A collection of five short inspirational fiction stories:The Prosperity PreacherFate of the Just: the missing manuscriptThe Bear TrapSilly WomenVain Imaginations: a murder mystery

Michelle is pregnant, abandoned, and disillusioned with men. Daniel finds himself falling in love with Michelle during a trip to Hawaii. True love is possible, but the only problem is, Daniel is engaged to be married. *This is a FREE Preview and not a stand-alone novel* If you want a heartwarming story that shows the power of true love, you'll want to get your copy of Courageous Love. This Christian Clean & Wholesome Romance book is book #1 in the series. Michelle Clemens is pregnant, abandoned, and faces an uncertain future. But when she discovers her precious grandmother Lilo in Hawaii is dying, she rushes back home to Trinity Ranch, a cattle farm tucked in the beautiful valleys of Haleiwa, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. During Michelle's journey home, she meets Daniel, a handsome Christian man who touches her heart with his kindness and genuine concern for her wellbeing. But Michelle is forced to keep her love for him a secret when she finds out Daniel is engaged to be married. Daniel is a stuntman working a shoot for an action movie in Hawaii. But a ticket mix-up with Michelle at the airport sends Daniel on a mission into the beautiful countryside of Haleiwa in search of Michelle. But instead of a quick trip to swap plane tickets, he becomes mesmerized with Michelle and the grace and beauty of Hawaiian life on Trinity ranch. Will Daniel recognize the Christian soul mate God has brought into his life, or will he leave Hawaii and succumb to the worldly pressures of marrying into a wealthy family? Find out by reading this heartwarming Christian clean romance novel for women. Grab your copy now! Other Christian romance novels in The Hawaii Love Series by Kelsey MacBride: -Perfect Love: Book 2 of the Hawaii Love Story

Michelle has fallen deeply in love with Daniel. But now Daniel must leave Hawaii to return to California. Will the allure of marrying a wealthy fiance overshadow his true connection with Michelle? *This book is the conclusion to The Hawaii Love Story. If you have not read the FREE Preview of Book #1, Courageous Love, please be sure to download it first.* If you want a touching Christian romance that will restore your hope in committed love, you'll want to get your copy of Perfect Love. This clean & wholesome contemporary book is the conclusion to the Hawaii Love story. Michelle Clemens fights her growing attraction for Daniel Louis, a Christian man who must leave Hawaii soon to return home to Kimberly, his fiancé. But her heart can't resist his good looks and charm, and she falls deeper in love as they build happy memories on Trinity Ranch. But when Daniel must leave Hawaii for California, Michelle battles feelings of heartbreak and loneliness as she accepts the reality of becoming a newly single mother. Daniel is torn between spending quality time with Michelle in Hawaii or facing his demanding fiance in California. Michelle's grandparents see their growing attraction and plot to keep Daniel on the island so their Christian relationship can blossom. But when tragedy strikes Trinity Ranch, Daniel must decide to whom he is loyal. Will he leave Hawaii forever and marry Kimberly, who is rich? Or will he follow his heart and start a new future with Michelle? Find out the conclusion to this uplifting clean & wholesome contemporary romance novel for women. Get your copy now! Other Christian romance books in The Hawaii Love Series by Kelsey MacBride -Courageous Love: The Hawaii Love Series #1

Lavaughn Crawford, a Christian woman who worked as a court reporter at Davis and Loving Law Firm in Washington, DC, had returned from her Puerto Rico cruise with her best friend, Tammy Rogers. Her sail was supposed to be a celebration of her engagement to Samuel Browne. It ended up being a heartbreaking vacation. Lavaughn’s anxieties crept up on her when Samuel abruptly left her six months ago for Japan’s position. The day she returned from her cruise is when Samuel Browne called her. Lavaughn moved on, and she met a lawyer, Trey Sawyers. While getting to know Trey, she asked him if he went to church. He responded that he was angry with God for his wife’s death. Regardless of Trey’s resentment toward God, Lavaughn was falling for him. Lavaughn’s timing couldn’t get any worse when Samuel Browne returned to the States and surprised her at their church home, Church of Zionof Waldorf, Maryland. Lavaughn was torn and confined in one of the lawyers at her firm, a handsome English gentleman named Ocean Randall. Lavaughn was confused about her love for Trey. She needed time to make sure Trey was the man she wanted to continue to be a part of her life, even with his resentment toward God. She confronted Trey to cool things down in their relationship. Lavaughn leaned on her favorite scripture—Proverbs 3. She needed God’s direction for her love for Trey Sawyers, whom she hoped will have a change of heart toward God, and her fondness for Ocean Randall.

Since the 1970s, romance novels have surpassed all other genres in terms of popularity in the United States, accounting for half of all mass market paperbacks sold and driving the digital publishing revolution. Romance Fiction and American Culture brings together scholars from the humanities, social sciences, and publishing to explore American romance fiction from the late eighteenth to the early twenty-first century. Essays on interracial, inspirational, and LGBTQ romance attend to the diversity of the genre, while new areas of inquiry are suggested in contextual and interdisciplinary examinations of romance authorship, readership, and publishing history, of pleasure and respectability in African American romance fiction, and of the dynamic tension between the genre and second wave feminism. As it situates romance fiction among other instances of American love culture, from Civil War diaries to Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks, Romance Fiction and American Culture confirms the complexity and enduring importance of this most contested of genres.

Quaker characters have peopled many an American literary work—most notably, "Uncle Tom’s Cabin"—as Quakerism has been historically associated with progressive attitudes and the advancement of social justice. With the rise in recent years of the Christian romance market, dominated by American Evangelical companies, there has been a renewed interest in fictional Quakers. In the historical Quaker romances analyzed in this book, Quaker heroines often devote time to spiritual considerations, advocate the sanctity of marriage and promote traditional family values. However, their concern with social justice also leads them to engage in subversive behavior and to question the status quo, as illustrated by heroines who are active on the Underground Railroad or are seen organizing the Seneca Falls convention. Though relatively liberal in terms of gender, Quaker romances are considerably less progressive when it comes to race relations. Thus, they reflect America’s conflicted relationship with its history of race and gender abuse, and the country’s tendency to both resist and advocate social change. Ultimately, Quaker romances reinforce the myth of America as a White and Christian nation, here embodied by the Quaker heroine, the all-powerful savior who rescues Native Americans, African Americans and Jews while conquering the hero’s heart.

Halcyon Holland is leaving her live-in boyfriend, taking their daughter and the baby in her belly with her. She’s tired of waiting for the ring, so she buys herself one. When her ex doesn’t reconcile their relationship, Halcyon begins to second-guess whether or not she compromised her chance for a happily ever after. After all, what man in his right mind would want to deal with the community stigma of ‘baby mama drama?’ But Zachary Bishop has had his eye on Halcyon since the first time he saw her. Without a ring on her finger, Zachary prays that she will come to her senses and not only leave Scott, but come back to God. What one man doesn’t cherish, Zach is ready to treasure. Not deterred by Halcyon’s broken spirit, Zachary is on a mission to offer her a second chance at love that she can’t refuse. And as far as her adorable children are concerned, Zachary’s love is unconditional for a ready-made family. Halcyon will soon learn that her past circumstances won’t hinder the Lord’s blessings, because what God has for her, is for her…and him…and the children.