Cathy Jackson – författare

This story is about perseverance of the human spirit and about hope. It's about broken people who are hurting and how they deal with that hurt. They each have different ways to bandage the wounds life has left them but they are both missing pieces of their lives. Pieces that would make them whole.Daniel Templeman is an accomplished actor with three wonderful children. The only thing missing in his life is his wife. She was taken from him too soon.Elizabeth Seraphim is a woman running from the loss of her husband. She and her children move to a new country, hoping for a fresh start. Her children and God are her world.A chance meeting in the rain could give them both everything they didn't realize they neede. A trusted confidante for Daniel and a new possibility for Elizabeth.But can Daniel let go of his anger with God and let love take its place, and can Elizabeth trust her future to a man who doesn't believe?

Charles Swartz was abusive and demanding. He ruled my life with a leather strap and harsh words. The physical and mental abuse I suffered at his hands made me hate and fear him.Death would be the only thing that could release me from our marriage.John Westerling is caring and thoughtful. He treats me as his equal and his encouragement builds me up. His displays of patience and love to everyone around draws my heart to him.Can the love we are finding together stand against a woman from his past who threatens to tear us apart and destroy all that we are working to achieve? Will I be able to trust again after being married to a tyrant?

November 20thMy Wedding DayWe had come so far from when we first met.She would shy away from me, from my touch.I didn't know why then. Was she shy? Nervous around men?Not comfortable with strangers? Now I knew it was all of the above.And who could blame her after Charles? To Phoenix every man was a Charles.Her husband, Charles, both mentally and physically abused her.With his death, Phoenix Swartz, now Phoenix Westerling, could finally healand start blooming. Her bud had been held too tightly for so long, but she hadbegun to open.Soon she would blossom and I would be there to see that.There would be so many issues that we will have to work through now thatour marriage has begun.I also knew Phoenix was broken and skittish, even to me.I try not to show the hurt I feel when she looks at me as if I were Charles.Sometimes when she thinks I am not looking at her I see her watching me.I know she sees Charles when she looks at me, but I have to show her John.I am her husband now and the care and devotion I have for her will win her to me.I hope…

David Westerling is a well respected deacon in our church. His family loves openly and fiercely. Passion has driven them on paths I never would have taken and don't fully understand.I want to know their motivations but they guard their secrets as zealously as each others' hearts.Why do I feel the way I do when David looks at me or speaks to me? It makes me question what I've always thought of my life. I see what they have and I want it too.I live a blessed life but still, something is missing. I've not always been a "e;good girl"e;...Would they accept me if they knew my secret?

Maximillian Roselle needs Ruthie Eden like he needs air to breathe. Her compassion, passion, and faith have awakened his desire to love and be loved; and the attention she has received from his colleague, Ken Davis, has galvanized his determination to make her his own.Ken knows a good thing when he sees it, so when his friend Max struggled with his relationship with Ruthie, he stepped in to give Max a push. Now he lends his friendship to bolster and encourage Max's faith in God and Ruthie.Ruthie Eden enjoyed being single. She busied herself with her interests and her writing and hadn't seriously thought about sharing her life with anyone—until she met the Roselle family. With her heart open to be loved, the attention of other men has her head spinning.Enter Jace Nelson, brought in to collaborate on Max and Ken's new video project. Charming and roguish, he has less-than-honorable intentions toward Ruthie. He takes this enterprise as an oppurtunity to turn Ruthie's head and change her heart, and doesn't care what claim anyone else might have.

Ruthie Eden is in love with the Roselle children. Caring for them has opened her heart to their precocious and endearing love, and that's the good news. The bad news is she is falling in love with their father, popular YouTuber Maximillian Roselle. She can see a future with him, but how does he feel about her?Maximillian Roselle has too many things on his mind: his wonderful children, his dream career and the beautiful, compassionate and fiercely loving woman he has hired to care for them. It is a recipe for love or disaster. Max has been finding it difficult to maintain his emotional distance as an employer and, truth be told, he doesn't want to.Facing fears of the future and ghosts of their pasts with newfound love and faith, Max and Ruthie embark on a relationship guided by their hearts and God.

Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, prominent YouTuber Maximillian Roselle finds himself a single father of two young children. Lonely and in pain, they cling to each other on the island of happiness he has created for them, longing for a wholeness they cannot voice.When strong-willed, compassionate, and empathetic Ruthie Eden enters their world, hope for that wholeness is born. Her heart bleeds for Max's children and she is compelled to heal three broken hearts.Slowly and cautiously Max weaves her into the fabric of their lives fearing she will compromise his trust, yet hoping she may be the healing balm his family needs.