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Jacks Carousel : Can Love Overcome Deep Prejudice
$37.95Add to cartJack Emerson is proud of his old-fashioned scruples. After retirement in the mid-1980s, his life settles into a peaceful routine centered around carving wooden horses. He thinks nothing can send his life spinning off its comfortable course-until his teenage grandson challenges Jack’s staunch beliefs.
“Granpop, can I live with you?”
Jack Emerson lives by the Ten Commandments and doesn’t think allowing Scott, a teenager, under his roof is part of God’s job description for a widower who is content in retirement. But his grandson is miserable, and Jack loves him. Scott moves in, shrouded in unanswered questions. Who inflicted the wound on Scott’s back? Why won’t he talk about his parents? Who is he afraid of in school and why?
An unexpected romance with a vibrant woman he meets at the Carousel gives Jack a welcome respite from his worries.
Then Scott reveals that he’s gay.
Jack is stunned and repulsed. The boy’s parents are mired in their own problems and are no help for Jack. He feels as though his life is spinning like a merry-go-round out of control. The master craftsman who carves exquisite wooden carousel ponies cannot carve away his family’s problems. Nikolas, his best friend, counsels faith, trust, and patience. But Jack wants resolution now. Scott must change. Surely God does not want Jack to accept the boy’s homosexual lifestyle. Does He? Can love and faith overcome deep-seated prejudice?
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Jacks Carousel : Can Love Overcome Deep Prejudice
$22.95Add to cartJack Emerson is proud of his old-fashioned scruples. After retirement in the mid-1980s, his life settles into a peaceful routine centered around carving wooden horses. He thinks nothing can send his life spinning off its comfortable course-until his teenage grandson challenges Jack’s staunch beliefs.
“Granpop, can I live with you?”
Jack Emerson lives by the Ten Commandments and doesn’t think allowing Scott, a teenager, under his roof is part of God’s job description for a widower who is content in retirement. But his grandson is miserable, and Jack loves him. Scott moves in, shrouded in unanswered questions. Who inflicted the wound on Scott’s back? Why won’t he talk about his parents? Who is he afraid of in school and why?
An unexpected romance with a vibrant woman he meets at the Carousel gives Jack a welcome respite from his worries.
Then Scott reveals that he’s gay.
Jack is stunned and repulsed. The boy’s parents are mired in their own problems and are no help for Jack. He feels as though his life is spinning like a merry-go-round out of control. The master craftsman who carves exquisite wooden carousel ponies cannot carve away his family’s problems. Nikolas, his best friend, counsels faith, trust, and patience. But Jack wants resolution now. Scott must change. Surely God does not want Jack to accept the boy’s homosexual lifestyle. Does He? Can love and faith overcome deep-seated prejudice?
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Matchmakers Of Butternut Creek
$21.99Add to cartA traumatic experience as a college freshman has left Gussie Milton ‘once bitten, twice shy.’ Although she’d like a relationship, she’s frightened, so she’s thrown herself into caring for her aging parents, her photography business, and her church. In the eyes of Miss Birdie and her friend Mercedes, aka ‘the Widows,’ Gussie would make their young pastor the perfect wife. And though the attraction proves mutual, first Gussie’s past and then the pastor’s hopes for the future threaten to keep them apart. Can the Widows’ meddling be the catalyst that changes the couple’s lives forever?
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Christmas In Sugarcreek
$18.99Add to cartJudith Graber has always been the obedient daughter. Over the years, she’s taken care of her younger siblings, helped around the house, and worked in her family’s store. But now Judith feels overworked, overlooked, and underappreciated, especially as the holiday season approaches.
Everything changes when her father hires Ben Knox.
Ben Knox is the “bad boy” of Sugarcreek. Two years ago he left town under a cloud of shame. Rumors circulated that his rumspringa had been filled with more than the usual harmless explorations.
Sparks fly between Ben and Judith. But the last thing Judith wants to be is one more girl who falls under Ben’s spell-while Ben wants Judith to realize there’s more to him than his reputation. Could this Christmas season bring love and a new life for the unlikeliest pair in Sugarcreek?
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Love Lifted Me
$17.99Add to cartA fresh start is a gift. So is having a hand to hold. Jade and Max share a deep love, though revelations from his past have recently shaken their marriage. And Jade is completely smitten with Max’s little son, Asa, whom she is now raising as her own. Their blended family brings her a joy she’s never known. But there is one more secret to be uncovered. One that will impact them all. Max is doing his best to “man-up” and prove himself worthy of Jade’s devotion. As well as that of his young son. It seems like life in Whisper Hollow, Tennessee, will pick up where it left off until Max is faced with an unusual opportunity-leave his family’s law firm to coach high-school football in Texas.
Realizing a fresh start will bring healing to their marriage, Jade takes the leap of faith and moves with him and baby Asa, bidding good-bye to her beloved Blue Umbrella shop.
The new beginning in quaint Colby, Texas, is soon sullied when Max discovers the high-school program isn’t all it seemed. While Max struggles to rebuild a once glorious football team, Jade wrestles with news that could break Max’s heart and change their lives forever.
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Josiah For President
$17.99Add to cartWhen former Congressman Mark Stedman throws in the towel on his presidential campaign, his only choice is to return to his home state and decide how to spend the rest of his life … until he meets Josiah Stoltzfus, an Amish farmer from Pennsylvania. Stedman learns more from Josiah in a few hours than in his many years in office. He comes to the conclusion that someone like Josiah should be running the country. Not a career politician, but someone with a little old-fashioned common sense, someone who’s not afraid of rolling up his sleeves and getting his hands dirty. Someone like Josiah Stoltzfus. Using his old campaign headquarters for a base, Mark Stedman determines to introduce a new candidate to America. He pledges to do everything in his power to make sure Josiah gets elected. But can a plain man of faith turn the tide of politics and become the leader of America, and what will he have to risk to do it?
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Dancing From The Shadows
$14.99Add to cartSuccessful businesswoman Tori St. John is haunted by the verse “From whom much is given, much is required”. Poised at the glass ceiling with sledgehammer in hand, Tori decides to do something with real impact. She and her husband Phillip adopt two children from a Bulgarian orphanage. At five, Lydia is sugar-coated dynamite. Two-year-old Gabe avoids eye contact, prefers a silver bowl over shiny new toys and fears the vacuum cleaner. His diagnosis of autism leaves Tori depressed, obsessed with helping her son and angry at God. She adores her quirky, charming son, but what will his future be like if Tori can’t free him? Tori plunges into the special-needs world with the vigor that made her a business diva. This time the stakes are critical. As she struggles with Gabe’s disability, Tori’s world unravels. School’s not working for Gabe, their church rejects him, Lydia’s resentment escalates and a sultry co-worker is after Phillip. As she battles to save her family, Tori must learn how to balance a life she can’t control and embrace a different concept of normal.
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Roxanne And The Healer
$13.95Add to cartRoxanne and the Healer is a tale about the bond we all feel when we learn to love, trust, forgive, and open our hearts to healing.
It is the adventures of a homeless man, a dog of many personalities, and a time in history when trust was a very difficult thing to do, but through a series of adventures, and difficult times, and some very scary trials, they come full circle and find something more precious than anything they ever dreamed!
As you read this book, I know that you will laugh, cry, and enjoy every adventure, and maybe even see your pet or a little of yourself in the characters of this story, as I did in the writing this tale of the heart!
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Found
$15.99Add to cartFound is the final book in the Secrets of Crittenden County trilogy by beloved author Shelley Shepard Gray, who writes powerful novels set in a world of strong faith and simple living. The New York Times bestselling author of the popular Sisters of the Heart and Seasons of Sugarcreek series immerses her readers in the Amish life, like fellow bestselling authors Beverly Lewis, Wanda Brunstetter, and Cindy Woodsmall. In Found, Gray’s unforgettable trilogy of what happens when a terrible crime that strikes a close knit Amish community comes full-circle, “Englisher” Detective Luke Reynolds discovers the identity of Perry Borntrager’s killer and the community must come to terms with the surprising revelation. It’s a remarkably heartwarming conclusion to this series, and readers will not be disappointed.
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Laughter Caffeine And Chocolate Series 1
$15.99Add to cartDebra Brewer decided to serve God by becoming a travel nurse in order to make something positive of her life after family devastation generated a crisis of faith. She found enjoyment in the adventure of new places and work situations. But when she decided to take an assignment on a tiny island in Alaska, a series of events began to unfold that brought healing and hope. The author, Debra Graem, wrote these stories during the long winters that she spent in Alaska after going there as a travel nurse. Although the stories are fiction, they are intended to illustrate the path of healing that actually did occur as Debra made her way through some difficult times in her life. This book is intended to display examples of the way that God fashions his children into lovely jewels that reflect the image of His Son. Sometimes this happens with hammer of dreadful events that we all face sometime in our journey. Sometimes it happens through the chipping daily grind of an ordinary routine. The lovely result pleases the Father and brings joy to the soul of the polished stone. The character in this book is a work in progress toward that goal.
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Prayers Of A Stranger
$17.99Add to cartShe ventured to answer a stranger’s prayer, only to receive an answer to her own. Amanda Vance is ambivalent about her husband’s idea for a big family holiday up north. She had once planned a special Christmas in their own home, carefully preparing a nursery and the keepsake ornaments. Now that room stands as empty as her heart. Then a neighbor’s mishap turns into a last-minute invitation-Amanda is offered a place on a tour to the Holy Land.
At the urging of her husband, Chris, she reluctantly agrees to go. The unexpected journey leads to an even more astonishing lesson. An extraordinary turn of events allows Amanda to help answer a young mother’s plea for a healing. Filled with a sense of awe, Amanda visits the place of Jesus’ birth. There, she discovers anew the miracle of the Christ child-God incarnate as a tiny, vulnerable baby. Her return to Florida marks a momentous shift in her soul, in her calling and in her marriage. She responded to the prayer of a stranger, but will Amanda’s own prayer-to be happily surrounded by a large and loving family-ever be fulfilled?
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Strangers Next Door
$22.99Add to cartChristians in the West are living among some of the least-reached people groups in the world and have the unprecedented opportunity to share the gospel with them. Here J. D. Payne introduces the phenomenon of human migration to the West and discusses how the Western church ought to respond.
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Song Of The Brokenhearted
$17.99Add to cartAva’s life is full of great things. Her daughter is getting married to just the right guy, her husband’s company has kept them financially thriving for years, her son is a freshman in high school, playing football and doing well, and the ministry she started is keeping her busy as she reaches out to those with “broken hearts.”
Then it all falls apart. Ava’s safe world becomes unanchored, and she is forced to face the childhood she’s run away from her entire life. Just as she’s trying to sift through the pieces, the doorbell rings and Ava is confronted with the surprise of her life.
Ava must set out on a journey that takes her back home-something Ava hasn’t done in twenty years. As she travels across the state of Texas, strangers offer her kindness and remind her of the meaning of hope and forgiveness.
It is in this journey back that Ava discovers God in a new way. She sees she’s been hiding her brokenness behind good deeds and a safe life. Learning what it means to lose it all is just the start of Ava’s journey – as is the new song God is writing on her heart.
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Choice
$17.99Add to cartOne young woman. Two very different roads. The choice will change everything.
Even as a pregnant, unwed teen in 1974, Sandy Lincoln wanted to do the right thing. But when an ageless woman approached her in a convenience store with a mysterious prophecy and a warning, doing the right thing became even more unclear. She made the best choice she could . . . and has lived with the consequences.
More than thirty years later, a pregnant teen has come into her life, and Sandy’s long-ago decision has come back to haunt her. The stakes rise quickly, leaving Sandy with split seconds to choose once more. But will her choice decision bring life . . . or death?
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Guest Book : A Novel
$17.99Add to cartWhen Macy Dillon was five years old her father encouraged her to draw a picture in the guestbook of a Carolina beach house. The next year, Macy returned to discover a drawing by an unidentified little boy on the facing page. Over the next eleven years the children continue to exchange drawings … until tragedy ends visits to the beach house altogether. During her final trip to Sunset, Macy asks her anonymous friend to draw her one last picture and tells him where to hide the guest book in hopes that one day she will return to find it—and him.
Twenty-five years after that first picture, Macy is back at Sunset Beach—this time toting a broken family and a hurting heart. One night, alone by the ocean, Macy asks God to help her find the boy she never forgot, the one whose beautiful pictures touched something deep inside of her. Will she ever find him? And if she does, will the guestbook unite them or merely be the relic of a lost childhood?
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Cottage By The Sea
$16.00Add to cartErin’s new business as a wedding planner is running at full speed and her empty nest years are full of promise when she receives a call that puts everything on hold: her estranged father has had a stroke. The twinkle is fading from Jack O’Riley’s Irish eyes and his calloused second wife leaves, making it clear this is not what she signed up for.Suddenly Erin’s visit to her father’s cottage by the sea is extended indefinitely. At first the task before her is as daunting as the wild Oregon coast that has become her unwanted second home. Yet in the many hours she spends beside her ailing father, Erin finds a treasure hidden in the darkness. She reaches out and, at long last, receives the gift of healing.
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Reunion : A Novel
$10.00Add to cartKeira Johnson, a 50-year-old mother of two grown sons, believes she lives a good Christian life without secrets– until she discovers a life-jarring fact her late mother kept hidden all her life. Kiera was born out of wedlock, and the man she had always known as her father had adopted her as an infant.
Meanwhile, Keira’s beloved 17-year-old niece, Kirsten, has just discovered an unwanted pregnancy. Her boyfriend, Jose, is bound for college and Kirsten does not know what to do. As the family comes together for a reunion, Keira and Kirsten struggle with their fractured pasts and jumbled present. Will truth and honesty be the catalysts that allow the entire family to find peace?
Inspired by events in Lauraine Snelling’s own life, REUNION is the author’s finest novel to date.
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5 Miles South Of Peculiar
$23.99Add to cartSome people are just plain hard to forgive. For Darlene, it’s her twin sister—who first outshone her as their hometown’s “Buttercup Squash Festival Queen,” and then had the nerve to run off and succeed on Broadway! Now Darlene’s turning 50 and a huge celebration is planned. But what will happen when the other “birthday girl” shows up?
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Heres An Apple Sweet Adam
$19.95Add to cartHere’s an Apple, Sweet Adam is the story of an ambitious couple who dives into marriage, eager to attain happiness at any cost. This duo expends energy chasing idealistic dreams only to encounter disillusionment. Innovative Holly craves unattainable goals and entices her husband with an offer-unaware that insurmountable personal problems and dreaded failure will result. Spectacular glimpses of majestic creation offer clues but hopelessness steals the contentment they feel entitled to. As the once-storybook romance sours, their promising relationship disintegrates. When Adam suffers life-threatening injuries, desperation brings them face to face with the Creator. Holly discovers answers that satisfy and shares a dramatic change of heart with receptive family and friends. Finally at peace, the Clark family miraculously finds joy and meaning they never knew possible.
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Christines Last Gift
$21.99Add to cartChristine had shared everything with Jennifer. There was a moment of silence as the two women considered all that Christine had confessed. Jennifer could see that Christine still felt a great amount of love for Bo.
“Christine, there is one question you must still be able to answer.” Christine knew what Jennifer was pointing to. “Christine, if you see Bo Wyoming again, and he asks you to forgive him for the last twenty-four years, and that he still is in love with you, what will you say?”
Christine had considered this very question throughout the last twenty-four years, especially over the past two or three years. She answered Jennifer very slowly as if to think through each word she spoke.
“I am no longer a young girl in love with a budding hero. I’ve seen a lot, I’ve experienced a lot these past twenty-four years. In some ways, I am happy with my life today. Yet I admit, that I have been lonely for many years. I have never lost my love for Bo even though I have no idea how he feels about me.”
“But what if he tells you that he still loves you Christine? What will you do then?”
“I hope that I am strong enough to tell him that I still love him very much. That I have always loved him and that I have never loved anyone else.”
Jennifer was pressing now but seemed to realize that Christine wanted to confront what might very well happen.
“Christine, if Bo asks you to marry him, will you?”
Christine had come to the end of the road. Jennifer was only asking what Christine had dreamed about.
“Jennifer, so many years have gone by, and we have lived such different lives.”
“Christine, will you marry Bo Wyoming if he proposes to you?”
Christine knew her answer.
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Covenant Child : A Story Of Promises Kept
$17.99Add to cartAmanda Holloway didn’t know her rich husband would die so soon. When a legal technicality tears her twin stepdaughters away, she vows to find them. Raised in squalor by greedy grandparents, Kara and Lizzie are adults before Amanda tracks them down. Can she overcome their cynicism and prove her love is genuine? Includes reader’s guide.
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Wish You Were Here
$20.99Add to cartKissing the wrong guy days before her wedding leads Allison to become a runaway bride. But can it also lead to happily ever after?
Allison Denman is supposed to get married in five days, but everything is all wrong: the huge wedding, the frothy dress, and the groom.
Still, kissing the groom’s brother in an unguarded moment is decidedly not the right thing to do. How could she have made such a mistake? It seems Allison’s life is nothing but mistakes at this point. And pulling a “Runaway Bride,” complete with “borrowing” her best friend’s car, doesn’t seem to solve her problems.
Can Allison find her way out of this mess? She prefers to be the one in control, and giving it up is not going to be easy. But to find her way again, she will have to believe that God has a plan for her and find the strength to let Him lead.
Wish You Were Here is fun and full of humor-sure to be a pleasure to inspirational romance readers.
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Heres An Apple Sweet Adam
$35.95Add to cartHere’s an Apple, Sweet Adam is the story of an ambitious couple who dives into marriage, eager to attain happiness at any cost. This duo expends energy chasing idealistic dreams only to encounter disillusionment. Innovative Holly craves unattainable goals and entices her husband with an offer-unaware that insurmountable personal problems and dreaded failure will result. Spectacular glimpses of majestic creation offer clues but hopelessness steals the contentment they feel entitled to. As the once-storybook romance sours, their promising relationship disintegrates. When Adam suffers life-threatening injuries, desperation brings them face to face with the Creator. Holly discovers answers that satisfy and shares a dramatic change of heart with receptive family and friends. Finally at peace, the Clark family miraculously finds joy and meaning they never knew possible.
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Dragonfly
$35.95Add to cartMake friends with an extraordinary stranger, and you may discover a life-changing secret!
When people first meet Torstein, they’re either repelled by his mawkish outfit and suspicious generosity or caught by his Irresistible Charm and immediately pulled into his orbit. It all depends on whether they accept the gift he offers them.
Right now, the stranger in the crazy green jacket is offering you a handful of sunflower seeds. Will you take them and brave the danger or pass by and wonder what would have happened if you’d stayed?
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Travelers Rest
$17.00Add to cartNew Contemporary Novel from an Award-Winning Author
Jane Morrow has a dilemma. She’s engaged to Seth Ballantine, a member of the National Guard’s 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, and he’s returned from Iraq severely wounded. Jane hasn’t seen him for nearly a year, and with trepidation, she heads to the VA hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, where he is being treated. Seth isn’t happy to see her. He’d asked her not to come. He wants to end the relationship. But Jane loves him, and despite his injury, she’s determined to convince him that they can have a life together. Her faith has never been strong, yet she hopes God will answer her prayers and tell her what to do. Beautifully written, Travelers Rest takes readers on a journey through pain and tragedy to a place of hope and redemption.
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Wedding Dress
$17.99Add to cartOne dress. Four women. An amazing destiny.
Charlotte Malone is getting married. Yet all is not settled in the heart of Birmingham’s chic bridal boutique owner. Charlotte can dress any bride to perfection-except herself. When she discovers a vintage mint-condition wedding gown in a battered old trunk, Charlotte embarks on a passionate journey to discover the women who wore the gown before her.
Emily in 1912. Mary in 1939. And Hillary in 1968. Each woman teaches Charlotte something about love in her own unique way. Woven within the threads of the beautiful hundred-year-old gown is the truth about Charlotte’s heritage, the power of faith, and the beauty of finding true love.
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Her Restless Heart
$16.99Add to cartMary Katherine is caught between the traditions of her faith and the pull of a different life. When Daniel, an Amish man living in Florida, arrives and shares her restlessness, Mary Katherine feels drawn to him and curious about the life he leads away from Lancaster County.
But her longtime friend Jacob has been in love with her for years. He’s discouraged that she’s never viewed him as anything but a friend and despairs that he is about to lose Mary Katherine to this outsider.
Will the conflicted Mary Katherine be lost to the English world, or to Daniel, who might take her away to Florida? Or will she embrace her Amish faith and recognize Jacob as the man she should marry and build a life with? -
Like Dandelion Dust This Side Of Heaven
$29.99Add to cartTwo of New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury’s most beloved novels are now available together in this expertly packaged omnibus.
LIKE DANDELION DUST is a powerful novel about two parents, their love for their adopted son, Joey, and the suprising lengths they will go to keep their family together when a judge rules that Joey must be returned to his biological father. In the days that follow, Jack Campbell has a desperate and dangerous thought. What if they can devise a way out? Then they could take Joey and disappear…like dandelion dust.
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN is a story of secrets, broken relationships, and a love strong enough to reunite a family. Annie Warren always wanted the best for her son, Josh. But years of failure and bad choices created a heartbreaking distance. When Annie sets out to defend her son, she might find a treasure more valuble than money, one she never expected, this side of heaven.
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Waves Of Light
$8.99Add to cartWhere is God when you need him? After struggling to fit into a new town and school, Sadie faces questions about her faith, family, and friendships, questioning all she has come to believe. Sadie’s life is spinning out of control. Her friend moved away, her mom remains ill, and her dad wants to leave town. At least the play Sadie is helping produce appears to be going well. After all, she gets to create the sets with her art teacher’s help. But even that falls apart when a flash flood destroys her teacher’s home and art. How can she trust or even believe in a God who would allow all this? God isn’t fair. With everything crumbling and her faith on the edge, Sadie must find strength in the God she’s questioning in order to hold on in the midst of her struggles.
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Always The Designer Never The Bride
$17.99Add to cartIt’s taken Audrey Regan years to establish herself as a wedding dress designer, and to date she’s been roped into creating dresses for nine of her girlfriends. Request #10 follows her vow to “Just say no!” and comes from her very best friend. She can hardly turn Carly down! Audrey arrives in Atlanta early to perform all of her maid-of-honor duties along with final fittings for a one-of-a-kind dress. But Carly’s wedding is nothing short of an event, complete with Prince Charming, and the festivities make Audrey question whether there’s a prince of her own anywhere in her future.
Enter the groom’s brother and best man. Shaggy-haired, tattooed bad boy J.R. Hunt couldn’t be any more different from Prince Charming if he rode in on a Harley Davidson. Oh, wait. He actually did ride in on a Harley! -
Welcome Committee Of Butternut Creek
$14.99Add to cartUpon his arrival, Butternut Creek Christian Church’s newly-minted minister is met by a welcome committee led by Miss Birdie and her friend Mercedes, a.k.a. “the Widows.” Their first order of business, to educate him on how things should be done, quickly gives way to a campaign to find him a wife.
When their matchmaking efforts fizzle, the Widows turn to another new bachelor. Amputee and Afghan vet Sam simply wants to be left alone– a desire that’s as good as a red flag to the Widows! Soon they’re scheming to pair him up with Willow, his beautiful physical therapist, a divorced mother of two who is afraid of commitment, Perrine’s small-town tale is a big-time triumph of gentle humor, fast-paced plot, and wonderfully engaging characters.
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13th Tribe
$17.99Add to cartImmortals from the time of Moses roam the earth on a quest for justice . . . and heaven. One man stands in their way. In 1476 BC, the Israelites turned their backs on the One True God by worshipping a golden calf. For their transgression, forty were cursed to walk the earth forever. Banished from their people, they formed their own tribe, The 13th Tribe. Now, three and a half millennia later, the remnant of this Tribe continues to seek redemption through vigilante justice-goaded by dark forces in the spiritual realm. They are planning a bold strike modeled on the Israelites’ conquest of Canaan: the complete destruction of a major city-only now, they possess the horrific technology of modern weapons to ensure their success. Jagger Baird is a husband and father-and security guard of an archaeological dig at the base of Mount Siani. Jagger suddenly finds himself in a fight for the future as he discovers the Tribe’s plans. But to win this fight, he must overcome his own struggles with faith and self-worth – as well as his anger at God for a past tragedy. This taut thriller by acclaimed novelist Robert Liparulo fuses tomorrow’s technology with faith and non-stop action for a supernatural suspense novel unlike any other.
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Good Thief : A Tale Of Mercy
$22.95Add to cartJohn R. Freeman, born in Chicago in the middle of the twentieth century, must come to grips with a series of personal disasters and bad choices, which force him ever deeper into an abyss of despair. Faced with the imminent destruction of his life, will he finally find redemption, mercy, and peace? Expanding on the scene of the crucifixion as described in the gospel of St. Luke, The Good Thief recreates the life of the penitent thief in an accessible, modern-day setting, providing the reader an empathetic glimpse into the meaning of this enigmatic bible character. Robert Vall was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and began writing full time after a varied career in business, including several years managing his own company. Reflecting on his life so far, Rob sees God’s guiding hand in good times and bad. Having experienced the mercy of God in so many palpable ways, Rob feels a strong desire to impart hope to others who are unaware, or unsure of, God’s great love for them.
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Fiddler (Reprinted)
$18.00Add to cartAmelia “Amy” DeVries, a 24-year-old violinist, is disillusioned with life and love after the collapse of her long-running romance. Weary of endless rehearsals and performances, Amy sets out on a road trip through the Pennsylvania mountains. She leaves her cell phone behind so life’s demands can’t intrude on her solitude. She doesn’t know, nor care, where she will end up.
When her car breaks down deep in the mountains, Amy realizes the flaw in her “no cell phone” plan. She abandons her car and walks the winding roads, searching for help. Following the smell of woodsmoke and the sound of music, she finds a rustic log cabin. There she meets a young Amishman–and through him a community–that will change her life forever.
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Coming Home : A Novel
$17.99Add to cartIf forgiving your ex-husband was easy, everybody would do it.
Brent had cheated on Dayna and coldly said goodbye to her seven long years ago—dashing her hopes of having children or growing old with the love of her life. Working hard to make herself successful as a hospital executive, Dayna has moved on, finding comfort in a new dating relationship with a faith-filled colleague, Warren.
But when Brent resurfaces on her doorstep at just the wrong time, Dayna’s heart threatens to come unglued. Why is Brent asking for forgiveness now? And why are he and his new wife, Tamara, interested in reconciliation with Dayna? The unbelievable answers in Coming Home begin to surface as Brent boldly asks Dayna to support him at the most crucial time of his life.
While Tamara’s heart brims with guilt, both women will discover what it means to reach beyond pain and baggage to love unconditionally, leaving the consequences to God.
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Loving
$17.99Add to cartThe answers Bailey Flanigan once longed and prayed for are finally becoming clear. In Loving, the fourth and final book in the Bailey Flanigan Series by New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, Bailey is planning a wedding and making decisions that will shape her future. Bailey enjoys the beginning of her new career and time spent with Brandon while Cody faithfully coaches his team on and off the field. But has she agreed to marry the right guy? Will she spend her life with Brandon Paul in Los Angeles, or will her heart draw her back to Bloomington, Indiana and Cody Coleman, her first love?
Bailey has learned much and grown over the years, but the greatest challenges, the richest joys, and the deepest heartaches are still to come.
Featuring members from Karen Kingsbury’s popular Baxter family, Loving completes Bailey and Cody’s story—the finale thousands of fans have been waiting for.
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Fix By Force
$13.99Add to cartSpencer doesn’t have a choice.
He can’t choose to be different than what he is-the son of the town’s worst enemy, the weakling who can’t stand up for himself, the loser without friends.
He can’t change the way things are.
Or maybe he can.
Immediate confidence.
Rapid change.
Instant hope.
These are the things Spencer believes he needs to fix his life, and that is what the steroids promise-a quick fix.But promises can be broken and shortcuts are often treacherous, and Spencer must decide if those risks are worth the perceived rewards-if “artificial” hope is strong enough for him to be fixed, by force.
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Stand By Me
$17.99Add to cartSometimes you learn the most from the person least like you. Avis Douglass and her husband, Peter, have dreamed of selling his software business to finance a two-year mission effort to South Africa. But when the economy crashes, they’re suddenly faced with the real possibility of bankruptcy. When one of the co-pastors of SouledOut Community Church passes away suddenly, Avis and Peter are asked to step in and assist with the leadership of the church in the interim. But that creates an all-black leadership, fanning some subtle racial issues in their multi-cultural church. As tensions mount, they wrestle with returning to a traditional church where things would be easier.
Meanwhile, Kate Blanchard arrives in urban Chicago with three friends. Their vision of radically following Jesus-from dressing in second-hand clothing to trying to live green-only adds to the unrest at SouledOut Community Church. When Kate attaches herself to Avis as a mentor, her good heart but lack of wisdom drives Avis nuts. Before long, though, they’ll both realize that the body of Christ needs all parts-and Avis will see that she needs Kate’s joy in following Jesus as much as Kate needs Avis’s wisdom.
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Georgia Road
$24.95Add to cartWhen strong-headed and fiercely independent Brooke Thompson gets a call from her estranged mother Kim, her world is turned upside down. Kim has cancer. So Brooke leaves the life she knows and loves in New York City to move in with her mother in the small, oceanside town of Sansville, Georgia. Determined to keep everyone at a distance, Brooke continues her partying ways that she had in New York City. But with the help and support of friends, Brooke’s icy heart begins to melt as she falls for local boy Logan Meadows. Through his unwavering faith and gentle heart, Brooke sees a new side in herself and begins to understand what God’s love and forgiveness truly is.
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Take One Take Two Compilation
$17.99Add to cartTwo unknown producers struggle to fulfill their dreams to change lives through the power of film. With millions of investors’ dollars on the line, everything starts to fall apart and they realize they may be in over their heads. Is it possible to beat the odds and make a movie unlike anything ever done before? Or, will they lose everything in the process?
the second book in the Above the Line series finds independent filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison at the center of Hollywood wheeling and dealing. The two friends discover that all that glitters is not gold—and that success in Tinsel Town could cost them everything—their relationships as well as their ideals….
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Blue Moon Bay
$19.00Add to cartFor Seattle architect Heather Hampton, a trip back to tiny Moses Lake, Texas, is hardly in the plan. Yet because a promotion hinges on the sale of the family farmland, Heather heads to the last place she ever wanted to go. She’s determined to return home, signed contract in hand, the next day.
But the currents of Moses Lake take visitors on unexpected journeys. As Heather’s stay lengthens, she discovers a family steeped in secrets and an unexpected connection to local banker Blaine Underhill, despite his opposition to Heather’s project. With each new revelation and question, Heather can’t help but wonder if the handsome banker–and the family she has come to know again–are crooks or crusaders. Somehow she must find out the truth before she loses everything she has worked for and everything she’s found on the shores of Moses Lake.
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Take Three Take Four Compilation
$17.99Add to cartTake Three, the third book in the Above the Line series by New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, follows filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison as they celebrate their first successful movie. But in the midst of family relationships, broken budgets, and conflicting dreams, Chase and Keith must find their way through the maze of pain and questions that comes with everything they thought they wanted.
In Take Four, the final book in the Above the Line Series by New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, filmmakers Keith Ellison and Dayne Matthews have finally inked a deal to have the nation’s top young actor star in their current film. But when the actor takes a public fall that threatens his reputation, the producers must act as missionaries to save the film, their families, and the young movie star….
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Missing Your Smile
$17.99Add to cartReaders will delight in this heartfelt novel by bestselling author Jerry Eicher, a former Amishman, who writes with authenticity and compassion about the people he grew up with.
When Susan Hostetler has a falling out with her boyfriend, Thomas Stoll, she leaves her Amish community and moves to Asbury Park to experiment in English life. There she learns to drive a car, takes her GED test, and falls in love with young and handsome Duane Bower. Back home, her parents are devastated and miss their daughter terribly. But what can they do? Susan has a mind of her own.Just as Susan is enjoying her new life, her plans are interrupted. She meets Teresa Long, a young, unwed, expectant mother who asks Susan to help her have her baby adopted by an Amish family. As Susan is drawn into the young womans life, she also finds herself drawn back to her Amish roots.
But can she truly leave her life behind and Duane?
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Deceptive Defender
$17.95Add to cartEmily Dalton is a newly divorced young mother, struggling to make a living as a Realtor in a rotten economy. Despite the hardships, she is grateful to be free from her abusive ex-husband, Jack Dalton. Just as she’s beginning to relax, Jack launches a campaign to prove Emily an unfit mother and take their little girl away from Emily.
Enter Brian McCain, a charming, handsome young man who could be the answer to all of Emily’s problems. He seems to appear out of nowhere, and she soon learns he is an undercover cop.
Over the next few weeks, Brian pursues Emily relentlessly. But he’s always a protective gentleman. He tells her plenty of details about his work and his personal life. Emily finds herself drawn to this mysterious man.
But would an undercover cop give out that much information? As she struggles with uneasy feelings, Jack continues to torment her with threats, pushing her toward the safety of Brian’s arms. Best of all, Brian defends her against Jack’s attacks. Sweet revenge.
As Emily allows herself to be pulled more and more into Brian’s life, she soon learns that God has been the one defending and protecting her all along.
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Sing A New Song
$33.95Add to cartThe St. Simon’s Choir members are more than singers; they are friends. They have strong faith, but hidden hurts. Follow Wanda, Arlene, Thad, and Bill through some of life’s storms as they come to realize their pasts do not dictate their futures. Through intervention, God, and one another, they come to discover everyone needs a second chance–a new song.
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Sing A New Song
$17.95Add to cartThe St. Simon’s Choir members are more than singers; they are friends. They have strong faith, but hidden hurts. Follow Wanda, Arlene, Thad, and Bill through some of life’s storms as they come to realize their pasts do not dictate their futures. Through intervention, God, and one another, they come to discover everyone needs a second chance–a new song.
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1st Date
$9.99Add to cartAddy Davidson discovers God’s unexpected plans for her life when a reality TV show turns her quiet existence on its head. The orphaned daughter of missionaries, Addy is quite content to stay in the shadows and never draw attention to herself. But when she’s selected for a reality TV show to try to become the President son’s prom date-a show she didn’t audition for-she’s suddenly in America’s spotlight. The lights, the make-up, the competitions, and the blogs discussing every move she makes all make Addy incredibly uncomfortable. But through her time at The Mansion, Addy comes to realize that first impressions aren’t always right, that hiding out may not be what God had planned for her life, and that her faith should affect everything she does. It may just be that her selection wasn’t random at all and that she’s on this show “for such a time as this.”
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Sisters Of The Heart
$19.99Add to cartAvailable for the first time in a single volume, the three novels in New York Times bestseller Shelley Shepard Gray’s beloved Sisters of the Heart series invite readers into a close-knit Amish community and poignantly explore the heart-healing power of love and faith. Sisters of the Heart: The Trilogy is a masterwork of Christian romantic fiction, combining the Shelly Shepard Gray classics Hidden, Wanted, and Forgiven to create a beautiful portrait of a life of simplicity and devotion that is both fascinating and foreign to many; a moving and uplifting reading experience sure to delight fans of the Amish inspirational fiction of Beverly Lewis, Wanda Brunstetter, and Cindy Woodsmall.
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Jerk Magnet
$15.00Add to cartWhen Chelsea Martin’s future stepmother helps her transform from gawky and geeky into the hottest girl at her new school, Chelsea is pretty sure it’s the best thing that ever happened to her. But her hot new look has a downside. She’s attracting lots of guys who all have one thing in common: they’re jerks. And stealing the attention of all the guys in school doesn’t endear her to the girls either. Chelsea finally finds a true friend in Janelle Parker, and a non-jerk, Nicholas, catches her eye. Janelle keeps telling her to be herself, but Nicholas is the only guy around who doesn’t give her a second look. Can Chelsea and Janelle come up with a plan to get his attention? Or will Chelsea’s new image ruin everything? Teen favorite and bestselling author Melody Carlson helps girls uncover the real source of beauty in this true-to-life story of young love, friendship, and being yourself.
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Accidental Bride
$17.99Add to cartTwo high-school sweethearts, a wedding reenactment, and one absent-minded preacher. Is it a recipe for disaster or a chance for a new beginning? Shay Brandenberger is a survivor. She’s lived through a crazy childhood, a failed marriage, and single parenthood-with her confidence intact.
But not for long. Because when Shay participates in her town’s Founder’s Day wedding reenactment, she finds herself face-to-face with the one man who takes her breath away and leaves her weak in the knees: Travis McCoy.Travis is back in town after years way on the rodeo circuit. His one regret in life is breaking Shay’s heart when they were high-school sweethearts. He’s determined to get it right this time. So when their Founder’s Day “marriage” is accidentally made official, Travis seizes the day. Can Shay put aside her pride to let Travis help her, or will their accidental marriage be dissolved before it can begin?
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Smitten
$18.99Add to cartWhen a failed logging company threatens their town’s survival, four friends devise a plan to turn Smitten, Vermont, into the country’s premier honeymoon destination. But little do they know that love is already on the way—for each of them! Enjoy four page-turning romances, each written by a best-selling romance author. Includes reading group guide.
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Creche
$30.95Add to cartA fiery preacher tried, convicted, and burned at the stake. An elderly monk, questioned and scoffed by a papal delegation. A father, in the outskirts of Paris, tormented with the decision to protect his family or follow Christ’s teaching of “turning the other cheek.” An abused wife leaves her husband, embarking on the unknown to protect her seven-year-old daughter. An eleven-year-old boy, Carter Mason, despairs to find answers to the injustices and evil he discovers in his world.
Carter finds an ally in his search when his sister, Shannon, has a close brush with blindness. The incident sets her on a philosophical journey that alienates her from her mother and encourages Carter to keep seeking answers. But it is a nativity set, a family heirloom crafted by an elderly friar in Florence, Italy, during the fifteenth century that offers Carter hope in the face of growing anguish.
The miracle of Christmas provides an opportunity of escape from the pattern forming early in Carter’s life. As a child on the verge of his teenage years, his eyes are still open enough to believe the impossible, to listen and wonder. His family is presented with similar opportunities to wrestle with their own past and beliefs as they explore the mystery of – The Creche.
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Wendys Magic
$28.99Add to cartNine-year old Wendy Buchanan has a good life growing up in Sandusky, Ohio-quite wonderful, in fact, until a tragedy claims both the life of her mother and Wendy’s ability to ever walk again. Life as she knows it has now changed forever. But can life possibly be as good as or even better than before? Through Wendy’s love of horses (and one particularly fantastical carousel pony), the help of her lifelong friend, her father, and one very, very peculiar neighbor, Wendy finds the way out of her darkness and learns to live and love again.
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Wendys Magic
$11.99Add to cartNine-year old Wendy Buchanan has a good life growing up in Sandusky, Ohio-quite wonderful, in fact, until a tragedy claims both the life of her mother and Wendy’s ability to ever walk again. Life as she knows it has now changed forever. But can life possibly be as good as or even better than before? Through Wendy’s love of horses (and one particularly fantastical carousel pony), the help of her lifelong friend, her father, and one very, very peculiar neighbor, Wendy finds the way out of her darkness and learns to live and love again.
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Cliques Hicks And Ugly Sticks
$9.99Add to cartJust when April Grace thought the drama was over . . . After an automobile accident, Isabel St. James-resident drama coach and drama queen-needs help putting together the church play. Mama insists April Grace and Myra Sue will help. April’s fall is now devoted to spending every afternoon with Isabel and Myra Sue-if anyone is as big of a drama queen as Isabel, it’s Myra Sue. Plus, she’s dumb. (Okay, not dumb, but “older sister dumb.”) If that’s not enough, Isabel is wreaking havoc in the community trying to get Rough Creek Road paved, the new boy at school will not leave her alone, and then Mama drops the biggest bombshell of all . . . April Grace is no longer going to be the baby of the family . . . Girls will completely relate to April and love her sense of humor as she deals with siblings, boys, and the many changes that come with growing up.
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Grace Through Every Trial
$22.95Add to cartDriven into an animalistic existence, Victoria struggles to survive each night as she lives on the streets; however, when she is rescued by a compassionate doctor, she faces new challenges as he tries to help her become human again. Victoria fights with a past she cannot change, a present she tries to change, and a future she’s scared won’t change. Interrupting her repetitious cycle, one act of compassion transforms everything. With their hearts full of love Victoria can’t understand, a doctor and his sister voluntarily take on the challenge of helping her and becoming her closest friends. They face heartache, trials, and multiplied sorrows, but realize and strive to teach Victoria that the One who brought them together has a grace that is always sufficient.
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Up Close And Personal
$19.99Add to cart‘The odds are against me writing anything that might win a Nobel Prize for Literature. Perhaps tomorrow.’ Enter Helen Sloane and her diary; this is the hilarious second novel from the ever popular Jeff Lucas. Battling with relationships, men and her career, Helen is coming to terms with the death of her father, whilst trying to live out her Christian life and help find a new pastor for their church. Corruption, chaos, passion, laughter, tears and thought-provoking lines are the ingredients of this page-turning read.
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House Of Secrets
$16.00Add to cartWhen her father orchestrates a surprise trip to the summer house of her childhood, Bailee Cooper is unprepared for what follows. What is intended to be a happy reunion for Bailee and her sisters, Geena and Piper, quickly becomes shrouded by memories from the past. Together again, the three sisters sift through their recollections of fifteen years ago…of an ill mother, and of their father making a desperate choice. They vowed, as children, to be silent–but one sister believes the truth must now be revealed. Yet can they trust their memories? Mark Delahunt arrives in the wake of this emotional turmoil. Determined to win Bailee’s affection, Mark becomes the strong fortress for her in this time of confusion, and what was once a tentative promise begins to take root and grow. Caught between the past and an uncertain future, can Bailee let God guide her to heal the past and ultimately to embrace love?
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Longing
$17.99Add to cartLonging, book three in the Bailey Flanigan Series, picks up where Learning ended. After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan becomes closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon Paul. Nights on the town in New York City and long talks on the balcony of Brandon’s Malibu Beach home make Bailey dizzy with new feelings and cause her to wonder if her days with Cody are over forever.
Meanwhile, Cody’s work coaching a small-town football team has brought him and his players national attention. In the midst of the celebration and success, Cody finds himself much closer to a woman who seems to better understand him and his new life. Even so, never does much time go by without Bailey and Cody experiencing deep feelings of longing for each other, longing both for the past and for answers before they can move forward.
Will an unexpected loss be the turning point for Cody? Will Cody and Bailey find a way back together again for the first time in more than a year? And if they do, will their brief time together be enough to help them remember all they’ve been longing for?
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Marriage For Meghan
$17.99Add to cartFans of superb Amish fiction will welcome the rich and moving stories of The Wayne County series by Mary Ellis, the bestselling author of Abigail’s New Hope, Never Far from Home, and The Way to a Man’s Heart.
Meghan Graber is 17, bright, and eager to prove to her father, the bishop, that she’s mature enough to teach in the Old Order district. But just when Meghan gains confidence and assurance, a troubled student challenges her authority and a male suitor challenges her patience.
Life and love tensions escalate when a string of crimes threaten the Amish community, and handsome FBI agent, Thomas Mast, arrives to investigate.
Is there truth behind Meghan’s fear that she’s the cause for disruptions in the serene county? And is there true love behind her mixed feelings for Thomas, the outsider?
This is a timeless story of personal quests for hope, love, and enduring faith.
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Weed Man : The Remarkable Journey Of Jimmy Divine
$19.99Add to cartWeed Man – The Remarkable Journey of Jimmy Divine – is John McCaslin’s account of the unbelievable exploits of a Jimmy Moree – a law-abiding citizen turned million-dollar drug trafficker, who, amidst sometimes unbelievable, hilarious and escalating circumstances, risked life and limb to both make – and give away – a fortune. Shiploads of Colombian weed Sack loads of cash Island huts made of marijuana bales. Trafficking drugs while directing the neighborhood crime watch Crooked cops and politicians and CIA operatives, Weed Man details exploits of one of the biggest drug traffickers to infiltrate the United States.
D.C. political columnist John McCaslin’s account of a law-abiding citizen turned swashbuckling Caribbean Robin Hood is an unbelievable, entertaining – and true – story of crime, high jinx on the high seas. It was on a secluded cay in the Bahamas one otherwise ordinary morning that Jimmy Moree went for his usual jog on the beach-one that changed his life forever. After all, how many people stumble upon several million dollars while exercising? Soon, millions more would fall into his lap. And with every million, Jimmy spins an amazing yarn, each more incredible than the last-like when he tried to poison a mean neighbor with a deadly barracuda; how ungodly deception caused him to steal the holy garments and identity of his Catholic school priest and principal; why several thousand pounds of particularly potent marijuana came to be stored in the crawl space of a church during its Easter services; his extreme generosity shown to the poor farmers and fishermen who helped care for his ailing mother; and his unlikely view as of one of the world’s biggest drug smugglers from his pew at the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
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Janitor Brigade
$15.49Add to cartThe Janitor Brigade is guaranteed to make the reader think about his or her life like never before. Robert Bush does a masterful job of integrating the characters of the book into real-life scenarios that many of us face each and every day. Jonathan Gunn’s life is about to be exposed, as the battle around him begins to unfold. As Jonathan’s mind takes him back to yesterday’s world, he finds himself afraid of what may be waiting for him in the darkness. As the war around him intensifies to a fever pitch, his life is exposed and he is able to see within his own soul. Afraid of what may lie on the other side of the door, Jonathan desperately searches for answers before it is too late.
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There Youll Find Me
$14.99Add to cartWhen Finley travels to Ireland as a foreign exchange student, she hopes to create a new identity and get some answers from the God who took her brother away and seems to have left her high and dry.
But from the moment she boards the plane and sits by Beckett Rusheenstar of the hottest vampire flicks, nothing goes according to Finley’s plan.
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Shadow In Serenity
$17.99Add to cartCarny Sullivan grew up in the zany world of a traveling carnival. Quaint and peaceful Serenity, Texas, has given her a home, a life, and a child.
Logan Brisco is the smoothest, slickest, handsomest man Serenity, Texas has ever seen. But Carny Sullivan knows a con artist when she sees one—and she’s seen plenty, starting with her father. As far as Carny Sullivan can tell, she’s the only one in town who has his number. Because from his Italian shoes to his movie-actor smile, Logan has the rest of the town snowed.
Carny is determined to reveal Brisco’s selfish intentions before his promise to the townspeople for a cut in a giant amusement park sucks Serenity dry. Yet, as much as she hates his winning ways, there is a man behind that suave smile, a man who may win her heart against her will. Shadow in Serenity is a modern-day Music Man, penned by a Christy Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author.
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Heres To Friends
$16.00Add to cartIn the final book in Melody Carlson’s popular series, the four Lindas learn that life doesn’t stop for the holidays and even a cruise can rock your boat.
Here’s to Friends carries our favorite fifty-somethings through the holidays to a New Year cruise to a romantic hometown wedding with plenty of bumps in between. As they struggle to reinvent themselves at midlife–coping with marital woes, a creative crisis, a financial tsunami, a prodigal child and (scariest of all!) a home remodel–Abby, Janie, Caroline and Marley must all come to terms with the need to give their worries over to God. And they learn once more that in your fifties, friendships aren’t just fun. They’re an absolute necessity!
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Hong Kong House
$17.95Add to cartMany different people lived in the three-storey building at 167-169 Boundary Street. Built in 1938 when an airport was opened on the beach near the walled city, it was first used as a Police Station with housing for British officers upstairs. The Japanese used it as a headquarters during their occupation. It was leased several groups, then finally to a Mission group. It was torn down in 1999, and replaced by a 10-storey one when a new airport was opened and the height restriction was canceled. Four novellas tell about the people who lived in the apartments, their hopes, dreams, fears, and lessons learned.
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From Ashes To Honor
$16.99Add to cartMinutes before two jumbo jets change U.S. history forever, New York City cop Austin Finley and his buddies are in a coffee shop blocks from the World Trade Center. Two days pass before he has time to listen to his twin brother’s final cell phone message, recorded moments before the Towers imploded. Four years later, plagued by nightmarish guilt, Austin’s superiors have no choice but to demand that he seek counseling.
Enter Mercy Samara, a half-British/half-Saudi psychologist with plenty of her own dark, painful memories. When one of her patients commits suicide, she blames herself, resigns, and eventually becomes a high school guidance counselor.
Nearly six years pass when Austin’s unit responds to an emergency at Mercy’s school. Their first meeting rouses painful memories, yet they find themselves attracted to each other. Though love blossoms, can they get past harsh judgments and harsh words brought about by the horrific events of 9/11?
Will his faith – and her suspicion of it – finally bring them closer, or drive them farther apart?
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Flywheel : In Every Mans Life Theres A Turning Point
$15.99Add to cartWhat’s the most important thing in your life?
Jay Austin did what it took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was-the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His relationship with his wife. His time with his son.
He was chasing things that had no eternal significance. It wasn’t until God slowly unraveled everything that he saw how empty his life had become.
Now it will take a courageous heart and a saving grace for Jay to finally turn his drive into a desire for a more authentic life with God as well as with his wife and son.
In a world filled with cheap imitations that distract us from God’s higher plans, Flywheel is a powerful parable for all who hunger to live an authentic life.
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Sweet Sanctuary
$17.99Add to cart“Without the storm, how would we know the sweetness of shelter?” -Ruth
Out of the clear blue, Wren’s Grandma Ruth arrives on her doorstep, dreaming of a grand party to celebrate her 95th birthday. Wren and her young son Charlie love the idea, but it quickly gets complicated: Ruth wants Wren’s estranged siblings to attend and she wants Wren to sing her all-time favorite song: “His Eye Is On The Sparrow.” It’s the very song Wren sang one fateful day during her childhood . . . and Wren hasn’t sung a note since. Though she’s glad to have Grandma back in her life, Wren’s sleeping on the couch in her own house now . . . and worried about the expenses piling up. After all, her job at the community library is in jeopardy after budget cuts, and the fancy music program she wants for her son is getting farther and farther out of reach. What’s more, Paul-the guy she’s drawn to yet avoids-ends up being a major part of an important library project.
With family arriving and old wounds resurfacing, Wren’s about to fly when she discovers something special-a gift of grace beyond her wildest dreams.
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Tomorrows Dream
$17.00Add to cartBeloved Authors’ Touching Story of Hope with a Fresh Look
Kyle Rothmore has reunited with her long-lost family and married Kenneth, the man who helped her find them. When she learns that she and Kenneth are going to be parents, her future couldn’t look brighter.
Then, tragedy disrupts Kyle’s idyllic world and her faith is deeply shaken. As her dreams of happiness and fulfillment disappear before her eyes, she falls farther away from Kenneth, her family, and her heavenly Father. The strength and hope of those who love her don’t feel like enough, but when help comes from an unexpected source, Kyle is faced with deciding what matters most in her life.
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7 Days In Utopia
$14.99Add to cartYou never really know when you might meet someone who will change your life. Golf’s Sacred Journey is a story about a “chance” meeting between a fictitious golf professional and his unorthodox mentor. As the story unfolds, we-along with the pro-learn lessons about golf and life that we never expected to learn in places we never expected to learn them. Many have picked up Golf’s Sacred Journey looking for the secret to a better game but instead found the secret to a meaningful life.
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Fireproof : Never Leave Your Partner Behind
$18.99Add to cartINSIDE BURNING BUILDINGS, Captain Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter’s adage: NEVER LEAVE YOUR PARTNER. Yet at home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.
Growing up, his wife Catherine always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter . . . just like her father. Now, after seven years of marriage, she wonders when she stopped being “good enough.” Countless arguments and anger have them wanting to move on to something with more sparks.
As they prepare for divorce, Caleb’s father challenges him to commit to a 40-day experiment: “The Love Dare.” Wondering if it’s even worth the effort, Caleb reluctantly agrees, not realizing how it will change his world forever.
Surprised by what he discovers about the meaning of love, Caleb begins to see his wife and marriage as worth fighting for. But is it too late? His job is to rescue others. Now Captain Holt must face his toughest job ever . . . rescuing his wife’s heart.
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Survivor : For Matties Surviving Was Just The Beginning
$12.99Add to cartMattie Troyer has faced more in her twenty-three years than she ever imagined. After finally successfully battling cancer, she’s ready to re-enter the world with hopes for her future. But while she was in and out of hospitals, facing a devastating surgery, and debilitating chemotherapy, other girls her age were courting and finding the men they would marry. Mattie can’t believe she’s made it this far. But the only man whose ever made her heart beat fast is her best friend, Graham Weaver. He’s been there for her and comforts her like no one else, but they’ve always kept things platonic. Could it be the time to finally see whether they could ever be anything more?
But when gossip starts to spread that says Graham’s the father of the baby Jenna Yoder’s carrying, all their hopes for happily ever after may be destroyed.
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Facing The Giants
$15.99Add to cartIT’S BEEN SIX YEARS without a winning season and Coach Grant Taylor’s job is on the line. Unless the Shiloh Christian Eagles turn things around-and fast-he’s history. Unfortunately, their leading scorer has just left for a rival school and the team has lost its drive. The pressure is on.
On the home front, things aren’t much better for Grant. His house is falling apart. His old clunker of a car keeps dying, and the coach and his wife have been unsuccessful in their attempts to start a family.
But God is on the move-in many ways.
When Grant receives a message from an unexpected visitor, he searches for a stronger purpose for his football team. When faced with unbelievable odds, Grant and his Shiloh Eagles must rise above their fear and step up to their greatest test of strength and courage.
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Broken Wings : A Novel
$21.99Add to cartOnstage, the singing duo of Gabe and Mitzi Steiner captured America’s heart for more than two decades. Offstage, their own hearts have throbbed as one for sixty years. Only now, Gabe has retreated into the tangles of Alzheimer’s, leaving Mitzi to ponder her future alone.
On the other side of Tulsa, everyone believes Brooke Woodson has found the perfect man–a handsome lawyer with sights on becoming Tulsa’s next District Attorney. If only Brooke felt more sure. If only her fiance could control his anger. If only love didn’t come with so many scars.
When an accident lands Brooke in the hospital where Mitzi volunteers, the two women quickly develop an unlikely friendship birthed by providence and bathed in grace. And with Mitzi’s help, kindness, and insight, Brooke learns how to pick up the broken pieces of her life.
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Learning
$17.99Add to cartThe book millions of fans have been waiting for from New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury. Learning is the second volume in a new series that features members of the popular Baxter family and finally completes the Bailey Flanigan/Cody Coleman story.
Bailey Flanigan is growing closer to her dream to be an actress and dancer in New York while Cody coaches a small high school football team … on and off the field. But neither feels complete without the chance to share their dreams with one other.
Can distance truly make the heart grow fonder? Or will Cody learn to turn to others to share in his happiness? And when tragedy strikes? Who will be there to provide comfort in the face of loss?
As Cody’s past catches up with him, he must learn to reach out for help or risk withdrawing permanently inside himself. Both Bailey and Cody find themselves learning significant life lessons in this poignant love story, featuring members from Karen Kingsbury’s popular Baxter family.
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Cancion Del Angel – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartAngels eagerly watch over Annie Fletcher’s every move. She just doesn’t know it yet. When Annie Fletcher returns to Charleston to see her younger sister, Sarah, receive her master’s degree, she finds herself riding in the back of an ambulance, watching helplessly as Sarah fights for life. During the ride, Sarah appears to talk to someone who is not there, humming a melody Annie has never heard before.
Neighbor Ethan McKinney is there to lend a shoulder when Sarah unexpectedly dies. And as a carpenter, Ethan volunteers to help Annie get the Fletcher family home into shape for selling. Ethan’s presence is distracting, but what troubles Annie is her neighbor Tammy’s 12-year-old son. Keith has Down Syndrome and the guile to believe he can see and hear angels.
God begins to reveal Himself to Annie – both in her newfound friends and through heart-rending and clearly supernatural events. Annie discovers faith in God, finally experiencing the comfort that His angels really do surround us.
Los angeles velan ansiosamente cada movimiento de Annie Fletcher, pero ella no lo sabe aun. Cuando Annie Fletcher regresa a Charleston para ver a su hermana menor, Sarah, recibir su grado de maestria, ella se encuentra en la parte trasera de una ambulancia, observando impotente como Sarah lucha por vivir. Durante el viaje, Sarah parece hablar con alguien que no esta alli, canturreando una melodia que nunca antes Annie habia escuchado.El vecino Ethan McKinney le presta su apoyo cuando Sarah muere inesperadamente y se ofrece para ayudar a Annie a reparar la casa de la familia Fletcher para venderla. Ethan la distrae, pero lo que angustia a Annie es el hijo de doce anos de su vecina Tammy. Keith tiene sindrome de down y la mana de creer que el puede ver y escuchar angeles. Dios comienza a revelarse a Annie, tanto en sus nuevos amigos como mediante desgarradores y sobrenaturales acontecimientos. Annie encuentra fe en Dios, finalmente experimentando el aliento de que sus angeles realmente nos rodean.
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In Front Of God And Everybody
$9.99Add to cartIf God wanted April Grace to be kind to her neighbors, He should have made them nicer! Growing up in the country is never easy, but it sure is funny-especially if you happen to have a sister obsessed with being glamorous, a grandma just discovering make-up, hippie friends who never shower, and brand new neighbors from the city who test everyone’s patience. From disastrous dye jobs to forced apologies and elderly date tagalongs, you’ll laugh ’til you cry as you read the Confessions of April Grace! Here are just a couple of April’s thoughts: On her sister, Myra Sue: “How anyone can be that dumb and still be able to eat with a fork is beyond me.” On senior citizen lovebirds: “What if they started smooching right at the table in front of God and everybody?” In spite of all the loony characters in her life, April Grace is able to learn from her parents as they share the love of God-to even the craziest of characters!
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Relentless Pursuit : A Novel
$19.00Add to cartRich with the Cajun flavors of south Louisiana, this final book in the Secrets of Roux River Bayou Series is a story of what it means to find true peace in an uncertain world.
Sax Landry left home at seventeen to escape his father’s abuse, leaving his mother and sister to fend for themselves. Now, twenty-eight years later, both parents are dead, and guilt compels him to find his sister and make peace. His search leads to Les Barbes, Louisiana, where authorities fear a bio-terrorist has injected cyanide into juice cartons and fresh produce at the grocery store. People are dead. It’s not safe. Sax stays, fearing death less than living another day without peace. A divine appointment is about to change all that forever.
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Seaside Letters
$16.99Add to cart“No matter where you are or how long until we can be together, I’ll keep searching for you.” -Tucker Sabrina never intended to fall in love with Tucker McCabe, the man she serves coffee to every morning at a Nantucket cafe-especially since he’s unwittingly tied to a past she deeply regrets. But she’s fallen hard, though she’s kept her feelings a secret. When Tucker learns Sabrina is the research assistant for a local mystery writer, he asks Sabrina to help him with a little sleuthing of his own. . . locating an elusive woman he’s fallen for online. If Sabrina accepts the job, she’ll spend her evenings in close proximity to a man who can never be hers. If she turns him down, he’ll hire someone else-and that would be a disaster. Because if someone sifts through all those letters and finds out the truth, Tucker will discover her secret. . . That the person he’s trying to find is her.
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On Hummingbird Wings
$10.00Add to cart“But Mother is always dying,” is Gillian Ormsby’s sarcastic response when her younger, favored sister tells her that she has to go take care of their hypochondriac mother. Much against her will, since she and her mother never have gotten along, Gillian arrives in California to find the garden and yard dead, the blinds all drawn, and her mother indeed in bed–waiting to die. But when Gillian talks with the doctor, he assures her there’s no medical reason behind her mother’s state.
Now on a mission to restore her mother to health, Gillian insists Mother get out of bed, eat, exercise and hopefully, choose to live. She also sets about reviving the garden to its former glory, enlisting the help of Adam, a handsome man who owns a family gardening business with his father. Gillian is delighted when a pair of hummingbirds appear, and her friendship with Adam grows.
Soon, Mother’s health improves, and one day she announces she and her friend Enzio are going on a cruise. Before Gillian has time to turn around, her mother is gone and she is left high and dry again, and wondering, what is she going to do with the rest of her own life?
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Abigails New Hope
$17.99Add to cartAs an Amish midwife, Abigail Graber loves bringing babies into the world. But when a difficult delivery takes a devastating turn, Abigail is faced with some of the hardest choices she has ever had to make. Despite all her efforts, the young mother dies-but the baby is saved.
A heartless judge confines Abigail to the county jail as the investigation begins, and the possibility of prison and separation from her husband, Daniel, and young children looms. Abigail’s younger sister, Catherine, comes to care for the home and kinner while Daniel works in the barn and fields. Catherine makes a difference in all their lives, but in return her life is completely changed. She meets Daniel’s cousin Isaiah, and an unexpected birth of another sort takes place in Wayne County.
A deeply moving look at some of life’s most tender and rewarding moments from beloved author Mary Ellis.
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Roadside Assistance
$12.99Add to cartA very bumpy ride. Emily Curtis is used to dealing with her problems while under the hood of an old Chevy, but when her mom dies, Emily’s world seems shaken beyond repair. Driven from home by hospital bills they can’t pay, Emily and her dad move in with his wealthy sister, who intends to make her niece more feminine—in other words, just like Whitney, Emily’s perfect cousin. But when Emily hears the engine of a 1970 Dodge Challenger, and sees the cute gearhead, Zander, next door, things seem to be looking up. But even working alongside Zander can’t completely fix the hole in Emily’s life. Ever since her mom died, Emily hasn’t been able to pray, and no one—not even Zander—seems to understand. But sometimes the help you need can come from the person you least expect.
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Caregiver
$12.99Add to cartWounded hearts find hope and healing in the Amish village of Jacob’s Crossing. The Caregiver to her cancer-striken cousin, widow Lucy Troyer is struggling after suffering spousal abuse. When she meets Calvin Weaver, she wonders of God has brought him into her life for a reason. But can she ever trust a man again?
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Leaving
$17.99Add to cartThe Bailey Flanigan series begins with Bailey leaving Bloomington for the adventure of a lifetime. She has won an audition for the ensemble of a Broadway musical in New York City. She’s determined to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but is she really ready to leave family and friends for the loneliness of the city? And what of Cody? His disappearance has her worried about their future and praying that their love can survive. In order to be closer to his mother in jail, Cody takes a coaching job in a small community outside Indianapolis. New friends, distance, and circumstances expose cracks in his relationship with Bailey Flanigan. Love, loneliness, big opportunities, and even bigger decisions highlight the first book in the new Bailey Flanigan series that features members of the popular Baxter family and finally completes the Bailey Flanigan/Cody Coleman story.
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Inn At Angel Island
$22.00Add to cartFirst in a brand-new series from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Cape Light novels.
Liza Martin arrives on Angel Island eager to sell off the rundown inn she inherited from her aunt and return to her busy life in Boston. Back home await an unstable career as an advertising executive-and a broken marriage. Angel Island is just one more burden.
But as Liza recalls the golden summers of her childhood, she begins to have second thoughts. And she wants to know more about Daniel Merritt, the charming handyman who’s helping repair the inn, but Liza doesn’t have time for romance… or much else. Sometimes Liza sees her life flying by-and, at the same time, going nowhere. It may take a band of angels to mend her broken wings and redirect her soul.
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Angels Of Humility
$16.99Add to cartFresh out of seminary and called to be the minister of a rural church, Pastor Paul is full of zeal. The question is . . . zeal for what? As he chases affirmation and prestige, his guardian angel grows increasingly frustrated. When Paul dismisses the prophetic gifts of an elderly parishioner—deeming her a “wacko”—-will heaven intervene?
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What The Heart Sees
$16.99Add to cartTogether for the first time, three Amish romances from Kathleen Fuller.
“A Miracle for Miriam” from An Amish Christmas
Miriam fell for Seth, but he broke her heart. Years later, after he’s nearly killed in an accident, Miriam sees him at a Christmas party and notices something is different about him-not just how he looks, but how he acts. When Seth pursues her, she must decide whether to guard her heart or accept his love.
“A Place of His Own” from An Amish Gathering
When Josiah left Paradise the first time, he didn’t even say good-bye. Now he’s back, ten years later, and he’s changed. Why is he so distant and bitter? Where is the boy who used to be Amanda’s best friend? Amanda is learning that there are things even a capable Amish girl can’t fix. But can she stand there and watch him walk away…again?
“What the Heart Sees” from An Amish Love
A tragic accident rocks a peaceful Amish community, leaving Ellie Chupp blinded and Christopher Bender’s future shattered. But they find love and forgiveness in a place they least expect.
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Convenient Groom
$16.99Add to cartFive hours before her Nantucket beach wedding–and on the eve of her big book launch–celebrity marriage counselor Kate Lawrence has everything in place.Everything, that is, but the groom. She might not have a career, either, when her nationwide audience finds out their marriage guru has been left at the altar.
Enter Lucas Wright, who offers to stand in for the missing husband-to-be and marry her. Kate’s desperate enough to agree–although she’s sure this Mr. Wright is completely wrong for her. Can they pull it off? And why would Lucas marry her in the first place? With her life spinning out of control, Kate wonders what good her carefully laid plans are if they only lead to chaos. Could it be that “Dr. Kate” doesn’t know the first thing about love? When she seeks God’s will instead of her won, Kate finally discovers true and lasting love.
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Cowboys Touch : A Big Sky Romance
$16.99Add to cartFour years ago, rodeo celebrity Wade Ryan gave up his identity to protect his daughter. Now, settled on a ranch in Big Sky Country, he lives in obscurity, his heart guarded by a high, thick fence.
Abigail Jones isn’t sure how she went from big-city columnist to small-town nanny, but her new charge is growing on her, to say nothing of her ruggedly handsome boss. Love blossoms between Abigail and Wade–despite her better judgment. Will the secrets she brought with her to Moose Creek, Montana separate her from the cowboy who finally captured her heart?
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Larkspur Cove (Reprinted)
$19.00Add to cartAdventure is the last thing on Andrea Henderson’s mind when she moves to Moses Lake. After surviving the worst year of her life, she’s struggling to build a new life for herself and her son as a social worker. Perhaps in doing a job that makes a difference, she can find some sense of purpose and solace in her shattered faith.
For new Moses Lake game warden Mart McClendon, finding a sense of purpose in life isn’t an issue. He took the job to get out of southwest Texas and the constant reminders of a tragedy for which he can’t forgive himself.
But when a little girl is seen with the town recluse, Mart and Andrea are drawn together in the search for her identity. The little girl offers them both a new chance at redemption and hope-and may bring them closer than either ever planned.
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Who Is My Shelter
$17.99Add to cartThe tables have turned and Gabby’s estranged husband–who threw her out when she didn’t live up to his image of a “corporate wife”–needs her in a way neither ever expected. He’s begging for reconciliation,but Gabby has moved on, finding purpose and a future in the House of Hope. Not only has she found shelter for herself and her sons there,but she’s able to help provide shelter for homeless moms and their kids.
And yet . . . there’s a hole in her life. Is God leading Gabby down a new path and giving her something–and someone–new? Or is He redeeming what she thought was gone forever?
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Swinging On A Star (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartBella Rossi’s life is nearing perfection. She’s got the perfect guy, she’s running a successful business, and she’s about to plan her most ambitious wedding yet, a Renaissance-themed fairy tale come true, complete with period costumes and foods, horse-drawn carriages, and even a castle. There’s just one hitch. The best man just happens to be Brock Benson, Hollywood’s hottest and most eligible bachelor. Oh, and did we mention he’s staying at the Rossi house to avoid the paparazzi? With all the pressure surrounding this wedding, Bella’s not sure she’s going to make it through. Add her starstruck sister, her feuding aunt and uncle, and a trio of large, sequined church ladies with even bigger personalities, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster–and a lot of laughs. This hilarious romantic comedy is sure to delight both fans and new readers alike.
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Save The Date
$16.99Add to cartWhen Alex and Lucy pick out wedding invitations, they wonder if they can be printed in vanishing ink. Former NFL star Alex Sinclair is a man who has it all–except the votes he needs to win his bid for Congress. Despite their mutual dislike, Alex makes Lucy a proposition: pose as his fiancee in return for the money she desperately needs. Bound to a man who isn’t quite what he seems, Lucy will find her heart on the line–and maybe even her life. When God asks Alex and Lucy to scrap their playbook and follow his rules, will they finally say, “I do”?
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Love Of The Father
$14.99Add to cartA Young Boy is Lost in the Mall…and the Clock is Ticking Someone is trying to kidnap children from the local mall. So when ten year old Mark Albright wanders away from his older brother at the mall and disappears, many expect the worst. Who was the old, bearded man in the grubby clothes who was last seen talking with Mark? It soon becomes clear that it is up to Jason Albright, CEO of Bright Idea (computer and networking systems powerhouse), to save his son’s life. Just when all hope seems to be lost, Jason encounters a strange man with a powerful story to tell, a story that provides the key that he needs to save his son. But is there still time? Is he willing to pay the price? Can Jason move through the pain of his past, reclaim the fiery faith of his youth, and learn to rely on a power far greater than his own…the power of the love of the father to save his son? Love of the Father is a captivating story of enduring faith, unwavering hope, and the special bond of love that can exist between a father and son. The Author… New to the literary world with Love of the Father being his first novel to publish but surely not his last. Through the experiences of his life, being very difficult at times, David has lived with the Love of the Father and His direction. His personal journey has equipped this author to write these great works. David, his wife Charlotte and their son Jason continue to live their life serving the Lord and His people.
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Surrender Bay
$15.99Add to cartOnce childhood friends, Samantha and Landon are now separated by distance and secrets. Will Samantha’s return to Nantucket bring her the peace she longs for?
Samantha Owen’s estranged stepfather has died, leaving her his cottage in Nantucket–a place she left years ago, never planning to return. As a single mom, Samantha can’t afford to pass up on a financial windfall like ocean-front property. So she travels home to fix up the house and sell it . . . never suspecting that Landon Reed still lives two doors down.
As their long-dormant romance begins to bud again, Samantha must face a past that left her with a fear of abandonment and the fact that Landon still doesn’t know why she left the island.
Will Sam finally find the God who never abandoned her? The secrets she’s hidden all these years could tear her and Landon apart . . . unless his love is really as unconditional as he claims.
A heart-tugging tale of shattered trust and enduring love . . . all in a romantic, seaside setting.
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Evangelist Caper
$24.99Add to cartIn Mr. Malta’s first published novel, Evangelist Caper, Nassau County Detective Michael Ryan never dreamed that a charitable function would provide such profound changes to his life. Along with his partner Peggy Younger, he has become embroiled in the brutal murder of the wealthy and beautiful Evangelist, Tamara Steele. The case leads the two detectives down a path of intrigue where deception and corruption become the order of the day. The Tamara Steele murder forces Mike into corridors he can not otherwise avoid: the unsolved killing of his wife Katie, the care of his disabled son, Jamie and his relationship to Peggy, who is a born-again Christian. Who killed the charismatic Tamara? What was the motive for this brutal murder? Could it be greed, jealousy? Or was it the working of a deranged killer seeking revenge?
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Hand Of Fate
$17.99Add to cartWhen the host of a popular radio talk show is murdered, the suspects seem to out number his millions of listeners. Outspoken radio talk show host Jim Fate dies tragically when poisonous gas fills the studio while his polarizing show, “The Hand of Fate”, is on air. In the ensuing panic, police evacuate downtown Portland–and the triple threat of FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges, Crime reporter Cassidy Shaw and Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce begin piecing together the madness, motive and the mystery of what just happened. And this time it’s personal since one of the women was secretly dating the host and has access to his home…and secret evidence. In the days following Fate’s murder, these three colleagues and friends must confront a betrayal of the team while piecing together the not-so-public life of Jim Fate. Together, they must uncover the stunning truth of who killed him, how close the killer really is, and what the ultimate motive is for this cold-blooded murder.
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Dining With Joy
$17.99Add to cartJoy Ballard has a secret: she’s a cooking show host who can’t really cook. When her South Carolina-based cooking show, Dining With Joy, is picked up by a major network, Joy Ballard’s world heats up like a lowcountry boil. Joy needs help. Then she meets chef Luke Davis who moved to Beaufort after losing his Manhattan restaurant. A cook at the Frogmore Cafe, he’s paying debts and longing to regain his reputation in the elite foodie world. Luke and Joy mix like oil and water-until Joy is exposed on national television. With her career and his reputation both under fire, they’ll have to work together to fix the mess. Is it possible that they can learn to feast on God’s love and dine with joy?
