Inspired Reads

Addie Byler may be Apple Creek’s resident wallflower, but she knows she has a lot to offer—and much to be grateful for. Raised by her loving grandmother, she lives a life filled with good friends and hard work. Wary of romance, Addie assumes no man will look beyond her glasses and her tendency to talk to her rescue donkey, Snickers—until the day she finds a note from a secret admirer. A prank, most likely. But then, a second note arrives…

It’s not that Daniel Miller doesn’t like Addie, he just doesn’t want to court her. She’s too willful, too chatty, too odd. Yet when he learns she’s been teased because she’s never had a beau, he decides to send a little note of encouragement. One note leads to another. And when Addie begins replying with thoughtful messages of her own, he’s struck by her sweetness and warmth.

As chilly winter melts into spring, what began as a gesture of sympathy becomes something much deeper. Daniel fears revealing the truth, but with courage, faith—and a helping hand from their close-knit community—Apple Creek’s most unlikely couple may find their path to happiness…

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He Was Searching for a Lost Dog. He Found More Than He’d Ever Hoped For.

On Valentine’s Day 2019, someone stole Steven Carino’s dog, Oliver, from his car. Having lost his mother at thirteen and grown up with an alcoholic father, he could always count on his dogs for comfort and company. But now, with his beloved Oliver missing, Steven felt utterly alone.

Then, the miracle. In a series of near-impossible coincidences, people from different walks of life crossed paths with Oliver and with Steven. Hardworking immigrants, wealthy suburbanites, car mechanics, deli workers, old friends, close relatives, street cops, gang members, a TV news reporter, social media followers around the world, and one very gifted hairdresser all played a part in Steven’s desperate journey to find Oliver. In the middle of it all, Steven realized that no one is ever truly alone–and that the power of community can be life-changing.

Oliver is not just a book about a stolen dog. At its core, it’s a story about kindness, friendship, and the power of faith. As Steven says, “This is more than just a dog story. This is an everybody story. This is a love story.”

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What happens when we give away love like we’re made of it? In his entertaining and inspiring follow-up to Love Does, Bob Goff takes readers on a journey into the secret of living without fear, constraint, or worry. In Everybody, Always, Bob shows us the simple truths that…

• it’s easy to love kind, lovely, humble people, but you have to tackle fear to love people who are difficult;
• dark and scary places are filled with beautiful people who need our unconditional love; and
• extravagant love has extraordinary power to change lives, including your own.

Driven by Bob’s trademark storytelling, Everybody, Always reveals the lessons Bob learned–often the hard way–about what it means to love without inhibition, insecurity, or restriction. From finding the right friends to discovering the upside of failure, Everybody, Always points the way to embodying love by doing the unexpected, the intimidating, the seemingly impossible.

Whether losing his shoes while skydiving solo or befriending a Ugandan witch doctor, Bob steps into life with a no-limits embrace of others that is as infectious as it is extraordinarily ordinary. Everybody, Always reveals how we can do the same.

If you love Everybody, Always, don’t forget to check out Love Does and Dream Big for more of Bob’s delightful and inspiring stories!

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She’s in love with her late sister’s boyfriend. He treats her like his kid sister…

When Hayley O’Hara loses her eighteen-year-old sister in a terrible car accident, she blames God for letting April die so young and walks away from her faith.

April’s handsome and gregarious boyfriend Jamie Benson shares Hayley’s grief, and as they support each other through that grief, their friendship develops, and they become best friends.

Eight years later, he invites her to open a hang-gliding centre with him in Water’s Edge.

How will that work when she’s fallen for him, but he treats her like a kid sister? Can she continue hiding her feelings when they’re together every day?

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We’ve gathered 20 of our all-time favorite potato recipes into this digital download that will come in handy anytime you think, “A potato side would be perfect, which should I choose.”

There’s Best Baked Potatoes (we’ll tell you how to ensure fluffy interiors and crispy skin every time), Easier French Fries (we use half the usual amount of oil, and start the fries in cold oil); Garlic-Parmesan Mashed Potatoes (we add garlic flavor three ways), BLT Potato Salad (we add vinegar to the cooking water for deeply seasoned spuds), Scalloped Potatoes (our lighter, quicker version of the classic is weeknight-friendly); and, Patatas Bravas (ultracrispy meet a spicy tomato-based sauce).

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Accustomed to an opulent life with her aunt, the last thing twenty-five-year-old Isabella Garcia wants is to celebrate Christmas in her parents’ small silver-mining desert town, leaving her handsome beau, Diego Morales, behind in California. Adding insult to injury, she must bear the company of Aaron Bailey, the disapproving Santa Fe Railroad businessman her father has sent to escort her home, who clearly finds her spoiled.

But she is surprised to see how much the town of Silver Veil has grown and how fragile her father’s health has become. Then a surprise visitor shows up with news that entirely upends the comfortable life she’s been leading.

Faced with all these changes, Isabella struggles to sort through her future and who she wants to be. But trouble is brewing, and there are those who hope she stays just as she is, even if it costs her everything.

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In reality, the skyrocketing rate of hoarders and people plagued by the cluttered state of their houses in small spaces is alarming. To address this growing problem, this book delivers easy solutions to resolve any suffering from mental exhaustion and problems due to the imbalance caused by scattered, messy, and cluttered homes and small spaces.

Can’t understand where to begin your home organizing because there’s such a small space to manage all your stuff?

As a result, this book is an escape route to freedom; freedom from a cluttered house.

How exciting it’ll be to return back to your home after your day work, without having to be stressed about the clutter in your home. Spend time at home, have a rest, relax, and delight in the simple moments!

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A step-by-step guide to home repairs large and small from Popular Mechanics—the name that’s “synonymous with the ultimate in DIY knowledge.”

Got a squeaky floor or a rattling door? Is your grout a color you don’t recognize anymore? From quick fixes like linking broken chains and patching drywall to more involved projects like replacing a fuel line and bleeding your brakes, How to Fix Anything is the handy and reliable go-to guide for the most common household problems—offering a primer on plumbing; unexpected hacks like using a golf tee to fill a stripped screw hole; instructions for tuning up the garage door; and so much more.

Throughout the book Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics’ senior home editor, answers questions about the trickiest fix-its, including how to deal with recurring ceiling cracks or get rid of that stench from the kitchen sink. And because it’s organized room by room, from basement to bathroom to bedroom, it’s simple to find the solution you need—so you won’t have to hire someone else to do the job.

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As the newly appointed director of Harbor Pals, Kieran is determined to prove his worth, despite being twenty-four years old—too young to be the director according to several members of the board. When his newest employee makes an error in judgment, he reprimands her harshly to make a point.

While Kieran and Talia start off on the wrong foot, they must work together for the good of the youth under their care, a daunting task under normal circumstances. When tragedy strikes Harbor Pals, can they put aside their feud to save a young child?

Love Under the Stars is the fifth book of the Grace Harbor series by USA Today Bestselling Author Leah Atwood.

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Violet Figg and her sister Trudy have lived a quiet life in Sugar Bend, Alabama, since a night forty years ago that stole Trudy’s voice and cemented Violet’s role as her sister’s fierce and loyal protector. Now Trudy spends her days making sculptures from found objects and speaking through notes written on scraps of paper, while Violet runs their art shop, monitors bird activity up and down the water, and tries not to think of the one great love she gave up to keep her sister safe.

Eighteen-year-old Maya knows where everyone else belongs, but she’s been searching for her own place since her grandmother died seven years ago. Moving in and out of strangers’ houses has left her exhausted. After seeing a flyer on a gas station window for a place called Sugar Bend, Maya chooses to follow the strange pull she feels and finds herself on the doorstep of an art shop called Two Sisters.

When a boat rises to the surface of Little River in the middle of the night, the present and no-longer-buried past collide, and the future becomes uncertain for Maya, Violet, and Trudy. As history creeps continuously closer to the present and old secrets come to light, the sisters must decide to face the truth of what happened that night forty years ago, or risk losing each other and those they’ve come to love.

USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren K. Denton delivers another distinctly Southern story that shimmers with beauty and possibility.

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After losing their father along the Oregon Trail, Samantha Waldron and her young brother, Micah, must overcome tremendous challenges to reach the Willamette Valley before winter.

When their canoe capsizes on the Columbia River, they rely on British exporter Alexander Clarke to escort them to Fort Vancouver. A number of men vie for Samantha’s affections, but the only one who intrigues her is the one she cannot have…

When Alex’s betrothed arrives from Britain, Samantha becomes determined to create a home far away from the fort. But when Micah disappears into the wilderness alone, Samantha must rely on the man she loves to rescue her brother before it’s too late.

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When you say “I do,” you begin the journey of a lifetime— and you have dreams of that journey being perfect.

But it won’t take long for expectations of the perfect marriage to fade away in the struggles of everyday life. A long-term, vibrant marriage needs to be grounded in something sturdier than romance—it needs the life-changing power of the gospel.

In this rebranded edition of What Did You Expect?, popular author and pastor Paul David Tripp encourages couples to make six biblical commitments to the Lord and to one another. These commitments, which include a lifestyle of confession and forgiveness, building trust, and appreciating differences, will equip couples to cultivate thriving, joy-filled marriages built on Christ.

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Gene Veith joins forces with his daughter Mary Moerbe to explore these kinds of questions as well as the roles of calling and vocation in family life. Though we have little control over who is in our family (other than choosing a spouse and deciding to have children), God has placed us with specific people for specific reasons. Veith and Moerbe show how our roles are distinct and important to God’s plan for our lives—and that when we have a biblical understanding of those roles in our families, we can move away from common dysfunctions and toward forgiveness and healing.

Writing with sensitivity and wisdom, Veith and Moerbe address the common problems facing contemporary families: the crosses, the weaknesses, and the uncertainties. They articulate a compelling, biblical paradigm for creating and sustaining loving and forgiving families who maintain hope in the face of cultural pressure. This book is an important resource for all Christians, including pastors, counselors, and those working in family ministry.

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As a registered nurse at the Boise VA Hospital, Grace Marshall is devoted to her patients, but some wounds require more than medical care. A patient too stubborn and angry to accept the help he needs storms out of her exam room, ruffling her feathers. Yet, when the man returns to apologize, something about him tugs at her heart.

Levi Gibson left for war young and idealistic but returned from Vietnam with physical scars and a haunted soul. He tries to banish the darkness brewing inside him with hard work on his family’s potato farm, but it’s a young nurse’s kindness that brings unexpected light and joy into his life. If Levi can open up to Grace and let her see his pain, could she be the key that unlocks a future full of hope instead of mere survival?

After her father sends Grace a legendary pistol, target practice provides an excuse to spend time with Levi during the summer of 1972. As his shadows overwhelm him, it will take far more than a lucky shot for Grace to hit love’s mark.

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Recipes include Best Old-Fashioned Burgers (drive-in burgers from the era when that mean ultracrisp, ultrabrowned, ultrabeefy burgers), Wisconsin Butter Burgers (the buns and the patties drip with buttery goodness inspired by the burgers at Solly’s Grill outside of Milwaukee, both buns and patties drip with buttery richness), Juicy Lucy Burgers (one bite gets you to a pocked of melty cheese), Juicy Grilled Turkey Burgers (flavor builders like chicken broth and soy sauce deliver flavor, and chopped mushrooms keep the texture loose), Shrimp Burgers (South Carolina’s famous burgers, held together by a surprising binder … more shrimp), and Grilled Portobello Burgers (crosshatching the tops tenderize the mushrooms while letting them absorb even more of a flavorful marinade)

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Western culture is in a tailspin, and Christian faith is entangled in it: we do kingdom things in empire ways. Western approaches to faith leave us feeling depressed, doubting, anxious, and burned out. We know something is wrong with the way we do faith and church in the West, but we’re so steeped in it that we don’t know where to begin to break old habits.

Popular pastor and speaker Mandy Smith invites us to be unfettered from the deeply ingrained habits of Western culture so we can do kingdom things in kingdom ways again. She explores how we can be transformed by new postures and habits that help us see God already at work in and around us. The way forward isn’t more ideas, programs, and problem-solving but in Jesus’s surprising invitation to the kingdom through childlikeness. Ultimately, rediscovering childlike habits is a way for us to remember how to be human.

Unfettered helps us reimagine how to follow God with our whole selves again and join with God’s mission in the world.

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Twelve inspiring projects, plus 200 in-depth plant profiles with detailed useful information and care instructions to help you cultivate and care for your houseplants.

Learn how to choose which plants to use where, care for your houseplants to keep them healthy, and use plants to best effect in your home, with trusted advice, creative inspiration, strong visual aesthetic, and practical step-by-step detail.

Two hundred plant profiles provide information and care instructions for a wide variety of plants, including ferns, orchids, and succulents, while a dozen step-by-step photographic projects offer exciting ideas for using plants to decorate your home or greenhouse-from eye-catching terrariums to a living succulent wall to a floating kokedama "string garden."

With information on plant care, propagation, pests and diseases, pruning, and problem-solving, The Practical Houseplant Book is the essential guide for indoor gardeners.

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Exhausted and overworked, FBI agent Noelle Logan is looking for a peaceful holiday getaway. Her plans are destroyed when she stumbles across a murder victim—and nearly becomes one herself.

Police officer David Carpenter vows to find the killer while protecting Noelle. He won’t leave his former sweetheart to face the danger alone even if it means putting his heart at risk.

Can David and Noelle uncover the truth or will this Christmas end in tragedy?

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