Love Ever After

About the Book

David Cooper is a happy man. The former professional basketball star and eligible bachelor has won the love of his life, the lovely violin teacher, Dr. Julia Crane. Now married, the newlyweds are living in a beautiful new home as they await the birth of their first child. Meanwhile, David is hoping his team, now ripe with freshmen talent, will secure another deep run in the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, life has a way of disrupting even the best of plans. After the athletic department hires a flirty secretary, she makes it her mission to seduce Coach Cooper, get him fired, and gather inside information about the team for her gambler husband. As David struggles to retain his job, hold his marriage together, and love and support his wife as her pregnancy advances, he and Julia must help a star player who wants to quit the team to resolve a financial challenge. But when Julia goes into labor, just as a violent storm threatens their neighborhood, she and David soon discover that when a new life wants to enter the world, nothing will stop it. In this exciting tale of life, love, and basketball, a university coach and his musician wife must navigate through a series of challenges to find peace again.

About the Author

Nelda Ellen Carter is a retired elementary and college professor who enjoys playing tournament bridge, knitting, and watching college sports. She is the director of music for her church and lives in a retirement community in Tullahoma, Tennessee, with her Yorkie, Lucy. Dr. Carter is also the author of Love Is Forever and a young adult novel, My Daddy Was a Real Cowboy.