Embraced By Love

Josie and Cooper were one of those couples everyone envied: gorgeous, successful, and so deeply devoted. Even though Josie tended to work too hard, putting in long hours to lift her fledgling company off the ground, and Cooper could be wild and unpredictable, the two complimented one another. It seemed their love would last forever. But sometimes love just isn’t enough. When a tragic accident leaves Josie and Cooper with two young children to care for, their bond will be tested. Now the pressures of their commanding careers are compounded by the needs of the children, and they find themselves drifting further and further apart. They will have to work to find the way back to each other, to the incredible passion that was once at the center of lives–and still burns deep in their hearts.

Embraced by Love begins with the early struggles of a six year old child who prefers severe isolation and loneliness. Reys story traces not a quest to search for belonging, but an obsessive quest to continue his solitary status by seeking alternative fulfillment in antiquated music and theatre. Throughout his childhood, Reys preference to being alone continues until he enters Jr. High through his High School years. It is upon these years that he falls madly in love. The relationship will impact his personal and social development through his adult years in extremely destructive ways until he finds people that genuinely care for him. This book will resonate to individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds, parents of children with Special Needs, and individuals caught in the cycle of dysfunctional relationships.

In 1890, The Bachelor’s Club is a group of men who love God, poker, and their small town of Raven Crest. It’s promising to be a good year, and these men are ready for anything. Together, The Bachelor's Club can conquer any problem, until it is overtaken by a very unexpected adversary: love. Ben Hammond is the Defense Attorney for the county of Raven Crest and a devoted bachelor. He is confident he can handle everything life throws at him, until he meets Erin, the judge’s daughter. How can he work with Erin’s father and court her at the same time? Then, his attention is drawn to the hardest case of his career. Courting Erin is now impossible ... or is it? Erin is learning to put God first. When her mentor dies, she is thrust into the challenging world of business. All she wants is the love of a good husband, and it could be Ben. What she gets instead are hard life lessons. Is the love she so longs for out of reach? For their relationship to work, Ben and Erin must have faith that love, even in the darkest of times, conquers all.

Annotated reissue originally published 1995 A workaholic thirty-something couple and a baby… Josie Cooper’s got the perfect-for-her life. This former small-town-girl has worked long and hard to grow her computer start-up into a company to be reckoned with. She’s also found her soul-mate in brilliant, quirky, and extremely sexy architect Cooper McBride. And they’re happily—if busily—living out their HEA in Manhattan, the City that Never Sleeps. The ongoing journey of a happy marriage is one that needs constant work and compromise, but Josie and Cooper are experts at thinking creatively to make their lives and relationship vibrant and thriving. But when Josie’s brother and his wife are killed in a car accident in the mountains of Tennessee, their two small children—four year old Lucy and nine month old Ben—have nowhere to go, unless Josie and Cooper step up. “I saw a baby once,” Josie tells Coop, “but that’s the extent of my experience…” Outside-of-the-box thinking is this power-couple’s forte, but adding two understandably needy kids to the chaos of their lives is a daunting challenge—one that will test them in unexpected ways… With footnoted commentary about everything from pre-smartphone life in 1994/1995 (when Embraced by Love was written, published, and is still set) to thoughts on writing romance and how much Romancelandia—and her own writing—has changed in the past twenty-something years, Suzanne Brockmann presents a special annotated edition of one of her very earliest books. Set in 1995, Embraced by Love is a full length novel of 64K words (76K with annotations) or 240 pages. It was originally published in 1995.

The Father's compassion heals the deep emotional wounds caused by earthly fathers who don't know how to love...or who just aren't there. Relationships can be restored and homes reunited.

In Embraced: Many Stories, One Destiny, Mark Buchanan creatively uses the art of storytelling to illustrate the theology of Jurgen Moltmann. Pastor Buchanan beckons us to engage with the stories and be drawn into a future beyond what we could imagine or create. We are invited to walk with an orphan, a disheartened young adult, a sorrowful community, a frustrated parent, and others, to encounter our own emptiness and indifference and eventually discover that "in the end, a beginning lies hidden." God's boundless resolve to comfort the suffering, gather the lost, bring hope to the despairing, and share life that rises out of death is artfully expressed. Mark Buchanan captures common human experiences and compassionately takes us on the journey from hopelessness into hopefulness. He invites us into the embrace of God that sets us free and unites our story with God's story. As a practical application of Jurgen Moltmann's theology, Embraced: Many Stories, One Destiny introduces us to a shared life with God that is inclusive, hopeful, and creative.

"God loves you." How many times have you heard those words? Many people know in their head that God loves them, but they haven't experienced this truth in their heart. They long for an encounter with God the Father's love that is genuine, tender, and full of freedom and joy. But their experiences with their own fathers have left them wounded and broken. Written in a warm-hearted, honest, and disarming way, Bob Carroll shares his journey of growing up fatherless and in search of a father's love. Through scriptural teaching, personal stories, and practical steps, Embraced will touch the hearts of readers who long to feel like a deeply loved child of the Heavenly Father.