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Brother Wolf
By Eleanor Bourg Nicholson For Athene Howard, the only child of renowned cultural anthropologist Charles Howard, life is an unexciting, disillusioned academic project. When she encounters a clairvoyant Dominican postulant, a stern nun, and a recusant English nobleman...
Hearing Lies
By Olivia Smit They’re all fighting different battles … and no one wants to tell Skylar the truth. After a year of navigating her final year of high school, Skylar Brady can’t wait to go back to Golden Sound. But when she gets there, nothing is quite like she...
Home Sweet Tiny Home
by Melody Carlson Kate Burrows has a life many would envy—a good job at a design firm, a huge house, beautiful memories of the late husband who gave her everything, and two grown kids doing well for themselves. But it’s all begun to ring hollow as she wanders around a...
The Rock
By Cara Grandle After a whiskey still explosion destroys her home and nearly her life, Rebecca Packwood and her father must leave Missouri and her dear friends behind. After crossing The Oregon Trail, she sets out to discover her family’s secret history and to forge a...
The Letters of Magdalen Montague
By Eleanor Bourg Nicholson When the amoral and cynical “J” takes up his pen to describe Magdalen Montague, he little realizes the dramatic changes that will soon be wrought in his life. His fascination for this mysterious woman catapults him into a harrowing encounter...
The Secret Place
By Camille Eide How far can love bend before it breaks? Josie Norris became an instant mommy when her twin sister Nadine handed over her newborn son and vanished. What Josie saw as a temporary arrangement grew into a mother-son bond too deep to uproot. But with her...
Delia and the Drifter
By Melody Carlson An arranged marriage to save the family from ruin? Delia Blackstone knows what her mother is up to—she intends to marry her off to an older man who is all fortune and no future. And Delia’s having none of it.When a mysterious visitor appears on the...
Heart of the Crown
By Hannah Currie Daughters of Peverell, Book 3 The last place Lady Wenderley Davis ever expected to find herself after swearing off princes forever was living in a palace with two of them. Even if it is only temporary. And she did agree to it. Kind of. Against her...
Marriage, Melodies, and Rewritten Conclusions
Weddings, Willows, and Revised Expectations by V. Joy Palmer Kaylee McGrurd feels like life has left her behind. Her best friends have all moved out, married, or are in the process of matrimony. Meanwhile, she’s lost another job, and her daily diet consists of...
A Voice Within the Flame
Song of Prophets and Kings Series, Book 1By Henry O. Arnold A son of the vow…a voice for a nation For many long years, Hannah prayed for a son; a son finally granted to her only when she promised him back to God. Samuel, son of the vow, grows up in the Tabernacle, his...
Heart of a Princess
Daughters of Peverell Book 2 By Hannah Currie To the watching world, Princess Alina has it all—maids to serve her, a kingdom to revere her, a prince to marry her, and a wardrobe filled with enough frills, flounces, and shades of pink to rival a flower shop. But behind...
Taking Chances
By Melody Carlson Zoey knows her days are numbered. At least when it comes to remaining in Cedarville. So when Louisa coaxes her to be part of a garage band, Zoey tosses her insecurities aside to make music with her friends. And she even goes out for the basketball...
Benjy and the County Fair
Benjy and the County Fair By Bonnie Swinehart The county fair could be Benjy’s ticket to a new bike…if only his ornery goats will cooperate! Being a twelve-year-old boy in 1930s farm country means a lot of hard work…and plenty of mischief. Benjy is determined to earn...
Victoria Grace, the Jerk Face
By S.E. Clancy Ever since Tori Weston and MamaBear were abandoned by her dad, finances have been tighter than a new pair of skinny jeans. As if keeping her grades up for scholarships and working every spare moment weren’t enough, Tori gets suckered into visiting a...
Isaac and Izzy’s Tree House
Isaac and Izzy’s Tree House Written by Angela HendersonIllustrated by Rachael Koppendrayer With summer painting the world in vibrant colors, Isaac decides it’s time for some special fun with his favorite Sugar Maple. But his plans for a tree house turn out to be a...
One Hundred Valleys
One Hundred Valleys by Bonnie Leon After the death of her mother, Emmalin Hammond discovers she is not the heiress she’d always assumed she’d be. The revelation exposes her fiancé’s true intentions when he withdraws his marriage proposal, leaving Emmalin...
What If?
What If? Text by Melody CarlsonIllustrations by Bethany Harris What if I were a ladybug? Or a polar bear? Or a creature from outer space? This fun, whimsical story takes us through some of the amazing creations in our world, and how wonderful it is to be who God...
Good Morning God
Good Morning God Text by Melody CarlsonIllustrations by Bethany Harris A new day is beginning! A new day full of wonder. Travel through the morning with this delightful character as she encounters all the things she loves best, including the God who made it...
Land of Lies
Land of Lies Text by Melody CarlsonIllustrations by Bethany Harris Follow along on the adventure as one little boy travels in his dreams to the Land of Lies...where nothing's what it claims it is and he soon learns the value of telling the truth. Bestelling...
Broken Promises
By Melody Carlson A school play sounds like fun…for some. As she settles into life in the middle school of her new hometown, Zoey agrees to audition for the school play to encourage Louisa. Isn’t that what a BFF does? But she’s none too sure it’ll actually be...
Wings Like a Dove
Can the invisible walls that separate people ever come down? by Camille Eide In 1933, Anna Leibowicz is convinced that the American dream that brought her Jewish family here from Poland is nothing but an illusion. Her father has vanished. Her dreams of college...
Surf Smugglers
The Legacy of Sunset Cove Book 3 By Melody Carlson In the summer of 1917, US troops join the allied forces in the Great War. Back in Sunset Cove, Oregon, other battles wage. Anna McDowell continues to fight old fashioned stereotypes as she runs a newspaper committed...
Odd Girl Out
Odd Girl Out By Melody Carlson Zoey s school year is beginning...without her new BFF. Louisa is out with a bad case of the flu, and that leaves Zoey to fend for herself in the first days of middle school. She thinks maybe it won t be so bad when she strikes up a...
Gators, Guts, & Glory: Adventures Along the Florida Trail
Gators, Guts, & Glory: Adventures Along the Florida Trail By Lauralee Bliss Wander on the wild and humorous side of adventure with long distance hiker Lauralee Bliss (trail name Blissful), hiking the 1,100-mile Florida Trail from Big Cypress National...
Benjy and the Belsnickel
Study Guide By Bonnie Swinehart This study guide is designed to provide help in using the book, Benjy and the Belsnickel, as an aid in education. It contains 14 lesson plans, one for each chapter of the book. The answers for the questions in this book can either be...
The Familiar Stranger
The Familiar Stranger by Christina Tarabochia A fresh start or a double-cross? Why is he so cold and distant? Denise wonders as Craig demeans her yet again. Is it his job? The family? Or is it me? Though she's poured her heart into her marriage, years of enduring his...
Meet the Misfits
Meet the Misfits Zoey's pretty sure her life is over when her wannaba-rockstar mother uproots her from from their home in Seattle and deposits her in Nowheresville, Oregon to live with her whackadoodle grandparents. Things start to look up, though, when she reconnects...
Shine the Light
Shine the Light by April McGowan Shannon is out to save the world one caring act at a time. She's stood by her best friend, Amber, through their whole lives especially when Amber lost her sight. She has an active outreach ministry to the homeless and...
When God Made Color
When God Made Color By Sheri Carmon God doesn't have a favorite color...God made fish, bugs, birds, and kids in many different shades. All colors of kids are wonderful, and youare one of Hisfantastic colorful children! In the picture...
Riptide Rumors
Riptide Rumors The Legacy of Sunset Cove Series – Book 2 by Melody Carlson If the Tide Doesn’t Change, Who Will Pay the Price? As autumn of 1916 descends upon the once-peaceful town of Sunset Cove, Anna McDowell has great hopes that the excitement of the summer...
Weddings, Willows, and Revised Expectations
Weddings, Willows, and Revised Expectations by V. Joy Palmer Seventeen years after being orphaned, Apryl Burns and her twin sister Courtney have their own expectations for life. While Courtney continues to shine at everything, Apryl holds fast to the mantra that as...
Isaac’s Ice Cream Tree
Isaac’s Ice Cream Tree Written by Angela HendersonIllustrated by Rachael Koppendrayer Isaac loves the sugar maple in his yard, and he can’t help but feel bad for it when its branches are winter-bare. He decides to give it a gift…and is surprised when the tree returns...
