BookBub has a FREE collection suggestion for us with a short time-frame. We’ve experienced one or two of the books from this series through the years, I think I’ve read one of them. This suggestion will put these stories back on our radar again.

Books 1-3: Pleasant Hearts and Elliot-Kings series (Collections Book 5)

UNCOMMON GROUND: The Pleasant Hearts Series Book 1 (Stella’s story)Her daughter was there, a disaster happened, and then she was gone. The agonizing search for her daughter led Stella to a future she never dreamed she could have.

UNBOUND HOPE: The Pleasant Hearts Series Book 2 (Erica’s story)A veteran air hostess scarred by her past. A US Marshal determined to nab an elusive fugitive. And a lunatic from the past who won’t stay in the past. Will their collision destroy them or prove redemptive?

UNVEILED TRUTH: The Pleasant Hearts Series Book 3 (April’s story)Fleeing home to find a fresh start across the world, led April back to the beginning she was running away from.

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Browsing, I encountered a pre-order book from another author we’ve seen often over the years just not with anything from this series. All of the books involved are stand-alone stories so that’s a good thing, since this is book 5.

Charlotte: A Christian Romance (The Halversons Book 5)

Charlotte’s Halverson’s dream had once been to fall in love, get married and have a family.

But trusting the wrong person has left her a single mother with a jaded view of relationships. Now, Charlotte is content to raise her daughter and pursue her career as an elementary school teacher.

Unfortunately, the past comes knocking, bringing with it more baggage than Charli wants to deal with.

Blake Madden could have been a wealthy man had he just followed the path set out for him.

It’s been over ten years since Blake last spoke to his family, so when he is medically discharged from the military, rather than going home, he goes to where he last felt a real sense of joy and connection: Serenity Point.

Though Blake regrets the decisions he made the last time he was in Serenity, he can’t help but hope that he hasn’t completely burned all his bridges there. He’s at a crossroad in his life, and he’s ready for a new chapter… maybe fulfilling some old promises.

Blake’s return brings with it a bunch of messy feelings and revelations that Charli had hoped to never have to deal with. Blake’s presence in her life reveals the secrets she’d planned to keep forever from her family, and she has no choice but to deal with the fall out.

Can Charli find it in her heart to forgive Blake for making promises and then leaving her? Or will the risk of being abandoned again keep her from opening her heart and life to the man she once loved?

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It’s been another good day!