The Clause in Christmas (Poppy Creek, #1)

by Rachael Bloome

Loving someone means accepting the bad with the good. It means pursuing them, no matter what. Love always hopes and always perseveres.

“I think he was trying to say you can’t change your circumstances, but you are responsible for what you make of them.”

Fear can make a person do foolish things… like not living their life. Reaching across the table, Cassie opened the box, revealing the note tucked inside with the ring. “Neither of us can go back in time,” she said softly. “But we can go forward.”

As parents, we try our best to teach you what we know. But it’s when you become your own person, the man God created you to be, that a parent is truly proud.”

Love always hopes and always perseveres. Words that had never held more meaning.

“It’s the Poppy Creek way, after all.” Love always hopes and always perseveres.

If life had taught him anything, it was that some things were out of your control. And when the difficult times arose, having someone by your side made all the difference in the world.

“Love always hopes, remember?”