Doc has learned to live with his past showing up in his present in the gruesome form of post-traumatic stress. Waking nightmares, trigger hallucinations, insomnia, and self-loathing are his constant companions. Coming home from war wasn’t coming home at all—he hasn’t been able to leave the battlefield behind.
So it isn’t hard for him to recognize the raw edges of the wounds Ms. Goodhope bears, and Doc isn’t about to stand by and let another fellow soldier fall.
When he finds her burning letters out under a moonless sky, and the firelight brings to life the jagged shadows they both are trying to hold at bay, they trade war stories… and a promise to not give into the dark night of the soul.
Prudence Merriweather loves animal prints, hot pink high heels, and bigger-than-life hair. She also loves Carney, the bear of man to whom her heart belongs.
She’s just not a hundred percent sure that he knows it. Or that he really wants it, at least if they’re talking forever and ever. They’ve been together for so long now, however, and Pru is no longer clear on the status of their status quo.
When Carney shows up with his own matters of the heart, Prudence is stunned by the storm clouds gathering on the horizon. Can she open her eyes enough to look around and see the beauty that is part of everything, even an uncertain future?
Together, Andrea and George have worked hard to eke out a happy life for themselves. And now, with a baby on the way, their small world has grown exponentially. They both have so much love to give their child, and every day that passes brings them closer to the moment they will hold him or her in their arms.
When Andrea’s past raises its ugly head, and George is at a loss as to how to draw her back to the light of their future, Willow Goodhope steps into the eye of the storm.
In doing so, however, Ms. Goodhope must share a truth about herself that may be more than any of them can endure.
♥ The Sequel to Elderberry Croft: Seasons of the Heart ♥
It’s been a year since Willow Goodhope moved to Elderberry Croft at The Coach House Trailer Park, charming her way into the lives of each of her new neighbors with her outrageous laughter and her elderberry gifts.
But the time has come for Willow to return home to where her heart has been all along.
Will she find the courage to leave the sanctuary of her little cottage and face the life she left behind? Is love enough to carry her through the darkest night and into a brand new day?
Join Willow Goodhope and the people in her life as she discovers beauty in the broken places, grace in the shadows, and joy in each new season,
★EXTRA: Elderberry Days includes a baker's dozen delicious elderberry recipes from the kitchen of Willow Goodhope. Download the Recipes PDF using the attached link.
Elderberry Days: Season of Joy is the holiday sequel to Elderberry Croft: Seasons of the Heart. It is clean and wholesome contemporary women's fiction about second chances, starting over, and moving on.
Above all, it's about hope.
Can a small-town cowgirl and a big-time city boy find their way back to a second chance at happily ever after?
Faith Goodacre has had to overcome major obstacles to save her family and bring Seven Virtues Ranch back from the brink of disaster.
So when her high school sweetheart shows up hoping to win back her heart - oh, and he's bought the ranch next door - her carefully ordered world she's worked so hard to build threatens to implode.
Cordell Overman is back, and he's ready to face his past and make things right. But he's got a whole town to convince that this time around, he's here to stay.
If you like sweet contemporary romance in a small town ranch and farm setting, life-altering surprises, and second chances, you'll love Gotta Have Faith, the first book in the Seven Virtues Ranch Romance Series. So come sit a spell in Plumwood Hollow where life happens a little slower and sweeter, but hearts might just be a little bigger.
Award-winning author, Becky Doughty, brings you another wholesome, swoon-worthy romance series about sisters.
Listen to Gotta Have Faith today and let yourself fall in love all over again.
The Seven Virtues Ranch Romance Series
- Gotta Have Faith
- Where There is Hope
- Oh Sweet Charity
- The Heart of Courage
- The Soul of Justice
- My Dear Prudence
- Something About Abby
It's June in Southern California and spring is stretching languidly into the long, sultry days of summer.
Myra spends her days - and nights - caring for all the needy folks she's taken under her wings, the oddballs and misfits who call The Coach House Trailer Park home. She does their laundry, feeds their pets, waters their plants, and fetches their mail, even when they don't necessarily need her to do so. It's what she does best, though. Myra Espinosa needs to be needed.
But a fateful encounter with one particularly unsuspecting neighbor ends with Myra flat on her back... and she's about to discover that being needed is not the same thing as being loved.
Pemberton Manor: A place where misfits fit in, where normal is overrated, and where hope - and love - spring eternal.
The Faithful Father
In a moment of uncontrolled passion, Harvey Jones commits an act that triggers an avalanche of pain and suffering in the lives of those he loves. When he bargains with God for the life of his son, Harvey faithfully fulfills his side of the deal...but he's blindsided by betrayal when God doesn't. What will it take for him to open his heart and accept the gift of Grace he's offered?
Pemberton Manor is as out of place in Southern California as its residents seem to be. But if home is where the heart is, then this English estate planted amidst orange groves and palm trees, deserts and beaches, and converted into ten charming apartments, is the perfect place to hang a hat. Fall in love with the quirky bunch of characters who call Pemberton Manor home, but be warned. Once you set foot inside these doors, you may never want to leave.
Pemberton Manor: The Faithful Father is a clean and wholesome short story in a series about family life, sweet romance, first love, and second chances. If you enjoyed Becky Doughty's Elderberry Croft Collection, you'll feel right at home with the folks at Pemberton Manor.
Welcome to Pemberton Manor: A place where misfits fit in, where normal is overrated, and where hope - and love - spring eternal.
Grace Winters is tall enough to look any man in the eye, and her feet are big enough to wear her brother's shoes. But as commanding a presence as she may be, she's experienced a few too many goodbyes in her life. She also harbors a secret, one that might just be keeping her from embracing her future, from finding her own adventure...the very things she really wants. When she steps into the antique Otis elevator at Pemberton Manor - and on the toes of one mysterious August Jones - she might just discover a brand new way of seeing things.
Pemberton Manor is as out of place in Southern California as its residents seem to be. But if home is where the heart is, then this English estate planted amidst orange groves and palm trees, deserts and beaches, and converted into ten charming apartments, is the perfect place to hang a hat. Fall in love with the quirky bunch of characters who call Pemberton Manor home, but be warned. Once you set foot inside these doors, you may never want to leave.
Pemberton Manor: The Goodbye Girl is a clean and wholesome short story in a series about family life, sweet romance, first love, and second chances. If you enjoyed Becky Doughty's Elderberry Croft Collection, you'll feel right at home with the folks at Pemberton Manor.
There's no force of nature stronger than a society of sisters ... especially when you're talking about the Gustafson Girls.
The Gustafson Girls Box Set #2 Contains Books 3 & 4.
Book 3: Phoebe & the Rock of Ages
MEET PHOEBE
A wild child. A Jesus freak. A tangled past and a second chance at love. Oh, the FIREWORKS when these two worlds collide! Phoebe has been running wild her whole life. A gifted and passionate artist, Phoebe charges full throttle into the future, never investing in anything or anyone for longer than it takes to finish a job. When a family emergency stirs up painful memories long ago laid to rest, Phoebe's lacquered facade shatters. Will she find the courage to take off her disillusion-colored glasses and see life the way God intended?
Book 4: Gia & the Blast from the Past
MEET GIA
When Gia uncovers a past she didn't know she had, will she trust in a future she can't control? Gia, the youngest Gustafson sister, is officially coming of age...but now what? She feels like she's standing still while everything and everyone around her is moving at lightning speed. Her best friend, Ricky Zander, is acting like a stranger, her grandparents have grown old overnight, and her older sisters have all found their happily-ever-afters. Because life isn't confusing enough, the gorgeous new guy at work is doing his best to sweep Gia off her feet, and Ricky is none too happy about it. So when a stranger she'd recognize anywhere shows up unannounced on her doorstep, Gia isn't so sure she's ready to grow up after all.
Come join the G-FOURce and get to know all the Gustafson Girls today!
When Gia comes face to face with a past she didn't know she had, will she trust in a future she can't control?
Gia Gustafson is officially coming of age... but now what? Her world seems to be standing still while everything and everyone around her is moving at lightning speed.
Her best friend, Ricky Zander, has gone rogue, her grandparents have grown old overnight, and her sisters have all found their happily-ever-afters.
Because life isn't confusing enough, the gorgeous new guy at work is doing his best to sweep Gia off her feet, and Ricky is none too happy about it.
But when a stranger she'd recognize anywhere shows up unannounced on her doorstep, Gia isn't so sure she's ready to grow up, after all.
If you like family sagas and series about sisters, you'll love Gia and the Blast from the Past and the rest of The Gustafson Girls series. Clean and Wholesome, Christian Contemporary Romance with the Coming of Age and Family Life themes.
Read the whole Gustafson Girls Series
- Juliette & the Monday ManDates
- Renata & the Fall from Grace
- Phoebe & the Rock of Ages
- Gia & the Blast from the Past
There's no force of nature stronger than a society of sisters ... especially when you're talking about the Gustafson Girls.
Read Books 1 & 2 in this Gustafson Girls Box Set #1
Book 1: Juliette & the Monday ManDates
MEET JULIETTE
Juliette isn't thrilled when her well-meaning sisters devise The Monday ManDates; an intervention plan requiring Juliette to endure a series of disastrous blind dates: TheraPaul, Frisky Frank, TAZ the rock star, and the stoic Tim Larsen, among others. Then there’s Victor Jarrett, the police officer with an affinity for pulling Juliette over when she’s at her very worst. But no one is more surprised than Juliette when she meets the only one who can right the wrongs in her past and change her future.
Book 2: Renata & the Fall from Grace
MEET RENATA
Renata’s life is going exactly the way she wants it. A beautiful home. A wonderful husband and four boys who make her life oh-so-sweet and (almost) complete. That is, until Juliette opens up a can of worms labeled ‘Angela Clinton’ at a G-FOURce meeting, and things are said that can’t be taken back. When tragedy strikes, sending Renata’s world tilting on its axis, can she learn to lean on the strength of those who love her before she loses all hope of happily ever after?
Come join the G-FOURce and get to know the Gustafson Girls today!
Renata Gustafson Dixon has it all. Just ask her; she'll tell you.
Until the day one of her sisters dredges up a name from the past and starts a chain of events that will rock the very foundation of all their lives.
Suddenly, the world Renata has worked so hard to build begins to resemble nothing more than a house of cards, and she no longer knows who she can trust. Certainly not her sisters, and apparently, not her husband, either. Maybe not even herself.
When tragedy rips the last vestiges of control out of her hands, will Renata set aside her wounded pride and lean on the strength and support of those who love her?
If you like family sagas and series about sisters, you'll love Renata & the Fall from Grace and the rest of The Gustafson Girls series. Clean and Wholesome, Christian Contemporary Women's Romance with Sister Relationships and Family Life themes.
Read the Gustafson Girls Series
- Juliette & the Monday ManDates
- Renata & the Fall from Grace
- Phoebe & the Rock of Ages
- Gia & the Blast from the Past
