Imperfect Love
Lauren Wilson is well on her way to her happily-ever-after. She has a career she loves, a husband she adores and a baby on the way, but a devastating diagnosis changes everything. The life she's built suddenly crumbles around her when her husband insists she choose—the baby or him.
Returning to her small hometown to rebuild her shattered life, Lauren crosses paths with Ethan Campbell, the man who stole her teenage heart. The old attraction is still there, but Lauren won't admit it to anyone—least of all herself. Her only priority is providing a life for her child, and she can't afford to get it wrong. Ethan is confusing everything, including stirring up feelings she’s not prepared to face. Will she spend her life raising her baby alone or is the family she's always wanted finally within her reach?
Author Rebecca Lynn Talley
Rebecca Lynn Talley grew up in the gorgeous seaside city of Santa Barbara, CA. She met, and married, her husband, Del, while attending Brigham Young University. She graduated from BYU with a degree in Communications. She currently lives in rural Colorado on a small ranch with a dog, too many cats to count, and a herd of goats. She and Del are the proud parents of ten wildly-creative, multi-talented children.
Rebecca is the author of a children’s picture book, Grasshopper Pie (WindRiver 2003), a children’s chapter book, Gabby’s Secret (DuBon Publishing 2011), four novels, Heaven Scent (CFI 2008), Altared Plans (CFI 2009), The Upside of Down (CFI 2011), and Aura (DuBon Publishing 2012). She has also authored numerous children’s stories and articles for both print and online magazines.
When she isn’t writing, Rebecca loves to date her husband, play with her kids, swim in the ocean, and dance to disco music while she cleans the house. She has folded at least one million loads of laundry, baked hundreds of batches of chocolate chip cookies, and eaten 5,478 gallons of ice cream.
Imperfect Love Excerpt
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A plus sign.
Lauren Wilson blinked the hopeful tears back. Was she seeing
it right? She flicked on the bathroom light for a better look and scrutinized
the pregnancy test wand.
Definitely a plus sign.
She leaned against the wall. A baby.
Some moments are
milestones, and some milestones are moments. Lauren gazed at the wand
again. This is definitely both.
After trying for over two years—well, she seemed to be more
intent on conceiving than her husband, Paul, but that didn’t matter now. The
wondering, hoping, then crying, month after month, didn’t matter. Nothing
mattered now. She was pregnant.
Excitement bubbled up inside her. She’d finally have a baby
and the happily-ever-after she’d dreamed about since she was a little girl.
Lauren rested her hand across her stomach, her fingers
tingling. After all this time, it was finally her turn.
Finally.
She rushed into the bedroom to find her cell phone and call
Paul with the news. Her anxious fingers stumbled over the keypad, searching for
his speed dial number. What if he’s in a
meeting? What if he can’t take the call? I don’t want to leave this on his
voicemail.
She ended the call before it could go through and sat on the
bed. This wasn’t something she wanted to tell him over the phone. It was too
momentous. Too amazing. Too wonderful.
A photo caught her eye. She handled the delicate metal
frame, memories of her wedding flooding her mind. What a perfect day it had
been at the church on Third Avenue in Durango, her hometown. It was such a
beautiful beginning to their life together, and now they’d move to the next
step—adding a baby to their family.
Ideas of how to tell Paul swirled around her head. She
wanted to make it special for him, so she decided to take some time to come up
with just the right way to let him know he was going to be a daddy. Daddy. The word felt sweet and
satisfying on her tongue.
Lauren glanced at the clock on the light green wall opposite
the bed. Seven thirty. She’d have to hurry—she didn’t want to be late for her
first class.
Her hands stroked her stomach. I’m going to have a baby. I can’t wait to tell Paul. He’ll be as
thrilled as I am.
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