Vowing never to marry, Toni Schmidt returns to Rockdale to help kids who face the same problems she encountered in her youth. But she's unprepared for her growing attraction to her mentor's brother, David Trent. David is doing his best to raise two children alone. Toni seems to be everything he wants in a wife, but she's holding a great deal of bitterness and anger about the past. Can David prove to Toni that true love overcomes every obstacle? Can Toni let go of the vow she clings to so carefully - the vow she believes will protect her from further pain?
If you're a size six, you dance. If you're Ava Alexander, you watch the purses while your girlfriends dance. Each man that passes her by takes a little of her self-esteem. After escaping a mentally abusive relationship, she promises God she will wait on Him to bring her the right man. And she means it—until Ishmael. When her best friend's fiancé throws a few compliments her way, she travels down the path of betrayal. Ava's choice strains her friendship and sends her into a depression. Ava seeks spiritual guidance from Dr. Glory Moses. Through God's Word, there is a glimpse of hope for a restored friendship, and a newfound love for the woman she is. In addition, a man she meets at the counseling center offers her a glimpse of what could be if she lines up with God's will for her life. Will Ava be able to overcome her insecurities and step into the life God plans for her, or will she continue to self-destruct?
Fighter Pilot Topher Matthews prefers to fly on the highway to a danger zone. But when a female airman alters his flight path, will he change his trajectory? Airman Toni Solis dreamed of soaring high in a military career. Unfortunately, an accident while on mission derails her plans and sends her crashing back to earth. With nowhere to go and no reliable family to turn to, help comes from the most unexpected place—the hotshot pilot responsible for ending her career. Topher Matthews was piloting the craft that crashed with Solis on it. His first instinct was to scoop the injured female soldier into his arms. Months later, he's still having trouble letting thoughts of Airman Solis go. Bringing her to his family ranch to get better will be best for all involved. But staying by her side and helping her heal is not a part of his plan. Especially when any woman who gets attached to him always winds up hurt and hating him. Toni is determined to harden her heart against the Air Force’s most notorious player, but when her rehab proves tricky it’s Topher who is continually at her side. The more Toni pushes him away, the closer Topher wants to get, until neither can deny their feelings. Yet the moment he finally gets past her defenses, news arrives that just might send this high-flying couple nose-diving back to loneliness with orders that could deploy their hearts away from one another. Find out in His Vow to Trust, the fourth in a series of heartwarming stories that prove that falling in love is an act of heroism, but finding family is life's most extraordinary achievement.
The planet Gareth is being destroyed as the Rose sisters prepare to leave. They agree to travel in one body--Christina's. She takes the soul-spirits of Toni and Josy into herself, reduces her body physics to light waves, and travels at the speed of light through space. She arrives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado via sunbeam and materializes on the naked back of sunbathing Mac Dakota, aka "Alley-cat-mac." He thinks he brought her home from his brother's bachelor party. This, the second book in the Rose Sisters Trilogy, is also a romance novel. Here Toni finds her man, Hawk--a Comanche Indian ex-Navy SEAL. But there's more--much more than romance! The sisters decide to use their special gifts and shape shifting abilities to enhance their personal financial situation, Hawk does a job for the DEA, and Christina continues to share the wisdom of Gareth's culture with us.
If Ava has to wear her fake smile one more time while standing in a wedding party, she might come unglued. She and her boyfriend, Kevin, have been seriously dating for a year. As she approaches the marriage-ripe age of thirty-one, she can’t help but count down the days until her wedding day. It seems like everyone in her immediate world is getting hitched but her: cousin, friend, and even a co-worker who is shacking up while Ava’s trying to live life on the straight and narrow. Kevin is the man of her dreams, but his mother doesn’t believe Ava is the woman of his. Two of his sisters seem to be on the same page with their mother, treating her like an outcast every chance they get. Ava’s only ally in Kevin’s world is his baby sister, Tweet, a drug addict who takes up a lot of his time. Trusting God is all Ava can do as she hopes for the best, but if Ava and Kevin are meant for each other, then why is it such a struggle to get down the aisle? What’s wrong with Ava? What’s wrong with Kevin? Or is Kevin’s mother the one calling the shots?
Features two classic full-length novels following stewardess Val MacGregor as she loses her heart to passionate and caring Toni Molina, and comes to terms with her lifestyle in order to live and love with wild abandon.
Amid pirates, godfathers, and forbidden love, vows of revenge are made in the unforgiving world of ancient Rome. Aelia Sabina, a patrician’s daughter, and Martino Lucianus Drusus- a simple plebe rise like phoenixes from the ashes of their lives. Aelia’s abusive husband vows to finally destroy this plebe in Rome’s court where patricians rule and plebeians grovel. But will Lucianus grovel? Don’t count on it.
When notorious drug runner Emilio Morales meets desperate bootlegger Antonia Smith, they both discover contraband isn't the only thing worth breaking the law for... Drug runner Emilio Morales is one deal away from being the sole runner from Earth to the upper planets—until his partner attempts a double cross. Now, Emilio's stuck in a disabled spaceship with an unpredictable, attractive female who's willing to help him out if he'll assist her in retrieving her ship from an impound facility. Antonia &‘Toni' Smith is sick and tired of being beholden to men. The only way to guarantee freedom is to get back her bootlegging ship to run her own business again. When Emilio kills her ticket out, she's forced to rely on him for assistance. Emilio, the most wanted and annoying man in the solar system, is a sexy-as-hell means to an end. But every plan the duo make falls apart and each day they spend in each other's company increases the tension between them. When Emilio's drug deal collapses, the boss in charge demands retribution and the pair finds themselves facing something neither of them wants, including dealing with their emotions for each other. With the death toll and their defences low, can Emilio and Toni get the happy ending they want, without falling for each other in the process? Reader advisory: This book contains scenes of violence, murder, references to drugs and incapacity.
Can you imagine what it feels like to watch your spouse die? Have you ever wondered how you would handle the loss of your husband, wife, or child? Love Your Guts Out chronicles the experiences of the author as he watched his wife (Toni) die from breast cancer. Inspired by her example in life and death, the author describes how his journey of grief led him into the depths of his soul. It was a journey that brought him to a place of desperation to find meaning in life after his wife lost hers. The soul-searching questions he presents in this book brought him face to face with a reality that can only be encountered on the inside of the human soul. Before tragedy strikes, the author encourages the reader to travel this inner road where we find an unlimited resource. He writes that human beings are intrinsically designed for love and explains that the path to experiencing an abundant life requires losing your life—to “love your guts out.”
Toni Larson has a simple life. She works at a diner, and the world makes sense. When two men settle in at her table for breakfast one fateful day, however, this seemingly random meeting will change that simple lifeand everything she believes about her government, her human rights, and her futureforever. Blackhawk and White Wolf are operatives for the Agency, the most closely held secret in a world of secrets. Outside of the elite group of agents themselves, a total of three people in the government are even aware of its very existence: the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, and the head of the Agency. The operatives who work for the Agency follow only one directive: do whatever it takes to get the job done, no matter what. Unsuspecting civilians are routinely enlisted for participation in covert operations in which using a trained operative is not feasible. White Wolf suggests that Toni, a gorgeous redhead, would be perfect for their next mission, so Blackhawk starts to woo the unsuspecting waitressas a means to tricking her into assisting in the operation. Soon, Toni finds herself inextricably drawn into a world of intrigue that will take her from her home in Atlanta to the Bahamas and to the forests of northern Maine. She leads a dangerous rescue mission into the Central American rainforest before ending up in the mysterious Black Hills of South Dakota, where she discovers a growing love for the dark and rugged Blackhawk.
