Strike the Match by Diane Moody
145 pages, 30 of 36 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
The last place twenty-four year old Keri McMillan wants to be is back home in Waterford Bay, Oregon. But after two years at prestigious New York University pursuing a degree in journalism, her bank account is drained. Keri is determined to move home for one year – and one year only— to make some serious money working for her dad’s log cabin company, but her goals all go up in smoke when the company’s new showcase home burns to the ground.
Six months ago, Grant Dawson bought the Waterford Weekly, a small newspaper in his father’s hometown. Burned out as a reporter for the L.A. Times and tired of all the inherent politics, he welcomed the slower pace of this Oregon coastal town and the more relaxed lifestyle producing a weekly paper. He enjoys being close to his dad again, a quiet man who captains a whale-sightseeing boat.
Grant is surprised at his unexpected interest in Keri, the niece of columnist Luby Sanders. He thinks Luby is a hoot and can’t help but adore her. But she’s also playing matchmaker, trying to interest him in her niece. When Keri shows up at a log cabin fire in the middle of the night, she’s not the geeky college kid he expected. But he’s not about to fall victim to Luby’s orchestrations.
Patchwork Dreams by Laura Hilton
768 pages, 20 of 21 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Ever since returning from her rumspringa pregnant and unwed, Becky Troyer has been a pariah in her Amish community in Missouri. Even after the young mother confesses her sin and rejoins the church, her peers continue to shun her, and she despairs the unlikelihood of marrying for love. It seems that her only hope is to eventually marry a widower with a family of his own.
Becky’s world changes when Jacob Miller arrives at her family’s farm with the understanding that he will help with chores during the summer and then return to Pennsylvania. What Jacob does not know is that his father, who disapproves of Jacob’s sweetheart, Susie, sent him away as part of a plan to introduce new blood into the Amish community of Seymour. In addition to his work around the farm, Jacob undertakes the task of cheering up the lovely yet listless Becky, inviting her to various youth gatherings and offering her the only unconditional friendship she’s known.
As their relationship grows, the two find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other. Will Becky and Jacob overcome their insecurities and self–doubts so that their love can grow, or will Jacob keep his pledge to Susie and turn his back on Becky, as so many others have done?
Sea Captain’s Promise by Joyce Scott
163 pages, of reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
If you’ve lost yourself, you need someone else to show you the way home.
When Thomas Quinn is eight-years-old, he asks a promise of an Irish sea captain: “If ever I should become like me father will you dunk me under the water ’til I cannot breathe? Will you, sir, please?” The captain agrees.
Ten years later, Thomas is a womanizer, a thief and a drunk, who remembers a promise, but doesn’t know what it was about or who it was with. While flirting with a young woman, he is accosted by her grandfather who knows far more about him than he should. Thomas runs and goes on a drunken binge where he is knocked out by someone wielding a club.
When he wakes, he finds himself tied to a ship’s yardarm by his ankles and is dunked over and over again into Galway Bay until he cannot breathe. Only then does he learn the young woman’s grandfather is the captain of the ship.
Kidnapped and taken out to sea, Thomas fights with the sailors, steals ale from the hold, runs from a battle with a female pirate and falls in love with the captain’s granddaughter. But it isn’t until he finds out who he really is that Thomas’ restless soul finds its way home.
God Inside the Fire: An Amazing True Story by Greg Stelley
234 pages, 16 of 16 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
Joni is no stranger to miracles. Her prayers and even her dreams have a habit of coming true. Her husband is regularly amazed by her strong faith and her premonitions: “I had a dream, Greg. There’s going to be a fire. I saw Kathy and Frank in the middle of it.”
Frank Scalari is a physicist. Frank, his wife Kathy, and their four children, along with their horses, goats and chickens, have just moved onto their new five acre ranch high in the Cuyamaca Mountains, 60 miles northeast of San Diego.
On October 25th, 2003, the ravenous Cedar Fire sweeps down into San Diego on strong Santa Ana winds. Two days later the monstrous thirty-mile-long firestorm reverses course and heads back to the Cuyamaca Mountains. Joni assures Kathy, her ever-skeptical best friend, that she is praying for her property and that: “Nothing is too hard for God! Not even this terrible firestorm!” But neither Kathy nor Frank believe in the supernatural.
GOD INSIDE THE FIRE is a true life page-turner of epic proportions. As the 427-square-mile Cedar Fire takes direct aim at the Scalari family’s ranch, Joni, and Danielle, her 9-year-old daughter, each pray for a miracle. They’re praying for more than just a horse ranch—they’re praying to open their friends’ hearts and minds to the reality of God. The impossibilities within this amazing true story will astound you.
382 pages, 7 of 7 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
Letters from God was born from a desire to see people encouraged and comforted on a daily basis. This book is part faith, part hope, mixed with the promise of realizing God’s will for every day. Letters from God carries miraculous potential to build you up while changing and encouraging your life. Our days should be clothed with God’s blessings of power and wisdom. We are all on different Journeys but headed to the same destination, which is found fulfilling the will of God and enjoying His presence along the way.
These letters are prophetic in nature and spoken directly to you. Allow them to penetrate your heart; they will mend wounds, erase pain, bring clarity, open your soul to soar, and bring peace to your every day. May they be a source of daily wisdom, comfort, and understanding making your footsteps lighter and more purpose filled. When God speaks we are revived.
Eleventh Hour by Eric Stoffle and Celeste Perrino Walker
253 pages, 5 of 6 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
First in the Revelation Series, a fascinating adventure set in motion by a combination of religious and political design. While powerful figures mold the future to their benefit, unlikely heroes emerge. Some of the most respected leaders of the United States may sell their souls for power and wealth, but a few faithful people unite in their struggle to remain faithful to their beliefs.
Eleventh Hour and Midnight Hour (the Revelation Series) explore scriptural prophecy through the lense of today’s events. Readers who have embraced such series and Left Behind will enjoy the Revelation Series. Those who study politics and theology will find this an interesting take on last day events.
Live Free: Eliminate The If Onlys and What Ifs of Life by Kendra Smiley
172 pages, 1 of 1 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
Diva Devotions to Go by Sherry Cummins
80 pages, 1 of 1 reviews are 3-star, Lending Enabled
Everywhere you look, some form of media is presenting images of women as absolute benchmarks for beauty. Society would have us to believe that all women are to resemble these often unrealistic images. Diva’s Devotions to Go studies God’s purpose in making each of us unique and helps women to accept and appreciate their own beauty.
This thirty-day study takes a woman through laughter and tears, self-assessment and prayer and to the root of her special beauty. Each woman is beautiful inside and out and why shouldn’t she be, she was created by the master creator. Every woman is a diva, meant to live life with humble confidence and appreciation for her creator and to live life abundantly. Divinely inspired life is Diva-licious!
I Was Once Lukewarm Christian by Andrew Photiou
89 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
After a short testimony, the reader will be guided to take a deeper look at their own life and what the world really has to offer them, compared to God. Also looking at some of the more fundamental questions regarding the Christian faith, the book will present many thought provoking, difficult questions and hopefully, provide meaningful answers that will ring true in the heart of the reader.
A Lonely Journey No Longer by Julia Audrina Carrington
85 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
Betty loses her virginity to a man who abandons her when he learns she is pregnant but loses the baby three months later in a miscarriage. She becomes a Christian and marries a US soldier who is also a Christian. They lose their one-year-old baby to meningitis and grieve the little girl’s death. Five years later just before Christmas, Betty’s US soldier husband is killed in action overseas. How will Betty cope with the loss? Will she hope in God? Will she ever find true love and happiness again? Read to find out.
367 pages, of reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
10 Steps to Knowing God is a down-to-earth, practical book, especially designed to give you the tools and Biblical knowledge you need to assist you in personally knowing and connecting with God.
Suitable for small groups and personal devotions, it has been designed for three kinds of people in mind: those who’ve been Christians for a while yet still struggle to be intimate with God, brand new believers, and people who’ve decided to return to God.
Drop the Rage, Turn the Page by T DeWitt Smith
170 pages, no reviewes, Lending Enabled
This is a book is a case study for Religious Freedom, Race, Religion and Politics, God and government. It is a quest for civility and decency during election campaign seasons. It is a Christian view of how the Church can get involved in the political system; remain prophetic without becoming tainted. It trumpets democracy, discusses race and the political system, especially since the election of the first African American President of the United States of America. The book also invites the Church to become active agents in engaging in community solutions to public problems by fulfilling our mission to help the underserved.
94 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
Jesus Christ is described as “The Last Adam” in 1 Corinthians 15:45. To understand the significance of this obscure title requires extensive Bible study and reflection. The goal of this book is to enable the reader to understand the Bible as it was meant to be understood, as a whole, from beginning to end. This is accomplished through straightforward statements, authoritative conclusions, and relevant Bible references for further investigation. For example, to explore the significance of The Last Adam, we’ll have to start back with the first man, Adam, and get a grasp on the ramifications of his life. Once that is accomplished, we can prepare to discover the meaning and significance of the Last Adam, head of the new creation! This is a subject that toggles back and forth between the beginning of time and the end. We are able to navigate such vast extremes because the Bible contains God’s revelation of such events. We will explore these revealed mysteries by relying on teachings from the Apostles as recorded in the New Testament. Helpful explanations and commentary are included to engage the reader to “grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18).
126 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
Better By The Dozen Plus Two, Part Two subtitled Lessons Learned through Loss and Leukemia by a Family of Sixteen is the sequel to Better By The Dozen Plus Two subtitled Anecdotes and a Philosophy of Life by a Family of Sixteen (2007). The story relates how a large family stays strong, hopeful and faith-filled while learning the lessons of life through the challenges of foreclosure, death, loss, and leukemia through surrender and reliance on God and His love manifested through the love of others.
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