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Enjoy a simple Amish Christmas in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, that is sweetened by second chances, trimmed in love, and wrapped in faith. This collection includes Lucy's Christmas Sunbeam by Anne Blackburne, A Bird-in-Hand Christmas by Amy Clipston, Christmas Lily by Amy Lillard, Leaving Lancaster by Mindy Steele.

In this volume our classic authors turn their words to the religion of Christianity. It’s a fascinating subject for our authors who can explore faith and belief in ways that we rarely subject ourselves to. Whatever your faith these stories raise questions and that are of interest to us all.

Als Emma und Aidan beschließen, ihre kleine Pension in Lobster Bay zu erweitern, ist Emma Feuer und Flamme, denn sie ist sich sicher, dass dies genau das Projekt ist, das sie braucht, um ihren schönen Rückzugsort am Meer attraktiver zu machen – und um sie und Aidan noch mehr zusammenzuschweißen. Sie hat drei Monate Zeit, um das Projekt abzuschließen, bevor ihre Gäste zu einem üppigen Weihnachtsfest eintreffen. Doch unvorhergesehene Hindernisse bereiten Emma und ihre Liebsten schon bald wenig festliche Probleme.

In the heart of a vibrant community, there lies a mega size Pentecostal Holiness church by the name of "Get Right Outreach Center"-(GROC). It is here where we meet our protagonist, a young black man who is deeply devoted to his faith and serves as the choir director. He is beloved by his church family, but lately, he has begun to question the teachings of his community. The church's doctrine preaches that only members of their church are children of God, and this belief has been causing turmoil within him.

Waking at night to the scent of smoke, Emily Rankin's first and only thought is to get her daughter, Bree, out of the house. Instead, Emily discovers Bree has been kidnapped. She turns to the Shadow Agency for help—only to find herself face-to-face with the man who had disappeared from her life as fast as he'd entered.

Discipline and rules are the foundation on which Samantha Ingles has built her life—the life of a spinster schoolteacher in a small mining town in the Canadian Rockies. All that crumbles from her grasp when part of a mountain crashes down on their community. Constable David Harty has little patience for the strict schoolmarm but has no choice but to leave his three young nieces in her care while he tries to discover the fate of his brother. Already, the girls have lost their mother and a brother to the landslide and require comfort and love while they await the fate of their father.

UFOs? Alien Abductions? Men in Black? Nothing in Jake Muller’s experience has prepared him for these kinds of things. But then he’s never been faced with a challenge that he didn’t take head-on. Finding a teenaged girl over a thousand miles from where she is supposed to be is just the beginning. Going toe to toe with a global cabal intent on ushering a new world order might just be the end.

A terrorist explosion rocks a peaceful Ohio Valley community and triggers a nationwide manhunt. A teenage girl is accused of concealing her pregnancy then killing her newborn baby. A Machiavellian political operative will stop at nothing in his quest for power. Defense attorney Danial Solomon must unravel these divergent strands snatched from today’s headlines before it costs him his life. With one client dead and another’s life hanging in the balance, Solomon’s blossoming romance with Lori Franks swirls into a lethal vortex of crime, conspiracy, and corruption.

Anna Kennel's journey from her Amish roots to become a high school teacher was marked by bold choices and a love for learning beyond her community. Her current life, with the prospect of romance with her teaching colleague, Dennis Long, shines with promise. As summer vacation unfurls, Anna's plans for relaxation and time with Dennis are upended by an urgent call—her mother is unwell, and Anna's presence is needed at home. Anna returns to Hollybrook and discovers her stubborn mother is unwilling to accept help—unless it comes from her hired hand, young widower Gabe Eaash.

A wealthy family has given up all hope after years of suffering from a devastating tragedy when an unlikely heroine enters their lives. Despite the rumors in town about Locke Mansion, its mysterious owner and his troubled son, Rachel desperately needs employment to save her mother. There is an open position at the infamous estate, yet few dare apply. Having learned the hard way through her father’s death that the smallest choice can alter a life forever, she still chooses to live by faith, not fear.

Get ready to laugh! Get ready to tap your toes! Get ready to take a fresh look at what it means to “love your neighbor” and to “turn the other cheek” (not that one, you nitwit!). Set in ancient Jerusalem, SYMPHONY OF LIFE mostly tells the story of Joel, a corrupt tax collector who’s in desperate need of a swift kick in the pants. But there’s also a cadre of irate marketplace vendors all vying to be the one to deliver the humbling blow; a spunky, young widow who wishes she had more than two pitiful mites to cast into the offering box at the temple treasury; a pair of star-crossed lovers.

When the world falls apart, the beast rises.As the end times creep forward at an agonizing pace, residents on Alaska’s remote Patmosa Island must save themselves and each other. Assailants commit a serious crime and put Sierra Forester’s life in danger. Can Austin Martin and his neighbors rescue her before it’s too late? Or will Austin lose the love of his life? Russia, reeling from the devastation of two failed wars, inaugurates a new president. Before the day is over, an international assassin moves to take her out.

Olive Jardine almost died living her adventure, backpacking around the world and going wherever the wind blew. Coming back to Raspberry Ridge feels safe and she has no interest in leaving ever again. But her sisters want to sell the family home. They need the money and she can’t afford to buy it outright. Her best friend from childhood just might have a plan that could get her the home she wants, but can he get past the pain she caused him before she left and the way she betrayed him? Doyle Lowry is not the boy she remembers. He's better.

Fletcher Fernley won Audrey Benton’s heart without any effort, but can he keep her admiration long enough to discover if he loves her in return? Or will she decide love isn’t worth the heartache of always being the wallflower in Fletcher Fernley’s eyes?

Return to the “what if” questions surrounding the Lost Colony and explore the possible fate of Virginia Dare—the first English child born in the New World. What happened to her after her grandfather John White returned to England and the colony he established disappeared into the mists of time? Legends abound, but she was indeed a real girl who, if she survived to adulthood, must have also become part of the legacy that is the people of the Outer Banks.

Bill McKay, a time traveler from our modern world, travels through time to land in a beautiful world with a pleasant climate and abundant food, where exotic people and dinosaurs cohabitate. A paradise. Has he traveled to another planet? Despite the idyllic conditions, Bill witnesses the violence and corruption of the people firsthand, reminding him of his world with its constant war, death, and destruction. A charismatic man claims to have received a word from God that a Great Flood will destroy the planet. Is he actually on the earth before the Flood? Is this Noah?

After a heartbreaking betrayal, singer-songwriter Vivian Walsh needs a getaway. Her best friend Murphy’s family vineyard is the perfect refuge to focus on her new album, free from unnecessary distractions—like men. Few are more tempting than Murphy’s workaholic brother, Memphis. He’s infuriatingly handsome, and Vivian can’t resist teasing him whenever she gets the chance.

Sarah Clark is utterly alone. Her sister’s dying wish was for Sarah to take her place as a proxy bride. But Sarah isn’t so sure that she can go through with deceiving her sister’s would-be husband and his family…especially when she begins to fall for her new husband, Levi Nelsen.

Clarissa Ferguson refuses to become a socialite and marry someone just to appease her mother. She craves more out of life. So, when she sees an advertisement for female Pinkerton agents, she jumps at the chance. But nothing could’ve prepared her for her handsome new boss…or how he’d make her feel…

Ivon was raised in a cold, unforgiving world of duty and obedience. Forged in violence and ruthlessness, his unique skill of detecting lies is abused by The Colonel's lust for power. It's the only world Ivon's ever known. Nothing else makes sense. Ivoire struggles with her own gift of sensing truth. Sent to a government-funded academy for "talented" children, she's pulled from her family and thrust into the world of espionage and intrigue.