STREETS OF FIRE Sandra Aikens knew taking over as her crime-plagued city's new police chief wasn't going to be easy. The men in her department weren't exactly happy about taking orders from 'some woman.' And that went double for one man in particular—Detective Mike Rawlings, the ex-husband she'd never quite gotten out of her system… But the city was close to the flash point, and she needed him desperately—his street smarts, his strength—to keep it from exploding. And that meant spending day after day with this man who had hurt her so much—and trying to keep control, even as an undying passion burst into flame again….

In his now-classic volume, offered for the first time in trade paperback, Mike Mason makes a poetic search for understanding of the wondrous dynamics of committed love. In highly readable, first-person style, Mason muses on everyday miracles within marriage, and frankly addresses the demands to self which true oneness requires. "A marriage is not a joining of two worlds," says the author, "but an abandoning of two worlds in order that one new one might be formed." Rich chapters on "Otherness," "Vows," "Intimacy," "Sex," and "Submission," lift readers above the mundane in coupledom to view the eternal, spiritual nature of setting out on this faith-filled, "impossible," wild -- yet wonderful -- frontier.

A young woman who had been raised in Boston marries a member of the Northwest Mounted Police and goes with him to live in the Canadian wilderness.

Are You Married to Your Roommate . . . or Your Lover? Whether you’ve been married for six years or six decades, you may wake up one day to discover that the person sleeping next to you has become a stranger. Between work, kids, financial woes, and the busyness of everyday living, your marriage may feel like it’s on life support. You and your spouse love each other, but you’re both barely hanging on. How do you find your way back? How do you reconnect with your spouse and capture all that marriage is intended to be? Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley understand. Despite being hailed as marriage experts, they found themselves living more like roommates than lovers. Through intentional work, they fought their way back, and you can too. In Reconnected, they’ll walk alongside you and your spouse as you learn to reconnect by: Sharing life-giving communicationDreaming together about your futureRekindling romance and passionEmbracing your individuality while coming together as a coupleTransforming your life from one of busyness to one of connection Take your marriage from surviving to thriving. Reconnect with your first love.

Danchak presents an interactive coaching toolbox of relationship information, personal assessments, checklists, questions and coachable moments based on the Married Love Plan. The tools are designed to help identify behaviors in order to create and maintain a robust, intimate, and emotionally connected lifelong trusting relationship.