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2) The heirloom
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"Clara Bender believes a visit to Hickory Hollow may help her find direction after her father remarries. While restoring an heirloom quilt with her great-aunt Ella Mae Zook, the two form a warm bond. When Clara's life is again upended by an unexpected incident and a young Amish man, will she find where her heart belongs?"--
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"For Lilly, the Amish town of Pinecraft is a chance to start again. But then she meets Eddie, a man with no plans to stay--a man she can't stop thinking about. She must decide whether to give him up or face her past and hope that their love will endure"--
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"Sisters Rose Tillman and Marvina Nash haven't spoken in decades--not since Rose sent Marvina $40 to register their business and Marvina spent it on something else. Rose begins a long career at the post office and Marvina spends her weekends cooking chicken dinners for the church fundraiser. Marvina never leaves the canister of their mama's special spice mix in the church kitchen, and she shares the recipe with no one. Rose never forgave Marvina...
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After being released from prison, DeAndre struggles to make a new life for himself and his family. But when his past shows up in the doorway of his art studio, begging for a place in his heart and life, he is forced to make decisions that will alter his life forever.
Nine-year-old Mercy has questions no one will answer. That is, until her brother reveals that he knows the whereabouts of her birthfather. Is the man whose blood runs in her veins a...
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Prayer is a powerful spiritual weapon. And the Yada Yadas are about to learn just how strong it really is.
The women of the Chicago-born Yada Yada Prayer Group have developed a strong sisterly bond. They've had a wild year full of joy, sorrow, and a healthy dose of laughter. Lots of laughter.
But just when life gets comfortable, things get shaken up. The sisters don't expect trouble to crop up so soon after the exuberant wedding of Yada Yada member...
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As an Israelite slave, she sees no hope for a future. But she soon discovers the fate of nations may rest in her hands.
Keren, a gifted young Jewish scribe in the household of Daniel, learns languages and swordsmanship alongside the great man's sons and their friend Jared. But a tragic accident changes the course of her life, and she finds herself far from home,
charged with a mysterious task: teach a shepherd boy to be a lord. She soon hears hints...
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Cora Mae Stewart's world collapses when Sherman destroys the Georgia cotton mill where she works and has her arrested for treason and sent North. Faced with impossible choices, she does what she must to keep a little girl safe in an unhospitable land.Convinced he won't survive the war, Union Sergeant Ethan Howard determines to make his death count for something. But Cora Mae gives him a reason to live. Trouble is, he's just arrested her on Sherman's...
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Summary of Ian Caldwell's The Fifth Gospel is a literary thriller that takes place in 2004 at the Vatican, the chief residence of the Catholic Pope in Italy. The novel follows the aftermath of Vatican museum curator, Ugolino Nogara's, murder.
Brothers, Alex and Simon Andreou, are both priests. Alex is a Greek Orthodox priest and Simon is a Roman Catholic priest as well as Vatican diplomat in the Secretariat. Their opposing religious affiliations place...
11) Passages
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In this series finale of historical fiction from 1864 and 1865, the spotlight shines brightest on Esther and David in the ravaged Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, while all five narrators show versions of courage, adaptation, and survival. During these closing years of the American Civil War, no human experience can be ordinary: not marriage, not enterprising work, not youthful growth. Not when folks are repeatedly disrupted by the forces of military...
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When she is forced to leave her beloved Prince Edward Island to attend Lakeside Ladies Academy after the death of her parents, the last thing Adelaide Rose MacNeill expects to find is three kindred spirits. The "Ladies of the Lake," as the four girls call themselves, quickly bond like sisters, vowing that wherever life takes them, they will always be there for each other. But that is before: Before love and jealousy come between Adelaide and Dorothy,...
13) Chains of Shame
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As a child, Benny Ribble bears the brunt of his parents' anger. Never good enough, he nonetheless tries to please them and hear some words of praise. When he finds himself on the receiving end of a girl's attention and affection, he thinks he's finally escaped the abuse he's suffered his whole life. Sadly, his marriage soon turns into another battlefield. Every time his wife, Alma, bursts his balloon of achievement with her put-downs, he sees himself...
14) Early Days
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"Chapter 1 — My Birthday
It was on my seventeenth birthday that I first heard — or felt — God's voice. In those days, we seemed to have a happy extended family in Anathoth and I was welcome in it. Times are different now..."
From a family of priests in the peaceful reign of good King Josiah, came a young man Jeremiah, bringing words from God to his people. It was no message for the fainthearted, either. It was a message of Terror on Every...
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The Yada Yada Prayer Group is in trouble-and they're having a hard time getting out.
Jodi Baxter is feeling overwhelmed, to say the least. Every day it seems that more blessings, problems, and everything in between crop up among her Yada Yada sisters, and their prayer list is getting out of control.
Not only are the Yada Yadas still recovering from the vicious racial attack on Mark, but Ruth and Ben's midlife pregnancy takes a dangerous turn, Avis's...
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As our hero continues his off-the-record visits with Jesus Christ, his best friend draws him onto the wrong side of a moral and political issue. Amidst the drama and chaos, he learns two powerful truths: His identity is not in what he does for a
living. His identity is not in what people think of him. Despite it all, amidst victories and catastrophic failures, he learns his identity, now and forever, is as God's "deeply loved son." Join Will Thomas...
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Scottlyn Rich has overcome tragedy--and moved on. She's now a confident college student and about to celebrate her daughter's first birthday when she receives news that the young man who set her life on its unexpected course has died in prison.
Grieving mother Penny Nelson believes there is only one way to assuage her grief--take the baby and raise her. After all, Mercie is all she has left of her son.
Scottlyn didn't draw the battle lines, but she's...
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Queensland, Australia, 1936 Sister Claire McAuliffe has been called from Dungarvan, County Waterford, to do God's work in Jumaaroo, Queensland. Along with four other sisters, she is charged with setting up a Catholic school for the education of the gold rush families. But life between the tropical Australian rainforest and the azure ocean is far from the spectacular paradise it seems. Sister Claire finds life challenging in more ways than she can...
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A divorced reporter on a remote assignment. An alluring cattleman who captures her heart....
City-dwelling Maggie Donovan is trying her best to let go of her resentment after her high-profile politician husband of 35 years left her for a much younger woman. Her focus now is her job as a reporter for Country Women's Magazine, her two adult children, and her church.
She doesn't care that her ex-husband now has a child who could be his grandchild.
No....
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In the spiritual realm surrounding us are angels and demons. Can you see them? Can you hear them?
The Starfish Island Gang continues to battle demonic forces. The angels are watching and ready to help. Each gang member is trying to navigate this unseen world while facing the personal battles demons throw at them.
Only one more special shell remains to be found, and they hope this will help them finish this battle once and for all.
Andrew and Lee...
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