Growing in Grace by George Moss

4 of 5 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled

These can be your best days as you awaken to righteousness and leave the old life of the flesh behind and pursue God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit.Growing in Grace teaches how to step into the Spirit of God and walk and live in the fullness of His Spirit every day of your life. You have all the power you will ever need. Learn to access it. Access starts first with the love of God and forgiveness. He will talk to you if you talk to Him. God is no respecter of persons. Four key definitions of “grace,” • God divinely moving upon your heart, giving you the ability to do what you could not do in and of yourself and receiving what you could not receive, again, in and of yourself. • Unmerited favor. • God’s riches at Christ’s expense. • A relationship of favor, which gives one access to another’s wisdom and power.

Composing Amelia: A Novel by Alison Strobel

352 pages, 21 of 23 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Audiobook is discounted to $3.99 with purchase of Kindle Book 

UNBLOGGER: Discovering the Power of Story in a ‘How-To’ World by Darrell Vesterfelt

4 of 4 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled

In a world that’s obsessed with blogging and online publishing, UNBLOGGER is about uncovering your hidden motivations and rediscovering your purpose when it comes to blogging.

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Deployed (Called to Serve) by Mel Odom

417 pages, 23 of 26 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled

Lance Corporal Bekah Shaw joined the United States Marine reserves to help support herself and her son when her ex-husband, Billy Roy, decided they were no longer his responsibility. But when her team is activated and sent to Somalia on a peacekeeping mission, Bekah struggles with being separated from her son and vows to return safely.

Once a successful Somalian businessman, Rageh Daud has lost everything. Determined to seek revenge on the terrorists who killed his wife and son, he teams up with a group of thieves, killers, and others displaced by war. Despite his better judgment, Daud becomes the protector of a young orphaned boy—who becomes a pawn between the warring factions.

To defeat the terrorists and bring peace to the region, Bekah and her team must convince Daud that they are on the same side.

This Very Moment by Rachel Ann Nunes

212 pages, 17 of 19 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled

Bill Dubrey is a sought-after plastic surgeon for LA’s prestigious and wealthy, and an equally sought-after bachelor. On the surface it appears he has it all—money, respect, and fame. Yet behind his aloof exterior lurks a tragic past that prevents him from finding lasting happiness.

All that changes on the day Kylee Stewart reenters his life. She alone knows Bill’s secret agony, and she is determined to help him face his past. During the years they’ve been apart, Kylee’s own life has been far from easy, but unlike Bill, she has turned to God in her need, finding a faith to which she desperately clings.

The tentative friendship they begin has Bill rethinking his stark future, yet he keeps his heart in check—afraid to commit, afraid to lose again. During Kylee’s darkest moment, when she needs him most, will he be there for her?

A Joyful Break by Diane Craver (Dreams of Plain Daughters)

280 pages, 6 of 6 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled

After her mother’s untimely death, a twenty-year-old Amish woman has a difficult decision to make: Choose to break from the Plain community and her boyfriend and live in the English world permanently…or join the Amish church.

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I noticed today that a number of Baen Science Fiction or Fantasy Kindle books were available free.  I have read most of these below, but not all.  I have not reviewed any.  I grew up reading science fiction and fantasy and it is still one of my favorite genres, even if I do not venture into it much lately.  I believe that many of these will be free quite often (if not permanently) because most of them were part of the Baen Free Library, which for a variety of reasons is effectively closed down.  There are books that are not Baen listed below.

Sanctus: A Novel by Simon Toyne

608 pages, 80 of 110 reviews are 4 or 5-star

If you are a fan of top-notch conspiracy fiction that keeps you up late nights turning pages—if the bestselling novels of Steve Berry, James Rollins, Dan Brown, Raymond Khoury, and Chris Kuzneski make your heart race faster—then remember the name Simon Toyne! Already a smash instant bestseller in the United Kingdom (“Intriguing and engaging…[with a] relentless pace” The Sun) Toyne’s Sanctus is, quite simply, one of the most extraordinary conspiracy thriller debuts in many years. In this electrifying, nonstop adventure, a young newspaper reporter, driven by the memory of her lost brother, uncovers a dark secret nurtured for 3,000 years by blood and lies by adherents of an ancient, unknown religion in a Vatican-like citadel hidden away for millennia from unwelcomed prying eyes.

There Will Be Dragons by John Ringo

752 pages, 40 of 51 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled

In the future there is no want, no war, no disease nor ill-timed death. The world is a paradise—and then, in a moment, it ends. The council that controls the Net falls out and goes to war. Everywhere people who have never known a moment of want or pain are left wondering how to survive.

But scattered across the face of the earth are communities which have returned to the natural life of soil and small farm. In the village of Raven’s Mill, Edmund Talbot, master smith and unassuming historian, finds that all the problems of the world are falling in his lap. Refugees are flooding in, bandits are roaming the woods, and his former lover and his only daughter struggle through the Fallen landscape. Enemies, new and old, gather like jackals around a wounded lion.

But what the jackals do not know is that while old he may be, this lion is far from death. And hidden in the past is a mystery that has waited until this time to be revealed. You cross Edmund Talbot at your peril, for a smith is not all he once was. . . .

(Also free is book two Emerald Sea)

On Basilisk Station by David Weber (Honor Harrington Series)

432 pages, 275 of 333 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled

Having made him look a fool, she’s been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin by a superior who hates her.

Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship’s humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way picket station.

The aborigines of the system’s only habitable planet are smoking homicide-inducing hallucinogens.

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Praying the New Testament: Praying the Scriptures by Elmer Towns

997 pages, 6 of 7 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled

Enter the exciting world of the New Testament! Award-winning author and college professor Elmer Towns brings a unique perspective to the New Testament, translating it directly from the Greek and combining the books into one glorious whole. Infused with life and color, Praying the New Testament includes portraits of the authors, culture, and religious practices of the day. Meticulously researched and written, this is the story of the greatest life every lived. The New Testament comes alive as you pray through the: Gospels. Book of Acts. Letters of apostle Paul. Epistles. Book of Revelation. You will be amazed how the Word of God can permeate your spirit and transform your mind one exciting page after another!

Lost and Found by Dee Franklin

202 pages, 7 of 7 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled

Late Christmas night Linda Martin is headed to pick up her drunken husband when out of nowhere an out of control vehicle smashes into her. In an instant the entire Martin family is thrown into a world wind of events that will forever change their lives.

John and Shirley Jacobs have struggled with infertility for years, but once they are finally blessed with a real chance at parenthood they learn that stepping out where anger and hurt exist can be more difficult than they ever imagined.

After the loss of his mother, the imprisonment of his father, and years of separation from his sisters, Bobby Martin has finally been reconnected with those he loves the most. When an unexpected person returns to his life he is forced to deal with the un-forgiveness he has harbored for so long.

Interim Ministry: Positive Change in Times of Transition by Justin Tull

127 pages, 4 of 4 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free 

Interim Ministry: Positive Change in a Time of Transition contains in-depth case studies of two short-term interim appointments. This work goes well beyond simply offering theories and methodologies on how to do interim ministry. Instead it details concrete examples of how the initial goals of the interim pastor may be implemented through programs, group interaction, pastoral care, sermons, and written communication. The first interim appointment followed the death of a beloved pastor after a two-year battle with cancer. The second interim began in the midst of a church meltdown following an appointment change of senior pastor. Both interim appointments began in a time of crisis—the first marked by deep grief and the second saturated with disillusionment and even some despair. In spite of the initial environments of high anxiety and discouragement, both churches were able to regain a sense of hope and redefine or reclaim their church identity. Indeed both churches experienced real positive change in the midst of very difficult circumstances.

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