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Mended Heart  by Mary Manners Book Description: Jade McAllister returns home to Pineyville, Tennessee to help nurse her estranged mother back to health. She's grateful her friend found her a job as an assistant at Pineyville Church. That is, until she runs into Shane Calkin, the bad-boy-wannabe who broke her heart. Shane is no longer the self-centered boy who hurt Jade. Now he wants is a second chance to love her, but how can he prove it? MY REVIEW:  Mary Manners never fails to leave my heart swooning and feeling such empathy for the characters.   Jade McAllister doesn't believe that Shane Calkin can truly have changed enough from their high-school days to be capable of serving as a youth director in a church.  Shane's heart is determined to win Jade's heart, but will she let him?  Will she allow forgiveness in her heart and believe in love?           This novel is sure to delight those who love to read Christian fiction. ...

Book Description: In the year 2069 the Apocalypse came and went, but Jesus didn’t show up, as some expected. Instead, a cataclysmic war, natural disasters and pandemics eradicated 90 percent of earth’s population. Now, in 2131, a totalitarian government rules the world from the majestic, opulent capitol of Carthage, Tunisia. Blamed for igniting the war, religion and religious books are banned. Citizens who will not renounce their religion are sent to work camps. Grant Cochrin, imprisoned in a bleak petroleum camp in what was once North Dakota, leads his family and friends to escape and embark on a long, dangerous quest for a Christian community. Their resource in this journey? A cherished page torn from the now banished Bible—a  remnant  of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount handed down from Grant’s grandparents. MY REVIEW:     This book is a fictional, dystopian account of events that might occur in the book of Revelation in the Bible.  The Apocalypse is ...

Mountain Christmas Brides Nine Historical Novellas Celebrate Faith and Love in the Rocky Mountains by  Mildred Colvin, Mary Davis, Susan Page Davis, Lena Nelson Dooley, Darlene Franklin, Debby Lee, Tamela Hancock Murray, Carrie Turansky, Gina Welborn Book Description:   A Trusting Heart / by Carrie Turansky  Home for the Holidays / by Mildred Colvin  One Evergreen Night / by Debby Lee  All Ye Faithful / by Gina Welborn  A Carpenter Christmas / by Mary Davis  Fires of Love / by Tamela Hancock Murray  The Best Medicine / by Lena Nelson Dooley  Almost Home / by Susan Page Davis  Dressed in Scarlet / by Darlene Franklin From a Wyoming ranch in 1880, to a logging camp in Washington Territory in the late 1800s, to Denver, Colorado, in 1913, meet nine couples who find that Christmas is the perfect time for climbing to the heights of romance. Watch as their faith and courage propel them through challenges that come with ...

by  Lauralee Bliss, Angela Breidenbach, Ramona K. Cecil, Pamela Griffin, Grace Hitchcock, Pam Hillman, Laura V. Hilton, Tiffany Amber Stockton, Liz Tolsma Nine Historical Romances Offer New Hope for Love Hope for Happy Endings Is Renewed in Nine Historical Romances   Meet nine women from history spanning from 1777 to 1944 feel the sting of having lost out on love. Can their hope for experiencing romance again be renewed? Love in the Crossfire  by Lauralee Bliss -  Trenton, New Jersey, 1777 Gretchen Hanson watched her beau go off to war and never return. Now she falls for an enemy scout who stumbles upon her farm. If Jake is discovered, it could mean death for them all. Will Gretchen let go of love or stand strong?   Daughter of Orion  by Ramona Cecil -  New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1859 Whaling widow, Matilda Daggett, vows to never again give her heart to a seaman. But when debt drives her to masquerade as a cabin boy on a whaling ship, a young ha...

Death at the Day Lily Cafe by Wendy Sand Eckel (Rosalie Hart #2) Rosalie Hart has finally opened the café of her dreams. Decked out with ochre-tinted walls and stuffed with delicious organic fare, the Day Lily Café is everything Rosalie could have hoped for. But not five minutes into the grand opening, Doris Bird, a dear and trusted friend, cashes in on a favor--to help clear her little sister Lori of a first degree murder charge. With the help of her best friend and head waiter Glenn, Rosalie is on the case. But it's not going to be easy. Unlikable and provocative, murder victim Carl James Fiddler seems to have insulted nearly everyone in town, and the suspect list grows daily. And when Rosalie's daughter Annie gets caught in the crossfire, the search for the killer becomes personal in this charming cozy perfect for fans of Diane Mott Davidson and Joanne Fluke. MY REVIEW:  The pages of this book may get wet if you're reading a hardback or paperback copy and yo...

The Silent Corner by Dean Koontz (Jane Hawk series #1) Book Description: From #1  New York Times  bestselling author of dark psychological suspense and modern classics of mystery and adventure comes a thriller that ventures into science, secrecy and danger. “I very much need to be dead.” These are the chilling words left behind by a man who had everything to live for—but took his own life. In the aftermath, his widow, Jane Hawk, does what all her grief, fear, and fury demand: find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people admired and happy and sound of mind, have been committing suicide in surprising numbers. When Jane seeks to learn why, she becomes the most-wanted fugitive in America. Her powerful enemies are protecting a secret so important—so terrifying—that they will exterminate anyone in their way. But all their power and viciousness may not be enough to stop a woman as clever as they are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are...

The Blue Ribbon Brides Collection by Cynthia Hickey, Gina Welborn, Jennifer Atlee, Angela Breidenbach, Darlene Franklin, Carrie Fancett Pagels, Amber Stockton, Niki Turner, Becca Whitham Meet nine men and women whose competitive goals take them to state and county fairs between 1889 and 1930. From baking pie to polishing pigs, from sculpting butter to stitching quilts, everyone has something to prove to themselves and their communities. But in going for the blue ribbon, will nine women miss the greatest prize of all—the devoted heart of a godly man? MY REVIEW:  Blue ribbons are a coveted prize at county fairs.  I remember competing myself with many exhibits in our Five-County Fair.  I entered a sweetheart cake, many clothing items I had sewn, and I modeled an outfit that I had sewn.  I did win several blue ribbons as well as some white and green ribbons.  Our fair also awarded money for each prize, a delightful gift for one who did not have much i...