We wanted nothing more than to have a child of our own, but becoming pregnant took longer than we expected! Now, as we welcome you into the world, our sweet child, we realize why we needed to wait. We had so many lessons to learn so we could welcome you into this world and be prepared for what you'd teach us. This is an ode to you, our sweet babe, and the incredible person you will become.

Maria grew up idolizing Eric Thomlin, her older brother's best friend. And as she grew, so did her feelings for him. During a Christmas party, her mother embarasses her and she runs. Eric follows to make sure she's okay, but when things turn intimate, she confesses her true feelings. When Eric hears Maria loves him, he runs. She's too young and too innocent for the likes of him. He's traded that night and that's the end of it. Until he moves home four years later and there she is in his parents' kitchen. Maria's moved on, she'll be engaged as soon as her business is in the black. Or maybe her business is an excuse like her best friends say. When Eric asks for her help with his post-hockey career, and she sees the chance for her dream project. But as she spends more time with Eric, she recognizes her own loneliness. And when her life blows apart, she turns to him to pick up the pieces. Can Eric prove that he's worthy of her love? Or will his fear of hurting her make him run again, this time for good?

In this New York Times bestseller, Hollywood power couple DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good candidly share their courtship and marriage, and the key to their success—waiting. President/CEO of Franklin Entertainment and former Sony Pictures executive DeVon Franklin and award-winning actress Meagan Good have learned firsthand that some people must wait patiently for “the one” to come into their lives. They spent years crossing paths but it wasn’t until they were thrown together while working on the film Jumping the Broom that their storybook romance began. Faced with starting a new relationship and wanting to avoid potentially devastating pitfalls, DeVon and Meagan chose to do something almost unheard of in today’s society—abstain from sex until they were married. DeVon and Meagan share the life-changing message that waiting—rather than rushing a relationship—can help you find the person you’re meant to be with. The Wait is filled with candid his-and-hers accounts of the most important moments of their relationship and practical advice on how waiting for everything—from dating to sex—can transform relationships, allowing you to find a deep connection based on patience, trust, and faith.

What extreme lengths would you be willing to go through for the sake of a true love? What if you were a broken, and weighed down woman, feeling as if you were drowning within an abyss of emotional pain and darkness? Jelissa never thought that she'd find that pure unconditional love that she'd always prayed for within the arms of an incarcerated man just as broken as herself. But once the two crossed paths in the most controversial, and forbidden way, their journey becomes one that some can never understand. In the story; Love Worth The Wait: My Journey As A Prison Wife, Jelissa shares her journey as the wife of an incarcerated man in whom she was forbidden to fall in love with. Against all odds, and many near death experiences, it was their true love that gave them the tenacity to push forward to the unforeseeable end. “You don’t truly understand the definition of strong until you’ve had to fight to hold your marriage together through visits, limited phone calls, and letters. I am often judged by my decision to stand beside a man who is behind bars. Every night I look over at the empty space in the bed, I just know without a shadow of a doubt that my king is coming home. Patience is definitely a virtue, but I continue to hold him down. Every day is unpredictable, but he, our love is worth the wait!” -Jelissa

About the Book Is Love Worth the Wait? is a book of hope, romance, and truth based on the author’s dreams. He hopes to inspire others to voice their true feelings of love. This can be done in order to avoid having sleepless nights caused by thoughts of what could have been. This story is one of the Logans and the Hunts, who are best friends of different races in the segregated south. Their children, Greg, Wayne, and Sandra grow up as family. Soon Wayne develops feelings for Sandra that he is afraid to speak out about because he doesn’t want to destroy the relationship their families have. Will he keep it bottled up forever or will he take a chance at happily ever after? About the Author David E. Clemons was born in North Carolina. He currently resides in Virginia. He is a single man who spends a lot of time thinking about what could become reality if only someone would take the time to try to understand things that are wrong and subsequently correct them. He has a wandering mind and has many ideas while in deep sleep at night. He began to write down these ideas and compile a book of his dreams as though they are real for his readers.

Sometimes, life doesn’t play out like a nursery rhyme. Sometimes, we have to walk through thunderstorms before we get to our rainbows. Worth the Wait is about the long, difficult road some mothers must travel on the way to the birth of a healthy baby. That journey is sometimes interrupted by loss. Miscarriages can feel isolating, and mothers are often left with little support. Andrée Linnell captures this feeling, honouring mothers’ experiences and infusing hope, love, and strength into the hearts of her readers. Worth the Wait is about helping mothers celebrate pregnancies while remembering their angels. The journey toward a baby isn’t always easy. But that rainbow baby, when he or she arrives, will be worth the wait.

Thirteen years ago Vivi LeBrun first met and fell for her friend's brother, David St. James. Since then his family rescued her from a lonely, tumultuous childhood, but after his mother's death David distanced himself from his family. As she travels to Block Island, Rhode Island to vacation with the St. James siblings, Vivi hopes he'll see her as his soul mate. Now, though, he's brought a girlfriend along-- who's pushing for a serious commitment. Will David's secrets cost Vivi the only real family she's ever known?

In a charming Ohio town, love finds a way twice in this sweet contemporary romance by the New York Times–bestselling author of Don’t Tempt Me. Single dad Hogan Guthrie is getting his life back on track, and working as the “barbecue master” at a local diner is just a temporary detour. He and restaurant owner Violet Shaw constantly butt heads . . . until one night they end up mingling other parts instead. Hogan thought he had the recipe for happiness all figured out. But loyal, carefree Violet is daring him to trust his impulses . . . and see just how sweet small-town living—and loving—can be. Nathan Hawley traded his SWAT team credentials for a sheriff’s badge, but a gorgeous new neighbor is shaking up his orderly life. Nathan has a hunch there’s more to Brooklin Sweet than meets the eye—but given her caution about getting involved, he has his work cut out for him. Still, there’s something about the elusive beauty Nathan can’t walk away from—and helping her come to terms with her past might pave the way to the future they both secretly long for. Praise for Worth the Wait “Whether Worth the Wait is your first Lori Foster book, or your 100th, she delivers a sexy, engaging contemporary romance every time.” —All About Romance

Offers six stories adapted from tales by Annie Fellows Johnston