her past. Deciding it's time for a fresh start, she sets up 'Sweet Cleans', a range of natural beauty and cleaning products, and escapes to Penmorfa, a quiet coastal village in west Wales. Gethin Lewis thinks he's about to put his home village Penmorfa behind him for good. Now an internationally-acclaimed artist living in New York, he just has to return one last time to wind up his father's estate. But the village soon disrupts their carefully laid plans. As truths are uncovered which threaten to split the community apart, Gethin ...

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...

Grace Tanner has a heart for love—after all, she plans weddings for a living. But her own life? It’s a little more spilled coffee and chaos than smooth sailing and happily-ever-afters. Especially when she’s roped into planning the church’s charity gala…with him. Brandon Roberts is all business. Budgets, schedules, efficiency—he likes things neat and predictable. Grace? She’s a walking exclamation point in a world that, in his opinion, needs more periods. From the moment Grace trips into their first planning meeting (literally), it’s clear they see the world very differently....

Can you find true love while pretending to be someone else? Mackenzie Porter is at a crossroads after a humiliating encounter with her handsome boss, Cameron. To escape her embarrassment, she agrees to a twin switch with her sister Madison for the holidays. Cameron Grant is shaken out of his comfortable routine when his favorite hostess resigns. In an out-of-character move, he tracks her down to see if he can coax her back. Things get complicated when Cameron falls for Mackenzie. Can he convince Mackenzie that he loves her for real? Or will she believe he’s falling for her twin? A Husband...

Ben used to tell Ella everything. Now he’s not telling her anything. He can’t, because she won’t understand. Even he doesn’t. All he knows is he can’t keep doing this day after day, pretending everything is okay. He has to go … even though he has no idea where to. No plan is sometimes an extraordinarily good one. As Ella’s world unravels, she can’t help but wonder, how did she not see that something was wrong with Ben? And can one lie really undo everything? The more courageous the question, the louder the heart will respond.

Three second chances. Three small towns. One heartwarming collection you won’t want to end. In this charming collection of three cozy novellas, love blooms in the most unexpected places - from snowed-in bakeries to crumbling family inns and long-forgotten orchards. These stories follow women who return home to find more than just the ghosts of their pasts waiting. Whether it’s mending what’s been broken, discovering buried secrets, or finally speaking the words left unsaid, each story will wrap you in warmth, longing, and the kind of happily ever after that feels like home. For fans ...

So much...life...family...all that is most important to us...can change in a single day...a single moment...Home Again is the second book in the ongoing story of the Return to Summit Falls series. Summit Falls is a small town in the middle of nowhere that could be anywhere. It’s small enough that even though you might not know everyone…you know who everyone is. And they know you. Years ago four young men left their hometown of Summit Falls. Each of them ready to take on whatever the world had to throw at them. Now, years later, two of them have returned home. Adam Dane and Jonah ...

The rules are simple. Choose the most significant moments from your relationship - one for each hour in the day. You'd probably pick when you first met, right? And the instant you knew for sure it was love? Maybe even the time you watched the sunrise after your first night together?