The fictionalized account based on the true story of the woman with the issue of blood that lasted twelve long and desperate years, as told in the gospel of Mark, who came to Jesus seeking a miracle and found much more. Please note that this work is a short story.“If I may but touch the hem of his garment…”She had been sick for many years, but she was also an outcast. She was afraid, but she was also determined. The woman who had spent all her money on doctors in the hopes of being healed of a debilitating infirmity came to Jesus that day with only her faith, her belief that if anyone could change her life, it was Him.This fictionalized account is based on the true story of the woman with the issue of blood that lasted twelve long and desperate years, as told in the gospel of Mark, who came to Jesus seeking a miracle and found much more. Please note that this work is a short story.

Valerie Welch works at the public library, but her real passion is music. Summer has just gotten a whole lot more interesting--and romantic--now that she has met Josh Coleman. But will the truth about his past destroy any hope of a future with the pretty violinist he loves?From Monday through Friday, Valerie Welch works at the public library to make ends meet. But her true passion? That would be as the violin player for, of all things, a local Jersey shore rock band. She has just reunited with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Zed, who has not given up his girl-chasing ways. Yet her plans for the summer change dramatically when she goes fishing one afternoon and catches a good-looking fisherman, Josh Coleman. Summer has just gotten a whole lot more interesting…and romantic.Recently having moved to a small town that neighbors the shore point of Wildwood, the young construction worker has spent the past few years also rebuilding his life. The last thing he expected was to experience love at first sight with the lovely musician. But is his faith in the Lord enough to overcome regret over his past, which often taunts him, in everything he does? And will the truth about his past destroy any hope of a future with the woman he loves?UNCONDITIONAL is the first book of the JOYFUL NOISE Christian romance series, from the author of THE LARKSPUR VALLEY SERIES and GLIMMERS OF HEAVEN.