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An Amish husband for Tillie (Amish of Pontotoc #bk. 4)
By Amy Lillard. 2020
Tillie Gingerich is so in love with Melvin Yoder that she agrees to leave her conservative Amish home to live…
with him in the English world. But when the struggle to make ends meet leads to conflict and reveals troubling weaknesses in their relationship, Tillie returns to Pontotoc-pregnant and unmarried. Her loving family accepts her, but to convince the rest of the community, they must turn to the bishop. Distraught, Tillie runs away on Christmas Eve-only to get as far as an isolated house on the edge of town. Levi Yoder, Melvin's upright distant cousin, is grieving the loss of his wife and wants to be alone. He is hardly pleased to open his door and find a pregnant woman--a painful reminder of all he's lost. But with an ice storm approaching, he can't turn Tillie away. Yet as morning nears, the miracle of Christmas brings unexpected challenges, opportunities, and promises for the futureBefore I called you mine: a novel
By Nicole Deese. 2020
Lauren Bailey may be a romantic at heart, but after a decade of matchmaking schemes gone wrong, there's only one…
match she's committed to now-the one that will make her a mother. Lauren is a dedicated first-grade teacher in Idaho, and her love for children has led her to the path of international adoption. To satisfy her adoption agency's requirements, she gladly agreed to remain single for the foreseeable future; however, just as her long wait comes to an end, Lauren is blindsided by a complication she never saw coming: Joshua Avery. Joshua may be a substitute teacher by day, but Lauren finds his passion for creating educational technology as fascinating as his antics in the classroom. Although she does her best to downplay the undeniable connection between them, his relentless pursuit of her heart puts her commitment to stay unattached to the test and causes her once-firm conviction to waverAfter a fashion (Class of their own #bk. 1)
By Jen Turano. 2020
Miss Harriet Peabody dreams of the day she can open up a shop selling refashioned gowns to independent working women…
like herself. Unfortunately, when an errand for her millinery shop job goes sadly awry due to a difficult customer, she finds herself out of an income. Mr. Oliver Addleshaw is on the verge of his biggest business deal yet when he learns his potential partner prefers to deal with men who are settled down and wed. When Oliver witnesses his ex-not-quite-fiancé cause the hapless Harriet to lose her job, he tries to make it up to her by enlisting her help in making a good impression on his business partner. Harriet quickly finds her love of fashion can't make her fashionable. She'll never truly fit into Oliver's world, but just as she's ready to call off the fake relationship, fancy dinners, and elegant balls, a threat from her past forces both Oliver and Harriet to discover that love can come in the most surprising packagesThe night of his birth
By Katherine Paterson. 2020
Mary's baby has arrived, and she can't contain her joy! As Joseph sleeps, she examines her newborn's tiny mouth, his…
wild hair, his little hands. Yet whats most wondrous is that this child is not just Mary's own but a gift that God has shared with everyone.Poetic text by Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson reveals the intimacy of that unforgettable night long ago when the mother of Jesus was the first to welcome him into a world he would change forever.The Night of His Birth is a Junior Library Guild SelectionThe brightest of dreams (Canadian Crossings #bk. 3)
By Susan Anne Mason. 2020
Quinten Aspinall is determined to fulfill a promise he made to his deceased father to keep his family together. To…
do so, he must travel to Canada to find his younger siblings, who were sent there as indentured workers while Quinn was away at war. He's also solicited by his employer to look for the man's niece, Julia, who ran off with a Canadian soldier. If Quinn can bring Julia back, he will receive his own tenant farm, enabling him to provide a home for his ailing mother and siblings. Julia Holloway's decision to come to Toronto has been met with disaster. When her uncle's employee rescues her from a bad situation, she fears she can never repay his kindness. So when Quinn asks her to help find his sister, she agrees. Soon after, however, Julia receives some devastating news that changes everything. Torn between reuniting his family and protecting Julia, will Quinn have to sacrifice his chance at happiness to finally keep his promise?The curator's daughter
By Melanie Dobson. 2021
Hanna Tillich cherishes her work as an archaeologist for the Third Reich, searching for the Holy Grail and other artifacts…
to bolster evidence of a master Aryan race. But when she is reassigned to work as a museum curator in Nuremberg, then forced to marry an SS officer and adopt a young girl, she begins to see behind the Nazi facade. A prayer labyrinth becomes a storehouse for her secrets, but as she comes to love Lilly as her own daughter, she fears that what she's hiding?and what she begins to uncover?could put them both in mortal danger.Eighty years later, Ember Ellis is a Holocaust researcher intent on confronting hatred toward the Jewish people and other minorities. She reconnects with a former teacher on Martha's Vineyard after she learns that Mrs. Kiehl's mother once worked with the Nazi Ahnenerbe. And yet, Mrs. Kiehl describes her mother as "a friend to the Jewish people." Wondering how both could be true, Ember helps Mrs. Kiehl regain her fractured childhood memories of World War II while at the same time confronting the heartache of her own secret past?and the person who wants to silence her foreverThe seed who was afraid to be planted
By Anthony DeStefano. 2020
Safe and cozy where he is, a tiny seed wants to remain in the drawer where he lives happily with…
other seeds. But one day the gardener who lives in the mansion takes him from his drawer and plants him in the ground. Faced with his biggest fear, the seed undergoes a miraculous experience that changes his life forever. Beautifully written in simple but delightful verse, The Seed Who Was Afraid to Be Planted reminds us all that no matter how small or scared we may be, God has great plans for us-plans even more wonderful than we can imagineLa partition de Suzanne: roman (Réverbération)
By Danielle Dussault. 2012
" La mort mystérieuse de Suzanne survient un soir de Noël après la messe de minuit. Sur les lieux de…
laccident, quelquun subtilise une partition de musique, laquelle reliera les personnages dans un parcours kaléidoscopique où sont abordés les thèmes de la délivrance et de la rédemption. La toile de fond de cette histoire : la musique et le chant traditionnel Minuit, chrétiens, source dinspiration et leitmotiv qui traversent le roman. " -- 4e de couvDestins croisés: roman
By William P. Young, William P Young. 2013
" Anthony Spencer, homme d'affaires prospère, se retrouve plongé dans un profond coma à la suite d'un AVC. Loin de…
son corps engourdi, l'esprit d'Anthony s'éveille à une réalité complètement différente de celle qu'il a connue jusqu'alors. Dans un univers empreint d'une présence divine bienveillante et réparatrice, face au paysage désolé de sa vie passée, il se voit offrir une occasion singulière de rédemption. À travers une expérience hors du commun, où la frontière entre soi et l'autre est brouillée, Anthony apprendra la valeur du courage, du don de soi et du pardon de ses propres fautes. " -- 4e de couvExodus (Shadow of the Mountain series #book 1)
By Graham Cliff. 2016
Caleb and Joshua Roar to Life in this High-Impact Old Testament Saga Two men were brave enough to tell the…
truth about what awaited the Hebrews in Canaan. This is their story. From the slave pits of Egypt to the efforts of an eighty-five-year-old Caleb as he drives out the last of the giants, Shadow of the Mountain is a vivid portrait of two of God's chosen champions, and a meditation on masculine mentorship and the challenges and blessings of growing older. For the sake of his new God and his loyalty to his friend Joshua, Caleb will not spend his twilight years resting, but taking the battle to the enemies of God's people until his dying breath. From his early days as a mercenary for Pharaoh in Egypt watching the Hebrews suffer under the yoke of slavery, all the way through a desperate fight with giants in the dark forests of the hill country, this is a story filled with epic battles, gritty intensity, and supernatural events that made Graham's Lion of War series a hit. Shadow of the Mountain is sure to ignite a love for the Old Testament in popular cultureDreams rekindled (Mesquite Springs series #book 2)
By Amanda Cabot. 2021
He's bound and determined to find peace ... but she's about to stir things up Dorothy Clark dreams of writing…
something that will challenge people as much as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin seems to have. But in 1850s Mesquite Springs, there are few opportunities for writers—until newspaperman Brandon Holloway arrives, that is. Brandon Holloway has seen the disastrous effects of challenging others. He has no intention of repeating that mistake. Instead of following his dreams, he's committed to making a new—and completely uncontroversial—start in the Hill Country. As Dorothy's involvement in the fledgling newspaper grows from convenient to essential, her place in Brandon's heart does the same. But before romance can bloom, Dorothy and Brandon must work together to discover who's determined to divide the town and destroy Brandon's livelihoodDestined for you: Lady of the lakes series, book 1 (Lady of the Lakes)
By Tracie Peterson. 2021
Can she withstand the storms of life that blow her way? Gloriana Womack's family is much smaller since scarlet fever…
killed her mother and two of her siblings. She's dedicated her modest life in Duluth, Minnesota, to holding the remains of her fractured family together, caring for her father and younger brother. But it is hard not to be overrun by worry when her father is often gone on long fishing trips, their livelihood coming from the waters of the temperamental and sometimes deadly Lake Superior. Luke Carson has come to Duluth to help shepherd the arrival of the railroad to the city's port, and he's eager to be reunited with his brother and sister-in-law, who recently moved there and are expecting their first child. Competition for the railroad is fierce, with the neighboring city of Superior, Wisconsin, fighting for the tracks to come through their town instead. But the real danger lies in a man who has followed Luke across the country with revenge on his mind. When tragedy brings Gloriana and Luke together, they help each other through their grief and soon find their lives inextricably linked. If they survive the trials ahead, could it be possible they've been destined for each other all along?Night fall (Quantico Files series #book 1)
By Nancy Mehl. 2021
Now that Alexandra "Alex" Donavan is finally free of her troubled upbringing, she's able to live out her childhood dream…
of working for the FBI. But soon after she becomes a member of the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, authorities in Kansas and Missouri contact them about bodies found on freight trains traveling across the country-all killed in the same way. Alex never expected to be forced to confront her past in this new job, but she immediately recognizes the graffiti messages the killer is leaving on the train cars. When the BAU sends her to gather information about the messages from her aunt in Wichita, Kansas, Alex is haunted by the struggles she thought she'd left behind forever. In a race against time to solve the case while battling her own weaknesses, Alex must face how far she'll go-and what she's willing to risk-to put a stop to the Train KillerA distant shore: A novel
By Karen Kingsbury. 2021
" Inspirational fiction superstar" ( Publishers Weekly ) and #1 New York Times bestselling author of life-changing fiction returns with…
this high-stakes love story of danger, passion, and faith. She was a child caught in a riptide in the Caribbean Sea. He was a teenager from the East Coast on vacation with his family. He dove in to save her, and that single terrifying moment changed both their lives forever. Ten years later Jack Ryder is a daring secret agent with the FBI and Eliza Lawrence still lives on that pristine island. She's an untainted princess in a kingdom of darkness and evil, on the brink of a forced marriage with a dangerous neighboring drug lord, a marriage arranged by her father. This time when Jack and Eliza meet, there's a connection neither of them can explain. Both their lives are on the line, and once again, the stakes are deadly high. Can they join forces in a complicated and dangerous mission, pretending to have a breathtaking love...without really falling? Sometimes miracles happen not once, but twice...along a distant shoreAn amish barn raising: Three stories
By Kathleen Fuller, Amy Clipston, Kelly Irvin. 2021
From bestselling authors in the Amish genre come three sweet stories centered around Amish traditions and the possibility of romance.…
Building a Dream by Amy Clipston Though they've known each other a long time, Kathryn and Anthony have finally decided to try becoming more than friends—but they are devastated when Kathryn's father won't allow them to date. He wants his daughter to marry a man with a more respectable job than building gazebos for Englishers. But when Kathryn's father's dairy barn burns down during a thunderstorm, Anthony is the one to arrange a barn raising. Will Kathryn's father realize he has misjudged Anthony? To Raise a Home by Kelly Irvin A year after the wildfires, life has returned to normal for the West Kootenai Amish community. Evan Eicher, son of Deacon Tobias Eicher, has done his best to move on too. Helping his neighbors and friends rebuild has helped soothe a heart broken when Delilah Mast—the woman he loves but never had the courage to approach—moved with her family back to Kansas. At his father's urging he courts Kaylee Plank, a sweet woman who adores him. But when Delilah moves back to teach school, Evan must wrestle with feelings he's tried so hard to put in the past. And an accident at a barn raising will force Kaylee, Delilah, and Evan to face the truth about their hearts. Love's Solid Foundation by Kathleen Fuller Devon Bontrager only returned to his old hometown to make good on a past misdeed. He hadn't counted on reconnecting with Nettie Yoder, especially since she strung along his younger twin brothers some years ago. Nettie knows she's made some mistakes in the past, but she's determined to be an asset to her community from now on. But just as she's making headway, her family's barn burns to the ground. Why does it seem like God is punishing her family when she's finally starting to turn her life around? Can she convince Devon that she has changed? Can Devon trust the woman who broke his brothers' hearts?The best of intentions (Canadian Crossings series #book 1)
By Susan Anne Mason. 2018
In the aftermath of WWI, Grace Abernathy is determined to reunite with her family, crossing an ocean to convince her…
widowed sister to return home to England. But Toronto holds more tragedy and her nephew Christian is now in the custody of his paternal relatives, the formidable Easton family, who rejected Grace's sister because of her low social status. Unconvinced that the Eastons can be fitting caretakers, Grace jumps at the chance to become Christian's nanny and to observe the family up close under an assumed name. In the course of her new position, she is shocked to discover herself falling for Andrew Easton, the boy's guardian. Unfortunately, Andrew is promised to a spoiled socialite who will make a terrible stepmother for Christian. Will Grace be able to protect her nephew... and her heart?Three missing days: A Pelican Harbor Novel (The Pelican Harbor)
By Colleen Coble. 2021
Book Three in the gripping romantic suspense series from USA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble. A chilling murder. Chief of…
Police Jane Hardy plunges into the investigation of a house fire that claimed the life of a local woman as well as one of the firefighters. It's clear the woman was murdered. But why? The unraveling of Jane's personal life only makes the answers in the case more difficult to find. Her son's arrest. Then Jane's fifteen-year-old son is accused of a horrific crime, and she has to decide whether or not she can trust her ex, Reid, in the attempt to prove Will's innocence—and whether she can trust Reid with her heart. Her stolen memories. Three days of Jane's past are missing from her memory, and that's not all that has been stolen from her. As she works to find the woman's murdered and clear her son's name, finding out what happened in those three days could change everything. It all started with one little lie. But the gripping truth is finally coming out. Praise for Three Missing Days: "Colleen Coble is my go-to author for the best romantic suspense today . . . a stay-up-all-night page turning story!" – Carrie Stuart Parks, bestselling and award-winning author of Relative Silence Full length romantic suspense Perfect for fans of Allison Brennan, Terri Blackstock, and Dani Pettrey Part of the Pelican Harbor series Book One: One Little Lie Book Two: Two Reasons to Run Book Three: Three Missing DaysAt lighthouse point: Three sisters island series, book 3 (Three Sisters Island)
By Suzanne Woods Fisher. 2021
Blaine Grayson returns to Three Sisters Island with a grand plan—to take Camp Kicking Moose to the next level. Her…
dream starts to unravel when she discovers Moose Manor's kitchen has been badly remodeled by her sister, Cam, who doesn't know how to cook. Added to that blow is the cold shoulder given by her best friend, Artie Lotosky, now a doctor to the unbridged Maine islands. As old wounds are opened, Blaine starts to wonder if she made a mistake by coming home. Little by little, she must let go of one dream to discover a new one, opening her heart to a purpose and a future she had never imagined. Bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher invites you back to the coast of Maine for a story that reminds you to release what doesn't matter and cling to what does: faith, family, and friendshipsThe jam and jelly nook (An Amish Marketplace Novel #book 4)
By Amy Clipston. 2021
In the final installment of Amy Clipston's bestselling Amish Marketplace series, a young widow struggling to raise her son dreams…
of one more chance at love. Since her husband died seven years ago, Leanna Wengerd has done her best—tending to her son, Chester, and running her Jam and Jelly Nook at the Amish market. Though she enjoys seeing her cousins and customers at the marketplace, she wishes she could find more time for her rebellious teenage boy. When Chester gets into trouble for trespassing, he winds up at the police station with his friend Maggie, who was riding with him to a youth group gathering. Leanna comes to the police station to fetch Chester and happens to meet Emory, Maggie's father. Emory is also a widower, raising Maggie alone—and both he and Leanna have similar burdens and problems. Over time Emory and Leanna become closer friends, discovering how much they have in common. As single parents, they struggle with the limits of what they can provide for their children and feel somewhat responsible for what happened to their respective spouses. The two eventually realize they have feelings for each other—but when they try to date, their children resist. Will God pave a way for them to build a family together, or will hurdles block the path to a second chance at happiness?Bookshop by the sea
By Denise Hunter. 2021
Sophie Lawson should be enjoying her sister's wedding day. But nothing could have prepared her to see the best man…
again. After her mother became bedridden and her father bailed on the family, Sophie found herself serving as a second mother to her twin brother, Seth, and younger sister, Jenna. Sophie supported her siblings through their college years, putting aside her own dream of opening a bookshop in Piper's Cove—the quaint North Carolina beach town they frequented as children. Now it's finally time for Sophie to follow her own pursuits. Seth has a new job, and Jenna is set to marry her college beau in Piper's Cove. But the destination wedding reunites Sophie with best man Aiden Maddox, her high school sweetheart who left her without a backward glance. When an advancing hurricane strands Aiden in Piper's Cove after the wedding, he finds the hotels booked to capacity and has to ask Sophie to put him up until the storm passes. As the two ride out the weather, old feelings rise to the surface. The delay also leaves Sophie with mere days to get her bookshop up and running. Can she trust Aiden to stick around? And will he find the courage to risk his heart? "Sophie and Aiden had me hooked from page one, and I was holding my breath until the very end. Denise nails second-chance romance in Bookshop by the Sea. I adored this story! Five giant stars!" — Jenny Hale , USA TODAY bestselling author "Denise Hunter has never failed to pen a novel that whispers messages of hope and brings a smile to my face. Bookshop by the Sea is no different! With a warmhearted community, a small beachside town, a second-chance romance worth rooting for, and cozy bookshop vibes, this is a story you'll want to snuggle into like a warm blanket." — Melissa Ferguson , author of The Dating Charade Sweet and thoughtful contemporary read Stand-alone novel Book length: 75,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs