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Between Sundays
$17.99Add to cartFootball season becomes a time of realization that life’s most important victories are won off the field. A star running back with much to learn, a younger player with much to give, and a woman with a heart for underprivileged kids-thrown together into a time of self-discovery and a new awareness of the things that matter most.
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Forbidden : A Novel
$17.00Add to cartCaleb Yoder’s father has forbidden him to court Nellie Fisher, but words alone cannot stop Caleb’s love. Yet he knows that if he continues to meet Nellie at their secret place, he risks losing everything he would inherit.
Nellie, too, is torn. She longs to marry her Old Order beau but cannot ignore the gentle pull she feels toward the faith of her new Order family. Still struggling to come to terms with the death of her beloved sister, Nellie visits the Mennonite friends who were with Suzy on the day she drowned. Will Nellie find the missing pieces of her sister’s life-and her own future as well? -
Dent
$10.99Add to cartThis story is pure fiction; it is not about someone I know. It is about that family we have all known at least one time in our lives. That family struggling, scared, alone, abandoned and desperate all or one of the above. It is about that family or person that makes me feel so ashamed when I think how I have complained to God about the slightest discomfort in my life. It is not my purpose to reveal the ending of this story but I will tell you it has a happy ending. This story will touch your heart and stir your emotions. If is doesn’t check your pulse.
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Dark Reflection
$26.99Add to cartWhen Princess Angel finds a mirror in a haunted caste, her dark reflection comes to life. Her simple life shatters and she must find the missing pieces. She’ll fade away forever if she does not put back the pieces in time. Will she be able to defeat the dark side of her soul that she can’t control?
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Dark Reflection
$17.99Add to cartWhen Princess Angel finds a mirror in a haunted caste, her dark reflection comes to life. Her simple life shatters and she must find the missing pieces. She’ll fade away forever if she does not put back the pieces in time. Will she be able to defeat the dark side of her soul that she can’t control?
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Edwina
$21.99Add to cartThe summer of 2008 changed Edwina Emily Blair’s life completely. A small town librarian, she loved her predictable lifestyle. But her European-born stepsister Cecelia had other plans. As the two of them were about to board a plane for Scotland, Cecelia was suddenly called away to Italy. Edwina found herself alone in Edinburgh, tired, hungry, and very late. When the hotel clerk told her that she no longer had a room, she fainted – right into the arms of a tall Scot standing behind her. Anxious to meet his fiance, Alex Dunnegin whisked Edwina off to his castle and that’s when the trouble began. The handsome Laird became the hero for the novel Edwina was writing. And Cecelia, her beautiful, entrepreneurial sister, the heroine. Could it be any other way? Edwina would find out that the stubborn Scot did not always play the part she wrote for him.
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I Heart Bloomberg
$16.00Add to cartKendall’s managed to wrangle her grandmother’s house–free and clear–except for the rules. No male roommates. But that’s ok, with the right ad she’ll pull in some girls, their rent and if she’s lucky, she won’t have to go to work any time soon.
For their part, Anna, Lelani, and Megan all have their reasons for wanting to move in: Anna has got to get out from under her overprotective parents; Lelani can’t take another day in her aunt’s tiny crackerbox house overflowing with toddlers and Megan needs a place free of her current roommate from Hades. Though they come with assorted extra baggage filled with broken hearts and dreams, they will discover they also have a vast array of hidden strengths.
As they struggle to become the women they want to be, they’ll find new hope and maybe even Kendall will learn a thing or two about life, love and the true meaning of friendship.
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Miracles : Ordinary Lives Transformed By
$17.99Add to cartTwo novels together for the first time–from best-selling author Terri Blackstock.In The Listener, Sam Bennett hears voices-from people all around him. The waitress in the coffee shop. The elevator operator in Sam’s office building. His wife, his secretary, even his pastor. Sam now has insight into people’s hearts. He hears their deepest needs just by being near them. But what can one listener do for a world of souls in need of help?The Gifted is one of Blackstock’s most intriguing novels. A massive natural disaster leads to an even more earth-shaking supernatural transformation in the lives of three friends who have no idea why they’ve been spared or infused with these distinct gifts. One thing is certain: the earthquake was just the warm-up for what lies ahead.
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Keepers And Reapers
$19.99Add to cartThis exciting Christian fictional drama, is inspired by Galatians 6:9, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Set in New York City, three friends have each petitioned the Lord for some crucial issues they need Him to fix this year. Agnes – after surviving tragic life altering events, she is radically pleading the blood of Jesus for her grown “off the chain” sons, before it’s too late. Marcia – the West Indian diva – Is it possible to serve God and her fine, wealthy, non-believing husband at the same time? Rebecca- feels her heartstrings pulling, telling her to seek God like never before. Her friends need her to pray and pray some more. And then the women meet Raneisha. God has promised us that if we keep His word, we will reap His promises. Can they endure in their seasons and not faint? Or will they get weary on their Christian journey and give up? Who will keep and who will reap? Keepers and Reapers is an anointed story about the love of Jesus Christ, God’s faithfulness, friendship, family, trials, tribulation, forgiveness, hope, grace, mercy, blessings and miracles.
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Stretched But Not Broken
$17.49Add to cartStretched but not Broken, chronicles the story of Mia Hall. Raped at five years old and emotionally abandoned by a loving but depressed mother, Mia grows into a compliant woman enabling the bipolar and controlling abuses of her older sister, Karen. Mia’s stepfather, Bruce, also abusive and psychotic, still, in his warped way, loves Mia and his family. Through a life of kept secrets, silence in the face of abusive oppression, and a broken romance, Mia is driven to attempted suicide. But Mia has a friend, Julie, who has been telling Mia about the love of God and how much he has in store for Mia’s life and future. Mia must then make a decision to let go of her past, and stretch toward a bright and loving future with a Savior who proves to be the only answer to Mia’s shredded life of fear, anguish and hopelessness.
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Taste Of Bread
$17.99Add to cartA Taste of Bread “This stalk is depicted as the staff of life in many cultures. It symbolizes to the Akan that food is a basis of life and that they could not survive if not for the food that God has placed here on Earth for their nourishment” (W. Bruce Willis, The Adinkra Dictionary). Shona Whey is young, beautiful, and vibrant. She appears the perfect picture of health. One warm and sunny day, Shona’s sweet and energetic four-year-old son Nicoby mysteriously disappears from a local park. After her son’s disappearance, the world Shona knew as bright and beautiful suddenly becomes a dark and desolate place as her life spirals deeper and deeper into torment, misery, and agony. In the midst of blinding pain, Shona encounters a stranger – Mrs. Grace Allay. The chance meeting gives Shona and her family reasons to hope and a welcome lifeline to cling to. The predestine encounter also allows the anguished young woman to finally leave her suffering behind and awake to a world full of incredulous wonders…and new beginnings!
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Trouble The Water
$17.99Add to cartSet in the South Carolina Sea Islands, Nicole Seitz’s second novel follows the stories of two sisters. One is seeking to recreate her life yet again and learns to truly live from a group of Gullah nannies she meets on the island. The other thinks she’s got it all together until her sister’s imminent death from cancer causes her to re-examine her own life and seek the healing and rebirth her troubled sister managed to find on St. Anne’s Island. “This is another thing I know for a fact: a woman can’t be an island, not really. No, it’s the touching we do in other people’s lives that matters when all is said and done. The silly things we do for ourselves–shiny new cars and jobs and money–they don’t mean a hill of beans. Honor taught me that. My soul sisters on this island taught me that. And this is the story of true sisterhood. It’s the story of Honor, come and gone, and how one flawed woman worked miracles in this mixed-up world.”
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Par For The Course
$19.99Add to cartSparks fly when Ray Blackson returns with his trademark quirky sense of humor. Golf, politics, and romance collide in PAR FOR THE COURSE as golf range owner Chris Hackett meets an attractive political correspondent who turns his world upside down.
In PAR FOR THE COURSE, Chris Hackett owns and operates Hack’s Golf Learning Center, an eccentric golf range in Charleston, SC. Chris jumps at the chance to step up his game when an attractive new student and political correspondent, Molly, suggests that Chris capitalize on the current, highly polarized, presidential election. This pitting of right versus left means even more income, plus a sharp new girlfriend, and soon Chris, his sidekick, Cack, and their unique golf range are the talk of the town . . . until someone takes the political insults too seriously. Will Molly stick around as Chris learns the true meaning of “playing politics”? And will Chris realize how much he wants her to?
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Valley Of The Giants
$25.99Add to cartThe Valley of the Giants Joseph Pines, an old retired editor, who believes that there’s race of giants living in Nepal, is convinced when further evidence comes in from his grand nephew, Danes Barnet, a guide in the Himalayas.’ He convinces a beautiful reporter, Peggy Kephart, to meet up with his nephew and his friend, Tim Matthews, guiding an expedition to that area. However, she soon discovers her life is in danger, not only from those in the expedition but also from the giants she encounters. The Alaskan Caper Tim Matthew’s life changes dramatically when he falls in love with an Indian Princess. But his life is in peril when his plane is hijacked, his friend shot and he is stranded in a blizzard. Hanzan It soon becomes apparent that this rescued child in the story of “The Valley of the Giants” becomes extraordinary big and strong and will face many difficulties growing up in America.
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Wedding Machine : A Novel
$17.99Add to cartIt’s Steel Magnolias meets The Runaway Bride with a Southern fiction flair sure to appeal to fans of Sue Monk Kidd.
The weddings of Jasper, South Carolina, have been run for years by four women respectfully dubbed “The Wedding Machine.” This summer the daughters and sons of these four women are each being “married off” (to some unlikely characters!) and the gears of the machine begin to grind to a surprising halt.
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Summer Of Joy
$17.00Add to cartSequel to The Scent of Lilacs and Orchard of Hope
The summer of 1964 certainly was eventful, but it’s nothing compared to what’s coming to the Brooke family and to Hollyhill, Kentucky. David finally gets up the nerve to pop the question to Leigh and wedding plans are in the making. But the past is coming to call on many in Hollyhill, threatening to destroy the relationships that everyone thought were so strong. Two people–one David thought was gone for good and the other no one’s ever heard of–are making their way to the small town and promise trouble.
This complex and well-written story is the perfect conclusion to the Hollyhill story. With true-to-life family drama, refreshing humor, and lovable characters, Summer of Joy will delight readers. -
You Had Me At Goodbye
$21.99Add to cartEverything is on the line for aspiring editorial diva Dancy Ames when she’s fired by her publisher. Could this be the time to risk it all on her writing career–and maybe even love?
Dancy Ames has an enemy: Jack Quinn. The man who swoops in, steals her dream job at Lane Publishing, and fires her, saying she just doesn’t have what it takes to be an editor. Now that she’s unemployed, Dancy must find a new career. Coffee barista, English teacher, literary agent. Hmm. Maybe she’ll write a novel–a nasty invective, featuring a relentless job-stealing, coffee-drinking stalker who falls in love with a coffee barista. She’s got time on her hands, so when her friends dare her to send Jack a proposal, under an assumed name, she takes them up on it. If he likes it, she’ll have her ultimate revenge. But what will she do when it turns out that Jack is interested in her book–and maybe more?
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Healing Stones : A Sullivan Crisp Novel
$17.99Add to cartDemetria Costanas has decided she must end her five-month affair with fellow professor Zach Archer. But when she goes to tell him that it is over, someone photographs them together and delivers the pictures both to the president of their university and to her husband. With her life spiraling out of control, Demetria begins to meet with psychologist Sullivan Crisp at the insistance of a friend. Sully is an unusual psychologist and believes more in “game show theology”–a method of using popular game shows to help his clients reach the truth they need to find–than in preaching platitudes and following the expected model. But as Sully helps her sort through all the issues in her life, she comes to a new and better premise for her life–a realization that God loves her and wants her to have life abundantly.
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What Lies Within
$20.99Add to cartKyla Justice’s name means “victorious.” But it’s the last thing she feels. Having fought long and hard to establish her construction business, now her schedule is full with plans for malls and subdivisions, but her heart is empty. Where are the projects that matter? Then she’s given the opportunity to build a center for inner-city kids. The obstacles don’t stop her: opposition from area gangs, minimal funding, hesitant and deceptive suppliers, even the man who claims to love her and would marry her…if she would sell her business. As things get messier-and lives are endangered-will Kyla learn to accept what lies within her and rely on others not just to succeed…but to survive?
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Sun Will Rise
$15.99Add to cartFifteen-year-old Morgan Peters thought her life was perfect until her father accepted a job offer, forcing her family to move across the country to Southern California. After struggling for a year to adjust to a new school and make new friends, Morgan is finally ready for life to be normal again. But when her crush, Jeremy, suddenly takes an interest in her, she is faced with a whole new set of difficulties. Join Morgan as her relationship with Jeremy grows, bringing with it something much bigger than Morgan could have imagined!
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Choices : My Secrets
$12.49Add to cartMy Secrets, the first of a series on choices for young teens and their parents, tells the compelling story of Rachel, a teenager faced with unexpected choices in a quest to find her way after a summer romance brings her more than she bargained for. Searching for hope, things spin out of control as she finds more issues while leaving out the possibilities to talk with friends, family, and God until a chance encounter helps her think.
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Sarah
$10.99Add to cartBased in picturesque Daviess County, Indiana, the beautiful Sarah Schwartz knows she is on thin ice when she notices Lamar Wagler watching her on Sundays, and finds her feelings for him responding. But Lamar is dating Malinda and, as everyone assumes, will soon be married to her.
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Janee
$34.99Add to cartJanee Stemper has worked her entire life to achieve fame and fortune. Her talent and beauty have helped launch her career as a successful actress. But her life is empty, full of anger and sadness. Who would have thought that four defining moments in Janee’s life would drive her far from love and God? She is on the very brink of destruction. Is there any way back? Will she discover hope and happiness in a most unexpected place or be forever doomed? Janee continues the dramatic epic of the Trevor family.
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Janee
$22.99Add to cartJanee Stemper has worked her entire life to achieve fame and fortune. Her talent and beauty have helped launch her career as a successful actress. But her life is empty, full of anger and sadness. Who would have thought that four defining moments in Janee’s life would drive her far from love and God? She is on the very brink of destruction. Is there any way back? Will she discover hope and happiness in a most unexpected place or be forever doomed? Janee continues the dramatic epic of the Trevor family.
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Trophy Wives Club
$15.99Add to cartHaley’s role as an LA princess is canceled when her producer husband finds someone younger for the part.
In her seven years as Jay’s wife, Haley found importance, relevance, and admiration. When he walks out, she loses not only her husband, but her very identity. Moving home to northern California, Haley begins to discover who she really is, until she finds out all alimony payments go through the strikingly handsome Hamilton Lowe, financial adviser to the stars.
Although she knows he’s nothing more than a spy for Jay, Haley takes his suggestion to attend what she dubs “The Trophy Wives Club,” a Bible study group composed of women who have been dealt a raw deal. In her friendships with these women and her budding relationship with Hamilton, Haley begins to find self-acceptance-not because of social standing, accomplishments or her appearance-but rather based on who God created her to be.
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Just Beyond The Clouds
$21.99Add to cart#1 bestselling author Karen Kingsbury tells the heartwrenching story of Cody Gunner, a widower fighting for stability, and the woman who wants to help him trust again–even when trust is the most terrifying thing of all.
Still aching over his wife’s death, Cody Gunner can’t bear the thought of also letting go of his Down’s Syndrome brother, Carl Joseph. Cody wants his brother home, where he will be safe and cared for, not out on his own in a world that Cody knows all too well can be heartless and insecure. So when Carl Joseph’s teacher, Elle, begins championing his independence, she finds herself at odds with Cody. But even as these two battle it out, they can’t deny the instinctive connection they share, and Cody faces a crisis of the heart. What if Elle is the one woman who can teach Cody that love is still possible? If Cody can let go of his lingering anger, he might just see that sometimes the brightest hope of all lies just beyond the clouds.
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Ndoki : Trapped In The Web Of Witchcraft
$24.99Add to cartGain a whole new perspective on an alternative interpretation of life shared by millions in Africa south of the Sahara. Set in Angola and the Congo, this biographical novel is based on a true story. The reader becomes immersed in the practical day-to-day implications of a worldview which includes a nearly inescapable web of witchcraft. Titi, the story’s heroine, will have you smiling and shedding tears as you look at life through her youthful eyes.
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Ultimate Life : A Novel
$16.00Add to cartA profound follow-up to the bestselling book and major motion picture, The Ultimate Gift. When Jason Stevens found out he had to jump through hoops to maybe get an unnamed inheritance from his billionaire grandfather, he was not amused. By the time he’d finished learning the lessons he’d become a different man. Ready to tackle the duties of running a multi-billion dollar trust, he is once again derailed, this time by his pugnacious family. Not content with their cattle ranches and oil fields, his aunts, uncles, and even his parents are determined to see every last dime entrusted to their own self-serving pockets.
With none of the reluctance he initially showed for the Gift, he eagerly accepts the challenge and pushes himself to prove not only to his family and the court but also to the world, that with determination and the simple tenets of the Gift, anyone can lead The Ultimate Life.
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Ultimate Gift : A Novel
$16.99Add to cartAn inspirational story of what truly matters in life.
What would you do to inherit a million dollars? Would you be willing to change your life? Jason Stevens is about to find out in Jim Stovall’s The Ultimate Gift.
Red Stevens has died, and the older members of his family receive their millions with greedy anticipation. But a different fate awaits young Jason, whom Stevens, his great-uncle, believes may be the last vestige of hope in the family.
“Although to date your life seems to be a sorry excuse for anything I would call promising, there does seem to be a spark of something in you that I hope we can fan into a flame. For that reason, I am not making you an instant millionaire.”What Stevens does give Jason leads to The Ultimate Gift. Young and old will take this timeless motivational story to heart.
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My Double Edged Life
$8.99Add to cartBook 2 of the Tomo series, My Double-Edged Life, finds Hana in worlds of trouble-two worlds, to be exact. At school she faces suspension when Rachel and Traci, classmates who dislike her just because she’s Japanese, make it look like she’s cheating on a test. While she tries to defend her reputation, another threat emerges, as animal-like ninjas from Argon Falls strike again-this time with reinforcements. Though badly outnumbered, Hana is not alone, and she is not unarmed. Her grandfather’s goofy, unmannered pet proves himself a worthy ally, and for the first time Hana wields the mighty Spirit Sword. Hana learns about the nature of truth as she battles lies and as she discovers more about this strange being called Tomo, the mysterious weapon he’s given her, and the role she’s been called to play. Truth is a powerful thing-but is it enough to help her prevail?
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I Was An Eighth Grade Ninja
$6.99Add to cartI Was a Eighth Grade Ninja, book 1 of the Tomo series, introduces Hana, a thirteen-year-old Japanese orphan struggling to adjust to life in San Francisco. Hana tries to feel at home in her grandfather’s house and does her best to fit in at her new school, but the only time things seem normal to her is when she’s honing her skills in her grandfather’s dojo, the studio where he teaches martial arts. And just as she’s learning to cope with one strange new world, Hana is forced to deal with another. Animal-like warriors from a different dimension invade her grandfather’s home, and Hana must use all her training to protect the only family she has left. When the secret of a mighty weapon is revealed, Hana discovers she is not who she thought she was-nor is Tomo, her grandfather’s strange little pet.
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Return To Me
$15.99Add to cartWhen Roxy Burke left home for Nashville, she swore she wouldn’t come back until she was a star. But it’s desperation that drives this prodigal back to her family, and no one is prepared for what happens next.
Roxy has crashed and burned. She’s squandered an inheritance, lived a wild life, and wasted her talent. Desperate and ashamed, she now must return to her father and sister, neither of whom she’s talked to in seven years.
Roxy’s father welcomes his daughter with love and tenderness. But his easy acceptance is hard on Roxy’s sister. After years of being the dutiful daughter, Elena feels resentment and anger toward her wayward sister.
Even more problematic is the reaction of Roxy’s former boyfriend. Once a rebel, Wyatt has given his life to Christ and plans to enter the ministry. He and Elena are engaged, but Roxy’s return raises questions that could mean the end of Elena’s perfect future.
The Burke family faces the return of the prodigal and must reach out for healing. Will they each be able to accept God’s grace?
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All Ill Ever Need
$17.99Add to cartIn this suspenseful sequel to For the Rest of My Life, Dr. Claire McCall’s marriage plans are interrupted by shocking developments. Accused of euthanizing one of her patients, Claire must prove her innocence while the real killer seeks to destroy her. As the list of other suspects grows, Claire’s future depends on unraveling her past.
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Sunrise : One Familys Celebration Of Forever Love And New Beginnings
$16.99Add to cartIn preparation for their long-awaited wedding day, Dayne and Katy are determined to keep the ceremony a secret from the paparazzi. Their relationship grows closer and stronger as they plan together, but in the end it takes the help of the Baxter family and many of the CKT kids so that they’ll even have a chance at a private wedding. John Baxter is thrilled that his oldest son will be settling down a few miles away, but he isn’t sure how any of his kids will handle a situation he can no longer run from–the feelings he is having for his friend Elaine. In the meantime, the Flanigan family is struggling with their young boarder, Cody Coleman, Jim Flanigan’s star receiver. After an alcohol overdose, Cody fights for his life. Only God’s grace and a miracle can bring him back from the brink of death–physically and spiritually.
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Defiance : In Order To Protect The Navys Most Famous JAG Officer Shannon Mc
$17.99Add to cartThe murder of an international attorney, the posturing of a power-hungry politician, the schemes of a psychotic stalker, and the high-stakes drama of a daring rescue mission: Navy JAG Lieutenant Commander Zack Brewer is in the spotlight and the danger zone.
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Coral Moon
$17.99Add to cartIn book two of the Kanner Lake Series by Brandilyn Collins, a murder and a cryptic message plunge a small resort community in the wilds of northern Idaho into a terrifying encounter with the supernatural. And the solution appears to be one that can’t be true … but must be.
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Ultimate Gift : Movie Edition With Promotional DVD
$16.99Add to cartJason thought his inheritance was the gift of money and lots of it … but Jason thought wrong. Based on the major motion picture The Ultimate Gift, trust fund baby Jason Stevens must embark on a journey of discovery, having to answer the ultimate question: “What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?”
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Spirit Of Sweetgrass
$17.99Add to cartEssie Mae Laveau Jenkins is a 78-year-old sweetgrass basket weaver who sits on the side of Hwy. 17 in the company of her dead husband, Daddy Jim. Inspired by her Auntie Leona, Essie Mae finally discovers her calling in life and weaves powerful “love baskets,” praying feverently over them to affect the lives of those who visit her roadside stand. When she’s faced with losing her home and her stand and being put in a nursing home, Daddy Jim talks her into coming on up to Heaven to meet sweet Jesus — something she’s always wanted to do. Once there, she reunites with Gullahs and African ancestors; but soon, her heavenly peace is disrupted, for she still has work to do. Now Essie Mae, who once felt powerless and invisible, must find the strength within her to keep her South Carolina Family from Falling apart.
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Hot Tropics And Cold Feet
$17.99Add to cartWhen fifty-one-year-old Suzanne McNally’s first husband died she was devastated. But now, three years later, she’s rejoined the human race. She’s got a cottage in Key West, owns a fragrance boutique, and has two best friends she’d do anything for-well, aside from that whole surrendering her secret chocolate stash thing. Even she has her limits.
Life should be perfect for this bride-to-be;but it’s not. She’s harboring doubts about her groom-to-be. Besides, her three best friends came to Florida bearing gifts for the bride and groom-and plenty of baggage as well. Rachel, at fifty, is preparing for her new roommate: her aging mother. Kathleen, perpetual mother superior, can’t get away from the endless responsibilities of her six grown kids. And Eleanor, the career woman, is pregnant, for the first time, at fifty! For these four friends, the salty air and the comfort of good friends is jut what the doctor ordered-if they can just weather the Florida heat and the hot flashes until wedding bells ring.
