Terri Ann Johnson

When God's plan doesn't seem clear, patience and perseverance will carry you to His promise.When it seemed like life was doing all it could to keep me from having the desires of my heart, I was convinced motherhood was a dream that wasn't meant to be. At least not for me. Obviously, God knew the plans He had for me, but couldn't He let me in on them in the meantime? Patience is a journey that's granted from God. It was going to take almost a decade and a whole lot of faith and perseverance on my incredible path to becoming a mother.

Following an undercover FBI sting operation that didn't go as planned, Agent Mateo Lopez is ready to put the government agency in his rearview mirror.A confirmed workaholic, his career soared at the cost of his love life which had crashed and burned until mutual friends arranged a date with beautiful, sharp-witted, Rachel Jordan, a rising star at a children's social services agency.Unlucky in love, Rachel has sworn off romantic relationships, but Mateo finds himself falling for her in more ways than one. When trouble brews in one of Rachel's cases, he does everything in his power to keep her safe-even if it means resorting to extreme measures.Will the choices they make bring them closer together or cost them their lives?