"Do you want to talk? You know, about everything?" Evan asks. He's staring up at the star-covered sky as he holds our brown bag of French fries. I finish my sip of my vanilla milkshake despite not wanting to stop and follow his gaze. The stars twinkle against the black and wish I had brought my camera. Somehow I thought that bringing it on our maybe-maybe-not date wasn't appropriate. "I don't know," I smile, "everything seems like a lot of talking." Alabama Reed has fooled herself into thinking that this could work and she knows it. With an accident she's trying to downplay and a loss she can't seem to forget, things aren't looking good. So Bam's parents do the only thing they can think of; they take their daughter and drive her halfway across the country to sleepy Mermaid Bay to live in an empty cottage for the summer. Things quickly start looking up when Bam realizes the newspapers don't cover news that happens hours away, but as soon as she starts making friends and secrets of her past start unraveling, Bam finds out that you can't always run from your past - even if you actually run away. Spiritual #18 May 16th, 2013

#1 in the Unloved Series Rachel Bradstone is your average rich, spoiled, mean girl. It seems that Rachel has everything a girl could ever want - she's the head of the most popular group in her school but there's more to the story. Rachel's father is in jail for drug dealing and she has never seen him before. Rachel's mother is a different story. She doesn't have time for Rachel because of her job and numerous boyfriends. Rachel is the only child in her family and lives with her grandmother. Megan Freeman is the opposite of Rachel. She is kind, cheerful and bubbly and brings joy to the people around her. She loves God with all her heart and got saved when she was little. One day, God tells her to do the most absurd thing - make friends with Rachel Bradstone.

Meet Serenity. She lives a life full of fear; afraid to hand her trust over to a single soul. She's been hurt so many times, she feels as if one crack would shatter her world. So she keeps herself locked inside her own her own little world, not letting anyone in. But what if one guy can change her outlook on life with just a few words? When a guy unexpectedly stumbles into her life without her even trying, she's amazed at the way he stands out to her. He somehow makes her feel good inside -- something she hasn't felt in years. In fear, she tries to push him out of her life but instead finds herself feeling safer around him. Maybe what Serenity needs is to be shattered after all. Maybe instead of breaking her, it just turns out to be a breakthrough. Maybe a shattered world is actually a way of letting people, who you don't realize how much you need, into your life. **

❝ғaιтн in God includes ғaιтн in his тιмιng❞ Jamie Hughes has recently graduated college and has moved with her best friend and her family to Smithsville, South Carolina. She spends her days working at The Nook, a local coffee shop, and preparing to become a pediatric nurse. An old relationship left her terribly heartbroken, so she's moved on and decided to stop dating altogether. But everything changes when she meets Mark, the 25 year shy youth pastor at her church. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Mark has his own unique troubled past, and believes in his heart that he's meant to be alone. His heart has been hardened by a major blow in his life, and he's struggled for more than three years to overcome it. What emotional and spiritual struggles await them? Will they learn to not only have faith in God, but also faith in his plan and his timing?

Rylyn Delson's life has been pretty predictable for the past eight years after her mother's death. She's gotten used to her dad being "clingy". But when life takes a turn for the unexpected, Rylyn has to face the reality of the world alone, with no one who understands. God understands, doesn't He? What good is He planning to come out of this anyway? Meanwhile David Ark and his wife, Mirissa, are just a Christian couple adjusting to their new lives in the town of Riverside. Getting to know the teens firsthand as a Youth Minister, he discovers the shy, only child girl with a hard past. Soon after gravitating toward her, tragedy strikes her hard. When they take her in, both of them go through hard times themselves. But God's ways are higher than our's, right? Told from the two perspectives that resemble a father-daughter relationship, they not only discover hidden truths of the struggles but also try to learn to take on unwavering faith. {Started: September 2014 Finished: February 2015} (Picture credit to legit-faith.com)

All Amelia ever wanted was to have a normal life. To have her parents married forever, her big brother there for her, to have lots of friends, and follow Jesus Christ. Things go the whole opposite direction for her. Her mom and dad divorce, her brother becomes a drug addict, and her only friend moved away their sophomore year at high school. Things began to start looking up again when she learned to love her step-dad, and then he died unexpectedly from a heart disease. Her whole life is falling apart, so is her relationship with God. She has stopped going to church and hasn't touched her Bible in months. Then her dad comes to her rescue. He takes Amelia away from her old life and depressed Mom, to a new town and a new life. What does this new life hold for Amelia? Only God knows.

Meli is as happy as she has ever been in her whole life. Everything seems to be working out for the better in her life. She's newly married, has two sons, she has parents that are slowly but surely working their problems out, she has her entire extended Hobson family surrounding her, she can even walk again. How will she handle her new found peace being shattered by the arrival of Danny’s mother? Danny's been married for less than a month and already, trouble is afoot. Not between Meli and himself, but between his mother and himself. Danny's mother, Celia Whitmore, has come back looking for help. She's homeless, poor, and sick. Can Danny find it in his heart to forgive his mother for abandoning him when he was a baby and leaving his other half-siblings the same way? Will he help her or will he kick her to the curb?

This will try to discribe the indescribable....it's not originally mine but I wanted to share it. It is by Dr. S.M Lockridge. So I hope you guys enjoy it♡.

Six years later Arlie and Ethan are no longer together. Arlie's opened a coffee shop in Colorado and has a pretty hectic life between all her responsibilities. While Ethan's living the life traveling across America with his worship band. When Arlie invites Ethan's band over to her house for old time sake, will they discover God led them to be together, or will they both agree they're no longer in love.

It's been six years since Amelia graduated from high school. Her life is going great. She has more money than she will ever need. A place to call home with her brother and niece. A dad that is there for her when she needs him to be. An uncle and cousins she didn't even know she had seven years before. Grandparents that spoil her, even though she is 24 years old. The best pastor she has ever had and his wife that treats her almost like a daughter. The parents of her dead childhood best friend that brought her in after her step dad died. Plenty of friends to do things with. Yet still something is missing from her life. It's the only thing she doesn't know she wants, love. When her old crush comes back to Hobson, will she fall in love with him all over again, or has she moved on?