Bøger af Linda Robinson

Larabeth McCall has too much idle time since the youngest of her two daughters joined her sister in college. Blessed with an innate love of the great outdoors, Larabeth craves to explore nature in a motor home. But the empty-nest doldrums become the least of her worries as she awaits the results of a recent biopsy. With breast cancer having claimed lives in her family for the previous two generations, she has every reason for concern.Unlike his wife, Elton McCall is not the adventurous sort but reconsiders her request to travel after he's threatened with the possibility of losing the love of his life. He purchases a luxury motor home, leaves his business in his partner's hands, and sets out with Larabeth to fulfill her dream on "The Taj McCall." Surprisingly, Elton begins to enjoy the life-changing journey.Wind, rain, sleet, and snowstorms aside, Elton's sudden health issues create havoc and complicate their travel plans. An anxious Larabeth learns valuable lessons about people, poverty, and purpose-that God provides guardian angels, puts the needy in her path, and has a plan for her.

In Truth & Southern-Fried Fiction, Linda Robinson has compiled a book of her favorite short stories, written over a period of six years. Whether penned for her local Writers' Forum assignments, to capture moments in time, or just for fun, her tales are bound to captivate and leave you wanting more. In truth or fiction, her southern roots and unique voice add an amusing facet.

Natalie Hudson-daughter of doting parents, college student preparing for a career in veterinary medicine, and fiancée of the perfect friend and companion-couldn't be happier. Until her idyllic world is shaken by unexpected news and circumstances.Nicholas, her betrothed, asks to postpone their wedding for reasons she can't understand. Is Natalie being selfish if she gives Nicholas the boot, abandons the Christian Triple C group, and spends time with a new male friend who desires more than friendship?Natalie soon discovers her new life is nothing like she has always dreamed it would be. The angst and trials of her teen years seem trivial compared to the struggles of adulthood with its many choices, commitments, and consequences.Will the man Natalie once called the love of her life become her husband and father her children? Or is the term soul mate a fantasy too? Join Natalie as she faces the challenges and life-altering events of an adult in a real world rife with stormy clouds and turbulent temptations.

A tough persona disguises a hurting soul... Cheyenne Curtis longs for a good man to marry and raise a family with-something she never had growing up. Private Investigator Judson Gray seems perfect for her, but disturbing childhood experiences resurface and stop their relationship dead in its tracks. Almost from their first date, Judson fell head over heels in love with Cheyenne, the confident, sassy redhead who never minces words and tells it like it is. Things are going great until she suddenly turns a one-eighty and asks him for space to get her head together. Can Cheyenne overcome deeply scarring childhood memories and find happiness with Judson, or will she put his love on hold and continue to search for an elusive assurance she can't even define?

Is it possible for two teenaged girls from completely different backgrounds to forge a lasting friendship-a relationship strong enough to endure life-altering events?Beautiful, ambitious, and spoiled high school sophomore Natalie Hudson aims for a veterinarian career, but she is bored with school and a lack of challenge. Her secret admiration for handsome senior Trevor Casey may complicate any future plans. She agrees to an innocent romantic meeting that becomes a horribly violent night. An evening Natalie will not soon forget teaches her a lesson that affects every future decision she makes.Tori Rhodes comes from a broken home, and her dreams and desires are simple-to be loved, become a wife and mother, and have a blissful life with a model family like Natalie's. But Tori's history of making wrong choices about sex, drugs, and alcohol hinders her hopes of a happy life.Set in 1987 on a Southern plantation in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Natalie's Choices depicts teenage angst, family relationships, and the consequences of both right and wrong choices. Can Natalie and Tori's friendship endure the endless trials life throws at them?Natalie's Choices is Book One of three novellas in the Faith and Family series by author Linda Robinson. Book Two, Natalie's Decisions, is scheduled for release in November, 2014.

A tragic accident crushes high school senior Natalie Hudson's spirits, jeopardizes her chances of graduating, and threatens her faith.Though she's excited to move away to college, she soon suffers severe homesickness and questions her decision to leave the protection of her home and loving family, even for the veterinarian career she covets.Natalie experiences horrifying events and learns valuable lessons not taught in a college classroom. Will the student she's attracted to become her best and most-trusted friend, or is he her stalker? Will she defy her daddy's wishes and marry the man of her dreams before her education is complete?Natalie's Commitments, Book Two in author Linda Robinson's faith and family trilogy, will keep you on the edge of your seat, praying Natalie can live up to her commitments.

The heart reveals what the mind cannot fathom. As a lawyer, Sheri Smith has a heart for victims of injustice, the abused, and the poor who are unable to afford professional help.After losing a custody case that emotionally devastates her, Sheri's pain is exacerbated by grief over the death of her beloved grandparents who raised her. She leaves the legal system and goes home to pursue a lifelong dream of turning their estate in southern Alabama into an upscale bed-and-breakfast inn and resort.Bradley Jenkins has been Sheri's best friend since first grade when they lived on adjoining acreage, roamed the woods, fished the streams, swam in the creek pool, and lived the perfect childhood. He returns home from Atlanta and opens an architectural business in the nearest town.Bradley harbors a desire to be more than friends, but Sheri adamantly refuses to be romantically involved with a bestie who seems more like her brother... Until a beautiful and sexy office assistant brings out the secrets of Sheri's deep-seated hang-ups and makes her second guess her ideals and desires.

Researchers assess the advantages and trade-offs of a reimagined Middle East strategy where strategic goals link to a broader understanding of stability that prioritizes reduced conflict, better governance, and greater growth and development. They analyze long-standing U.S. interests and relationships with central partners and develop an alternative framework in which the Iranian challenge is one among several factors that should be considered.

On the ground in Iraq, with General Petraeus and his commanders, the author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Chaos reports on the endgame of a controversial war.