Raising a family and building a strong legacy for their children is no easy task, but Rachel and TJ are committed to doing just that. In A SOFT PLACE TO LAND the Keyton's strive to keep their family running smoothly through pain and heartache, love and laughter, hope and joy. What happens, though, when life doesn't go as planned? Following Rachel and TJ's love story in SOUTHERN BLEND and their adoption of Ben and Ricky in FROM THE INSIDE OUT, the Keytons move forward with new lessons in patience and perseverance. The boys, now early teens, are dealing with the usual adolescent issues-peer relations, school, and growing pains-but they also still seek to find their places in their adoptive home. Life events, daily struggles, and deep love rooted in faith bring their family together, even when everything threatens to pull them apart. Through tears and laughter, they discover that a forever family, even one that is perfectly matched, is often chaotic and challenging. And everyone, in every family, needs a soft place to land.

Troy and Rachel are exceptional parents and have both compassion anddedication as they start an unusual journey to adopt Ricky and Ben, twoboys whose father abandoned them and who have experienced abuse andneglect at their hands of their mother. They come to the family fullyequipped in their own survival skills, fears and issues from their pasts.From fighting at school to full blown destructive tantrums, Ben keepseveryone at a distance, especially Rachel who longs to give him a place ofsafety in her home. Ricky is cute and energetic, often clingy and tries hardto make sure his new family will think he is good enough to stay. AsRachel and Troy work together to provide consistency and build trust, their own children are part of the healing and bring in various aspects oftheir own challenges.The journey takes Rachel and Troy into aspects of their own childhoodabuse and turmoil as they deal with various behavioral issues, familychanges and emotionally draining situations with the love and wisdomequal to their dedication. FROM THE INSIDE OUT is based onresearch about abused children and why many adoptions fail. It takes youinto the heart and soul of hurting children and while bridging the gapbetween the pain of the past and hope a forever home can offer.

SOUTHERN BLEND is a new kind of romance about two brokenhearts struggling to bring their life, families and dreams together. RachelAllan was perfectly content with her life. She was a hard working, singlemom who was healing from her divorce and raising her three daughterswhen she met the man who would change her smallcountry-girl-world forever. Troy Keyton is America's number one countrystar and also raising three daughters by himself after the death ofhis wife/business manager. Rachel and Troy are introduced by mutualfriends and drawn together through the healing work Rachel does in thelives of children and families. After meeting the famous country singer, Rachel's life became a surreal blend of the impossible and reality. Hernew relationship blooms with love, life struggles, and healing as shehas to decide where she wants to go and what she must overcome to getthere. SOUTHERN BLEND is the story of Troy and Rachel, theirmeeting, their struggles in bringing their lives and families together. Itincludes many of their firsts, from first dates to first kiss, their weddingand their first year together. It also lays the groundwork for the deeperstory of how they both overcome their own childhood abuse and go onto adopt two boys who have been also been abused. FROM THE INSIDEOUT is a stand alone story that will explore the inner world ofhurt children and the adults who live to help them.