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Multiple Christy Award-winner Deeanne Gist crafts historical romances that tickle funny bones and touch hearts. Set in 1898 Texas, this enthralling sequel to Gist's CBA best-selling Courting Trouble features an unlikely romance that's threatened by painful secrets and an angry lynch mob. Just when her romance with a wholesome newcomer begins to flourish, Essie learns her beau's true identity.

Reluctant love and shared faith blossom during the daily chores and arguments of tobacco farmer Drew O'Connor and Lady Constance Morrow. Constance is everything Drew despises in a wife - she cannot cook and she prefers mathematical equations to cleaning. Worst of all, she has red hair! But when the two are forced into a marriage of convenience, Drew soon realizes how blessed he truly is.

A typical day at the rehabilitation center turns into a nightmare for Emma Grady when her favorite physical-therapy patient vanishes in front of her, along with several colleagues. Fear turns to chaos as Emma begins the frantic race from Brooklyn to Queens, anxious to discover if her boyfriend is safe. Subways are closed, graves are open, and countless people have inexplicably disappeared. Mayhem erupts as terror grips the residents of New York City. This unique book takes listeners on a riveting journey from New York City to Israel, and, in the final chapters, into the Bible.

CBA best-selling author Deeanne Gist, Christy Award winner for The Measure of a Lady, skillfully blends humor and romance in authentic historical settings. Courting Trouble, set in 1894, features a feisty, fun-loving heroine who tires of waiting for a match made in heaven and decides to settle for one made in Texas. So, on her 30th birthday, Essie launches her own secret mission to find a husband.

Annie Wilkerson is Moose Creek's premiere horse trainer and equine columnist for Montana Living. When Annie's column is cancelled, she's given first shot at a new lovelorn column - and she can't afford to turn it down. Only problem is...Annie's never been in love. She reluctantly strikes a deal with the town's smooth-talking ladies' man Dylan Taylor. Working closely with Dylan is harder than Annie imagined, and she quickly realizes she may have misjudged him. But her conviction that cowboys are nothing but trouble has kept her heart safe for years. And she can't risk getting hurt now.

When irrepressible angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy set out for the City of Angels to grant three rush Christmas prayer requests, they are sure they can help without resorting to, er, divine intervention. But they soon find it will take more than one miracle to teach their precious lessons of love—as well as make three special holiday dreams come true!

Emma Grady has seen civilization collapse and New York gutted by nuclear attack. Amidst this international crisis, she and her growing family of outcasts must unravel the meaning of these strange and horrifying events, even as they struggle to survive. On the other side of the world, Zerah Adler finds Israel surrounded by invaders intent on total annihilation. In Jerusalem, two men have the power to stop the rain and call down plagues of every kind.

For years, Miss Felicia Murdock's every thought and action have been in pursuit of becoming a minister's wife. When the minister she'd set her sights on has other ideas, she decides something in her life needs to change - and soon - before she wastes any more time pretending to be someone she's not. If that means spreading her wings and embracing a more lively way of life, who's to say nay?

Melody Clue has received a lot of crazy phone calls over the years as a private investigator, but none of them have been wild as this one. This latest call is from Amy Dearborn, who has just been arrested for murder. According to Amy, the police have it all wrong. She claims that she is innocent. Amy wants to hire Melody to find the real killer. Melody has never worked on a case with stakes as high as this before. Is Melody in over her head? Or will she be able to uncover who the real killer is? Find out by listening to Truffles, Tirades, and Trouble right now!

When a shakeup in the leadership at the CIA opens up the division head position at the Russian desk, Senator Mitchell uses his influence to recommend Ben for the job. The problem is, Ben doesn’t want a desk job. He’s content being a covert operative. To thwart his father’s efforts, Ben plans to showcase his skills as an intelligence officer by volunteering for an upcoming mission to Venezuela. To do this, Ben needs Titus’s help, and although Titus agrees to be part of the operation, he discovers there’s a problem with Ben’s plan. Well, several problems.

After his apparent resurrection, the beloved leader Victor Quade is hailed internationally as God. Yet when Victor mandates that everything from purchasing groceries to seeing a doctor will require a mark of allegiance to him, Emma Grady and her friends in New York City know they must go on the run, recognizing that Victor is not the savior he appears to be.

"A story filled with romantic tension . . . Hunter's well-developed characters and plot twists make for a delightful and inspirational journey." --Publishers Weekly The final book in Denise Hunter's Big Sky Romance series, where a playboy hero meets his match in a heroine uninterested in love!...

Widowed and officially retired, Eugeena Patterson throws herself into organizing the neighborhood association. This presents a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and get to know new neighbors, like recently widowed Amos Jones - that is until Eugeena stumbles upon her estranged neighbor’s dead body. Eugeena’s daughter is fingered as a prime suspect, but where is she? Determined to find her missing daughter, Eugeena and Amos sort through a list of neighbors with shady or unknown backgrounds.

The first time I met Daniel King, he had a busted nose. He was also a couple of years younger than me, which seemed like a lot back then. I had always thought of him as more of a little brother or friend.

At the beginning of time, The Alpha, the divine creator of the universe, spoke the Spiritual Realm into existence, filling it with angelic beings gifted with creativity and divine beauty. However, something rotten now brews below the surface. In such a wonderful place, how is it possible for evil to take root, spreading through the Kingdom like a weed? Free will is a tricky thing, and though The Alpha knows it is the key to true love, it breaks his heart to see it abused.

After a lifetime of putting herself last, Shayla Vincent is finally on the right track. The rustic, secluded cabin her aunt left her is the answer to prayer, the perfect spot to start her writing career. Now nothing will stop her from spreading His word. Nat O’Connell is her new next-door neighbor—a rugged rancher caring for his two adorable nieces. Yet Shayla has already helped bring up her younger siblings. Raising another family when her goal is just within her grasp is the last thing she wants—even as the brown-eyed cowboy has quickly become the first.

It's 1943, and Gunny Mac and the boys go to Cleveland when saboteurs destroy Alan Burke's father's ship-building factory on the Cuyahoga River needed to build Liberty ships. Father John is murdered in the confessional at the Shrine of St. Stanislaus, and Mac will burn down Cleveland to find those responsible.

Through the first battle to the end of the Civil War, partners Aaron Van Zandt and Rich Worley fought on opposite sides. The women who loved them lived in prayer and learned to trust God even more to stay sane.

Patience Cavanaugh has lost hope in romance. The man she yearned to marry is dead, and her dreams are gone with him. Now she is consumed with restoring a dilapidated boardinghouse in order to support herself. Despite Patience's desire for solitude, Jedediah Jones, the local marshal with a reputation for hanging criminals, becomes an ever-looming part of her life.

Best-selling, Christy award-winning author's humorous romance - a 30-year-old single woman who draws up a list of the eligible bachelors in 1890's Texas.