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Whenever hard times hit the Stuart family, they find the spiritual strength to carry on. But now the Great Depression threatens to take Logan and Anne's homestead! From the glitter of Hollywood's Golden Age to the Oklahoma oil fields, will Aunt Lydia, Jerry, and Uncle Pete stand firm? Previously published as A Time to Weep.
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Based on true events, this second book in the Change and Cherish Historical Series continues the saga of the feisty Emma Giesy, a member of the Missouri Bethelites, a repressive German religious colony. Set against the backdrop of Willapa Bay of the Washington Territory coast in 1856–1861, Emma and her husband, Christian, formerly a prominent leader in the community, carve out their own independent existence. Tragedy strikes, and alone and pregnant, Emma finds that her decision to ensure independence for her little family may cost her everything she holds dear.
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Just when Laney McCain thinks Galen O'Sullivan is finally beginning to see her as more than just his best friend's sister, he's forced to marry somebody else! Will the same honor that binds Galen to his new wife demand that Laney release her dreams for the future? It's a bittersweet way to learn about trusting God.
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While investigating the abduction of a marine captains teenage daughter, Will Coburn and his team of NCIS agents discover a link to a high-profile murder that took place more than seventeen years ago? As the team investigates, they discover a trail of lies, betrayal, and a political cover-up. Forensics specialist Nita Tomlinson will need a faith deeper than she can imagine as she struggles with the past and a family that she can no longer ignore.
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BYGONES
(Sommerfield Trilogy #1)
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| Kim Vogel Sawyer {Barbour} |
Widow Marie Koeppler and her grown daughter, Beth, reluctantly return to the Mennonite community Marie abandoned 23 years ago---to meet the conditions of their Aunt Lisbeth's will. When a series of thefts raises suspicions against the "outsiders," can Marie prove their innocence? Has she stolen more than Henry Braun's heart?
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Ollie Chandler is back! The brilliant homicide detective in Deadline and Dominion is no stranger to danger. When a university professor is murdered, Ollie makes a stunning discovery. Could the killer be a fellow detective? Bristling with suspense, Alcorn's heart-pounding page-turner will take you to heaven and hell and back again to discover the truth.
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Storytelling poetess Sparks makes her fiction debut with vivid word pictures of faith and family, trouble and solace in the rural South. Includes a live-performance DVD. Original!
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ENGLISH IVY
(English Ivy Series #1)
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| Catherine Palmer {Tyndale House} |
On the eve of her 21st birthday, Ivy Bowden has much to anticipate. Engaged to be married to the man her father has chosen for her, Ivy dreams of a secure, contented future. But when she finds herself in the arms of her roguish neighbor, her world is thrown into complete disarray. Ivy must choose to submit to her family's choice, follow the leading of her willful heart--or obey her Father's will.
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Ivy Griffith is a murderer. At least, she might as well be since she made a pact with Pete Barton and the others to cover it all up. Now, after ten years of numbing her guilt with drugs, she's finally coming clean, and home, to the little town of Jacob's Ear, Colorado. Hoping to find the courage to reveal the truth, practical matters must be dealt with first. Since she'll certainly be thrown in jail, she must secure a guardian for her seven-year-old son, Montana, whom her parents didn't even know existed. But at her ten-year high school reunion, an ugly twist of events pays homage to the past, and further entangles Ivy in a sick web of deceit. Can she ever shake the haunting darkness that plagues her and leave the horrors of the past buried, perhaps right alongside Joe Hadley's body, never to reemerge?
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FAIR GAME
(A Fair To Remember #2)
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| Carol Cox {Barbour} |
Dinah Mayhew takes on more than just a job at the Chicago World's Fair when she sets her cap for Seth Howell. As Dinah and Seth team up to help Chicago's unfortunates, romance fairly blossoms. But matters take a turn for the worse when Cousin Gladys appears on the scene and starts looking for love in all the wrong places. Upon Glady's sudden and mysterious disappearance, Dinah and Seth begin searching for answers, only to find themselves trapped in a maze of secrecy and deception. Will they live to expose the truth or find themselves facing the point of no return?
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FALCONER'S QUEST
(Heirs of Acadia #5)
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| T. Davis Bunn, Isabella Bunn {Bethany House} |
The powerful conclusion to the best-selling series! John Falconer is looking forward to completing his assignment and returning to his new love, the dignified widow Ada. But when he reappears in Salem, he's rocked by tragic news. Then Matt makes a desperate request. How can John possibly agree when his own heart is breaking?
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A terrifying phone call sweeps rich and powerful businesswoman Judith Find into a desperate search for a kidnapped boy. Teamed with a mysterious stranger, Judith must decide if Luke Becker is an ally or an agent of the kidnapper---and how much it will cost to rescue 8-year-old Abel Palek. Is he worth her own life?
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Dismissed by the Earl of Lanshire's chef, Olivia Mott leaves England for America with the daughter of her former employer. Finding work as a cook at an elegant hotel in Pullman, Illinois, Olivia weaves a tangled web of deceit. Will she ever admit her past---or continue lying to preserve her new life?
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When professional renovator Tish Amble begins work on a derelict Victorian home, she discovers something worse than rats in the cellar---unmistakable signs of foul play! With a police officer living next door and a handsome acquaintance two houses down, Tish decides to dig for the truth. But what will she discover?
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Marlene Queens is bombarded by troubles when she goes home to Missouri---her overbearing Aunt Ingrid becomes more demanding by the day! As Marlene and her childhood sweetheart share an awkward reunion and the town votes to erect a statue in her father's memory, can she keep the dark secret from her past hidden?
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SIXTH COVENANT
(A.D. Chronicles #6)
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| Brock & Bodie Thoene {Tyndale House} |
Who in Bethlehem could guess that their tiny, obscure village, populated by shepherds, would become the hinge upon which all history turns and the focus of a terrifying rampage? Sixth Covenant is the conclusion of the three-book Nativity story within the A.D. Chronicles series. Sixth Covenant chronicles Mary, Yosef, and baby Yeshua in the first months of his life in Bethlehem. From the shepherd's visit to the escape to Egypt to the Bethlehem babies who gave their life for Jesus, discover the most critical events in the history of the world.
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SKIN
(A Novel)
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| Ted Dekker {WestBow} |
After blazing into town, serial killer Sterling Red issues a challenge to five strangers---assassinate the ugliest among you or the residents of Summerville, Nevada, will begin dying. Soon the FBI faces a rising body count. Who is Red? What about his past? And what is true beauty? The answers will shock---and haunt---you.
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In the mid-1800s, a little girl is rescued off the streets of New York City . Reverend Joseph offers Kassandra (Sadie, from Ten Thousand Charms) a home, an education, a chance to learn about the love of God, and a cranky housekeeper. It's not a bad package until, when Kassandra is just fifteen years old, Ben Connor sweeps her off her feet, shatters her heart, and steals her hope. From one NYC brothel to another in San Francisco, and a baby in between, Kassandra winds up in Wyoming Territory with scarcely a light in her eye. Then she meets Gloria, who's pregnant and desperate, and Biddy, a young girl of great faith. After all Kassandra has been through, what could they possibly teach her that life's cruelties haven't already? Perhaps the truth that God never left her, and the chance to return home again.
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SPLIT ENDS
(A Novel)
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| Kristin Billerbeck {Integrity} |
In a fit of short-lived courage, Sarah Claire Winowski flees Sable, Wyoming, for Beverly Hills, where she earns the title "Hairstylist to the Stars." But success isn't very satisfying---and she wonders about the small-town girl she left behind. Can she see through her gorgeous boyfriends, unscrupulous relatives, and an egotistical boss to find the real Sarah?
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For Al and Patti Bradford, the American dream has turned into a nightmare. Two infants plus an oversized mortgage and an undersized paycheck add up to sleepless nights. Now the stress of juggling so many responsiblities has exposed the cracks in their relationship. Is this the price of "the good life"? Can their marriage last?
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SWEET VIOLET
(English Ivy Series #3)
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| Catherine Palmer {Tyndale House} |
Don't miss this continuation of the exciting series that began with English Ivy and continued in Wild Heather. When Edmund Sherbourne is asked to find a runaway girl in India, imagine his surprise when she turns out to be the beautiful and intriguing Miss Violet Rosse. Can his family in Yorkshire help him transform her into a proper English lady suitable to marry the man her father has chosen for her? And does Edmund really want to change the woman who is transforming his own heart?
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Becca Thornton loves her thirteen year old twins, her husband Thomas, and her lovely home…but she is frazzled, exhausted, and longing for some time with her girl friends. With the help of her three childhood friends, she starts a weekly Bunko group involving an eclectic group of women. Their original plan was for an evening of fun - indulging in their favorite foods while laughing and talking over a game of Bunko. Little did they know that they were embarking on a faith journey that would change their lives and perspectives forever. Throughout the course of the year, these eight unique women come to depend upon one another in ways that will surprise them all.
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As the Russian empire is dying in 1914, young midwife Karena Peshkov brings new life to St. Petersburg's peasant population---though she longs to become a fully trained medical doctor. When she's rescued from thugs by Cossack commander Aleksandr Kronstadt, their earlier romance is reignited. But what secret from Karena's past threatens their happiness?
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Four Cactus Corner, Arizona, women -- unmarried by choice or circumstance -- find fulfillment in volunteering at the town orphanage. That is until romance changes the course of their lives. India Cunningham is happy running her father's ranch until a childhood acquaintance arrives, trying to take over things. Can she trust him? Lawyer Anika Windsor is pitted in court against her first and only love. Elaine Daly has dedicated her life to caring for orphaned children and has no desire for a husband until a new doctor comes to town. Jody McMillan is determined to raise enough money to expand the overcrowded orphanage. Can she come to an agreement with the man who owns the next-door property?
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A devastating fire wakes up the Yadas to a new reality: God is on the move. In spite of MaDear's failing health. In spite of the breakup of a teenage love. In spite of the curse of HIV. In spite of prison time hanging over the head of a beloved child. In spite of a startling wedding. Out of the ashes, God is doing a new thing. As the prayer group heads into a new year fraught with change, Jodi Baxter and her Yada sisters are realizing it is either hunker down with the safe and stagnant, or get rolling with God-even if it means letting go of the old and embracing the new.
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The Depression and drought have taken everything from Harley and Anna Mae Phipps. They can barely feed their two daughters---and now another baby's on the way! Their only hope is for Harley to take a job hundreds of miles from home. When no letters arrive, Anna Mae fears she's lost her husband, too!
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WILD HEATHER
(English Ivy Series #2)
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| Catherine Palmer {Tyndale House} |
Olivia Hewes has one dream: to make Chatham Manor's wool-producing venture profitable. When she meets Randolph Sherbourne, the heir of her largest competitor, the two are drawn toward a forbidden love that will mean betraying both their families and the centuries-old feud that has separated them. But when the shocking truth about the death of Randolph's father is revealed, their future happiness seems doomed.
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Three young Wisconsin women yearn for love on their own terms. Jena always saw herself as the wife of a minister, not a workaholic lawyer. Will she say no to love? Lara finds love with a childhood friend and is determined that the man she loves will love God first and her second. Melody's younger sister is engaged, and Melody feels like she is doomed to always be a bridesmaid but never a bride. Will these women be open to the will of God for their lives or force their own plans and give up happiness?
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