A Mother's Love

A Mother's Love
Cheryl Wolverton

ALONE AND IN TROUBLEMaggie Gardere's trust in her fiance had been repaid by him stealing her innocence. Now her straitlaced family was doing everything in its power to see that Maggie left town for good. And it looked as if she and her unborn baby would just have to make it on their own.Local minister Jake Mathison knew a lost soul when he saw one. Giving her a job as church secretary and a place to live were the first steps he took toward bringing Maggie back into the fold. And with each day, Jake knew he was falling more in love with this amazing young woman. But could Maggie's heart and soul ever heal enough to let him become part of her family?

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u15bb6b18-0782-59cc-bbd0-0b402d05d7ee)

About the Author (#u39fdb88d-4d62-5197-8a81-f284ee6d2d0c)

Title Page (#u4a7c2fa2-4735-5232-b6d2-39982a574092)

Epigraph (#u0776f37c-9773-5df9-bdec-6a157071b3ca)

Dedication (#u0503a2f6-23a9-5845-adaf-54864cac14a2)

Prologue (#u37aeb085-882e-58ca-a7d5-b598b2d59ec9)

Chapter One (#u74d6adf8-177e-52bb-a79a-2a9f3295a6f6)

Chapter Two (#ub395be29-278b-5de7-938b-543975c1a9a9)

Chapter Three (#u13c10d3f-9a72-5822-9e11-6f9e99dc831c)

Chapter Four (#u8af04842-af63-5126-93b5-f0f25389a3b9)

Chapter Five (#u286dc397-fdf7-5ae9-b641-12b5ed8b7fba)

Chapter Six (#uc98bf038-918a-53ed-9598-3f85562b86c1)

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Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Dear Reader (#litres_trial_promo)

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CHERYL WOLVERTON

Growing up in a small military town in Oklahoma where she used to make up stories with her next-door neighbor, Cheryl says she’s always written, but never dreamed of having anything published. But after years of writing her own Sunday school material in the different churches where she’s taught young children, and wanting to see more happy endings, she decided to give it a try, and found herself unable to stop.

Seeing so many people hurting, afraid to reach out and accept God’s forgiveness, inspired her to begin writing stories about God’s love and forgiveness in romances, because, she says, “We can’t truly have happily ever after if we don’t have that happily-ever-after relationship with God, too.”

Cheryl now lives in a small Louisiana town and has been happily married for fifteen years. She has two wonderful children who think it’s cool to have a “writing mama.” Cheryl loves to hear from her readers. You can write to her at P.O. Box 207, Slaughter, LA 70777.

A Mother’s Love

Cheryl Wolverton

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:

I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him,

and honour him.

—Psalm 91:15

To Marcia Bender, who was the first to ever tell me

how much she loved my books. This one’s for you.

Thank you to Donna Blacklock and Denise Gray,

who have supported each and every book I’ve

written with book-signings and encouragement and