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Beloved bestselling author Debbie Macomber returns with a powerful standalone novel about a woman forced to start her life anew, embarking on the most courageous journey of allto a place where she learns what love and trust really mean. Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never...

In his younger days, Taylor Callahan didn’t know right from wrong—and didn’t much care either. As a Confederate bushwhacker, renegade outlaw, and all-around hellraiser, he gave the devil himself a run for his money. Most folks figured Taylor would end up swinging from a noose or shot dead in poker game. But somewhere along the road to perdition, he decided to change his wicked ways. To atone for his sins. And to fight the good fight—against...

In the Old Testament, God called His people to action with the blast of the shofar, a rams horn. He still calls His people today.In this relevant and timely novel, dynamic young preacher Paul Hudson is committed to building his churchbut at what cost? When Paul accepted the call to pastor the struggling church, he had no idea what to expect. But it didnt take long for Paul to turn Centerville Christian Church around. Attendance is up, way up, and...

Well on her way to spinsterhood, Lady Kirsten Haddonfield, who is unable to bear children, which is what she wants most in life, falls in love with a widowed clergyman only to find out that his wife is in fact alive, unbeknownst to him, and violently opposed to the idea of him with a new woman.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon returns with the fourteenth novel in the beloved Mitford series, featuring three generations of Kavanaghs. After twelve years of wrestling with the conflicts of retirement, Father Tim Kavanagh realizes he doesn't need a steady job to prove himself. Then he's given one. As for what it proves, heaven only knows. Millions of Karon fans will be thrilled that its life as usual in the wildly popular Mitford...

"A publishing event: #1 New York Times-bestselling author Jan Karon returns-and invites her millions of fans to join her again in Mitford. After five hectic years of retirement from Lord's Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, from a so-called pleasure trip to the land of his Irish ancestors. While glad to be at home in Mitford, something is definitely missing: a pulpit. But when he's offered one, he decides he doesn't want it....

" It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that's sixty years old. Suddenly,...

Estranged brothers, one a pastor and the other a lawyer, are reunited when Hadleigh University seeks to close the pastor's church which happens to be on the school's property.

For teens who grew up reading and adoring The Giver and The City of Ember.Oregon Trail meets Westworld in this epic new trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of We All Looked Up, Tommy Wallach.Knowledge has always been the enemy of faith.They said that the first generation of man was brought low by its appetites: for knowledge, for power, for wealth. They said mankinds voracity was so great, the Lord sent his own Daughter to bring fire...

A Quaker pastor, who unwittingly fills in for a Unitarian minister at a wedding between two women, considers his potential unemployment until a call from a small congregation in Hope, Indiana, has him rethinking his options and his future.