When The Morning Comes

When her relationship with Paul comes to an end, Hannah Lapp heads to Ohio in hopes of finding refuge with another Amish outcast, and a deepening friendship with Martin Palmer helps her cope as she struggles to understand the contemporary world.

It’s 1976 in South Africa. In the black township of Soweto, Zanele works as a nightclub singer and is plotting against the apartheid government. Her best friend Thabo, schoolboy turned gang member, has troubles of his own--a deal gone wrong and some powerful enemies. Across the bridge, in the wealthy white suburbs, Jack plans to spend his last days in Johannesburg burning miles on his beat-up Mustang--until he meets Zanele. Working in her father's shop, Meena finds a packet of banned pamphlets. A series of chance meetings sets off a chain of events--a failed plot, a murdered teacher, a forbidden love and a growing student movement that sweeps across the country like a blazing fire. When Morning Comes is a part of the Duckbill Not Our War series. The NOW series deals with children growing up in times of conflict--powerless, vulnerable, and yet, against all odds, brave and hopeful of a better future.

When Hannah dares to love across the boundaries of tradition, will she lose everything? Despite being raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, seventeen-year-old Hannah Lapp desires to break with custom, forgo baptism into the faith, and marry outside the cloistered community. She’s been in love with Mennonite Paul Waddell for three years, and before returning to college for his senior year, Paul asks Hannah to be his wife. Hannah accepts, aware that her marriage will change her relationship with her family forever. On the evening of their engagement, tragedy strikes and in one unwelcome encounter, all that Hannah has known and believed is destroyed. As she finds herself entangled in questions that the Old Ways of her people cannot answer, Hannah faces the possibility of losing her place in her family, in her community– and in the heart of the man she loves. When the Heart Cries is book one in the Sisters of the Quilt series.

In her unforgettable new novel When Morning Comes, Francis Ray delivers an emotionally powerful tale about the families we build, the choices we make, and how we find love and family along the way. Dr. Cade Mathis learned early that he was not the son of the man who raised him. His adoptive father, a cruel, bitter man, had always been quick to tell him that he was a bastard and an embarrassment to the rich society family whose daughter got pregnant with him. So when Cade received a full scholarship to college, he was only too happy to leave the only home he had ever known behind and never looked back. Now a successful doctor and one of the best neurosurgeons in the state, the only thing he still wants are answers about where he came from. What he doesn't expect to find is Sabrina Thomas, the new patient advocate at his hospital, or how this woman will lead him to the family he has been searching for and a love he never expected to find.

A look at what happens to various wild animals in the morning.

When Morning Comes is a sizzling, standalone romance between best friends. There are worse things than getting knocked up by your best friend. Right? Kiersten won’t make excuses for living her very best life. But being the life of the party has its downsides—like waking up naked next to her best friend. Ever since Nathan’s wife died a few years ago, he’s avoided commitment. He went from living the family life to a one-and-done mentality. Until Kiersten breaks the news. She’s pregnant with his baby. She shoves him back in the friend zone. But there’s no return to normal when he’s already falling in love with her. Convincing her that his affection runs deeper than their new reality isn’t an easy feat. Not when her lips are his addiction, and her touch is a brand. He’s determined to become more than friends. Kiersten wants to play it safe, but Nathan is ready for risks. The problem is relationships can go south fast. And they might learn the truth about what’s worse than getting knocked up by your best friend. Losing them forever. This book was exceptional. A best friend to lovers, surprise pregnancy romance with a lot of heart, a ton of emotions and some really fantastic characters. -Nixreadsromance If you like witty heroines and kind heroes, then this book is for you. This is a very intriguing book that captivated my attention throughout. -Vedika, Goodreads This book was every emotion. I laughed, I cried, I was heartbroken, and scared and had no idea what was coming next. It was so stinking good! -Lady M., Goodreads Between the perfect chemistry that has you screaming how great they are together and the deeper emotion that balanced out with some great humor there isn't a moment of this book that I didn't love. - Britt The Red Hatter Book Blog Topics Include: contemporary romance, small town romance books, romantic comedy, surprise pregnancy, accidental pregnancy, best friends to lovers, romance novels, second chance at love, widower, emt romance, love letters

From the beloved bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author—a timeless portrait of a young man's homecoming, and his ensuing journey through youth, identity, family, and love. Here is the debut novel that set Tyler on the path to becoming an American classic. Ben Joe Hawkes is a worrier. Raised by his mother, grandmother, and a flock of busy sisters, he's always felt the outsider. When he learns that one of his sisters has left her husband, he heads for home and back into the confusion of childhood memories and unforseen love....

Jason is frightened by his big brother's stories about the masked figures they will see in the Mardi Gras parade, but after seeing them for himself, Jason learns they are fun.