Leah Miller's peaceful life as a member of the Spring Township Amish church shatters when she's accused of theft from an Englisch home in which she works. Even if she is not charged, if the crime is never solved, she will live under the taint of the theft and may never be able to participate fully in her Amish community. Josiah King, friend of Leah's brother, is drawn into helping Leah—and discovers the 'little sister' he'd always tolerated has grown into a strong, appealing woman.But what future can they have together if suspicion makes Leah an outcast? As they attempt to learn the facts behind the accusation, danger grows around them. It's only through their trust in each other and the support of a faithful Englisch friend that Leah and Josiah can find their way through a tangled, dangerous maze to the truth. Views: 54
Simon can't stop thinking about the pretty Amish teacher at the local one-room school. But he's ignored the sparks between them because he's so shy.So Simon's little brother, Isaac, takes matters into his own hands. He's determined to give his brother the best Christmas present ever—a date with his favorite teacher.Amish novelist Linda Byler brings her tender humor and skillful observation of family relationships to this holiday story. "I love Isaac's self-confidence and scheming as he prods his reluctant older brother," she says knowingly about her characters.Byler takes her reader straight into the Amish world as Isaac is both charmed and annoyed by his too talkative, but quite bright, Mam. He can barely tolerate his little nieces and nephews, who substantially outnumber the grown-ups when the whole family gets together. And he loves his humble, circumspect Dat, although his father isn't always pleased by how well Isaac sweeps the forebay in the barn.As... Views: 54
Widowed four years ago, Kelly Matherson has adjusted to life as a single mother, and her six year old son, James, is her greatest blessing. Their comfortable routine is interrupted when her late husband’s parents contact her out of the blue, after nine years of total silence. Promising to explain everything, they request that Kelly bring James to visit them at their Texas ranch.It’s the last thing Kelly wants to do, yet she feels an unexplainable prompting to go. With the fervent hope that the visit will be good for James, she books the plane tickets and prepares herself for a very uncomfortable week.Heading into “enemy territory", the last thing Kelly expects is to meet a man who leaves her breathless, the first man to turn her head since she lost her husband. A relationship with Will Connor seems totally out of reach, but the handsome young cowboy refuses to let Kelly’s fears keep them from exploring what God might have in store for them. As they overcome obstacles and start to see a future together, one final snag causes Kelly to question their happy ending. Is Will actually better off without her? Is she strong enough to give him up? Views: 53
Waiting on Love by Leah Atwood
These
days, Sunny Evans didn’t live up to her name. She was desperate. As in
find-a-husband-online desperate. When her fiancée showed up, he was nothing as
he described and not in a good way.
After losing the woman he loved to another man, Sean Pearson planned a
weeklong escape to his grandfather’s cabin. Unfortunately for him, his GPS got
him lost on back roads, and he stopped for directions at the first place he
came across.
The unexpected detour led to events Sean couldn’t have anticipated, and he saw
the opportunity to make a difference in Sunny’s life. Could the GPS have led
him to the right place after all?
Mistletoe
and Mochas by
Lynnette Bonner
Chelsea Tan looks up from the mocha she’s making to see
Cannon Jones. She nearly drops the cup. He hasn’t contacted her once in the
past several weeks. She’d gotten his message loud and clear. But now he wants
to spend time with her? Cannon will just see how gullible she is this time!
Cannon hopes Chelsea will understand the reasons he hasn’t been in contact. But
she’s as frosty as the Seattle air the week before Christmas. He’d better pull
out all his charm. Maybe with the help of a few mochas and a little bit of
mistletoe all will not be lost.
Cephalopod
Cupid by
Kathleen Freeman
Lacey McDowell has the best job in the world. She’s a Marine
biologist at the Seattle Aquarium. Job satisfaction, especially her favorite
“exhibit,” an octopus escape artist named Gabriel, should make the coming Christmas
merry enough.
It doesn’t.
With her friend and coworker marrying her ex-boyfriend, it
may be time for a change. The N.O.A.A. research vessel in port is looking for a
marine biologist. But how can Lacey leave Gabriel? And what about the boy who
loves her favorite cephalopod, or his father, a handsome executive who’s moving
to Seattle? Gabriel seems willing to sacrifice his future for instinct.
Not Lacey.
Christmas
Bells are Ringing by
Lesley Ann McDaniel
Having recently relocated to Seattle, Shelby longs for
someone special in her life. When a handsome green-eyed stranger walks into the
coffee shop where she works, her interest is piqued. Later, she finds a bag
containing five beautiful hand-painted Christmas bells on the cream and sugar
table. No one comes back to claim it, so she decides to do a little detective
work. Does she dare hope that it will lead her to the stranger with the
magnetic green eyes?
Seattle Rayne by Sylvia Stewart
Loneliness has hovered over Rayne DeMarco’s life ever since
leaving East Africa to live on her own in Seattle. Frequent infusions of coffee
have neither enlivened her flagging business as a freelance writer nor her
social life. Seattle’s gray winter skies seem to mirror her life.
Then a mama cat with three rambunctious kittens finds a home in her
above-the-garage apartment, and a handsome Montana cowboy, Matt Hayes, walks
back into her life. Bring in a puppy who needs a little love and you have a
Seattle romance that is as sure to warm your heart as the hot coffee
Seattleites crave.
All
I want for Christmas by
Janalyn Voigt
Hailey
may just give up on men entirely. When Corey broke her heart, her best friend
Matt helped pick up the pieces. Matt made his interest in her no secret when
they first met but seemed happy to accept a friendship, at least until now.
With Corey looking her way again, he’s started acting funny.
If Matt wasn’t a cubicle worker moonlighting as
a Seattle street musician, this would be easy, but Hailey can’t afford a drag
on her ambitions. She needs to climb the career ladder to keep her childhood
home, all she has left of her parents.
After
Amy ditched him for a man with more money, Matt isn’t about to tell Hailey that
the ‘fiddle’ he carries is a Stradivarius or that he owns a tuxedo. Let her
love him for himself or not at all.
Scrooge Falls in
Love by Susette Williams
Tate Stephens, the high school principal, begrudgingly
agrees to play Scrooge in the school Christmas play. Tate is irritated that
Charity Fletcher, his nephew’s teacher and director of the play, chose his
handicapped nephew for the part of Tiny Tim. Didn’t she find it cruel to
typecast his nephew that way?
Charity reluctantly gives Tate a role in the school play so that he can make
sure that Matthias is safe. Charity hopes that Uncle Tate will make a similar
transformation as Scrooge in their rendition of the play. Can the school play
be a success, or will Tate become the Scrooge who wouldn’t change and spoils
Christmas?
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One Christmas morning, while young Amish twins Henry and Harvey are sledding, they find a big black dog wandering in a field. They adopt the Newfoundland and name him Lucky, and he soon becomes their best friend and playmate. When tragedy strikes and Harvey drowns in a spring creek, Henry's only source of comfort is his furry companion. To make matters worse, the Depression is especially hard on Henry's parents who have more children than they can care for. He is sent to live with another family, where he becomes enchanted with Katie Stoltzfus. Eventually, Lucky passes away, leaving a hole in Henry's heart, and he wonders if he will ever find another friend as faithful and loving. As Henry grows up, he has other dogs, but none are as special as the Newfoundland he and his brother once cherished. When Katie marries another man, it seems Henry will never be happy again. Every passing Christmas reminds him of the people and animal friends now missing from his life. Though, no holiday... Views: 53
Seven contemporary Christian romances for your springtime reading pleasure from your favorite authors: Kimberly Rae Jordan, Narelle Atkins, Autumn Macarthur, Lynette Sowell, Jan Thompson, Marion Ueckermann, and Susette Williams.
A Handful of Flowers (The Callaghans & McFaddens Book 1) by Kimberly Rae Jordan
They had a deal. She’d watch his kids, and he’d do the repairs on her aging home. Neither wanted anything more, but sometimes God has a different plan.
The Bridesmaid’s Hero (A Snowgum Creek Novella) by Narelle Atkins
Serena Blaxland’s job at her parents’ B&B in Snowgum Creek, Australia, is only temporary. Sparks fly when hire car driver Harry Westmore saves the beautiful pastry chef from disrupting her sister’s wedding day, but the opportunity of a lifetime threatens to push them apart. Can Harry and Serena’s love and faith overcome the obstacles in their path?
A Lesson in Love (The Macleans Book 3) by Autumn MacArthur
Love can make life complicated! Sports teachers Fraser Maclean and Sarah Browne have worked together all year, but when a garden project for their church brings them together outside of school, everything changes. Can they learn God’s lessons in love, or will secrets and fear keep them apart?
Spring at the Barncastle by Lynette Sowell
After a career disaster, Sadie Barncastle finds herself in rural Vermont, starting over and opening up a shop at the family inn. She meets up with an old friend from childhood, Peter Appleman, a widower next door with a precocious daughter. But Sadie's not sure if life in the Green Mountains is for her and feels the call of Boston drawing her. Peter, however, is drawn to Sadie but isn't quite sure if he's ready to move on yet. As Easter approaches, a time of forgiveness, restoration, and joy, the two realize that it's also a time for new beginnings, but does that include with each other?
Walk You There (Savannah Sweethearts Book 5) by Jan Thompson
A local tour guide who makes a living off Savannah history goes to battle against an award-winning developer who wants to demolish the old city block she lives in.
A Match for Magnolia (Seven Suitors for Seven Sisters Book 1) by Marion Ueckermann
Magnolia Blume’s life is perfect, except for one thing—Davis Rathbone is everything she’s not looking for in a man.
Spring Break (Seasons of the Heart Novella Series) by Susette Williams
Kelly Sanders volunteers at an orphanage and loves working with children—even if they can be a bit mischievous at times. Marc Stevenson is used to fighting fires, not rescuing damsels in distress out of trees. He thinks Kelly would be perfect for him, except for that one flaw. How does a man, with visions of children, fill a nest that’s sure to be empty if he spends it with the woman he loves?
Will some munchkins playing matchmaker be able to bring Kelly and Marc together? Or will love’s ember never have the chance to be ignited?
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In the aftermath of WWI, Grace Abernathy is determined to reunite with her family, crossing an ocean to convince her widowed sister to return home to England. Yet Toronto holds more tragedy and her nephew Christian is now in the custody of his paternal relatives, the formidable Easton family, who rejected Grace's sister because of her low social status. Unconvinced the Eastons can be fitting caretakers, Grace jumps at the chance to be Christian's nanny and observe the family up close under an assumed name. In the course of her new position, she is shocked to discover herself falling for Andrew Easton, the boy's guardian. Unfortunately, Andrew is promised to a spoiled socialite who will make a terrible stepmother for Christian. Will Grace be able to protect her nephew . . . and her heart? Views: 52
Number one New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury delivers an instant classic with this heartwarming Christmas story about a hundred-year flood, lost love, and the beauty of enduring friendships. Molly Allen lives alone in Portland, but she left her heart back in Tennessee with a man she walked away from five years ago. They had a rare sort of love she hasn’t found since. Ryan Kelly lives in Nashville after a broken engagement and several years on the road touring with a country music duo. He can still hear Molly’s voice encouraging him to follow his dreams; Molly, whose memory stays with him. At least he can visit The Bridge—the oldest bookstore in historic downtown Franklin—and remember the hours he and Molly once spent there. For thirty years, Charlie and Donna Barton have run The Bridge, providing the people of middle Tennessee with coffee, conversation, and shelves of good books—even through dismal book sales and the rise of digital books. Then in May, the hundred-year flood swept through Franklin and destroyed nearly every book in the store. Now the bank is pulling the lease on The Bridge. Despondent and without answers, Charlie considers the unthinkable. Then tragedy strikes, and suddenly, everything changes. In the face of desperate brokenness and lost opportunities, could the miracle of a second chance actually unfold? The Bridge is a love story set against the struggle of the American bookstore, a love story you will never forget. Views: 52
Nothing seems to change in Eden Hill, Kentucky, and that's just fine with Virgil T. Osgood. He's been content to raise his family and run the only service station in town. But when a new station is set to open right across the road from Virgil's pumps, he suddenly faces obstacles in his career, his marriage, and his self-worth that he's never even dreamed of.Cornelius Alexander wants his new Zipco station to succeed and help establish a strong foundation for his growing family. As long as he follows the Zipco guide, he's sure to be a success—and prove his father wrong.Reverend Caudill wants to be a conduit for grace in his town, but that grace is challenged by the changes sweeping through in the early 1960s. For the sake of this small town, Virgil and Cornelius must learn to get along, but how do you love your neighbor when his very presence threatens to upend everything you hold dear? Views: 51
Who is responsible for setting the barn fires that continue to keep the Amish of eastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on edge? Who is responsible for seeing that they are stopped?In this third and final novel in the Lancaster Burning series, author Linda Byler takes us inside the home of Davey Beiler, the leader of this Amish district. He clearly feels the heat in more ways than one. Some of the younger members of his church are ready to testify against the man who has allegedly started atleast several of the fires. Davey counsels patience and forgiveness.But when Sarah, Davey's daughter, spots flames late one night in the widow Lydia's barn, Sarah refuses to let the fire win. She gets the horses out just in time, but not before a beam explodes overhead, knocking her to the ground as the barn rages in flames all around her. In that moment, Sarah's life turned darker than black." Gone were her lovely good looks, her life as a teacher, and perhaps the... Views: 51
Hannah, feisty and independent as ever, has put everything into building up her family's homestead in North Dakota. Despite tragedy and almost unimaginable hardship due to the Great Depression, unpredictable weather, and unforgiving landscape, she and her new husband Jerry are leading their Amish friends and family in their homesteading venture. When the winter storms and the untimely death of a child become too much for the rest of the community to bear, they move back east. But Hannah and Jerry stay on, doggedly pursuing Hannah's dreams of a successful ranch. But even Jerry's spirits begin to fail and when a flag of grasshoppers destroys every last morsel of vegetation after yet another drought, Hannah finally relents and they too return to the fertile soil of Pennsylvania, where life will be safe and predictable. Or so they think, but when tragedy strikes again, Hannah is suddenly a widow, in a place that no longer feels like home and with family who cannot grasp the depth... Views: 51
