Wanting it all can cost you everything. Against all odds, Nicholas Alexander finally has everything he wants---the woman he loves as his wife and their perfect, healthy son. Catherine Reed, now Alexander, is blissfully happy married to her childhood crush and caring for their beautiful baby boy, Jace, who’s as stubborn and strong-willed as his father. It’s all she ever dreamed of, but one thing is missing: her family. Determined to heal from the past and give Jace the extended family she feels he deserves, Cat works hard to reconcile with her relatives, spending time getting reacquainted and mending fences. But Nicholas can’t just forgive and forget what her family almost cost them. He wants Cat and Jace to be safe and he wants to keep them to himself. He also yearns for another child, but Cat’s focus is elsewhere. A storm is brewing between them. Will they be able to weather it together or will Cat’s desire to have it all cost them what they already have?

Graphic designer Natalie Pearce faces the most difficult Christmas of her life. For almost a year, her mother has lain in a nursing home, the victim of a massive stroke, and Natalie blames herself for not being there when it happened. Worse, she's allowed the monstrous load of guilt to drive a wedge between her and everyone she loves—most of all her husband Daniel. Her marriage is on the verge of dissolving, her prayer life is suffering, and she's one Christmas away from hitting rock bottom Junior-high basketball coach Daniel Pearce is at his wit's end. Nothing he's done has been able to break through the wall Natalie has erected between them. And their daughter Lissa's adolescent rebellion isn't helping matters. As Daniel's hope reaches its lowest ebb, he wonders if this Christmas will spell the end of his marriage and the loss of everything he holds dear.

Women are bombarded with ideas of perfection--and tips for how to achieve it--every day. From her work to her looks to her parenting, today's modern woman is expected to strive to be picture perfect in every way. As a result, calls for authenticity and imperfection are on the rise. Yet, deep down, most of us still want to achieve perfection. Why? The desire to be perfect, says Kim Hyland, is actually a God-given urge. After all, we were made for Eden. But there is a difference between perfection and perfectionism, which is our attempt to achieve perfection on our own, by our own strength, and for our own purposes--the original temptation in the Garden. In this freeing book, Hyland offers women a stirring manifesto for acknowledging their limitations and embracing the perfection of God through his grace. This is a book for every woman who gives 110% and yet feels shame when one little thing goes wrong.

Shares strategies for achieving an authentic, meaningful, and stress-free holiday season, providing holistic guidelines for late November through early January for setting and achieving prioritized, mindful seasonal goals.

From USA Today bestselling Texas romance author, Ann Major, comes the second novel in her exciting Lone Star Dynasty Series. Praise for Ann Major: “Ann Major’s name on the cover instantly identifies the book as a good read.” –New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown “Want it all? Read Ann Major.” –New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts In Love with her Twin’s Forbidden Bridegroom Nell has always felt like a misfit in her rich, Upper East Side New York family. While her aristocratic parents and brilliant sister, Hannah, are tall, fair, and disciplined, Nell is lushly exotic and impulsive. On Hannah’s wedding day, Nell learns the terrible secret her parents have kept from her since birth. Blaming herself for everything that’s wrong in her family, Nell seeks comfort in the arms of her forbidden love, her twin’s bridegroom, James Colton. When things go too far, can Colt forgive her for destroying his brand new marriage and derailing his career? Can she make this right? The Lone Star Dynasty series includes: Love with an Imperfect Cowboy Love with an Imperfect Maid Love with an Imperfect Bridegroom (coming 9-1-19) Love with an Imperfect Bride (coming 10-1-19) Love with an Imperfect Billionaire (coming 11-1-19) Love with an Imperfect Lawman (2 short stories)

A strong woman. A determined man. A secret that changes everything. Lexi is strong and self-reliant. She’s had to be. Lexi is the only person her brothers have left—and she does what she has to, even flirting with the edges of the law, in order to keep her three younger brothers with her. So when Noah crashes into her world—literally—she dismisses him. But he comes back, and she soon finds herself intrigued and caught up in a world of new feelings that she doesn’t quite know what to do with. She keeps her guard up, though, because if Noah finds out her secret, her world will come crashing down. Noah can’t stop himself from falling for Lexi. He admires the way she’s held her family together in the face of severe hardship, and he finds himself wanting to be there for her. But she keeps him at arm’s length, refusing to share everything with him. And that just brings out his cop instinct, making him determined to find out her secret. When the truth comes out, hurt and tempers flare. Will Lexi and Noah be able to work through their issues and build something new? Or will they just become a painful chapter in each other’s lives?

Sometimes forever takes a detour Single mom Lacey McQueen's life has never gone according to plan. She fell in love once, at sixteen, with a man she thought would be her forever. He was her first kiss---her first everything. But one horrific night took everything from her, leaving her broken and alone, with lifelong responsibilities. Landon Jessup's life revolved around Lacey, but when the unthinkable happened to her, it all fell apart. Unable to make things right, he did the only thing he could. He ran. And he's regretted it for six long years. Now fate has brought them back together. The moment their eyes meet it's as if time has stood still--the attraction, the pull, the love--it's all still there. But so are complications, new and old. Can this second chance at love deliver the future they've always wanted or will the pain of their pasts destroy them again? Content Warning: contains scenes depicting rape, violence and unplanned pregnancy.