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When Jasmine Mayhew learns the Kentucky horse farm on which she lives will be sold, she replies to a mail order bride ad from a man in Glory, Montana Territory. Thomas Pullman falls in love with his bride the minute he first meets her, and it seems Jasmine feels the same affection for her new husband and his kind, loving family. But Jasmine’s headstrong nature poses some challenges to Thomas’s way of thinking. On Christmas Eve, an accident suddenly challenges the young couple to look at each other in new ways and to seek the true reason for the season. Read all the books in Christmas ...

Available as a value box set amazon.com/dp/B086BWQHKN (copy and paste the link into your browser) When Helen’s strong, stubborn mother, Charity, nearly dies after a terrible flu sweeps New York City, it makes sense to accept a marriage proposal from her longtime best friend, Andy, living far away in much healthier Montana. Ever a wanderer, he moved away at sixteen and has kept in touch with Helen ever since. She’s never stopped loving him and prays that she can build a new life with him out West, one that will include her mother. But when Helen and her mother arrive in Chapman’s Forge...

Cody Maxwell has a dilemma. His father is old but won’t turn over the family farm to his son until Cody proves he’s ready to settle down. That means finding a wife. Liza Kennedy is the youngest of nine children in her family, but knows her parents can’t take care of her much longer. One day, she answers an ad in the newspaper for a mail order bride, from a young man living in Maple Grove, California. Stepping out in faith, Liza heads west. Cody turns out to be everything she could ever have dreamed of … and then a woman appears who threatens to destroy Liza’s happy new life, ...

From the creator of Dalziel and Pascoe comes a fantastic collection of crime stories complete with a foreword by Mick Herron.

O Peregrino inicia com um poema no qual descreve os motivos para a obra e a razão de usar formas alegóricas (semelhante aos autos do teatro medieval) para contar a aventura do viajante que se encontra com personagens de carne e osso, mas que possuem nomes simbólicos que remetem ao evangelho de Jesus Cristo, como Evangelista, Adulação, Malicia, Apoliom e Vigilância. Um clássico cristão que ainda hoje tem um importante papel como guia sobre a perseverança em meio a dificuldades.

Will that breach of trust doom the young couple’s relationship before it even has a chance to really get started? And when danger strikes and Mallory’s life is on the line, will Jake realize, too late, that his new wife may be unconventional, but he loves her exactly as she is? Mallory Donahue is tired of people telling her that herding cattle or breaking wild horses isn’t women’s work. Facing an ultimatum by her brother and mother, she responds to an ad for a mail order bride from rancher Jake Vance out in California. Jake Vance wants a wife to help him run his mercantile in Maple ...

A colorful penguin stands out in his black and white world. How would you describe him? Brave? Weird? Beautiful? Peculiar? Think about that word “peculiar”. A writer named Simon Peter used that word “peculiar” in the Bible when he talked about God’s people, the Church. When Peter called the Church “a peculiar people”, he meant they were people who belonged exclusively to God; they were people who didn’t mind being considered different, as long as they pleased Him. Just like the little penguin on this cover, God’s people might look strange to those around them at times. But...

Available as a value box set (Dreaming Brides of California Romance Complete Series) amazon.com/dp/B08WZF4FFY (copy and paste the link into your browser) Desperate, she replies to an ad for a mail order bride from a widower in California, Aiden Roberts. Aiden has recently lost his wife to illness, leaving him to raise two small children on his own. He’s not interested in love but knows his children need a mother. A fire has destroyed Gabrielle Dawson’s life in Missouri. Not only has she lost her parents and suffered horrible burns on her hands and arms, but now she finds herself alone, ...

Jay Danforth Fitzgerald, known as "Fitz" to his few remaining friends, has learned from long and painful experience that there is no such thing as love that lasts. A failed an aging stockbroker full of angst and self-loathing, he fritters away his nights in Tiddly's Bar and his days aboard a derelict sailboat stuck in the mud of Charleston Harbor. But when he meets a much younger woman named Gemma, his world changes forever.

It’s Christmas Eve and Little Elf is thrilled to join the other elves in Santa’s workshop for the first year ever. And he’s even more excited to read out the very last letter to Santa, but all it takes is one little slip on the slidey ice and Little Elf drops the letter! He has no idea what the child wants for Christmas, and it’s only a few hours until Christmas morning. An accident-filled chase ensues, but will Little Elf be able to catch the letter and grant the last child’s wish before it’s too late?

Helen Kirk is a simple English schoolgirl. But in a world transformed by disease and natural disasters, a new dream is born. Helen becomes the pivotal figure in a new age of hope, peace, and a final end to the vices of greed, violence, and nationalistic politics. The world welcomes the new hope--Helen Kirk.

Bayo had it made. A rich father and good business acumen; a beautiful, professional fiancée, a new business that promises a wealthy future. What more could he ask for? Things were looking good. Then God stepped in! What happens now? Thus starts the journey of his life, where he would need God’s unfolding grace to come into the future pre-planned for him.

After God communicates to all existing mankind through a soft-spoken, internal mental whisper that there will be no more pregnancies, a focus is put upon the final baby ever to be born on earth. This allegorical speculative novel is designed to cause listeners to have a more intimate relationship with the ancient stories of Scripture....

In una fortezza nell'alto dei cieli gli angeli della Guardia Reale, guerrieri dello spirito, soldati azzurri con giubbe e calzari, fanatici delle missioni esclusive, sono riuniti in attesa del prossimo incarico. La chiamata arriva, il prescelto è Gabriele, che dovrà far brillare nuovamente lalleanza tra Dio e gli uomini, annunciando l'arrivo del Figlio. Comincia così la grande riscrittura dei Vangeli da parte di Eraldo Affinati, uno dei principali autori italiani che ha scelto di credere nell'educazione dedicando le proprie energie agli alunni più difficili.

Das biblische Gleichnis vom verlorenen Sohn (Lukas 15, 11-32) ist einer der populärsten Texte des Neuen Testaments. In neueren Übersetzungen wird es auch als "Gleichnis von den beiden Söhnen" bzw. "Von der Liebe des Vaters" bezeichnet. So weit die Bibel. Ihr geht es vor allem um Gott als den liebenden Vater. Der in die Welt gezogene und reumütig zurückgekehrte Sohn ist halt ein Sünder, der sich zu schämen hat. Was aber war wohl eigentlich seine Motivation, das Vaterhaus zu verlassen? Und was mag die Mutter gedacht, empfunden haben, von der im Gleichnis gar keine Rede ist?

From the moment Annona was given a Marking, her life's calling engraved across her chest, a sense of identity becomes imprinted deep within her heart. Her Marking grounds her with a powerful sense of purpose and confidence. Leaving all she knows behind, she takes to a foreign land in pursuit of fulfilling her life's calling.

Based on the author's true-life experience and a single line from The Apostles' Creed: "He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended to Hell", The Three Days of the Lion goes beyond the life and death of Jesus Christ and postulates what may have happened following Christ's death during the three days preceding his ascension into Heaven.

A lemonade stand, a principal's tender heart, a Bundt cake, and a young boy's invitation to a funeral all come together to begin this extraordinary journey. Does everything happen for a reason? Only A Shadow is an amazing story of resilience, perseverance, and the power hidden in a single moment. It tells the tale of a remarkable relationship and examines the myriad of ways that the human spirit endeavors to accept and deal with the trials that come with the gift of life.

In this allegory, join Talon Forge on his youthful quest for a brighter destiny. Brutal work at the forges and a dogmatic culture are behind him. The world is at his disposal. Unfortunately, he finds rejection, suffering, and darkness awaiting him. The Xandrian estate is the first place he finds that offers hope and light. But also a cross. He detests this and is easily persuaded by Lumen, who is crossing the Xandrian estate, to travel with him to an island called Prospect.

Is it an oxymoron to use the phrase "serious humor"? In An Interview with Jesus, E. Hyland Maze explores the otherwise untouchable realm of verifying the biblical expressions attributed to Jesus, straight from the horse’s mouth, if you will. This is a new adventure that might be called an abridged Red-Letter Edition of the words that Jesus spoke more than 2,000 years ago, but with a new twist.