Parkside Community Church Series by Katie Crabapple

Anna is content with her life. She works as a kindergarten teacher for a local school, and gives as much of her time as she can to her church. The new pastor at her church has caused quite a stir among the single females, because not only is he a single pastor, but he’s a handsome single pastor. Anna knows she doesn’t have a shot with him. Or does she?This short story is meant as an introduction to the Parkside Community Church series... moreAnna is content with her life. She works as a kindergarten teacher for a local school, and gives as much of her time as she can to her church. The new pastor at her church has caused quite a stir among the single females, because not only is he a single pastor, but he’s a handsome single pastor. Anna knows she doesn’t have a shot with him. Or does she?This short story is meant as an introduction to the Parkside Community Church series. The main characters from this story continue through all five books as secondary characters and their characters are expanded on throughout the series. If you don't enjoy short stories, this book may not be what you're looking for. less

Mary is a single mom. She’s not looking for love. All she wants is to get from one day to the next with happy healthy children. She catches her neighbor, Ken, mowing her lawn again, and invites him to dinner to thank him for all the help he’s given her in the year since her husband left. When Ken confesses that he’s been in love with her for years, she must find out if she can trust again?

This is the third story in the Parkside Christian Church Series. Kennedy and Anna were roommates in College, and Kennedy feels privileged to be part of her wedding. When the youth pastor of Parkside Christian Church takes a new job as a senior pastor for another church, his replacement makes Kennedy’s heart sing. Will the on-going problems of PCC keep them apart?

Ashley, the new children’s minister at Parkside Community Church, loves her new job and her church family. When she talks to a small child her first night working for the church, she never expects the little girl will change her life forever. Widower, Larry Rome, has lived for his daughter for the two years since his wife died. Will he be able to get over the loss and move on with his life?

This is the fifth and final story in the Parkside Community Church Series. Book one is available for free. Amy has only had one desire in her life. She wanted to be a mom. After eight years of marriage, she’s still childless. When her doctor informs her the only way she’ll ever have a child is to do in vitro fertilization, she must deal with the knowledge that she may never have a child of her own.