Return to Me

He'll never come back to stay, unless someone asks him to... Funerals can bring people together who are best kept apart. Ethan Foster, home to mourn his sister–in–law, finds himself as unwelcome as ever in the town that once meant the world to him. For more than a decade he's been saddled with a bad reputation – a drunk, a deserter – and he's lived with it, will keep living with it, because the only way to clear his name is to share his secrets. But the secrets are not his to tell and their telling would destroy the family he loves and the woman he's never forgiven himself for leaving behind. Samantha O'Hara once loved freely, but now she doesn't. Now she leaves before she's left and keeps her vulnerabilities tucked away. But when Ethan Foster walks back into town, finally looking at her the way she always wanted him to, she finds her hard–won armour developing chinks. She can't – won't – have anything to do with any reinvention Ethan is going through. But maybe this isn't a new Ethan... Maybe he's the same Ethan she fell in love with all those years ago. And maybe, just maybe, this time their love will be strong enough to make him stay. *Originally published as Ask Me To Stay. Expanded and revised edition.

Olivia 'Lawless' Law is back ...The only thing that could get Olivia back to her childhood home of Denman is a call from her best friend. Sam is planning a wedding, and Olivia agrees to help. But from the moment she arrives, nothing goes to plan. Sam's got cold feet. The town's people are apparently never going to forgive and forget Olivia's Big Mistake. And Sam's big brother Cal - Olivia's first crush and the town's sole pub owner - is all grown up now, with a heart as scarred as her own. Liv can't wait to get back to her life - far away from this judgmental town - but Sam's dug her heels in, which means Liv's spending a lot of time with Denman's favourite publican. Can Liv get her best friend down the aisle and win the town's forgiveness? And when it comes to Cal, can going back still mean moving forward?

A workplace romance leads to a sweet second chance... Dean Foster needs Alice Jaye. Hiring her to manage all things administration and customer service at Foster's Garage is giving him back something he's been lacking for years: time. Time to focus on his business, time to be with his family. Time, even, to learn how to be something more than the town's favorite widower. Alice Jaye needs Dean Foster. As a financially struggling single mother, Alice relies on the second income from Foster's Garage to help make ends meet. But, by taking a second job, Alice is losing the very thing she needs most: time. Time with her son. Time to rest. Time to be more than a money, chasing zombie who hasn't had a grown-up dinner conversation in years. Both Dean and Alice feel like they've left romance behind, but as they start spending their days together and as their kids start to bond, it becomes clear that what begins in winter could grow into a very sweet spring.

A fireman. A duty. The one life he couldnt save. For firefighter Reuben Morales, life has always been about saving others. But when Halloween night delivers a devastating blowhis sisters sudden death in a car crashhes forced to confront flames he cant extinguish. Grief is just the beginning. Reubens wife is hiding a secret that could shatter their family, his city is being ravaged by a shrouded arsonist, and the weight of leading the church Christmas pageant threatens to break him. On top of it all, his faith is crumbling under the crushing question: Why would God let his sister die without salvation? As Reuben wrestles with his own fears of hell and failure, the love he shares with his wife and kids becomes his lifeline. But will that love be enough to pull him through the firestorm of grief, doubt, and the search for answers? In a story that blends the relentless pursuit of faith from Fireproof with the redemptive heart of a Francine Rivers novel and the raw honesty of A Grief Observed, Reubens journey is one of loss, love, and finding hope where it seems least likely. A novel of family, love, hope, and eternal decisions. Praise for The Last Noel: "I needed to read its message of hope during a rough patch Isnt it just like the Lord to use fiction to teach us? "I know Reubens pain I'm now learning, through Reuben, to rest in the Lord." "This book just blew my socks off! I gave it 6 starsa rating very few books receive." This Christmas, discover a story where faith is tested, hope is ignited, and redemption shines through the flames.