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Jacqui’s research could lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, and she’s determined to ensure the technology goes to the company with the best shot at creating life-saving products, not just the highest bidder. When her lab is broken into, she realizes her partner is desperate to get his hands on her research and the money it’ll bring. Jacqui goes into hiding, planning to lie low until she can find a buyer who lives up to her expectations.

Private investigator Fitz McCaffrey went to Belize on a case, bringing his teenage sister Shelby along with him. They lost their parents years ago, he lost his job as a cop, and they both need time to heal. Besides, when Fitz meets the beautiful and charming Tabitha Eaton, he falls hard.

Aurora Hart has a plan. Her budding design and event business will one day allow her to buy her dream home, a little historic house in her small town of Coon Valley. She’s ambitious and precise and knows what she wants. Rhodes Dumont, the new owner of the local flower shop, does not have a plan. He’s everything that makes Aurora crazy, an artist who misses details and lets life happen to him. The fact that the eccentric man is beautiful, charming, and dresses in Regency period clothing he sews himself?

For most of her life, Crystal “CJ” Justine has been erroneously compared to her mother, Sasha Renee. Yet even as she struggles to escape Sasha’s image and legacy, she finds herself unconsciously acting out her mother’s (and grandmother’s) past mistakes. CJ’s relationship with men—although few and far between—is tainted by the thing she cannot say, and her faith is weakened by the emotional and spiritual blows she endures.

Chloe Vance, dreamer of the family, needs to tell her pragmatic mom, Edie, that she has accepted a low-paying art instructor role at a Christian school in Prague. Her older sister, Lauren—the "responsible one"—is doing all she can to hide the fact she's been fired for a foolish mistake and is desperately seeking her next career move. Meanwhile, Edie, estranged from her own sister following their mother's recent death, is frankly in no mood for anything else to change.

Reverend Alan Burke was assigned to his last pastorate before retirement. The historic River Heights Church's glory days are past. Once the center of a thriving community, now located in a changing neighborhood, the church is experiencing a long, slow death. The priceless stained-glass windows, oak pews, and 100-rank pipe organ remain, but the congregation has faded away. Can Pastor Burke restore this church, or will he preside over its final rites? Along the way, Pastor Burke must deal with today's surprises and issues with an assist from ghosts of the past. His strong faith sees him through.

My name is Kaye and I'm a de-cluttering junkie. It's been three minutes since I tossed something. Kaye has had it–utterly fed up with the constant junk that clutters her life. So, armed with a stack of books that each guarantee to teach her the secret to living a clutter-free life, Kaye embarks on a journey that takes her from clutter bug to clutter-free–and beyond. Her family doesn’t know what to think of her and her new obsession.

Finding My Place Subtitle: A Journey Through Expectations, Faith, and Identity What happens when the life you planned unravels? Allie thought she had it all figured out—follow the rules, meet the expectations, check every box. But when her carefully structured path crumbles under the weight of unmet goals, shifting dreams, and the quiet ache of comparison, she's forced to confront a deeper question: Who am I when I'm no longer achieving?

In One Desire, book one of The Mothers of Glendale Series, book four of the Glendale novels, Jari Cordel is feeling the ache of her empty nest following Jessica's move from D.C. Weighed down by things she’s kept hidden for years, she'll have to find the courage within to face them—or else let her deepest desires slip away forever.

Several years after a nasty divorce, Carla (Cordel) Martens is remarried with a new faith, a successful career, and back at home in the city that she loves. She’s started dreaming again of making partner at the law firm she works at and this time, with her only daughter grown and living out of state, nothing is going to stand in her way.

In a world teetering on the brink of chaos, one man's ambition could spell doom for all of humanity. Set against the backdrop of Jerusalem, 'The Judgments of God' is an electrifying tale of prophecy, power, and peril. Enter a gripping narrative where every shadow hides a secret, and each decision carries the weight of salvation or destruction.

A captivating story of love and loss and trusting in God through life's trials and triumphs, Putting Time in a Bottle traces the lives of young love facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles while their willingness to try brings about adventure and maturity.

After drug dealers murder his parents, Hector is forced by them into a car and sent to America, where he’ s held against his will and threatened with death if he doesn't take part in their criminal enterprises. He does what it takes to survive, but each day his soul grows a little bit darker and the God he was taught in his youth to love is replaced by a demonic figure in the shape of a skeleton that’ s worshipped by the cartel. It’ s after he carjacks a pastor that God sets the wheels in motion to bring Hector back to the light.

Dream job. Dreamier boss. Dangerous secrets. Ashley Taylor didn’t come to Freedom Ridge for love—she came for a fresh start in the kitchen of the resort’s upscale restaurant. But her new life in the Rocky Mountains gets complicated fast. Her boss, Daniel McAllister, might be broody and intense, but there’s something about the wounded Army reservist that keeps pulling her in. Daniel came home hoping the quiet mountain town could silence the echoes of war. But when strange things start happening around his house—and then around Ashley—peace feels farther away than ever.

A Mother’s Worst Fear: Charlene Hubbard wanted the dream—a loving husband, a fulfilling career, and a few kids. When it looked like she’d have to settle for two out of three, God dropped a child into her empty arms. For fifteen years Charley kept the secret of that adoption close, fearful that the truth would make her less of a mother in the eyes of the child she loves.

When he receives a cryptic text from his estranged brother, Lincoln Kingsley hopes that it signals the beginning of reestablishing the relationship they once shared. His joy is short-lived, however, as he learns that his brother has slipped into a coma. The prognosis is grim and prayers may not be enough to save him.

In Promising Forever, book three of The Glendale Series, Joe and Jessica finally seem to have it all—a future full of love and shared dreams. But when unexpected fears and doubts arise, Jessica finds herself questioning what she truly wants, and Joe is faced with a heart-wrenching curveball. As their perfect plans unravel, Joe comes face to face with an opportunity to follow Christ's example, laying down his everything for the sake of those he loves most.

When Olivia Stant-Welsh boards her father’s luxury cruise liner, she’s determined to keep her biggest mistake buried in the past. But when a woman turns up dead—wearing Oliva’s dress, in her car, and carrying her ID—she realizes her secret might have just surfaced.

Trent Thompson doesn't have many secrets, except for the torch he's carried for the new schoolteacher since she moved to Grass Valley more than three years ago. Instead of asking her out, he’s dated every single female in a thirty-mile radius, giving her the impression he holds no interest in knowing her.

When Edie Gardner's life in New York falls apart, her grandmother Adele "Punk" Cheramie coaxes her back to tiny Bayou du Chêne, Mississippi. Edie spent many happy summers there, a stone's throw from untamed Horn Island, where she once found love. Can she now demystify the island's strange new light?