How much is too much for a human being to handle? What is it about the human spirit that enables us to push on through insurmountable odds? When it is easier to simply give up? For Julie and Bill, that question loomed over their heads. Serving his se...
Dr. Jack Stephens didn’t care. Nothing mattered to him. He didn’t care about feelings. He didn’t care about love. If it wasn’t on the operating table, he never cared about the heart. For a world-class cardiac surgeon, he was as closed off to ...
What happens when you do all you can, you give all you are, and you fight with all you have, and it simply isn't enough? What do you have left when everything is taken from you? Sometimes, all that remains is the core of who we are as individuals; th...
Tommy and Brittany have been through everything. They have survived problems that would level the strongest of couples. They continue to rely on each other and their love to get through every struggle and up until now, they have made it. When Brittan...
Bill and Brittany. Brother and sister. They grew up so close, yet so far apart and it was a mix of luck and fate that brought them together. Suddenly, in a flash, in a moment of heroism, both of their lives are forever changed. It isn’t the event a...
Jack and Stephanie. When they found each other, their lives were empty and their hearts were as well. It took love and strength and passion for them to come together and create the bond that helped form their family of choice. Now, in an instant, it ...
How long can you run before your past comes back to haunt you? How much good can you do when you have so much to make up for? Can a lifetime of good make up for the sins of the past? What if those sins aren’t yours? What is they come from those who...
One final kiss. Sometimes we don’t get a chance to say what we need to say, or do what we need to do. Sometimes all we get is one final kiss. Brittany has always been the epitome of strength and courage. For those lucky enough to be close to her, t...
Their friends are missing. They all missed the signs. When Jack and Bill race to find Tommy, they have no idea the extent of the damage they are about to find. A cryptic message is delivered from the mastermind behind the terror. Jack is told he can ...
There comes a time in everyone’s life when they reach a crossroad. Some take a moment and look back on their life and reevaluate the choices they’ve made and the path they’ve chosen. For Amber, the time to move forward was here. She was runnin...
Tommy and Brittany were healing. After being near the brink of death, they weren’t taking anything for granted. Their little daughter was the light of their lives and their growing baby was a sign that good prevailed. They should have known it was ...
Mike has made a lifetime of bad choices. He stayed in a relationship that meant nothing and allowed his heart to be trampled because he never believed he deserved any better. He learned, when he met Jade, just how wrong he had been. She was everythin...
Julie was the glue.That’s what everyone said. She was the reason Tommy and Jack became a family. She was the reason the bond was formed and stayed strong. She found the greatest love with Bill and showed him his worth as a man and a father. They we...
Mike was finally ready for happiness. After everything he had been through with Rebecca, he was finally ready to turn the page and start a life with the only woman who ever held his heart. He and Jade were getting married. They were going to have twi...
Sometimes a moment happens that comes out of nowhere. A family gathering and wounds are healed. Suddenly a car speeds and a child runs and in an instant; everything changes. Bill and Julie have been through so much. They survived two tours in Iraq an...
Sometimes it’s simply too much. How much fight does a person have inside them?How many times can someone be tested?Tommy and Brittany had survived everything life threw at them. They were strongest together and everyone around them knew that. Their...
Mike was a Soldier. His father was a Soldier. His grandfather was a Soldier. It was his legacy, his lifeblood, and his greatest honor. After serving two tours in Iraq and suffering one horrific injury, he figured his time in the service was over. He ...
It seemed unexpected, yet it wasn’t. Tramp. How does this story move on without one of its founding members?Tramp is as much a part of this family by choice as any member and when the time comes for him to say goodbye, it is a loss nobody saw comin...
What happens when your life turns into one moment; one defining moment of perfection. Or failure. What can a person do when their entire life is rolled into one experience, one idea, or one memory?Must it define you? Or maybe, our defining moment com...
Josie.How do you ask for a miracle when you’ve already received so many?How do you come to terms with a diagnosis that punches you in the gut?What do you do when it’s your child?Bill and Julie have stronger faith than most. They have been tested ...
There is nothing worse than a child being injured or sick. When you have a family of doctors, the inability to help can be suffocating. Jack and Stephanie are dealing with Tessa’s complications the best way they can. It’s excruciating to know you...
Nothing matters, if only love endures the unexpected darkness.A simple sentence that launched the first five books in the Family by Choice series.Brittany and Tommy. Jack and Stephanie. Julie and Bill. These characters have become my family and it ha...
Cassie is home, but Ian has yet to tell her the whole truth. Desi and David found their way back to each other, but her diagnosis throws their plans into a tailspin.Tommy is healing, but the damage he suffered will be hard to overcome.Robbie and Tess...
A freak accident. A sudden twist of fate.A hotel…a car…lives changed in an instant.Desi and David have been through it all and come out together. This challenge makes all that came before look like a picnic.Nothing is guaranteed and no ma...
Josie and Kevin. Two strong willed and passionate individuals who share a night of unexpected romance.A night that shocked them both and left them with more questions than answers leads them to a moment between life and death.A split decision that wi...
Josie was trying to find him.She had no idea the depths these people would go…just to get to her.They already killed.They had nothing to lose.She was running out of time. Just breathe.That's what Kevin keeps telling himself.He will get fre...
Bryan couldn't believe his luck. He was offered his first professional job as a line chef. He was living on his own. He was growing ever closer to his dream of opening a restaurant. His parents finally accepted who he was and what he wanted.And he wa...
Sabrina has always been the one everyone envied. Beautiful, talented, intelligent, and popular. Her life has been blessed with friends, family and finally love. The perfect wedding for the imperfect couple.Finally, it was time to begin a new life.Jim...
As a storm rages outside, things heat up in a beachfront inn. Vanessa escaped to the oceanfront B&B to clear her head after a stunning diagnosis. Yet as gale force winds kick up outside, she's forced to take shelter with a painfully attractive billio...
Kevin and Josie have been through it all. Soon after they met they were thrown into chaos and danger. Both fought for their survival; individually and as a couple. Love was the last thing on their minds and the most unexpected surprise....