Sunday’s Christian eBooks
Winning the Cowboy Billionaire
by Emmy Eugene
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She’ll do anything to secure the funding she needs to take her perfumery to the next level…even date the boy next door.
Except Spur Chappell is no boy. He’s six-feet-two-inches of pure muscle, devilish grins, big hands, and loud laughter. Oh, and did Olivia Hudson mention his money? He’s got a ton of that too.
As the oldest son in the Chappell family, it’s up to Spur to lead his brothers into the next generation of raising and selling championship racehorses. He loves it with his whole heart and soul, but a horse can’t keep him warm at night…
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(Bluegrass Ranch Series)
Ice Lake
by Jackie Zack
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Someone at Ice Lake holds a deadly secret.
In the icy coldness of a Michigan winter, reporter Katy Russell looks forward to a relaxing drive and weekend at the Victorian home of her fiancé’s grandfather. As they approach the exit for Ice Lake, Katy is thrust into reliving a recent tragic incident. Jessie Steele, an Olympic skater and dear friend, had slipped through the ice and drowned.
Still fraught with the devastation, Katy is tricked into another visit to the remote lodge nestled in pines by Ice Lake. Odd clues from the lodge’s staff surface along with suspicious characters. Katy can’t help but suspect foul play had a hand in Jessie’s death. Is a murderer in their midst? Will Katy be able to unlock the mysterious trail leading to the killer before it’s too late?
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A Sweet Cure for Past Wounds
by Aurora Hanson
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On the eve of her nineteenth birthday, Olivia Birch decides that enough is enough. Over the course of her life, her adoptive parents have treated her like a servant, making her feel unwelcome. Thus, she flees her only home to find her birth parents who forcefully gave her up when she was just a baby.
Is there a place in the world where she can finally feel loved?
Jacob Winterly knows his troubles are about to begin as soon as he lays eyes on the beautiful and determined Olivia. As a private investigator, he made a rule for himself a long time ago…
Could she hold the key to his destiny?
Dreaming of Her Secret Santa’s Kiss
by Jessie Gussman
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Burgundy Gannon went to Hollywood to make it big. That was a bust.
Crew Pittman was one of the world’s top underwater welders. Until a freak accident left him permanently unable to work.
When Burgundy shows up at Crew’s new home to be a caretaker to the elderly woman who won’t leave, it seems like three unlikely people are trapped unwillingly together.
But late night rides from a secret Santa and an infusion of the Christmas season of love and laughter that’s in Mistletoe, Arkansas year round, just might melt their hearts and create beauty out of brokenness…
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(Cowboy Mountain Christmas Series)
The Potter’s Wheel
by Billie Houston
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The year is nineteen-seventeen. America has just gone to war. Ruth Garland has earned her nursing certificate and looks forward to fulfilling her dream of becoming a medical missionary. She returns home to visit her sister, Rachel, and learns Rachel has only a few weeks to live. Rachel begs Ruth to promise to take care of her three children. “Bring them up in the church. Show them how to live a Christian life.” Ruth promises. And then her sister asks her to keep one more promise…
“My dear husband has agreed. When I am gone, will you marry my Henry?”
“Very entertaining and faith based. Life doesn’t turn out as expected to be but relying on God it can be more than we hoped. Ruth had many obstacles to overcome” by Amazon Customer
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(Second Chances Series)
Amish Christmas Twins
by Patricia Davids
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With Christmas just around the corner, widow Willa Chase will do anything to retain custody of her twin girls and unborn baby—even if it means escaping to her childhood Amish home. After her grandfather turns her away, Willa finds herself stranded at the home of blacksmith John Miller. A widower, John buries himself in work—until Willa’s vibrant twins become impossible to ignore. And before long, John is smitten with their beautiful mother, too.
But when Willa’s past secrets are revealed, will they prevent John’s Christmas wish for a happily-ever-after from coming true?
Miracle on 34th Street
by Valentine Davies
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Generations of believers in hope and goodwill have made Valentine Davies’ Miracle on 34th Street a treasured part of their holiday traditions. Millions of copies of this award-winning story have sold since its first publication in 1947, delighting readers of all ages. A facsimile edition of the book is now faithfully re-created, offering a new generation–and fans of the original–the beauty of the classic 1940s design. Details of how the book came to be written, and made into a beloved film, are included in a brief historical note.
Theology: The Basics
by Alister E. McGrath
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This fourth edition of the international bestseller is the ideal introduction for those who are new to Christian theology. In this revised and expanded edition, the author introduces readers to the central ideas and beliefs, the key debates and the leading thinkers of Christianity. Throughout, the aim is to bring clarity and brevity to the central ideas of theology, both traditional and contemporary.
The text comprehensively covers the individual doctrines that form the Christian belief system, weaving together these doctrines, their history, and the intellectual nuance behind them into an inter-connected web…
Dreamland
by Nicholas Sparks
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After fleeing an abusive husband with her six-year-old son, Tommie, Beverly is attempting to create a new life for them in a small town off the beaten track. Despite their newfound freedom, Beverly is constantly on guard: she creates a fake backstory, wears a disguise around town, and buries herself in DIY projects to stave off anxiety. But her stress only rises when Tommie insists he’d been hearing someone walking on the roof and calling his name late at night. With money running out and danger seemingly around every corner, she makes a desperate decision that will rewrite everything she knows to be true. . . .
Reaching for the Invisible God
by Philip Yancey
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“How do I relate to a God who is invisible when I’m never quite sure he’s there?” – Philip Yancey
Life with God doesn’t always work out like you think it should. High expectations slam against the reality of personal weaknesses and unwelcome surprises. And the God who, you’ve been told, wants a personal relationship with you may seem remote, emotionally unavailable. Is God playing games? What can you count on this God for? How can you know God? This relationship with a God you can’t see, hear, or touch – how does it really work?
Saturday’s Christian eBooks
Lethal Incision
by Dobi Cross
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When a series of nameless patients vanish after they arrive, Dr. Zora Smyth scrambles for answers. There’s a dark secret…
Chief surgical resident Zora Smyth is used to the atypical: a sister that has disappeared, false murder charges from a serial killer, and a brush with death. So when nameless patients show up on her operating table and subsequently disappear on her watch, Zora seeks to discover why.
But she soon realizes that the stakes are higher than ever when her sanity is questioned, and a hidden enemy – that wants the dark secrets covered at all costs – endangers everything she holds dear…
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(Dr. Zora Smyth Medical Thrillers)
Make-Believe Wedding
by Vivi Holt
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Two strangers meet from feuding families – can a fake wedding bring their families together?
“This story is amazing. I loved every bit of it!” – Amazon reviewer
“The author’s wonderful sense of humor explodes in this book!” – Goodreads reviewer
Molly Beluga was abandoned at the altar and has no intention of heading back there anytime soon. When she crosses paths with an arrogant fireman, she knows better than to let her heart get involved. She can’t face the idea of having it broken by another failed relationship. A serious journalist working for her family’s newspaper, her only plan is to focus on her career and to train her new Labrador puppy, Daisy, to behave…
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(Make-Believe Series)
Her Cowboy Billionaire Best Friend
by Liz Isaacson
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A cowboy returning to his hometown – and the best friend he left a dozen years before. This Christmas, can Graham and Laney build a family and find their happily-ever-after?
Graham Whittaker returns to Coral Canyon a few days after Christmas – after the death of his father. He’s just found out his long-time girlfriend in Seattle has been cheating on him, and while Coral Canyon isn’t his first choice of where to live, it’s certainly the friendliest…
Laney returned to her family ranch after college, but her husband left Laney and their daughter, Bailey, to work the ranch themselves, which they’ve been trying to do…
Can they take their friendship to the next level and build a family? Or will Laney be risking her heart only to remain in the friend zone?
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(Christmas in Coral Canyon Series)
The Viscount who Saved Christmas
by Abigail Agar
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Hannah Scarsdale’s dream is to open her own bakery one day. With Christmas approaching though, her family’s financial burdens are forcing her to consider marrying a dreadful jeweller who is after her. While her world crumbles, a kind stranger unexpectedly appears and soothes her distress. Without knowing who her secret helper is, she meets Jonathan Murray, a handsome new employee on the estate she works. As her feelings for him grow stronger, she finds herself torn between saving her family and listening to her heart’s voice.
Little did she know that the festive period ahead would be full of fateful surprises…
Will their fairytale love be shattered by the reality of the surrounding threats? Or can their powerful romance save their dream of a truly merry Christmas?
Dreaming of His Convenient Kiss
by Jessie Gussman
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She’s losing her house. He never had one. A marriage would give them a house to share, but could they learn to love each other and make their house into a home?
Natalie Moody’s house has been condemned and she has two weeks left to move out. When a friend at church offers to let her stay at his brother’s farmhouse while he’s out on assignment for two months, she jumps at the chance.
Denver Barclay bought a farm, but he can’t seem to get himself to want to settle down…
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(Cowboy Mountain Christmas Series)
Slow Road to Love
by Juliette Duncan
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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 thirty-five years left her for a much younger woman. Her focus now is her job as a reporter for the 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. No. It doesn’t worry her at all…
But how can a relationship work when they live so far apart? When the road is slow and dangerous. When their lives are complicated. And besides, how do you date when you’re going on sixty?
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(A Sunburned Land Series)
You Can Count on God
by Max Lucado
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From New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado, these 100 devotions will help kids worry less, bravely try new things, and draw closer to God as they learn to trust His faithfulness.
Adapted from the encouraging devotional for adults, You Can Count on God teaches children that they can count on God because He will never leave them, and will love them unconditionally.
With a ribbon bookmark, presentation page, attractive textured hardcover, and bold color interiors, this hope-giving devotional for kids is the perfect gift for any child needing courage for a new challenge, peace from anxieties about the future, or relief from disappointment, insecurity, and overwhelm. You Can Count on God will guide children into a deeper relationship with God as they learn about His faithfulness in the past and build confidence that they can always trust Him to help them.
All Is Bright
by RaeAnne Thayne
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Sage McKnight is an ambitious young architect working at her father’s firm who takes on her most challenging client in Mason Tucker. The former pro baseball player is still healing from the physical and emotional scars after a plane crash left him a wheelchair-using single dad, and he’s determined not to let anyone breach his emotional defenses. Sage knows her work on Mason’s new home in Hope’s Crossing is her best work yet, and she won’t let her grumpy client prevent her from showcasing her work personally.
With Sage’s gift for taking broken things and making them better, the matchmaking talent of the quirky locals and a generous sprinkling of Christmas cheer, Mason doesn’t stand a chance against the power of this magical holiday season.
The Priest’s Graveyard
by Ted Dekker
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Two abandoned souls are on the hunt for one powerful man. Soon, their paths will cross and lead to one twisted fate.
Danny Hansen is a Bosnian immigrant who came to America with hopes of escaping haunted memories of a tragic war that took his other’s life. Now he’s a priest incensed by the powerful among us who manipulate the law for their own gain, uncaring of thes hattered lives they leave behind. It is his duty to show them the error of their ways, even if he must put them in the grave.
The Divinity Code
by Adam F. Thompson, Patricia King
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The Divinity Code to Understanding your Dreams and Visions Stop wondering what your dreams and visions mean—and start living the meanings! The Divinity Code to Understanding your Dreams and Visions is a Bible-based guide to dream interpretation that reveals the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.
With this set of Master keys, you can unlock the unseen realm! Led by the Holy Spirit, you can manifest God’s Kingdom on earth through Jesus Christ by knowing what your dreams and visions mean.
Friday’s Christian eBooks
Merry and the Gentleman
by Donna K. Weaver
How do you choose between your heart and your responsibilities?
Merry Hurst, a fierce widow and single mom, is determined to give her young son the life he deserves – including a male role model who will stick around for the long haul. She can’t afford to fall for a man who isn’t planning to stay in Huckleberry Falls, so she might as well stop dreaming about Carlisle Wyndham. If only it were that easy!
Carlisle Wyndham is determined to develop the avalanche-proof transceiver that could have saved his wife’s life. He’s glad his daughter has made a new friend, but they’re only staying in Huckleberry Falls long enough to complete the project…
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(Huckleberry Falls Series)
Snicker’s Wish
by L. B. Anne
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A heartwarming Christmas story of the kindness of strangers, hope, and miracles.
On a cold winter’s morning, through the snow-covered streets of Crystal City, Jared makes his way to Mckinney Park. He is given a chance at something remarkable, because of one little girl’s wish.
What happens when you combine a birthday wish with a Christmas wish? Only the first child born on Christmas day knows.
‘Tis the season to be jolly…until eleven-year-old Jared arrives at home and finds his apartment door open. How do you find the Christmas spirit when your whole world turns upside down and your sister is missing?
Ending The Winter In Her Heart
by Mia Dunham
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After a heartbreak, Ivy Cray is determined to live an idyllic farming life with her loving father. However, her desire to live an ordinary, peaceful life, is abruptly shattered when she meets Wolf, a handsome half-Native American tracker. When her father disappears on a mysterious journey during a blizzard she decides to turn to the one man in town who can help her…
Can Ivy trust the man that stole her heart when the two always hit walls instead of breaking them down?
With a sheriff’s deputy who wants Ivy for his own, and resents Wolf, will they be able to keep their love alive, and unravel a fiendish plot before it’s too late?
Her Christmas Duke
by Rose Pearson
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The Duke’s refusal to give to poor widows on St. Thomas’ Day has repercussions he can’t imagine! Can he find love with Miss Moir who rectified his error in an unusual way?
Miss Augusta Moir is horrified when the Duke of Meyrick, their host, refuses to give any gifts to the poor on St. Thomas’ day. When the same impoverished widows come again, she takes matters into her own hands and gives away the Duke’s things without his knowledge… only for the Duke to begin searching for one prized possession.
Edward, the Duke of Meyrick, dislikes Christmas time. Hosting the Christmas gathering for the sake of his mother, he ignores those who come calling, even though his conscience pricks him…
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(Christmas Kisses Series)
Dreaming of Her Cowboy’s Kiss
by Jessie Gussman
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A simple cowboy in love with a surgeon. A decade of unrequited love. A hopeless, one-sided romance. Except sometimes, if you’re patient, God writes your love story.
Ethan Shuff had spent a miserable childhood with an abusive father and a mother addicted to drugs and men. No one had ever even pretended he wasn’t in the way, or that he was wanted.
Not until Race and Penny Steiner opened up their home and their lives to him. When they adopted a group of six siblings, Ethan stayed on the farm to help and to be a good example for the kids. He never intended to fall in love with the oldest sibling, Ruby…
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(Cowboy Mountain Christmas Series)
An Unexpected Gift
by Holly Romero
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An International Adoption Story
Following a nudge from God, the Romeros, a Filipino-American family, embark on a journey to adopt from the Philippines. As they learn to trust in God, they are surprised to discover that some of His best gifts are given when they relinquish control and let Him write their story.
They find out that He writes the best ones anyway.
All proceeds from this book will go to Helping Hands Healing Hearts Ministries in the Philippines.
Season of Secrets
by Marta Perry
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As a teenager, Dinah Westlake had witnessed the murder of her pregnant cousin, but a concussion blocked her memories of that night. Now, ten years later, her cousin’s widower, Marc Devlin, had returned to Charleston to give his young son a true Southern Christmas.
It was a chance to make amends in a family torn apart by the tragedy – and the suspicion that Marc was responsible for his wife’s demise. But when several dangerous “accidents” occurred amid the colorful holiday celebrations, Dinah’s recollections of that past dark night began to resurface. Would she discover a killer inside the man she’d grown to love?
Jesus Always
by Sarah Young
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With Scripture References, with Bonus Content. This ebook includes the full text of the book plus three exclusive 14-day topical readings from Sarah Young not found in the hardcover!
Life today is full of difficulties—loss, sadness, anxiety, fear, and uncertainty. In the midst of these challenges, joy and contentment often feels impossible or out of reach.
Experience Jesus’ message of joy today and every day with this 365-day devotional from New York Times bestselling author Sarah Young.
Man, Myth, Messiah
by Rice Broocks
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In this follow-up to the book God’s Not Dead (that inspired the movie), Man, Myth, Messiah looks at the evidence for the historical Jesus and exposes the notions of skeptics that Jesus was a contrived figure of ancient mythology. It also looks at the reliability of the Gospel records as well as the evidence for the resurrection that validates His identity as the promised Messiah. Man, Myth, Messiah will be released concurrent to the God’s Not Dead movie sequel, which will cover the same theme.
Thursday’s Christian eBooks
A Long Road Home for the Broken Ranger
by April Murdock
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Mick Breeden is a lost soul. Serving in the army has always been the place he’s called home, but after sustaining an injury that he can’t quite move past, he’s heading back to his Texas hometown, wounded and battered. And fairly certain there is no way on God’s green earth he can ever be redeemed for what he did.
Hayely Samms has never left the Texas small town she grew up in. Even though she looks sweet and kind, deep down, she’s driven to succeed and ready to make a name for herself by running the diner her beloved aunt left her with all the focus she can muster. She has no time for anything else.
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(Texas Redemption Series)
Following her Christmas Star
by Carol Colyer
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Ronnie Spears grew up in an orphanage and in her heart has always dwelled a strong feeling of abandonment. Although she has been welcomed as a member of the family by the Talbots, the orphanage overseers, she can’t help but feel lonely, especially at Christmas time. When she receives a mysterious letter that changes everything she used to know, she will turn to her childhood friend, Andrew, for advice and protection. With his support and a little bit of Christmas magic, her life can change forever…
Will she be able to follow her Christmas star to the end?
Andrew Talbot is the oldest son of a wealthy family and a close friend of Ronnie. His affection towards her is apparent but he has yet to admit that he has fallen in love with her…
Shattered Reflection
by Madisyn Carlin
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Can hope be found for four shattered souls?
Princess Nordica Icerri’s crown will be purchased with blood – her blood. Now the sole heir to the throne, she is determined to be the queen the Snowlands deserve, but that comes with a price: a numbed heart and soul. Only when she meets kidnapped physician Loren Alocer does Nordica allow herself to hope she can become queen without completely losing herself. But not everyone wants what’s best for the Snowlands, and Nordica’s upcoming rule is compromised at every turn. Can the criminal physician – and his faith – thaw Nordica’s heart, or is she destined to be the heartless queen she is being forced to become?
Sides must be chosen and loyalties will be tested as a new war approaches. Can broken lives be mended in time to help save the Snowlands, or is evil already too deeply embedded?
Love Found in Sherwood Forest
by Linda Shenton-Matchett
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Can a girl really ever go home again?
Award-winning Broadway actress Leighanne Webster has it all until an on-stage panic attack brings her career crashing to the ground. Returning to England to help produce the annual Robin Hood Festival play, could be the diversion Leighanne needs. But with ex-fiance, Jamison Blake, as the play’s director, focusing on her new job won’t be easy.
Breaking his engagement with Leighanne so she could pursue her dream of being a Broadway star was the hardest thing Jamison Blake ever did. When she returns to Nottingham, his heart insists he made a mistake. Can he convince her to give their love a second chance, or will he have to let her go again? This time, forever.
Strength For a New You Collection
by Multiple Authors
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Four non-fiction books to help you find the right path as you seek God’s will for your life.
CAN’T YOU SMELL THE SMOKE? – Sydney Koh: Trapped. Suffocated. Isolated. Desperate. These, among many other confusing and frustrating emotions, were constant realities as I lived with my three young sons fearing what the next minute might hold.
YOU ARE NOT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU: Unmasking Your True Identity – Regina Nevels: Are you a young lady or woman searching for who you are and where you belong?
DID SHE SAY THAT OUT LOUD? A Non-Traditional Look at a Pastor’s Wife’s Life – Laura Simon: Did She Say That Out Loud? is a refreshingly transparent look into the life of a Pastor’s Wife. Laura Simon finally says out loud all the real, raw, and relevant issues and challenges facing women who find themselves married to the Pastor-Preacher-Man-of-God.
MANY VOICES, ONE TRUTH – Tracy Taris MA LMFT: So many thoughts are swarming my mind; which ones are right? Can everyone’s truth really be different? How do I know my choices won’t blow up in my face?
Fallen
by P. Abbott
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An Adventure Into the Stars and the PTSD Mind
Intelligence Officer Brendan Sean Murphy has served his country on the Middle East and Central Asia battlefields. However, his hard-won successes overseas came at the cost of failures at home. These events have drained his soul, leaving him racked with PTSD.
However, his life changes when he intervenes to stop an anti-alien terrorist attack on the subway. Now, he is thrust into interstellar politics with the government naming him an intelligence attaché to the Sabia, a race that closely guards its own secrets…
“I love sci-fi stories, and I love stories of people wrestling with faith. I particularly love it when problems are solved with friendship, humor and minimal bloodshed. This book has all of that, and more… A romance eventually develops, leading to marriage. Faith is also a factor, with our hero a once-serious Catholic rediscovering his faith, while also learning about the faith of the secretive aliens as they learn to trust him…” by Amazon Customer
Amish Christmas at North Star Collection
by Multiple Authors
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One night four lives entered the world by the hands of an Amish midwife, just outside North Star, Pennsylvania.
Rebekah’s Babies, as they are called, are now grown adults and in four heartwarming novellas each young person experiences a journey of discovery, a possibility of love, and the wonder of Christmas.
Guiding Star by Katie Ganshert
Mourning Star by Amanda Flower
In the Stars by Cindy Woodsmall
Star of Grace by Mindy Starns Clark and Emily Clark
Embroidered & Embellished
by Christen Brown
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The complete visual guide to hand embroidery & embellishing.
This richly illustrated reference guide from embroidery expert Christen Brown covers everything you need to make beautiful magic with needle and thread. Learn to sew traditional and silk ribbon embroidery, make raised stitches, and embellish with beads, charms, buttons, and mirrors. Christen shows you how to combine and place stitches to enhance a finished piece and how to work with embroidery threads, ribbons, fabrics, laces, beads, buttons, and other embellishments…
The Book of Common Prayer
by The Episcopal Church
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For more than 460 years, The Book of Common Prayer has been a treasured resource for those of the Episcopal faith. Within its pages, countless people have found guidance, strength, and hope. One of the major works of English literature, it has been used regularly for weddings, baptisms, and Episcopal church services since it was first published.
Phrases from within the text, such as “Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust” and “Till death do us part,” are common in many of the traditions and ceremonies celebrated today by many Christians.
The First Christmas
by Stephen Mitchell
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In this version, we see the world through the eyes of a Whitmanesque ox and a visionary donkey, starry-eyed shepherds and Zen-like wise men, each of them providing a unique perspective on a scene that is, in Western culture, the central symbol for good tidings of great joy. Rather than superimposing later Christian concepts onto the Annunciation and Nativity scenes, he imagines Mary and Joseph experiencing the angelic message as a young Jewish woman and man living in the year 4 bce might have experienced it, with terror, dismay, and ultimate acceptance. In this context, their yes becomes an act of great moral courage.