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Now that her sisters, Crystal and Ava, are moving on with their lives, it's time for Layla Langston to do the same.Experiencing burnout and lack of purpose, Layla is ready for a change. After almost twenty years of working for Langston Brands, her family's luxury handbag business, Layla leaves the company to live life on her own terms.She dares to pursue her own dreams--dreams that lead her to start a new career as a journalist and thrust her into the middle of an investigation that just may put her life in danger.Mason Sterling's goal is twofold -- to get the best story possible and make Houston's local congresswoman pay for her crimes. What he doesn't want or need is anyone to tag along in the process. But when his boss hires Layla, and Mason is tasked with being her mentor, fighting their growing emotional bond is the least of his problems.He'll have to keep her safe to make a future with her a possibility.

Author Natasha D. Frazier takes elements from daily interaction with her children and shows the spiritual application. God is forever present in our lives and we can see Him at work each and every day! How precious it is to see glimpses of our relationship with the Heavenly Father through our relationship with our children! This 52-Week Devotional and Journal encourages self-reflection, prayer, and application of God's Word each week of the year. So set aside time each day to study, pray, and actively develop your relationship with your Heavenly Father.

Life doesn't return to normal for the Langston Sisters...Compelled to get her family's business back on solid ground after Crystal's arrest tanks their company's sales and reputation, Ava shoulders the responsibility to secure the biggest deal Langston Brands has had since inception. However, someone doesn't like the idea and poisons her to thwart her mission.Ava's father hires The Four Kings private security firm to protect Ava from the ongoing threats. When Zack Kingsland takes the job, he does so reluctantly. He's been out of the field for five years since his last job cost him his ex-wife. Now that he's back in the thick of things, he finds that he not only needs to protect Ava, but also his heart.A man of his word, Zack won't compromise his assignment or Ava's safety, not even for the growing feelings he has for her.How can Ava and Zack navigate their feelings without losing sight of the mission-to keep her safe?The Wrong Seat (Ava's story) is book 2 in The Langston Sisters series.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens… Ecclesiastes 3:1 Kensi Jacobson believed in that truth with all of her heart, but when she's up for a promotion for her dream job as assistant editor-in-chief of The Big Apple Chronicle, she hits a roadblock. She put in the work and trusted God for what she believed was her season of elevation, but her boss' idea of a promotion was to send her to Pepperton, TX for another assignment. This new assignment pairs her up with a handsome widower, Darren Shaw, who helps her learn that delay and disappointment can sometimes become a catalyst for something greater. Seemingly burdened with the fact that she is the only one in her circle who isn't married with children and a career that isn't headed in the direction she planned, she begins to wonder when her time and season are coming. Will Kensi learn that Kairos - God's perfect timing, is much more powerful than Chronos - her chronological timetable, and trust that things will fall into place at the right time? What begins as a crush to her ego and life plan may become the perfect time for love and everything else she's wanted.

What dream have you been holding hostage? Afraid to release to the world? So many times, we become overly concerned about how the world will view us, who will support us, or how things will work out. Guess what? Nothing will happen if you never take the first step and make a choice to pursue your dream, vision, or goal! I was once the person who allowed fear to control me, but not any longer. Joshua 18:3 says, "How long are you going to wait before you take possession of the land, the Lord your God has already given to you?" The background of this scripture text refers to tribes of Israel who had not yet taken possession of the land that God had already promised to them. They were waiting when all they needed to do was pursue it! This reminded me of my own procrastination. How many times do we use "waiting on God" and "praying about it" as an excuse because we are fearful of what may happen if we step out on faith to do something that God has already given us the skill to do? If we work as unto Him, wouldn't this please Him? Trust that you are already equipped to unleash the gift that is buried inside of you, and if you're not, now is the time to take the steps so that you can be equipped!

She has nothing to lose, but loving her could cost him everything. Is he willing to risk it all a second time around when she has less than thirty days to live?Renowned motivational speaker Nina Marie Robinson has received a grim prognosis. With the little time she has left, she's giving one last commencement speech at her alma mater Jackson State University and taking a well-deserved vacation to the Bahamas. Nina is also determined to show her college sweetheart she's still in love with him, but can she convince him to drop everything and board that plane with her?Andrew McCall is one step away from being promoted to professor at Jackson State University. If anything goes wrong, Andrew will find himself in the last place he wants to be-chief executive officer of McCall Resorts as his father's successor. When Nina comes to town and requests that he accompany her to the Bahamas, will he have to choose between the woman he's always loved and everything he's worked for?