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Breaking Free : A Novel
$21.99Add to cartWhen she meets single father Gil Winters and his wheelchair-bound son, Edward, Maggie finds her calling helping Edward with his therapy using horses. After a shadow from the past returns, Maggie is forced to choose between her newfound freedom and getting Edward the lifesaving help he needs.
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Germ : If You Breathe It Will Find You.
$17.99Add to cartThe list of 10,000 names was created for maximum devastation. Business leaders, housewives, politicians, celebrities, janitors, children. None of them is aware of what is about to happen-but all will be part of the most frightening brand of warfare the world has ever known.The germ-an advanced form of the Ebola virus-has been genetically engineered to infect only those people whose DNA matches the codes embedded within it. Those whose DNA is not a match simply catch a cold. But those who are a match experience a far worse fate. Within days, their internal organs liquify.Death is the only escape.The release of the virus will usher in a new era of power where countries are left without defense. Where a single person-or millions-could be killed with perfect accuracy and zero collateral damage. Where your own DNA works against you.The time isn’t coming. It is now. Pray the assassins get you first.
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Woman Of Grace (Reprinted)
$16.00Add to cartThese classic historical romance novels are getting a new look for the next generation of readers. But the wonderful stories remain the same, as touching and fresh as they were when first published.
Hannah, whose name means grace, will need plenty of that virtue to redeem her own life and that of Devlin MacKay.
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1 Smooth Stone Revised
$19.95Add to cartThe novel tells the story of Alex Donnelly who is running and trying to hide from nearly everyone. He has picked a good place to do it – the Yukon – but is pursued by friends, enemies, and most effectively, by God. Burning with the need to know about his parents, Alex returns to his birth-city, Seattle, where he discovers that his mother tried to abort him. The trauma sends him on the run again only to find out God has orchestrated a divine appointment for him back in the Yukon. The story is filled with miraculous healing, struggles with rage, and an obsession with revenge for a childhood abuser. It shows that God never gives up on those whom He has chosen. His mercy and grace extend to those who consider themselves unworthy, and even more so, to those who are considered unworthy in the eyes of the world.
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Titus Diary : The Story Of An Incredible Adventure That Changed The World
$14.95Add to cartThis captivating, historical narrative continues the events of the book of Acts, first begun in The Silas Diary. Told from the viewpoint of Titus, one of apostle Paul’s traveling companions, The Titus Diary is a firsthand account of Paul’s journey.
Join this journey as Paul sets out once more – this time with Silas, Timothy and Luke – and learn of the founding of the churches in Philippi, Thessalonica, Corinth and Ephesus. Look on as Paul meets Aquila and Priscilla for the first time and quickly gains an appreciation of their passion for the Lord and His church.
On this journey Paul faces persecution for his teaching and contends with the plots of Blastinius Drachrachma, who vows to destroy Paul’s work. You’ll read about a miraculous prison escape and Paul’s gripping warfare. God’s abundant provision and overwhelming peace support the believers throughout.
The Titus Diary is the second of a five-book series entitled “The First-Century Diaries.” (The Silas Diary, The Titus Diary, The Timothy Diary, The Priscilla Diary, The Gaius Diary.)
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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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Almost Friends : A Harmony Novel
$14.99Add to cartIt’s summer in Harmony, but not everything is as sunny as the weather. The good citizens of Harmony are back and stirring up trouble as usual, sometimes with disastrous results.
Pastor Sam Gardner must take a leave of absence from his post at Harmony Friends Meeting to take care of his ailing father.
But when spunky pastor Krista Riley comes to fill his position, the quirky Quakers seem to fall in love with her, and it begins to look like Sam’s sabbatical may be permanent. Krista’s resilience is put to the test when Dale Hinshaw and Fern Hampton begin to question whether a woman can faithfully lead their flock, and it looks like the resulting tiff might just be the undoing of Harmony Friends Meeting. Will Sam come to the rescue? Finding the answer to this question makes the trip back to Harmony worth turning every page.
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Mountain Top
$17.99Add to cartCan he trust his client’s dreams and visions-even when they threaten to destroy his future?Supernatural visions filled with images of keys, hatchets, hammers, and fires. An eccentric old man in jail-accused of robbing a church and knowing things he has no right to know. A lawyer turned pastor-suddenly summoned to a stranger’s cell by a dream.How much will one man risk to defend another, when the truth lands him in prison…and the only evidence proving his innocence comes by a dream?New from Practicing Attorney Robert Whitlow-The Master of Southern Legal Thrillers with a Supernatural Twist.
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Hood
$18.99Add to cartRobin HoodThe Legend Begins AnewFor centuries, the legend of Robin Hood and his band of thieves has captivated the imagination. Now the familiar tale takes on new life, fresh meaning, and an unexpected setting.Hunted like an animal by Norman invaders, Bran ap Brychan, heir to the throne Elfael, has abandoned his father’s kingdom and fled to the greenwood. There, in the primeval forest of the Welsh borders, danger surrounds him–for this woodland is a living, breathing entity with mysterious powers and secrets, and Bran must find a way to make it his own if he is to survive.Like the forest itself, Hood is deep, dark, and at times savagely brutal–yet full of enchantment and hope. Internationally-acclaimed author Stephen R. Lawhead has created a lyrical rendering of a time-honored story that will lead you down strange pathways into another time and place.
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Kings Book : The Story Of The King James Bible
$13.99Add to cart12 Chapters
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The King James Bible is surrounded by a mystery. Everyone wants to know who the secret editor is who published the work of 54 different translators?
Before Nat Culver finds answers to his questions, he is plunged into a series of baffling incidents. His father, on=e of the translators who worked on the new Bible, has a secret enemy. Nat sees his father falsely accused as a traitor and wants to know who is doing this. Could it be another translator, jealous of Nat’s father? Or is this all about the recent Catholic uprising, like the Gunpowder Plot? With the help of Button, servant to the righthand man of Kings James himself, Nat discovers his father’s enemy and why this man is a fanatic. Along the way, Nat also discovers more about the Bible than he ever thought possible. -
Man Who Laid The Egg
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“Erasmus laid the egg that Luther hatched” is what the people say. And that makes young Gerhard Koestler smile. He knows that Erasmus has influenced Luther’s thinking. He also believes both men are trying to serve God according to the Scriptures. Young Gerhard Koestler lives in Germany in the 1500s. He inherits money and a castle when his rich parents die. His Uncle Frederic tries to talk Gerhard into becoming a monk so Frederic can claim the inheritance for his own. But Gerhard has other ideas. After a series of adventures and narrow escapes, Gerhard arrives in Basel, Switzerland. To his delight he is able to live in the same house as Erasmus. Although Erasmus’ enemies accuse him of agreeing with Martin Luther, Erasmus says that the Bible is his guide. In the end, Gerhard returns to his castle. Not sure whether he wants to be know as a Catholic or a Lutheran, Gerhard returns to his castle. Not sure whether he wants to be known as a Catholic or a Lutheran, Gerhard says, “Call me a Christian.” No other name is necessary. -
Peter And The Pilgrims
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Peter Cook has a good life as a bound boy. Although a youth who has to do hard labor, his is treated like a son by his master. Everything changes the day that Peter discovers that his master has died of the dreaded disease, the black plague. Because Peter touched the corpse he is thrown out of the great house and left on his own.
Peter soon meets a group of people called Separatists because they have chosen to separate from the established Church of England. Many have already fled to Holland fro grater religious freedom. Now there is talk of going to the Americas, the New World.
Join young Peter and his friends as they make the long and dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean and meet the native American people whom they called Indians. Peter befriends one of them, Squanto, and celebrates the first Thanksgiving as a Pilgrim -
Ink On His Fingers
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Johann Gutenberg is working on printing the first Bible with type. Twelve-year old Hans Dunne is planning on being a scribe and copying the Bible by hand. But circumstances change and he finds himself working in Gutenberg’s shop as an apprentice printer.Soon, Hans finds himself in the middle of a type-stealing mystery. Herr Fust, the village banker, wants Gutenberg’s type and tries every possible way to get his hands on it. Gutenberg is deep in debt and has borrowed from everyone in town. Gutenberg is sure that he will be able to pay everyone back once the Bible is printed, but he is running out of time. Will Hans, and the other pressmen be able to keep Herr Fust from getting the type? Will they be able to finish the Bible so many people will be able to read and learn from it?
Join Hans as he does his part to help and experiences God’s faithfulness.
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Island Inferno : A Novel
$20.99Add to cartFernanda Gracioli Viera is a twenty-three-year-old student in Panama City . When she joins a bioprospecting expedition, the team is taken captive by island pirates and only she escapes. Now she’s on the run for help. Euripides “Rip” Rubio is a twenty-six-year-old staff sergeant with Task Force Valor. TFV’s mission: Stop the “middle man” distributing the colorless, odorless, explosive liquid, ITEB. Rip’s mission: Investigate the island of Coiba for modern-day pirates operating a transshipment point for stolen goods. One night, Rip’s path literally collides with Fernanda’s, and they find themselves caught in the middle of a turf war. Can they use the chaos to their advantage? Or will one false step set the entire island ablaze?
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Heart Strangely Warmed
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John Wesley is a fiery little preacher who is stirring up the people on the streets of London. One day, while peddling his father’s wares, young Robert Upton meets Wesley and his life is changed forever.At first Robert doesn’t know what to think of Wesley and his fellow Methodists. Robert even helps some other boys break up an evening church meeting by beating loudly on old pots and pans. But soon Robert sees how Wesley’s preaching changes the lives of many people. Robert hears people talk about being “converted,” but isn’t sure what it means.
Robert and his father start going to Wesley’s meetings whenever they can. Gradually, Robert begins to understand what Wesley’s preaching is all about. As he allows God to work in his life, Robert finds that his own heart, like Wesley’s, is strangely warmed.
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Little House In Brookfield
$6.99Add to cartLITTLE HOUSE. BIG ADVENTURE. Right on the heels of the repackages of the original Little House books come the newly abridged and repackaged novels about Laura’s family members, all sporting the same striking photographic look- Little House in Brookfield is about Caroline, Laura’s mother.
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Martyrs Song : A Novel
$15.99Add to cartWhat would you die for?
That’s the question suddenly thrust upon a small band of women and children in Bosnia at the close of World War II. When a group of bitter soldiers stumble upon their peaceful village, they suddenly face an insidious evil…and the ultimate test.
It is then, in the midst of chaos and pain that the Martyr’s Song is first heard. It is then that the window into heaven first opens. It is then that love and beauty are shown in breathtaking reality.
You have in your hands the story and the song that changed…everything.
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Key To The Prison
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George Fox is constantly in trouble with the government. He preaches that the church isn’t a building, but the people who believe the Bible and try to obey what it says. He also left the Official Church of England to found the Society of Friends, also called Quakers.Tommy Stafford and his sister, Celia, become involved when their father, a minister, breaks with the traditional church and joins Fox. They witness the violence and persecution that Quakers endure. But Fox is always calm and courageous. He continues to preach and help the sick. His power with God becomes known wherever he goes.
The persecution gets worse. George Fox and the Quakers are imprisoned, beaten and ridiculed. Yet the number of his followers grows. Join Tommy and his family as they are swept along with Fox and his new church-all the way across the ocean to the New World, where they can live in peace and worship freely.
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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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Copper Scroll
$15.99Add to cartSaddam is gone, Arafat is dead, and a new Iraq is rising. But when a suicide bomber strikes Washington and assassinations unfold from London to Los Angeles, Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy are drawn back into a world of terror they thought was over. At the heart of the mystery lies a 2,000-year-old scroll describing unimaginable treasures that could lead to the Third Jewish Temple. Some call it history’s greatest treasure map. Others call it a road map to Armageddon. But the time to find the truth is running out fast.
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Miracle
$17.99Add to cartIn the midst of the Great Depression, seventeen-year-old Lanie Freeman hopes to keep her family together, become a writer, and find love. But an unexpected health crisis and a devastating town scandal leave the Freeman family reeling. Will their faith uphold them as they struggle to survive? Book Three of the Singing River saga.
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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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Desperate Pastors Wives
$19.99Add to cartFour pastors’ wives. All desperate for something.
Is it possible that their desperation will lead to hope?
Mimi, Lisa, Jennifer, and Felicia all live in the fishbowl of Red River, Ohio. Everyone expects something from them. Gourmet casseroles. Perfect husbands. Well-behaved children. They expect even more of themselves.
The constant demands and always-ringing phones are enough to drive any sane woman crazy. Add to all that the condescending Katherine Fleming Katt — self-promoting pastor’s wife of the town’s largest church — who loves to flaunt her superior position. In the midst of such chaos, will each woman find the one thing she longs for?
When the unflappable Kitty Katt starts showing up at odd places, the four friends get suspicious. Is Kitty hiding something? What secrets lie behind her “perfect” exterior? But even more significant than unraveling Kitty Katt’s secrets is finding answers for themselves.
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Donovans Daughter (Reprinted)
$17.99Add to cartLori Wicks bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) has a fresh new cover design to delight avid Lori Wick fans and readers just introduced to Loris beloved fiction. When an angry snowstorm forces Marcail Donovan to seek shelter for the night at the town doctors house, the pretty new schoolteacher is thrust into a scandal that threatens her career. The unfortunate but innocent circumstances bring harsh condemnation to Marcail, but the compassionate bachelor doctor offers her a way to remain the towns teacher. Now she must face an inner turmoil worse than any storm. Is Donovans Daughter willing to give up her own dreams to bring Gods love to the children she teaches?
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Sean Donovan (Reprinted)
$16.99Add to cartLori Wicks bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) has a fresh new cover design to delight avid Lori Wick fans and readers just introduced to Loris beloved fiction. Caught in his first bank robbery, Sean Donovan is sentenced to hang. But Charlotte Cooper, who needs a blacksmith for her livery, has other ideas. By law, a woman of good standing in the community can save a man from the gallows by marrying him. Humbled by the dramatic rescue and renewed in his faith, Seans heart goes out to his new bride, a woman whose past has prompted her to guard her heart. Yet could the talk around town be true? Is the fiercely independent Charlotte falling for Sean Donovan?
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As Time Goes By (Reprinted)
$17.99Add to cartLori Wicks bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) has a fresh new cover design to delight avid Lori Wick fans and readers just introduced to Loris beloved fiction. For five years handsome Jeff Taylor has wanted to apologize to Bobbie Bradford in person. But she left town the day after the humiliating episode at the picnic and never returned. Older now, Jeff has grown in his faith and as a man. Still, the news that Bobbie is returning to Santa Rosa while considering Cleve Ramseys proposal of marriage comes as a shock. Will their friendship be restored after heartbreaking betrayal? Can love grow as time goes by?
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Whatever Tomorrow Brings (Reprinted)
$18.99Add to cartLori Wicks bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) has a fresh new cover design to delight avid Lori Wick fans and readers just introduced to Loris beloved fiction. In the midst of fresh grief and unfamiliar surroundings, Kaitlin, the Donovans oldest daughter, must face life in rugged California. Will the men of this restless country take advantage of her innocence? Will she recognize Gods unexpected gift of love? Can she keep her family safe until her father returns? Grief turns to triumph and innocence to maturity as Kaitlin lifts her heart to God for the strength to face whatever tomorrow brings.
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Fluffy
$13.49Add to cartBonnie’s summer vacation is not going as planned. The cute baby chicks she’s been expecting are not coming, and there is something very wrong with Daddy. Money is scarce, and Bonnie must sacrifice something she really wants. She is miserable. Then a small miracle happens. Will things turn out right after all? Little Farm Down the Lane books illustrate the joys and trials of growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania during the 1950s, while presenting Christian values in an entertaining and uplifting format. This is the fourth book of a projected nine-book series. As the story continues to unfold in future books, the Bedi family grows in their knowledge of God through good times and bad. (Book IV will be more fully enjoyed if Books I, II, & III are read first.) Book I – “A Little Family Moves In” Book II – “Trouble, Mischief, and Adventure” Book III – “The Fire”
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Bella Gets Rescued
$17.99Add to cartBella is one pampered kitty! She has a warm bed, tasty food, and owners who love her but she was not always that way. Follow the humorous story of Bella, a sassy cat who started off as a lonely kitten without a home or a family to love her. From dodging raindrops to running from lawn-mowers, being a stray cat isn’t all it’s cracked up to be! Bella ventures on a crazy journey as she moves from place to place, never knowing that what she really needed all along was a family to love her. But change is scary! In order to accept her new home, Bella must learn a valuable lesson: God’s love and assurance can conquer all fear!
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White Chocolate Moments
$20.99Add to cartBeloved author Lori Wick presents a new standalone in the tradition of her bestselling Sophies Heart.After losing her parents, Arcineh Bryant lives with her grandfather as a girl. But growing up without her family causes her to hold resentment toward the man who took her in. Years later, when she meets a man she thinks she may love, she doubts whether she can trust her own heart.A character-rich journey leads Arcineh back to her grandfathers home where there are surprises, questions, and for the first time in her life, an answer to who will love me forever? This compelling story about a womans hunger for acceptance and wholeness points the reader home to Gods love.
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Anastasis Dunamis : Beyond Demon Belief
$19.99Add to cartA SPIRITUAL WARFARE NOVEL SET IN PORTLAND, OREGON “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that-and shudder.” James 2:19 I too sat on my church bench for years with this kind of demon belief. I knew there was a God. I believed in Jesus. But my faith was insignificant. My life was no different than non-believers. If anything, I had a dark cloud over me that non believers did not. Then His spirit lifted me up and I grew in understanding. But as I was lifted, the powers of this world attacked. First, attacks came through my church. Then my kids are kidnapped by the demonic Sobek Ra cult… my son, daughter and a friend grabbed in the middle of the night by these evil people. We chase them through the Columbia Gorge from the Vista House in Oregon to Maryhill, Washington ending at a full scale replica of Stonehenge. This is the story of Gods power: the ANASTASIS DUNAMIS
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Fire Dancer
$17.99Add to cartDry needles had been piled up, and a match lay in the middle. Her boots smothered the flames. The match told her the fire had been deliberately set. But why? A flutter of white caught her attention. The wind whipped a paper nailed to the tree. She unfolded it and stared at the writing: Let the dance begin.
A decade ago, Tess Masterson’s parents died in a terrible barn fire. Now she’s become one of the best smoke jumpers in the business. Though she makes a living jumping out of planes into roaring wildfires, she’s never found the courage to face the wounds of her past–or to deal with the anger that flares whenever she encounters Chase Huston.
When a serial arsonist known as The Fire Dancer strikes near her old homeplace in Arizona, Tess is forced to examine the past as it relates to the present. How will she confront her own demons while at the same time putting a stop to the terror that has the area in flames?
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This Heavy Silence
$18.99Add to cartStrong, resilient, and deeply loyal, Dottie Connell farms her family’s three hundred acres in rural Ohio alone, having sacrificed love and family for land she does not own. A sudden, inexplicable event leaves the daughter of her childhood friend in her care. Pressured by her community to allow her former fiancee to raise the child, Dottie must face the past she has worked fifteen years to forget.
Spanning a decade, This Heavy Silence explores the power of the vows we make to others, and, more binding, those we make to ourselves. Evoking the hardship, spring-fed beauty, and the complexities of community in the rural Midwest, this beautifully observed novel leads us to question our ideas about motherhood, faith, and the debts we owe.
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Jeremiahs Journey
$38.49Add to cartEspionage, double agents, deep cover sleepers, coded messages, secret communication drops, the rescues of real princesses, hidden treasures, technology, close calls, clues to coming events, yes they are all here in the action and adventure that centers on Jeremiah’s rescue of the king’s daughters. God told Jeremiah he would see not only the uprooting, tearing down and destruction of Judah, but also the rebuilding and replanting. He was told that he would go to lost Israel. Other countries traditions seem to confirm that he did what God said he would do. Two other men, his hustling, side-kick scribe, Baruch and a black Royal Guardsman, Ebed-Melech, along with the king’s daughters are the main characters in this romp across the ancient world that still reverberates with relevance today. The settings are real, the conclusions you can draw yourself. Don’t expect dry theology, get ready to be entertained, enlightened and inspired.
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Jeremiahs Journey
$26.49Add to cartEspionage, double agents, deep cover sleepers, coded messages, secret communication drops, the rescues of real princesses, hidden treasures, technology, close calls, clues to coming events, yes they are all here in the action and adventure that centers on Jeremiah’s rescue of the king’s daughters. God told Jeremiah he would see not only the uprooting, tearing down and destruction of Judah, but also the rebuilding and replanting. He was told that he would go to lost Israel. Other countries traditions seem to confirm that he did what God said he would do. Two other men, his hustling, side-kick scribe, Baruch and a black Royal Guardsman, Ebed-Melech, along with the king’s daughters are the main characters in this romp across the ancient world that still reverberates with relevance today. The settings are real, the conclusions you can draw yourself. Don’t expect dry theology, get ready to be entertained, enlightened and inspired.
