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The Marriage Counseling Workbook: 8 Steps to a Strong and Lasting Relationship by Emily Cook

In this step by step program, readers will identify what is causing pain in the marriage, learn how to alleviate it, and confidently prevent it in the future. The content of each chapter is similar to what a reader would encounter attending a marriage counseling course with this author.

The author explains that the book is divided up into two parts. The first part explores conflicts and factors that have shaped the marriage. The second part presents an eight step program for reconnecting, including tools to heal and strengthen the marriage. Some topics include finances, communication, intimacy, trust, etc.

This workbook can be used by one partner, but it’s best if both partners are trying to strengthen the marriage together.

I like that the author uses 4 specific couples from her previous counseling sessions as examples throughout this book. I also like all of the journaling questions, writing prompts, and quizzes. If you were doing this book with your partner, then you will need an extra book or notebook since there is not enough room for two people to answer questions and journal in the book.

I found this workbook easy to read and use-highly recommend!!

I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

About the Book:
With exercises and examples from real-life marriage counseling sessions―The Marriage Counseling Workbook will reconstruct how you and your spouse think about, communicate with, and show love for one another.

Many people want stronger marriages―but few know how to create them. This dilemma is at the crux of Dr. Emily Cook’s marriage counseling work. In her private practice, Dr. Cook helps couples pinpoint the cause of their troubles and recreate a deep, lasting connection. Whether you’re newly married or have been married for years, The Marriage Counseling Workbook offers step-by-step marriage counseling exercises for learning to talk about the tough issues and build ongoing skills for healthy communication.

The Marriage Counseling Workbook provides the tools and support you need to achieve a stronger, healthier marriage. In The Marriage Counseling Workbook you will find:

Descriptions of the most common marital challenges―communication, money, intimacy, anger, and conflict―offering insight into your own struggles
Real-world questions and evaluations to help you gain a deeper understanding of one another
An 8-step structure with exercises that will teach you to work through problems and find solutions
Marriage counseling requires a commitment to your relationship―and to the marriage counseling itself. Like your very own marriage counseling specialist, The Marriage Counseling Workbook will be with you every step of the way as you commit to restoring the health and happiness of your marriage.

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About the Author
EMILY COOK, PhD, LCMFT is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in premarital counseling, repairing couples’ connection, infidelity recovery, discernment counseling, and transitions to new parenthood. She is President of the Middle Atlantic Division of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a member of the National Military Family Association. Dr. Cook has been providing individual therapy, couples therapy, and family therapy since 2008. In 2010, she founded Emily Cook Therapy―a private practice in Bethesda, MD featuring six diverse mental health professionals, each with her own story and expertise.

Cold Case: (Cold Harbor #4) by Susan Sleeman

WOW!! This story line and characters were really good! I have read book 3 and now book 4 of the Cold Harbor series and really like the dynamics of the Blackwell Tactical team. They can be read as stand alone books or read in order to get more character development.

This fast pace, riveting, Christian suspense book will keep you on the edge of your seat from chapter 1 until the very end. I can’t wait to read book 5 coming out in August.

I like that the characters work well together as a team to serve and protect their family and the people around them. I highly recommend this series and books by this author!

I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

About the Book:
When her past comes back to haunt her…
Former FBI cyber security agent Eryn Calloway worked many cyber investigations during her career as an FBI agent and while serving as Blackwell Tactical’s cyber expert. But when her computer is locked with ransomware, she suddenly finds herself facing the biggest investigation of all. Failure to solve the case and find the hacker could result in the loss of her very life.

Can she let the one man who can protect her get close enough to do so?
Enter former Green Beret, deputy Trey Sawyer who offers to serve as her bodyguard. Trey has been in love with Eryn for a year, but she lost her husband several years ago and isn’t ready to open herself to the potential for pain again. She’s kept Trey at arm’s length and wants to do so now-after all, she can take care of herself. But she has a four-year-old daughter to protect, so Eryn reluctantly agrees to let Trey into her world. But when they’re thrown together in a race for her life, she has to combat both a vicious enemy-and the pain from her past. Is Trey trustworthy enough to let him into every area of her life, or is the risk too great?

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Biography
SUSAN SLEEMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author of more than 30 inspirational/Christian and clean read romantic suspense books. Readers love her romantic suspense series for the well-drawn characters and edge-of-your-seat action. She graduated from the FBI and local police citizen academies, so her research is spot-on and her characters are real. In addition to writing, Susan also hosts thesuspensezone.com. She has lived in nine states but now calls Oregon home. Her husband is a retired church music director, and they have two beautiful daughters, a very special son-in-law, and an adorable grandson.
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Buried Secrets by Barbara Cameron

Buried Secrets is book 2 in the Harvest of Hope series but they can be read as stand alone books.

I really enjoyed this Amish Fiction story. The main characters were great-Luke, Rose, Lillian, and Daniel and all the characters in the town of Paradise. I loved how they interacted on a daily basis with each other and how helpful and close knit they are.

This story had a good steady plot with lots of emotions-good and sad. There was alot of Amish German words throughout the book-more than I usually read in other Amish books but it was still easy to understand and read. I can’t wait to read more by this author and this series.

I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

About the Book:
Family secrets could get in the way of a second chance at love

After her husband dies, Rose longs to be near her family—especially her twin sister, Lillian—so she packs up her young son and leaves their life in Ohio to move back to Paradise, Pennsylvania.

Luke Miller is ready to settle down in Paradise. He soon forms a partnership with Rose to help farm her land. He finds that he’s enjoying the company of the quiet, modest widow and she may be just the woman he’s been waiting for. But is Rose hiding a secret beneath her reserved exterior—one that could keep her from having a future with Luke?

And Rose isn’t the only one concealing something. Luke has a secret of his own, and it could threaten their partnership—and their chance at love.

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About the Author
Barbara Cameron has a heart for writing about the spiritual values and simple joys of the Amish. She is the best-selling author of more than 40 fiction and nonfiction books and three nationally televised movies, and the winner of the first Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award. Her books have been nominated for Carol Awards and the Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award from RWA’s Faith, Hope, and Love chapter. Barbara resides in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Wedding Wagers (Timeless Regency Collection Book 11) by Donna Hatch (Author), Heather B. Moore (Author), Michele Paige Holmes

Three wagers. Three couples. Three chances at love. Let the bets begin.

From the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling & #1 Amazon bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series in Regency Romance, comes WEDDING WAGERS. Featuring bestselling authors Donna Hatch, Heather B. Moore, and Michele Paige Holmes.

Other books in the Timeless Regency Collections:
AUTUMN MASQUERADE
A MIDWINTER BALL
SPRING IN HYDE PARK
SUMMER HOUSE PARTY
A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
A HOLIDAY IN BATH
FALLING FOR A DUKE
A NIGHT IN GROSVENOR SQUARE
ROAD TO GRETNA GREEN
WEDDING WAGERS

Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40196012-wedding-wagers