The Cost of Love and Sanity (PB) (2014)

For Alex Carter, everything is going according to plan--she's built a successful career and has a steady boyfriend--until life decides to throw a wrench in the mix. Suddenly, her company threatens to downsize, and her boyfriend ends their relationship. It is then that she realizes that, like many women, she has neglected to pursue love and family--the goals closest to her heart--in favor of a career.

As a new year begins and Alex decides to focus on personal concerns, she runs into an old flame, Nathan Chestnut. Though she once had it bad for Nathan, she's careful about trusting him again. Not quite comfortable to easily fall head-over-heels, she begins to put up a wall. But Alex's remedy is to ask him for an unexpected favor, which seems like the perfect resolution to her broken belief in happiness until she realizes that it can only grant her a piece of her dreams.

As her heart and reality get in the way of her request, Alex reaches a major crossroad. Will she gather her faith and fix the situation? Or will she suffer in silence for the rest of her life?