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Do you beat yourself up when what you feel doesn’t align with the person you think you should be? You “should” be a good friend, but you feel hurt by past betrayals. You “should” be content, but you feel lonely or unfulfilled. You “should” have faith, but you feel discouraged by unanswered prayers. Instead of working through these inner tensions, you guilt-trip or gaslight yourself, which just leaves you feeling stuck, defeated, and trapped by conflicting feelings. But there is another path.

What if feelings like anger, sadness, and fear could improve your life for the better? In this practical, life-changing book, Christian counselors Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller describe their unique, five-step process for bringing peace to overwhelming emotions and harmony to your inner world.

Do you sometimes feel so stuck in an endless cycle of meeting everyone else’s needs and expectations that you lose sight of yourself? You want to give the best of yourself to others. But what happens when people hurt or take advantage of you? What happens when life doesn’t go your way, despite your best efforts? The Best of You reveals breakthrough strategies to discover your true self, find your voice, set wise limits, and still be a loving person. You don’t have to stay stuck, overwhelmed, or defeated. This book gives you the path to the life God designed for you.

My BFFs and I made a pact the last month of high school: No one was going to college a virgin. The only question was, who would we choose? I knew exactly who I wanted. My teacher, Mr. Parker. I might have just graduated, but I was still his student. But Mr. Parker isn’t teaching me anything in that boring civics textbook any longer. He’s bossy. He’s demanding. He’s so much older than I am. And he’s opening my eyes, teaching me exactly how pleasurable surrender can be.

Once upon a time I didn’t know what I wanted.... Then I met Mary, my sister’s nanny. She didn’t act or speak or look like an innocent. In the space between one heartbeat and the next, I stopped caring about the difference in our ages. So I’m a little older. That just means I know how to take care of her the way a real man should. Mary is gorgeous, she’s smart, she’s made it pretty damn clear she’s into me.... It’s time to make her mine.

After shooting a teenage boy in an undercover operation, DS Sue Manson is taken off the front line and transferred to a desk job in Missing Persons. But no sooner has she arrived than she's in the thick of the action once more, tasked with tracking down a trio of twisted criminals.