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All theater romances are tragedies. Ella Blythe knows this. Still, she cannot help but hope her own story may turn out different than most - and certainly different than the tragic story of the Ghost of Craven Street Theater. Yet as she struggles to maintain her tenuous place in the ever-shrinking ballet company, win the attentions of principal dancer Philippe, and avoid company flirt Jack, Ella cannot deny the uncanny feeling that her life is mirroring that of the dead ballerina.  

NOW A HALLMARK ORIGINAL MOVIE! A Time to Dance by #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is a moving story about second chances, enduring love, and the faith that can heal even the deepest wounds. From the outside, John and Abby Reynolds appear to be the perfect couple--envied by...

The Goddard family is in shock. One of their own is dead. How can they go on? Who will run the station? Frank and Maggie have been planning their retirement, but must they now put their plans on hold? Will Joshua rise to the challenge and get his girl, or will he allow grief to weigh him down? Change is everywhere at Goddard Downs. But change is when God can change hearts.

Welcome to Bella’s Dance Hall, where Christine Knapp found a career dancing and singing after her husband and child died along the Oregon trail. Three years after this devastating loss, Christine is ready to find love again and is drawn to Matt Bannister at first sight. After being heartbroken by Travis, Christine meets Kyle Lenning, Matt Bannister’s brother-in-law. During a group date, tragedy struck, and Kyle is killed.

Jenny Hunter had her heart broken in her senior year, and she vowed to never let it happen again. But that was four years ago. Since then, she has busied herself with work and church activities, burying the pain and emerging a better person for it. However, when the school year begins and new staff members join the team, the once optimistic Jenny is shocked to learn the new head coach of the basketball team is none other than her ex-boyfriend, the same boy who dumped her at the senior prom.

In A Time to Embrace by #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, the story of John and Abby Reynolds, a couple who have already weathered heartbreak and rediscovered the love they thought was lost, continues. John and Abby Reynolds have walked through heartbreak and nearly lost...

Nina Aydin will never marry again. An abusive marriage years earlier left the ballet instructor leery of men, yet she desperately wants a baby. Only one man has caught her eye: the mesmerizing master chief of SEAL Team Six. From his dance moves to his dimples, Santiago Rivera would make the perfect father, as long as he agreed to play by Nina's rules - a donation at a fertility clinic with no intimacy allowed. When he gets a clear message from God to take the traditional path, he risks losing Nina entirely.

The debut novel from New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin is a bittersweet yet triumphant love story--a tale of one man's journey through the darkness of despair and into the light of hope. Perfect for readers looking for the emotional resonance of Nicholas Sparks or Lisa Wingate. In...

I’ve spent my life caring for others—easing pain, offering comfort, healing wounds no one else wants to touch. But mine? They’ve stayed buried deep, hidden beneath humor and smiles. When George died, something inside me broke. And falling for a man who’d lost his memory only reminded me how dangerous it was to love someone you couldn’t fully know. Now, I pour everything into my work as a nurse. . . until Dr. Gabriel Stone shows up, cloaked in secrets, and starts chipping away at the walls I swore I’d never lower again.

Jerusha’s father dotes on her and calls her royalty, a lioness who will one day dance before his King. Jerusha adores her father, but she cannot tell him her darkest secret. Instead of dancing like other Jewish girls, Jerusha sits alone, plagued by guilt for a crime she did not commit. Who will believe her story against the word of the most respected religious leader in Jerusalem?

Thrust into the role of a debutante, Mia Delphine Morgan, a pre-school teacher from Kentucky, must sink or swim among Manhattan’s elite. She’s not trained or refined for New York, Paris, or London high society, but the good she can do with a sizeable inheritance from her estranged Aunt Sylvia, propels her toward keeping her feet firmly planted on the ground—even though poise and polish aren’t exactly her thing.

Will a sworn bachelor determined to stay single fall in love with his dance teacher? Grant Nichols is a genius in the kitchen and a klutz on the dance floor. But his friend’s wedding is shaping up to be a shindig the likes of which Kings Meadow has never seen—including dancing. Lots of...

Danielle Lefontaine, an orphaned actress raised to the lullaby of Broadway, searches for her long-lost brother and her place on the stage. After a successful audition lands her a part in the same city his adoptive family had moved to, Dani believes she's finally close to finding her place to belong. Meanwhile, Alex Sheridan is living his dream playing the trumpet at his family's dinner theater. He's got everything he ever wanted…except someone special to share it with.

You can’t dance this dance unless it’s in your blood. Claire McCall is praying it’s not in hers. Claire McCall is used to fighting back against the odds. Hard work, aptitude, and sheer determination have helped her rise from adverse circumstances to an internship in one of the nation’s...

What happens when a Christian woman facing a childless future and a woman seeking an abortion are waiting to see the same doctor? What if after that "chance" encounter they are unable to forget each other? What if they find themselves drawn together in spite of their drastic differences by their surprising similarities? What if they somehow find the courage to become friends?

This is the story of Jalena Mathesin. Hurt over losses in her young life, she turns to the street for comfort and solace. Her devastating actions place her family in a dangerous situation causing her abandonment. While dealing with past hurts, addiction and the loss of her father, she ends up doing a lot of things against her upbringing, but finds that reconciliation is always a prayer away.

All of her life, Irish American Moira Doherty has relished her mother's descriptions of Ireland. When her mother dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1920, Moira decides to fulfill her mother's wish that she become the teacher in Ballymann, her home village in Donegal, Ireland.   

Ana Brassfield has her path to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House all figured out until her first love, renowned German dancer Claus Gert, returns to Georgia to win her back. Despite a promising start toward her ballet career and pending marriage to landscape architect Peter Engberg, Ana wonders if her dreams of dancing at the Met are as impossible as her previous romantic relationship with Claus. Then an on-stage kiss between Ana and Claus changes everything.

The moving sequel to bestselling author Charles Martin's The Dead Don't Dance. After slipping into a four-months-long coma following the tragic loss of their son in childbirth, Dylan's wife, Maggie, finally awakens--but can the young couple pick up the broken pieces of their lives and move...