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After seven years as a Chicago homicide detective, Lisa Grant has hit a wall. Ready for a kinder, gentler life, she takes a job as a small-town police chief. But the discovery of a human skeleton by a construction crew at the edge of town taxes the resources of her department.

After years of watching his children and grandchildren wander from their faith, Iddo's prayers are answered: King Cyrus is allowing God's chosen people to return to Jerusalem. Jubilant, he joyfully prepares for their departure, only to learn that his family, grown comfortable in the pagan culture of Babylon, wants to remain. Zechariah, Iddo's oldest grandson, feels torn between his grandfather's ancient beliefs and the comfort and success his father enjoys in Babylon. But he soon begins to hear the voice of God, encouraging him to return to the land given to his forefathers.

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Ginny Pickering Boyden can’t wait for her last day of work, when she’ll be free to pursue a lifelong ambition through a master gardener apprenticeship. But an unexpected letter brings shocking news: Ginny has inherited her family’s Christmas tree farm, a dream she’d long ago given up.

Rom-com writer Gracie Parker hasn’t written a bestseller since she and her husband, a major league baseball star, divorced five years ago. On thin ice with her publisher―and with a looming deadline―Gracie couldn’t have picked a worse time for a painful injury that has her flat on her back. At this point, she’d accept help from anybody . . . except her first love and ex-husband, Noah Parker.

Eastern Roman Empire, AD 310. In the shadow of Emperor Diocletian’s anti-Christian edicts, Demitria makes a meager living harvesting coral and pearls for a merchant who turns a blind eye to her faith. By night, Demi goes upriver with her brother, Theseus, to obtain provisions for fellow believers in the port city of Myra. While willing to risk her own life to ensure others are safe and fed, Demi lives with a desperate fear for those she loves and carries secret shame over her greatest failure.

Can the glow of Christmas candles illuminate the path to love and purpose? A year after watching her brother David find unexpected love, Eunice Beiler returns to Spring Haven questioning her own future. The last place she expects to find direction is in Daniel Lehman's candle shop, where his quiet strength and dedication to craft speaks to something deep in her heart. As they work side by side crafting special candles for the community's Christmas celebration, their shared creativity sparks more than just beautiful lights. But when shadows from the past threaten their growing feelings, both...

"Cielo parcialmente nublado" genera un impacto duradero y profundo, una huella urdida en la cotidianidad de un país que se acostumbró a la violencia. Narración limpia, impecable, la atmósfera de catástrofe mantiene en vilo al lector hasta que, conmovido, asiste al momento final en el pequeño aeropuerto de una ciudad de provincia. Sensaciones, ciclos familiares que se cierran, gestos y poses que apenas advierten los personajes, pero que marcan con hierro los años narrados y reflexionan sobre las vivencias del presente. Este es el mayor mérito del libro.

Phoebe Hudson thought she was leaving behind the suffocating rules of high society when she journeyed deep into the Ozark Mountains to become the midwife of Possum Hollow. But the rugged beauty of the land is matched only by the hostility of its people, who see her as an outsider—and an unmarried woman at that. Caught in the crossfire of a generations-old family feud, Phoebe finds an unlikely ally in Luke Morris, the steadfast town schoolteacher. Luke has spent years trying to bring peace to Possum Hollow, and he’s determined to help the fiery midwife earn her place among the tight-knit...

Amnesia stole his memory, and now he’s fighting for the wrong side. Orphaned and alone at sixteen, Felicity has found solace in serving others as a volunteer nurse. When she discovers her Confederate soldier beau, Luke Shea, among the wounded in her ward, her worst nightmares come true. Luke's shrapnel wound has stolen his memory, leaving him with no recollection of their love or his past. As Felicity struggles with the loss of the man she once knew, she turns her attention to the service of her broken country. But the more she learns about the brutal war, the more she realizes she can no...

The early-1870s bring tragedy, hope, and a chance to start over. Their faith is tested as they adapt to their new home in Prescott, Arizona Territory. Will they grow stronger or stretch to the breaking point? Will they come to see God's provision through their trials? Beauty for Ashes After Perry Quinn loses everything, he must start over, relying on the charity of his friends and the beautiful single mother Rebecca Elliot. He finds her companionship helps heal his broken heart. Will they trust God to bring beauty from the ashes of their lives? Joy for Mourning Grace Talbert loves helping ...

Rose escapes Philadelphia before she is forced into a marriage with a man who is old enough to be her father. She hopes that rancher Reese is the answer to her prayers. Reese is a Texas rancher who needs a mother for his young child. He still grieves for his wife and vows to keep his distance from Rose as he refuses to love again. Rose is met with coldness from both Reese and his daughter but she has nowhere else to go. She prays that Reese may come to care for her as time passes. But with heartache at every turn, it takes a near tragedy for Reese to admit how much he cares.

Cole Hamilton's life revolves around his ranch and his grandmother, his only living relative, having lost his parents and brother to accidents. As he fights the scars from his past, he meets Mandy Carter, the pretty veterinarian who's back home from Denver. Mandy Carter is back in the small town she grew up in, trying to rebuild her life. When she learns the local animal shelter is being shut down, she comes up with a plan to save it by organizing a Christmas festival. As the magic of Christmas offers hope for the shelter and its animals, it also reignites a spark of hope in both Cole and ...

Hope wishes to court for love and not an arranged courtship that her parents have pushed her into but she sees no way out of her situation. As the Christmas season approaches, Hope no longer feels the joy she has in past Christmas seasons. Moses arrives in Ohio hoping for a fresh start. A chance encounter with Hope leads to a renewed sense of purpose for Moses, as something stirs in his heart when he's with her. But when he learns of Hope's courtship with Jacob, he knows he has no chance with her. Can a Christmas miracle bring two people together to celebrate and rejoice in the holiest ...

Mason Lot is in-house counsel for Poseidon, a major Wall Street firm that serves as a front company for the National Security State. His job pays well and gives him insight into the corrupt shadow government, but it can't help with his problems at home. Mason assumed that the hefty price tag for his daughter’s private school would buy him a pass from the insanity plaguing New York’s public school system. Nevertheless, indoctrinated by propaganda, Wynter wants to transition into being a boy. When Mason refuses to pay for the procedure, Wynter turns to the state for help.

In this quiet Amish community, a decades-old secret will put one family’s faith to the ultimate test. Book 1 - Her family’s hidden secret could destroy her. Will Forgiveness set her future free? Emma Byler can’t wait for her sixteenth birthday and to experience a taste of freedom. With her Amish Rumspringa relaxing some of her usual restrictions, she’s desperate to spend time with a special boy. But she fears tensions at home and her father’s increasingly short temper could make him pull back the reins. Book 2 - Can secrets from the past be forgiven in this Amish family drama ...

The fledgling church is being scattered by persecution. It is spearheaded by a fanatical young Pharisee who does not realize he is unwittingly aiding a divine mandate to spread the truth “unto the ends of the earth …”Young Julia has everything money can buy —except for acceptance by either Gentiles or Judeans in Tiberias. When she discovers the secret her beloved Greek father has kept all these years, she is devastated. Julia and her Hebrew mother are indeed less than second-class citizens.

Many consider Evangeline Hamilton cursed. Orphaned at a young age and possessing a pair of mismatched eyes - one bright blue, the other dark brown - Eva's world constantly rejects her. But Eva has two people she can rely on - Seth and Zach, two former orphans she now counts as brothers. Seeking justice against the man who destroyed his family, Logan Fowler arrives in 1880s Pecan Gap, Texas, to confront Zach Hamilton, the hardened criminal responsible for his father's death. Only instead of finding a solitary ruthless gambler, he discovers a man not much older than himself with an unusual family.

You’ll fall in love with this fun, light-hearted cozy mystery series. Every minute will keep your mind turning to catch the clues and bring the culprits to justice.

Life is not easy in Philistia, especially not for a woman and child alone. When beautiful, wounded Delilah finds herself begging for food to survive, she resolves that she will find a way to defeat all the men who have taken advantage of her. She will overcome the roadblocks life has set before her, and she will find riches and victory for herself. When she meets a legendary man called Samson, she senses that in him lies the means for her victory.