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Just 18 Summers by Michelle Cox

Just 18 Summers
by Michelle Cox

After the tragic death of Butch Browning’s wife, Jenny, four families begin to realize how precious—and fleeting—their time together is. Each is at a different stage in life: Butch is facing single parenthood. The O’Reillys are expecting their first child. The Andersons are approaching an empty nest, and the Buckleys are so focused on providing their children with everything that they’ve forgotten what they truly need. With just eighteen summers before their children are grown, how do they make the most of that time when life so often gets in the way?

As summer flies by, each of these parents must learn about guilt and grace… and when to hold on to their kids and when to let go.

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A Suitor for Jenny by Margaret Brownley

A Suitor for Jenny
by Margaret Brownley

Jenny Higgins is certain falling in love and finding a husband are matters of the mind. Her heart has other plans.

After their parents died, Jenny felt responsible for seeing that her two younger sisters were well taken-care of. Tipped off by an article naming Rocky Creek the town with the highest number of eligible bachelors, Jenny rolled into this Texas town with a clear objective: find suitable husbands for her two sister and then start fresh somewhere far, far away.

Jenny believe that women who fall in love at first sight often wish they’d taken a second look, so she diligently begins to follow all the rules set forth in her handy manual on how to land a husband.

But while Jenny is interviewing the less-than-promising candidates, her sisters are falling in love the old-fashioned way–with men of their choosing. And the longer Jenny stays, the more her sense of control slips away. The town isn’t living up to her expectations, her sisters are rebelling against her practical choices, and soon her own heart starts to betray her, as US Marshall Rhett Armstrong stirs emotions in her that weren’t part of her plan.

To relinquish her control to God and calm her restless spirit, she’ll need to give her foregone conclusions about marriage, love, and faith.

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Mark of Distinction by Jessica Dotta

Mark of Distinction
by Jessica Dotta

London is said to be the glittering jewel of society, a world unto itself—but to Julia Elliston it is a city of shadows. Her life is swiftly dissolving into scandal. And in Victorian society, even a whisper of scandal—substantiated or not—can be the death of a young woman’s reputation.

Now under the watchful eye of Lord Roy Pierson, one of most influential men in England, Julia begrudgingly accepts his protection. But Chance Macy’s power is far-reaching as well, and he is eager to assert his claim over her.

Thrust into society as the Emerald Heiress, Julia is the toast of London, a celebrated curiosity. But in reality she’s trapped between the clutches of two powerful men. Aided only by a gentleman whose intentions she prays she can trust, Julia must finally take control of her own fate—but outwitting one’s foe rarely goes according to plan.

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Guiltless Living by Ginger Hubbard

Guiltless Living
by Ginger Hubbard

Through captivating stories, edgy humor, and shocking confessions, Ginger Hubbard drops the act and gets real in this brutally honest look at the seldom admitted, rarely talked about sins of the heart. Removing her “Good Christian” mask, Ginger opens the dark chapters of her heart in order to share about the glorious grace of God toward repentant sinners. Get ready to laugh. Get ready to cry. Get ready for a deeper, more authentic relationship with Jesus Christ. This is what real Christianity is all about.

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Little Mercies: Celebrating God’s Everyday Grace and Goodness

Little Mercies: Celebrating God’s Everyday Grace and Goodness
by Lynn Coulter

Christians know the Psalm about living a happy life – “This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” But it’s hard not to look around and be distracted by the fact that we are living in a broken, fallen world. Sometimes, there’s so much bad news coming from the media that it’s fair to ask: is there any other kind?

In Little Mercies, acclaimed essayist Lynn Coulter answers, “Yes, there is. There is some very Good News indeed, and it has a name. Jesus.”

Across sixteen thoroughly engaging chapters with titles like “Fly Fishing,” “Singing Behind the Plow,” and “Making Biscuits,” this talented writer reintroduces the reader to the grace-full God who is in the details, the One who appears when we simply dial down some of the noise that surrounds us.

“Little mercies are the earthworms that loosen the rock-hard soil in your garden; the laughter we hear coming from a playground; and a second chance at anything,” Coulter explains. “With practice, all of us can grow grateful hearts.”

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Motorcycles, Sushi and One Strange Book by Nancy N. Rue

Motorcycles, Sushi and One Strange Book
by Nancy N. Rue

Normal?

While family dinners and vacations to touristy destinations are ordinary events for her ‘normal’ friends, fifteen-year-old Jessie Hatcher’s normal life means dealing with her ADHD and her mother’s bipolar disorder.

So why is Jessie shocked when the unexpected happens? Now her ‘normal’ includes living in Florida with the father she always thought was dead and learning the secrets of sushi from a man who teaches by tormenting her. Life isn’t any saner with her dad, but a cute guy and a mysterious book might just be the crazy Jessie needs.

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The Amish Midwife by Mindy Starns Clark

The Amish Midwife
by Mindy Starns Clark

A dusty carved box containing two locks of hair and a century-old letter regarding property in Switzerland, and a burning desire to learn about her biological family lead nurse-midwife Lexie Jaeger from her home in Oregon to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. There she meets Marta Bayer, a mysterious lay-midwife who desperately needs help after an Amish client and her baby die.

Lexie steps in to assume Marta’s patient load even as she continues the search for her birth family, and from her patients she learns the true meaning of the Pennsylvania Dutch word demut, which means “to let be” as she changes from a woman who wants to control everything to a woman who depends on God.

A compelling story about a search for identity and the ability to trust that God securely holds our whole life – past, present, and future.

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A Place Called Morning by Ann Tatlock

A Place Called Morning
by Ann Tatlock

Mae Demaray’s life in an old clapboard house on a quiet Minneapolis street had been rich with the hues of security and love, beauty and faith. It carried the scent of flowers, the sound of quiet at daybreak, the laughter of children, the touch of God all giving her the satisfying sense of living life to its fullness. But that was before the March day when Mae’s world was shaken at its very center.

The ordinary days leading up to that unforgettable moment were but a quiet prelude to the mad song that followed. Unforeseen and shattering events invaded her well-ordered life and silenced her joy. Unable to make sense of her torn-apart world, Mae retreated from life as she had once known it.

How quickly life had changed. How quickly the colorful became colorless, dressed in shades of black and white, no longer reflecting the light. Yet surely a new day would soon break, with light rising gently, giving hope for restoration

Surely there must be – A Place Called Morning.

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Remember Me by Maureen Lang

Remember Me
by Maureen Lang

For Josef von Woerner, remembering the truth only brings pain as he faces losing the woman he loves in the midst of the Great War.

In this gripping sequel to Pieces of Silver, Josef von Woerner is now a wanted man—but he doesn’t know it. Raised to be fiercely loyal to the German fatherland, Josef once had few qualms about sabotaging Allied armament shipments during the First World War. But when he is shot by an American agent and secretly rescued by a mysterious stranger, he wakes up without a single memory of his past espionage.

Josef imagines he is a loyal American and soon falls in love with one of the most patriotic women in America—a Red Cross nurse, Lissa Parker. Only Hank, Josef’s rescuer, knows Josef’s two sides. When his memory returns, Josef is convinced he must make himself worthy of Lissa’s love—but will she still love him once she knows the terrible truth? Can Josef bring his two lives under God’s truth, face his past, and pay for the crimes he once committed—whether or not Lissa’s love for him can be salvaged?

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Love Finds You in Deadwood, South Dakota

Love Finds You in Deadwood, South Dakota
by Tracey Cross

Can love survive in the roughest town in the Weat? Jane Albright’s late husband lost the family home and business to moneylender Franklin Lloyd, but the lovely young widow won’t give them up without a fight.

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Logan’s Lady by Tracie Peterson

Logan’s Lady
by Tracie Peterson

Traveling across the prairie with her father, sisters, and the man her father has promised her hand to in marriage, Lady Amelia Amhurst would have foregone spending the summer of 1875 in America and returned to their regal estate in England – if only her father would release her from the marriage engagement. Amelia finds herself strangely drawn to Logan Reed, the handsome American guide hired to lead them safely to Estes Park in the Colorado Rockies. Despite her aristocratic English breeding, Amelia falls in love with this barbaric country… and with Logan Reed. Will Logan’s love and faith in God force Amelia to confront her own firm belief that there is no God? If only God would prove Himself to her… and find a way for her to be Logan’s Lady.

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Summers’ Love by Stu Summers

Summers’ Love
by Stu Summers

Following the collapse of her interior design business, Kate Winston moves to Georgetown with hopes of making it as a sales rep for Tasmania, a company selling personal protection devices for women. With rapes, robberies, and domestic violence on the rise, the nation’s capital is a ripe market. But Kate’s stun gun party implodes when her guests demand she sweeten the deal by providing autographed copies of In Heat, the latest best-selling novel by Stu Summers. With creditors breathing down her neck, Kate drives to Page Me Books, where adoring fans clamor for an autograph with the New York Times sexy and single romance writer.

Stu expects the flirty smiles and women fawning praise, but when his editor phones to inform Stu that his latest manuscript failed to impress the publishing board, his carefully crafted career begins to unravel. Stu has one week to deliver a complete rewrite that meets his reader’s demanding standards. And he would if only he could write. But he can’t. Not a lick.

For years Stu has paid a church secretary to ghostwrite his novels. Only now Hattie May Hall feels God calling her to write paranormal prairie Amish thrillers with an evangelical, Cinderella twist. With Stu’s career on the line and Kate’s big taser sale in jeopardy, an unlikely pair of hearts collide, providing a shocking climax at the world’s biggest stun gun ball.

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