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Even when the war within seems never-ending, God promises hope and healing. The Civil War may be over, but the deepest battles are only beginning. Irish immigrant Katie Murphy has spent her life fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves. Determined to open an orphanage for children left homeless by the war, she refuses to let a powerful magistrate—or anyone else—stand in her way. But courage alone may not be enough to overcome the obstacles before her.

Cassia must grapple with the secrets of her past—before the king puts an end to her future. Cassia is a young healer gifted with miraculous powers at the cost of her early memories. In the face of a corrupt king who threatens her village and family, Cassia joins a band of rebel peasants, impersonating a noblewoman to infiltrate the palace with Guy, her protective and handsome new friend. However, their plot does not end as planned, and she ends up captive to the domineering ruler. King Peter seems like a man who cannot be changed.

A thousand miles away from all she's ever known, can Ava's heart finally find a home? Ava Keller is a recent graduate who traveled from her small hometown in Eastern Iowa to sunny Florida in the hopes of starting a teaching career. She finds the members of the local community to be more than welcoming-all except Pete Harrison. Pete had been getting along just fine until Ava came along, creating another opportunity for his "well-meaning" family members to marry him off. He's seen enough change in his life to know that nothing good can ever last.

No matter how dark her night became, she knew God promised joy in the morning. In the heart of 1858 Missouri, Rachel's world is a whirlwind of uncertainty. But amidst the darkness of her circumstances, she clings to the promise of joy that God whispers to her soul. In this powerful Christian historical fiction, award-winning author Heidi Gray McGill weaves an enthralling tale of resilience, redemption, and the enduring power of God's grace.

On the untamed frontier of the 1860s, Pete Manning seeks refuge from a past shadowed by regret. Despite being cleared of wrongdoing, his homestead and life feel empty without the woman who once stole his heart. Singing Bird, cast out by her Arapaho tribe, flees with her son, finding herself drawn back to Pete—the man she once loved. Their paths intertwine once more, stirring old wounds and reigniting buried desires.

Born into slavery on a South Carolina plantation, Delphina’s quiet strength was shaped in hardship. As unrest spreads across the South and talk of secession stirs fear, she is torn from the only home she has known. Bennett, the disillusioned son of a plantation owner, carries her west, holding out the promise of freedom and new beginnings. ~~ But dreams shatter quickly. When Bennett dies suddenly, Delphina is left with nothing but her newborn daughter and the fear of being forced back into bondage. With no proof of marriage or freedom papers, she cannot protect herself—or her child.

At eighteen, Scout Swift ran away from home with a charming swindler. Now, twelve years later, she’s ready to return to Maine to fulfill her late mother’s dream of visiting all the lighthouses in New England. Alone. Or so she thinks. Before leaving, Scout discovers a pregnant teenager hiding behind stacks of bird seed at her workplace. The desperate young woman begs to be taken along on Scout's trip. As they explore the coastal lighthouses, the two soon develop an unexpected bond.

They have nothing in common except love for music and a donut-shop drive thru. Shy Lizzie Martin lives a quiet life. She has a part-time job teaching music and helps her family run their bed and breakfast but longs to record the songs of her heart. Sometimes she allows herself to dream about...

The summer before her senior year of high school, Laney Jacobs and her best friend jump from a six-story beachside cliff in an attempt to impress their boyfriends. Laney rose from the water. Her friend did not. Six years later, when Laney’s troubled mother’s memoir hits the bestseller list airing the family’s destructive secrets, Laney is forced to relive the trauma, this time in the public eye. To escape the scrutiny, she seeks shelter at her estranged grandmother’s seaside inn.

A shameful past, an orchard camp, and a kindling romance…not exactly Little Men, but Bronson Martin never liked being compared to the March family anyhow. Grossly outnumbered by the women in the Martin family clan, Bronson fights tooth and nail to be taken seriously among his mother and...

Rhett Foster longs to change the world with his music, yet he can’t even finish writing one song. Battered by a string of failures and disillusioned, he returns home to Portland, Oregon. While he desperately wants to create a chart-topping hit, his dad mandates a new mission: move to coastal vacation hotspot Seabrook, Washington and expand the family’s successful restaurant chain. In danger of destroying her late parents’ legacy if she doesn’t diversify her menu, Lindsay Carmichael will try anything to save her bakery.

Everly Johnson is more than a talk show host dispensing advice for Christian singles on WJOY radio. Despite the challenges of living with retinitis pigmentosa, she’s also an independent woman who has carved out a respectable life. There are only two things she desperately wants: to reconcile with her mother and to meet the husband God has for her. Preferably a man who will see past her white cane.

Okay, I am finally...officially 17. Now, I want to hear all the family secrets. I looked at them. All of my family looked at me like I had hit the nail on the head. Wait, there really is a family secret?

Ready for a sweet romance with just kisses? Alison is turning 17, which isn't a big deal unless you were born a Storyteller. When a Storyteller turns 17, their powers kick in and every story they tell will come true. The only problem is Alison is about to face the biggest challenge of her life. There is a catch to keeping her story powers she has a Storyteller soulmate. Each couple must spend a year in the village of Angeline to keep their powers, or they will lose them forever.

Every storyteller has a soul mate who is also a storyteller. I froze. I looked at Conrad...then at the ground. I thought about what he just said and I looked back at him. “The only other storyteller that I've met is you.” I told him carefully. He nodded. I shook my head no. He nodded again. “Oh.” I winced and sat back in my seat and looked straight forward. “So you're saying...?” “Yeah.” Conrad nodded.

What started out as a youth group on a short-term mission trip to Colombia has turned into something much different. Caught in the crossfire of a vendetta against one of their chaperones, they run for their lives through a jungle they know little about...When CIA Agent McGee volunteered with his wife to chaperone a church group to Colombia, he never dreamed he’d be battling assassins from an unknown enemy...As the killers close in, CIA agents come down with a team of Marines. All hell breaks loose.

What do you do at Christmas? Visit Family. But if you're time travelers, you go back in time to help out Grandma with her Christmas play.

Succumbing to her younger sister’s pleas for more school volunteer hours, chorus teacher and single mom Willow Hutchins does the one thing she swore she’d never do—steps foot on the Missouri ranch run by her high school sweetheart, Ace Sterling. As Ace invests in her sister, Willow is roped into using her creative talents to save Ace’s ranch from financial disaster. But the more time they spend together, the more danger Willow is in of Ace discovering her biggest secret. He’s the father of her three-year-old daughter.