Bøker av Cindy M. Amos

~ Where taking the higher road can sanctify the journey~Paisley St. James discovers Brace Cordan, the charismatic leader of the Re-Occupy movement, has been left behind to fend for himself at the wildlife park where she works in Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Sympathetic to include him in the community, she gives him a job tending the lorikeets, where he devises a gymnastics act that covers him with avian attention. When Brace lends his marketing expertise to increase daily attendance and passes romantic glances her way, small town living starts looking up. Betrayal strikes the park, leaving a tag-team staff shored up by nomadic Re-Occupy members to run the Shakespeare event. An unbelievable offer emerges from the show when the post of a wacky performance goes viral on social media, but Brace allows his financial burden to overshadow any hope for her inclusion.Paisley will have to utter the words no woman should have to say, but will that sacrifice be enough to convince Brace? The path ahead becomes the higher road when it starts on a towering rock.

SALVAGING DOCTOR JUNK~Where love salvages two hearts on the ledge of loneliness~Delayne Davidson has a knack for flushing secretive birds from their cover, but when she goes into the Ozark backwoods to buy a puppy, she flushes out a handsome young veterinarian as a bonus. Try as he might, Kemp Junkowski just can't seem to gain business at his fledgling animal clinic in Harrison, Arkansas, park headquarters for the picturesque Buffalo National River. As they bond over a mutual love of animals and time spent on the river, Delayne suggests inventive ways to strengthen his business ties. When evidence of vehicle tampering unfolds right in the department's motor pool, trouble starts showing up in unexpected places. Kemp tastes success while subbing for an ailing vet at a non-stop animal clinic, so how can he return to an empty appointment schedule?Delayne helps Kemp step beyond his fear of ledges, but can she come up with a strategy to keep his clinic doors open?Trepidation may toe the ledge, but true love only lands after a leap of faith.~Because when you're on the ledge of desperation, the only lifeline is love~

~Where the right heart connection can lift the heavy spirit~Stationed at the locks leading to Lake Okeechobee, Florida, Fallon McKenzie admires the heroic rescue of a disabled boater as the lock rises with floodwater. In the right place at the right time, Bait Crate shop owner Court Reynolds offers to take Fallon around to her lake checkpoints after the surplus boat is docked, which leads to a sunset dinner invitation. Court's lifelong ties in his coastal community of Port Salerno start to fray with one neglect-driven catastrophe after another. Fallon lures Court inland with the suggestion of expanding business to include corporate fishing frolics at her horse ranch in Loxahatchee. Despite promising success, a deep wound cuts at the family's wellness. Fallon seizes the moment to save Court, but trouble in uniform lurks ahead, right when her guard is down.Fallon's love lifts Court with her lyrical boatman's renderings,but can he rally to play the hero's part one more time?A lake lends tranquility only when the heart can be lifted up above the mounting floodwaters.

~Where only the bond of love can make redemption possible~Lacey Woodhouse arrives at River Ranch to deliver the bank's notice of default for unmade mortgage payments but plunges into a horse trough and meets the struggling owner, rancher Wray Benson, up close and personal. When a bouquet of field daisies finds its way to her car windshield weeks later, she decides to throw caution-and conflict of interest-to the wind. Time in the country charms Lacey and she learns of Wray's support of an ailing family member which softens her heart. Soon destruction of his perimeter fence during the foreclosure countdown hints of trouble within her REO unit at the bank. An investigation launches with Lacey at the helm, but she has problems navigating the sole condition mandated by the bank president-she can't see Wray until the foreclosure process concludes. As the dreaded foreclosure clock ticks down, will Lacey be able to reach out to downtrodden Wray and reconnect heart-to-heart?A troubled undercurrent runs through the flower-strewn meadow of their relationship, one that the redemptive river of love must overcome.

~Where honest advocacy justifies an investment of the heart~Marin Evans finagles her way into a rowboat with a temperamental sound-side resident who's about to have his salty heritage crumble beneath him on the Outer Banks. Tyde Fearing lowers his guard to give the insistent land use planner her interview, but doesn't expect to enjoy her company as the threat of condemnation for the historic Fearing cottage makes his future seem bleak. Marin goes into advocacy mode when the historical society and recreation department clash for use of the Fearing land donation. An outbuilding with a shadowy past stands to further condemn the Fearing family-or will the shed become a plank of justification when the truth is revealed? All hope falls to ashes when the Fearing cottage is taken by an act of nature, plunging Tyde into despair. Marin's land use plan is the only life raft that will save him-and she employs a flotilla of creative reinforcements to pull it off at the grand opening of Fearing Landing.Will the shifting sands of the Graveyard of the Atlantic sink its last authentic waterman?Not when he has an advocate determined to cross the waters of the soundwith a heart that bridges an impossible task with the surety of love.

~Where healing love can lend the power to save~Nurse Cami Walsh meets an interesting man the hard way when she sideswipes cyclist Holt Ellis on his way down Lookout Mountain. Holt survives the collision with shredded hopes of improving his dire state of unemployment, but Cami's tender touch revives the man he longs to be. Cami's son Mitch insists on substituting for Bicycle Man, a local hero who's mysteriously gone missing, but she questions how Holt happens to know the delivery route for food distribution to the area's homeless. When a once-in-a-lifetime job opening emerges for Holt, Cami slips a newspaper clipping into his resume package that links his marketing genius to his anonymous community service. With her dark paternity secret finally disclosed for justice, Cami finds herself plunged into a battle to regain Mitch after he's abducted by his birth father.Will saving Bicycle Man be enough of a back-up plan to restore her little family?Only a bridge of community support can break the threat of the brooding mountains that hem her in-and only love can conquer fear.

On break from her vendor booth selling bittersweet swags at a craft fair, Lolo Henley accidentally witnesses illegal activity down along Atchison's waterfront and runs for her life.Ever short of his dream for ordination at St. Benedicts Abbey, gardener Karch Riley rescues Lolo from an unholy search party.As trouble mounts, Karch discovers veiled threats on the adjoining college campus and teams with law enforcement to protect the innocent. Evidence of illegal gun purchases becomes linked with the abbey's Vicar Copley, Karch's harsh boss. Trouble deepens when human trafficking emerges as the ring's source of funding. Sensitive to the plight of trafficked victims due to a past slight, Karch rallies awareness support from college students who start a prevention movement. Knowing a woman once cost him his ministry aspirations, does he dare trust another woman to salvage it? When the pressure peaks, a battle of savvy maneuvering along the river becomes a matter of life or death.In the heat of pursuit, ordination slips toward a far-off horizon-or can Karch safeguard Lolo and recapture his dreams from oblivion?

~His quest for innovation...Her conquest for endearment~Materials engineer Mason Porter rescues HR director Glori Dawes when a platform collapses under her at the kickoff presentation for Coleman Company's "America Goes Camping" campaign. To return the favor, Glori selects Mason as her camping husband, which launches a filming adventure through three national parks. When admiration kindles a deeper spark, Mason will have to force the issue regarding the ring on her finger that represents her vow with the devious Marketing director in charge of the campaign. Is it phony-or matrimony? Back at work someone sabotages the company's million dollar lantern assembly line. Mason's equipment inspection points to the same dark character, while the aftermath of her shattered engagement places Glori's reputation at risk in a twisted exposé. As Mason digs for the ultimate truth, Glori must confront her childhood allegiances to cling to a love meant to last.Welcome to the dawn of the age of plastics, a state of the art injection mold technology ushering in a lightweight polymer that may leave one forward-thinking engineer heavy-hearted in the end.Set in Wichita, Kansas, headquarters for the world-famous Coleman Company, in spring 1958.

~His quest for quality...Her conquest for a trusting heart~Quality control manager Weston Durand searches out flaws and defects to keep airplanes in top shape, but when a test flight's propeller makes a collision course with the hangar door, he dashes to save upholsterer Myla Templeton from harm. Upping the group's aesthetics, blue-eyed Myla attends his Quality Circle meetings for continuous improvement in the workplace, where her brainstorming efforts contribute the first major improvement-a high-grade line of western-style upholstery. Admiration leads to romance when they celebrate success. While other members catch and spread the innovative vision for betterment, the new jet engines on a prototype aircraft become a pesky gadfly. Weston aids safety manager Duncan Reed, making changes in protocol that safeguard against the powerful engine's accidental ingestion of foreign objects, but sabotage rears its vengeful head, tipping the balance toward harm. Can Myla heed Weston's cautious warning of "poka-yoke" or is she already too aligned in the saboteur's crosshairs to avoid error?Welcome to the false start of the jet age, a touch-and-go maneuver where an errant wrench-in-the-works can topple a vulnerable sky-giant.Set in Wichita, Kansas, the Air Capital of the World, in spring 1953.

~ His quest for safety... Her conquest for love~Safety manager Duncan Reed works to flush out an illicit labor union tapping out the oil company's insurance benefits in El Dorado, Kansas. When his path crosses newly widowed Lorna Rae Holmes, their friendship lends her courage to pursue a long-held dream. Lo-Rae Cakes becomes a reality after she moves to prosperous Kansas City. But the harrowing Midwest floods in the summer of 1951 pressure Lorna Rae to evacuate, reuniting her with the compassionate safety manager who has a soft spot for both her cake and her daughter. A cresting flood, a fire held in innocent hands, and a fiendish last attempt by the union leader all threaten to damage the fragile connection between Duncan and Lorna Rae.Safety must return to the oil fields, but what will Duncan place at ultimate risk?

Fed up with the good-old-boy treatment at her current job in Emporia, conservation officer Aley Halstead plans a lateral move for more equitable treatment in nearby Council Grove, Kansas. A real hitch in her departure plan, she meets enigmatic Hake Warren, a young lawyer attempting to ranch on a newly-purchased acreage. As her final project, Aley commits to helping the rookie weekend rancher design the best plan for restoring the overworked operation, but when their interests turn more personal, his outlying ranch becomes a romantic midpoint to ease her transition. Living in the new town grows perilous, right when Hake's class action lawsuit work gains momentum. Whether poacher or poltergeist, the unhinging threat turns sinister, and only Hake's knowledge about his property will prove the difference between life or death.Can Aley's lessons on protecting the land come to her rescue in return?Watch Hake push matters to the edge to reconcile her from heartache.

On sabbatical, rodeo entertainer Lyndie Leigh Sessoms strikes out on her quest to find a real life, riding the coattails of a wildfire into Kansas where she rescues trampled rancher Burk Crosby from the ashes. Drawn together in a cascade of heart-wrenching events, they work selflessly to counter damage from the wildfire and resurrect the rural community around Ashland. Small-town kindness combines with widespread generosity in the wake of the fire, but a greedy siphon infiltrates the distribution site, casting a dark shadow of suspicion over the recovery efforts. To salvage their blossoming affection, Burk solidifies the ranchers to force the siphon out of hiding with a trap-but Lyndie never suspects that she's positioned as the bait. A late-arriving warning leaves her nowhere to turn: do not trust anyone in Ashland, Kansas.Based on the true story of the Starbuck fire of 2017 that ravaged western Kansas-and area ranchers who demonstrated vulnerable resiliency in its aftermath.Strength for the day...with eyes on the Almighty.