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1) Kate
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She's sworn off marriage…
Twice widowed, Kate Archer believes she's better off alone. She's not sure she could survive the heartache of losing another husband. Instead of romance she pours herself into a project close to her heart: establishing a foundation to meet the needs of military widows-just like the grief-stricken woman she was twenty years ago when her husband was killed by friendly fire.
He's still running from the past…
Nicolas Black...
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"As a university researcher, Isadora keeps to herself as much as possible. She avoids the students she's supposed to befriend and mentor. She stays away from her neighbors and lives her own quiet, organized life in her own quiet, organized apartment... But on her thirtieth birthday, Isadora does something completely out of character. The young woman who never does anything on a whim makes an impulse purchase of a magazine featuring a silly article...
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Seventeen-year-old Maddie is left reeling after the unexpected passing of her beloved father. No one has any idea why he betrayed them all so spectacularly, but that's exactly what his death feels like: a betrayal. With their world shattered, Maddie's grieving mother sends her to spend a few months with her grandparents, thinking a change of scenery will do her good. Susan and Frank, Maddie's grandparents, are heartbroken over the loss of their son,...
5) Pam
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Pam's divorce broke her heart. The cruelty of her ex-husband broke her spirit. A bottle of sleeping pills almost took her life. Four years later the scars of Alan Archer's emotional abuse are beginning to fade under the love of her new husband. When Alan returns to Garfield, Pam must learn that buried secrets and carefully cultivated indifference do not equal forgiveness. Alan Archer has returned to Garfield with a new wife and a terminal heart condition....
6) Callie
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She can't escape the mistakes of her past
A baby is dead and Callie Stillman blames herself. Haunted by memories of a tiny coffin, Callie can't understand how God could expect her to put her heart on the line a second time. But the evasive little girl in her Sunday school class is so obviously in trouble that Callie finds her resolve cracking.
They can't trust anyone
Iris and Samantha Evans are living on borrowed time. Deserted, orphaned, betrayed,...
7) Samantha
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Four years ago, Pam's divorce devastated her. The cruelty of her ex-husband crushed her spirit. After battling personal demons, she's finally made a life for herself. Now remarried, raising her kids, working at a job she loves, the scars of Alan Archer's emotional abuse are beginning to fade. Her newfound happiness turns to bitterness when Alan returns to Garfield. Confronted with a wall of pain she thought she'd buried, Pam must learn that secrets...
8) Karla
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Karla Black had everything she ever wanted until the night tragedy tore her world apart, stealing her husband and her identity in one vicious twist. Twelve months later Karla is a shadow of the woman she used to be, struggling through her grief, living with bankrupt emotions, and resisting any suggestion that God might give her a second chance at love. Ian McAlister was a helpless bystander as breast cancer took his beloved wife from him one breath...
9) Terri
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She's always longed for more…
Running a thriving daycare keeps Terri Hayes busy. Add a new foster daughter to the mix and Terri shouldn't have time to want more-but she does. At twenty-nine, her biological clock is ticking away. When a busted pipe floods her home, she finds temporary sanctuary in a basement apartment-one that just happens to be owned by her long-time crush, single dad Steve Evans.
Is he ready to date again?
Steve is widower, a father...
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Queensland, Australia, 1936 Sister Claire McAuliffe has been called from Dungarvan, County Waterford, to do God's work in Jumaaroo, Queensland. Along with four other sisters, she is charged with setting up a Catholic school for the education of the gold rush families. But life between the tropical Australian rainforest and the azure ocean is far from the spectacular paradise it seems. Sister Claire finds life challenging in more ways than she can...
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A divorced reporter on a remote assignment. An alluring cattleman who captures her heart....
City-dwelling Maggie Donovan is trying her best to let go of her resentment after her high-profile politician husband of 35 years left her for a much younger woman. Her focus now is her job as a reporter for Country Women's Magazine, her two adult children, and her church.
She doesn't care that her ex-husband now has a child who could be his grandchild.
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In the midst of tall castles, warring pikemen, dreadful plagues, church decay, and the superstition and darkness of sixteenth-century Europe, the Anabaptist revival burst into flames. One of the first leaders was a partying university dropout who met Christ and was transformed into a fiery preacher, confronting and challenging the greatest reformers of the day. He became co-founder of the Anabaptist movement, which gave rise to the Amish and Mennonites....
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Married at last, life is bliss for Frank and Maggie - until storm clouds gather over Goddard Downs.
Frank and Maggie are enjoying married life, but all is not well on the home front.
The whole family's livelihood comes under threat when the government declares a ban on live cattle exports.
How will they survive? Will they lose everything they've worked so hard for?
Serena used to be young and beautiful. Now, her face is scarred for life.
Will...
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This book contains modern day Christian short stories. The stories highlight God's goodness, grace, and mercy in our everyday lives. Sometimes we become so busy that we forget to pause to say thank you. This collection of Christian short stories will inspire and encourage discussions about faith and purpose.
The stories contain happiness, sadness, adversity, and triumphs. You will experience a wide range of emotions. You will laugh out loud and weep...
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Summary of Ian Caldwell's The Fifth Gospel is a literary thriller that takes place in 2004 at the Vatican, the chief residence of the Catholic Pope in Italy. The novel follows the aftermath of Vatican museum curator, Ugolino Nogara's, murder.
Brothers, Alex and Simon Andreou, are both priests. Alex is a Greek Orthodox priest and Simon is a Roman Catholic priest as well as Vatican diplomat in the Secretariat. Their opposing religious affiliations place...
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Scottlyn Rich has overcome tragedy--and moved on. She's now a confident college student and about to celebrate her daughter's first birthday when she receives news that the young man who set her life on its unexpected course has died in prison.
Grieving mother Penny Nelson believes there is only one way to assuage her grief--take the baby and raise her. After all, Mercie is all she has left of her son.
Scottlyn didn't draw the battle lines, but she's...
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Cora Mae Stewart's world collapses when Sherman destroys the Georgia cotton mill where she works and has her arrested for treason and sent North. Faced with impossible choices, she does what she must to keep a little girl safe in an unhospitable land.Convinced he won't survive the war, Union Sergeant Ethan Howard determines to make his death count for something. But Cora Mae gives him a reason to live. Trouble is, he's just arrested her on Sherman's...
18) Chains of Shame
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As a child, Benny Ribble bears the brunt of his parents' anger. Never good enough, he nonetheless tries to please them and hear some words of praise. When he finds himself on the receiving end of a girl's attention and affection, he thinks he's finally escaped the abuse he's suffered his whole life. Sadly, his marriage soon turns into another battlefield. Every time his wife, Alma, bursts his balloon of achievement with her put-downs, he sees himself...
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Simon was a loyal son, a selfless brother, a faithful husband, a loving father, a trustworthy friend, and a skillful fisherman, as well as a natural leader – long before he ever met Jesus of Nazareth. He put the needs of others before his own.
He led with his heart; often before he engaged his head. Some might call him impetuous, but others would say impassioned. He was the only one willing to step out of the boat and walk on the water....
20) Elmer Gatry
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Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized the generation in which it was written, causing Sinclair Lewis to be "invited" to a jail cell in New Hampshire and to his own lynching in Virginia. His portrait of an evangelist who rises to power within his church - a saver of souls who lives a life of hypocrisy, sensuality, and ruthless self-indulgence - has been called the greatest, most vital, and most penetrating...
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