Ryker Stanley was a stunning specimen of a human, a creation that was aesthetically flawless. He is also a jerk. I know he hasn’t always been this way—after all, we were once best friends, but when our friendship ended, I watched from the sidelines as he made a series of bad choices, and left dozens of broken hearts in his wake. He has the looks, the charm, the girls, and as an elite football player, he’s heading off to college months earlier than anyone expected. I need to stay in Alpen Springs, to continue to train for the Olympics. My timing might not be perfect, but I need to fix things with us, and if the fire in his eyes is any indication, nothing, including our clothes, will be immune to its heat. I don’t stand a chance of resisting. Conflicting goals and distance be damned . . . I am about to entrust my heart to my ex-best friend who is known for breaking them.
An inspirational autobiography focusing on the importance of life´s choices, and a personal journey and struggle out of the depths of grief, heartache, and despair in coping with a mentally ill husband, a shattered marriage, and residual problems involved in raising a child alone. Plus the adventures of a new beginning, a new career, the miracle of answered prayer through a closer relationship with God, and the ups and downs of a hilarious courtship of two people in middle age that ended in marriage.
Do you belong to the "silent community of the broken," hiding your pain under a veneer of busyness and perfection? Sheila Walsh, best-selling author, popular Women of Faith® speaker, and gifted recording artist, has a God-given passion for reaching out to women who are privately carrying around broken hearts. she knows what they are going through because she used to be one of them. Are you lonely but too ashamed to open up? Are you a victim of well-meaning friends who have told you to get over it? Have you tried to heal yourself, to tidy up your pain with a quick fix? Is there a voice inside you saying that you will never change, that you are not worthy of God's love, that you will always be stuck as you are right now? In The Heartache No One Sees, Sheila shows you why some people are able to access and maintain an absolute hope that cannot be shaken?while others lose it like the morning mist. You're invited to join her on a prayer-filled, God-seeking journey to understand how to live in this world, with all its potential for hurt, pain, and fear, and still experience a deep healing that you are able to hold on to, no matter what life throws at you.
'An utterly gorgeous story that had me totally hooked. Without a doubt the best book I've read this year' HOLLY MARTIN Three kisses. Two break ups. One happy ending... Amy Daniels has a pretty nice life. Her career is on the up, she loves her friends, and she's about to buy her very own flat. On a good day, Amy could be described as a catch - so why is she perpetually single? The trouble is, Amy can see something no one else can: the end. As soon as she kisses someone, she knows, in intimate, vivid detail, how their relationship will end. A screaming argument in the middle of the supermarket over milk. An explicit email sent to the wrong address. A hasty escape through a bathroom window on the second date. At the altar - runaway-bride style. There seems to be no end to the unhappy endings. After years of trying, and failing, to change a pre-written future, Amy has given up. But then she drunkenly kisses three men at her best friend's wedding and sees three possible endings: two painful, one perfect. The problem is, Amy can't really remember who she kissed, and worse, what ending belongs to which person - the only thing she knows for certain is that she's determined to find out... This novel will have you swirling with first date butterflies, crying with laughter and finally, brimming with joy. The perfect summer read for fans of Lindsey Kelk, Mhairi McFarlane and Sophie Cousens.
This is a story of a young girl struggling to overcome the fears and pains of sexual abuse as well as a life filled with disappointments. Her story shows how one can overcome heartache without turning to drugs and alcohol, yet how to overcome those addictions if they are present in your life. Simply by turning to Christ and trusting Him. This story is one of hope for the future when there seems to be no hope.
Many women have tried to go into new relationships without being healed, still carrying deep wounds from previous relationships. Often these women become discouraged when subsequent relationships do not work out. Shawon Watson sets out a step-by-step plan for healing past wounds and reconditioning yourself for new relationships using biblical and psychological principles to teach forgiveness. Shawon shows how to let go of even the most devastating betrayals, rediscover your self-worth, raise your own awareness of habits standing in the way of fulfilling relationships, clarify what you want out of relationship, choose prospective mates by understanding the different types of men on the dating market, and more based on extensive research and conversations with everyday women. Kissing Your Heartache Good-bye gives an empathic and insightful perspective to love relationships.
Maybe you worry you’ve married the wrong person. Maybe you’re carrying the burden of a secret or have gone down a dangerous road. Maybe you’ve made a life choice that’s hurt someone else so badly you feel the relationship can never be restored. But there’s good news: you have the opportunity to clear your conscience, make things right with God and others, and get to a place of grace and new beginnings. Join pastor and bestselling author Erwin Lutzer as he shows you how to make the best of even your worst decisions and move forward into a better future.
There are many devotional books available containing brief, daily inspirations that benefit all who read them. This book is different in two respects. The first is obvious: it contains two readings per day—732 in all. The second, more important difference is that the author wanted to do more than offer inspiration; this would make this book no different than so many others. The messages in the book are study sketches in that the content is not only inspirational, but also educational, challenging, and encouraging. Most of these writings were based on author Michael J. Akers’s teaching of adult Bible studies for more than thirty years and learning what really brought adults to want to deepen their knowledge and application of the Word of God.
Volume three continues this first ongoing book series concerning Pacific Islanders in the mainland today. Why? Because not enough attention is given to Islanders in the Asian Pacific American model. Not enough is "out there" that honestly reveals who we are to others or even to ourselves. In this volume, Islanders from Hawaii to Chuuk to Cook Islands confront their American experience upfront and personal with editor Margo King Lenson, herself a Pacific Islander of Samoan Filipina descent in search of heritage, identity, and meaning in America.
Heartache to Happiness By: Penny L. Freeman Kelsi grew up in a small town surrounded by friends and a loving family. In just one night, that all changed. Her father (Detective Anderson) and her mother were killed by a drug lord. This left Kelsi all alone, except for the child she carried. When the news strikes, reporting that Kelsi might have killed her parents, she is on the run and in hiding from the police and the drug lord. Once the baby is born, Kelsi begins her own investigation of the murders, but there is more heartache for her to endure. After the drug lord kidnaps her baby she spends her days hiding in her cave and her nights walking the streets. She is determined to finally get close enough to gather evidence against the drug lord. Heartache to Happiness is full of love and hate, life and death, revenge and mystery, and then more love. Will Kelsi find the happiness she longs for?
Can love conquer all? Jimmy Rafferty and Eddie Molina go way back at the J-Bar ranch. They’ve worked together, bunked together, camped out, and drank together. So how has Jimmy failed to notice that Eddie is gay? Eddie has not failed to notice that his friend has a serious drinking problem, and he’s determined to help Jimmy kick the booze cold turkey. Taking him up to a snowbound cabin to detox, Eddie is confronted with Jimmy’s fierce denial. But the pains of withdrawal are nothing for Jimmy compared with the heartache of denying his true feelings and his deep longing…for the one man who cares for him more than anyone else on earth. Praise for Z. A. Maxfield: “Z.A. Maxfield has a lyrical way of writing that makes it easy to escape into the world that she creates for her characters.”—Night Owl Reviews “[A] damn good story and a hot, exciting romance.”—Dear Author “Maxfield has written another gem and a winner. Run, don’t walk, to get a copy of Stirring Up Trouble today.”—ReviewsbyJessewave.com “Secret Light is not necessarily a feel good story but it’s wonderfully written and highlights a more realistic look at gay men.”—Long and Short Reviews “The characters are strongly written and will pull you into their story right from the beginning.”—Three Crow Press about Gasp! Z. A. Maxfield started writing in 2007 on a dare from her children and never looked back. Pathologically disorganized, and perennially optimistic, she writes as much as she can, reads as much as she dares, and enjoys her time with family and friends. If anyone asks her how a wife and mother of four manages to find time for a writing career, she’ll answer, “It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you give up housework.” Her published books include Crossing Borders, Epic Award finalist St. Nacho’s, Drawn Together, ePistols at Dawn, Notturno, Stirring Up Trouble, and Vigil.
