You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. - Jeremiah 29:13
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Diane Yates
Author & Speaker
​​​​​​"I write to be read. I want my readers to laugh, cry, and rally for my heroes and heroines. And when they read the words ‘THE END,’ and close the cover, nothing would please me more than if the book they’d just finished would inspire and encourage them." ~ Diane Yates
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The sixteen-year-old spunky daughter of a judge falls in love with the son of a school teacher in the Ozarks prior to the Great Depression. Clella believes their love will never die, but times and people change. Six children and two decades later, Clella feels desperate. The man she thought would always be by her side is miles away while she tries to remain faithful and pick up the pieces in another town. When a chance meeting changes everything, Clella’s faith and beliefs are tested.
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Follow Clella through her true story about love, loss, betrayal, and the courage to love again.
with the son of a school teacher in the Ozarks prior to the Great Depression. Clella believes their love will never die, but times and people change. Six children and two decades later, Clella feels desperate. The man she thought would always be by her side is miles away while she tries to remain faithful and pick up the pieces in another town. When a chance meeting changes everything, Clella’s faith and beliefs are tested.
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Follow Clella through her true story about love, loss, betrayal, and the courage to love again.
Melissa's Fate
When Beth discovers the one she loves has deceived her, she flees New York City without telling him she’s carrying his child. Two years later, she must return to New York from Connecticut and face her baby’s father. Just when Phil decides to forget his love for Beth, she reappears with shocking news. He won’t forgive her for what she’s done, but he’ll do anything to save the little girl he didn’t know existed. With Phil and Beth at odds, nothing short of a miracle from God will change Melissa’s fate.
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Shattered expectations and unwitting mistakes drag a couple through the trial of their lives, a marriage of convenience, and ultimately a lesson on the importance of faith, love, and family.
Melissa's Fate
When Beth discovers the one she loves has deceived her, she flees New York City without telling him she’s carrying his child. Two years later, she must return to New York from Connecticut and face her baby’s father. Just when Phil decides to forget his love for Beth, she reappears with shocking news. He won’t forgive her for what she’s done, but he’ll do anything to save the little girl he didn’t know existed. With Phil and Beth at odds, nothing short of a miracle from God will change Melissa’s fate.
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Shattered expectations and unwitting mistakes drag a couple through the trial of their lives, a marriage of convenience, and ultimately a lesson on the importance of faith, love, and family.