B J Bassett

Stevie is a typical teenager with two loving parents. But when her dad dies, she and her mom find themselves suddenly living a life they never expected. When Stevie decides to drown her sorrows at a beach party, she wakes up on the beach the next morning and soon discovers that she's pregnant. With her mother unable to help her, Stevie is forced to make the greatest sacrifice in order to give her baby the life she can't afford.Annie has it all-a loving husband, money, and a beautiful home. But all she has ever wanted is to be a mother-something that she just can't seem to make happen. When Annie and Joe learn of a young mother interested in placing her baby for adoption, they jump at the chance to become parents. But is Annie ready to sacrifice everything in order to finally fulfill her dream of motherhood?Two women find themselves on two separate journeys to make the greatest sacrifice for the child they love. But can love truly conquer all? Or will the greatest sacrifice be too much?EndorsementsIn her riveting novel, The Greatest Sacrifice, B.J. Bassett reveals an exceptional understanding of how adoption impacts everyone involved; the mother forced to give up her child, the adopting family, and the adopted child. All must sacrifice something, but as we follow the twists and turns of each character's journey, we come to realize that sacrifice is not always about having to give something up but can be about being an offering that is really a gift, as painful as the loss may be. Highly recommended for readers of Christian literature.Carol SchaeferAuthor of The Other Mother: A Woman's Love for the Child She Gave Up for Adoption and Searching for Healing After ReunionFans of B.J. Bassett's previous novels will be delighted by her latest, The Greatest Sacrifice. Here we meet with strong characters facing heart-rending situations-and overcoming.Nick HarrisonAuthor of Magnificent Prayer and The One-Year Life Recovery Prayer Devotional

Dr. Nancy St. John has a well-kept, twenty-year-old secret. A pregnant high school senior, she is banished by her parents to live with her spinster aunt in Chicago. Heartbroken, Nancy concentrates on her work and avoids intimate relationships. Hope, the daughter Nancy gave up for adoption twenty years earlier, finds her. A bond blossoms between them but is challenged by Hope's leukemia. Hope needs a bone marrow transplant, but she has a rare blood type. Nancy is not a match. Nancy is determined to find Skip, Hope's biological father, who never knew about Nancy's pregnancy or why she disappeared so mysteriously.

Abandoned as a child by her alcoholic parents, Gillian Grant was raised by her grandmother in a beach house in California. As an adult, in tribute to Gram's memory, Gillian wishes to restore the house to its former splendor. But she can't do it alone, and hires Dusty Bradshaw to help her. Gillian and Dusty have nothing in common, except the restoration of the house. Gillian suffers from anorexia and is in denial. While she has a strong faith in God, Dusty is an unbeliever. Add to the complicated mess Gillian's confusing feelings for her childhood friend Josh and the sudden, unwanted appearance of Gillian's mother Betsy, who claims the house is hers. And she intends to sell it. Gillian always dreamed of her wedding in her grandmother's garden overlooking the Pacific. Will there be a wedding? Who will capture Gillian's heart-her stable, longtime friend Josh-or Dusty, a new Christian, who has kept secrets from her? And who holds the deed to the house?