Recent reviews:
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The Bells of New Cheltenham
When Justine, who knows nothing about the Christmas story, decides to enter a short story contest based on Christmas carols, Ken suddenly sees themes in the old songs that he never dreamed of before. -
What You Said to Me
When her father announces to Jillian that she needs help on her research project, Jillian is sure he is wrong—and even more sure when she meets the help he has lined up for her, a troubled 15-year-old who was caught shoplifting and sentenced to community service! -
Chemicals and Christians
Many people have major health problems because of chemicals—what is the Christian's responsibility toward them? -
Ghosted at the Altar
Brenna abandoned Mitchell at the altar—why? And could anything be done to fix things up? -
To Dwell among Cedars
After being forced to flee from her people, the Philistines, Eliora finds a home among the Hebrews with a priest’s family, but life isn’t all peaceful after Eli and his sons’ deaths. -
Isaiah's Story
Through excruciating circumstances, Jennifer had to decide whether to die with her son or let him die and give herself a fighting chance at life. -
A Portrait of Loyalty
Though her photography work is her passion, Lilian also has a job working for Admiral Hall as his propaganda artist—but with tensions rising at home and abroad, can she do the best both for her family and country? -
Avalanche
When five teenagers sneak out of camp to climb a mountain in the moonlight and get caught in an avalanche, what do they have to do to survive? -
Oh, Gracious!
Grace loves her life and has given her whole heart to Jesus; Nolan wants a wife who is feminine and doesn't throw herself at him—can they somehow come together? -
Trial and Error
Buddy has been searching for his daughter for 18 years, and now he finds himself helping to search for two other children, as well. -
By the Fields of Fish Creek
As Eli struggles to adjust to living in Kansas, his parents are concerned about the young people in their Amish church, and wonder what they should do to safeguard their own teenagers. -
A Love to Come Home To
After finding himself falsely accused of a crime, Ben is forced to accept his stepfather's help and spend a summer working with Paulie—while Paulie and Grace both think the other lost interest in their relationship. -
All Our Empty Places
Sarah Picoletti can't see any way to solve her problems except to marry the man who abandoned her 20 years ago—but when more problems come her way, what can she do? -
Shanghaied to China
Neil didn't mean to go to China—and once he was there, how could he ever return to England? -
Old Yeller
When he is left in charge of the homestead in Texas one summer when his father goes on a cattle drive to Kansas, Travis doesn't dream how a stray dog will change him forever. -
Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes
How did Louis Pasteur discover what causes spoilage of food and disease? -
Bootprints
Jason was afraid of his father, and determined that he would never be like him—but what could he do to change the course he was on? -
Cross Shadow
When Christine’s brother is accused of killing someone, can John and she find out the truth before it’s too late? -
These Nameless Things
Though Dan has helped many people escaping from the mountain, he still hasn’t seen the one he’s been waiting for, and time is running out. -
Jayne’s Endeavour
With her parent’s recent death, the responsibility of the family rests on Jayne—and someone is trying to push them off their farm. Can she trust the Lord to provide what they need? -
Owls in the Family
When Billy and his best friend Bruce find a baby Great Horned owl, Billy adopts it—and thus ensues a summer of adventures for the pair of them. -
The Green Ember
When their parents are kidnapped—or worse—Heather and Picket must seek out other rabbits to find safety and fight back against the encroaching wolves. -
Save Me Once
When Becky is pulled into an exciting romance with an older boy at school, she doesn’t realize what trouble her family will find themselves in when she disappears with him. -
Hue and Cry
When Melody comes face to face with a stolen horse and the boy who took it, she has to decide how to help the boy, and perhaps make it right. -
The Crown and the Axe
When his father realizes Dierk needs to learn to care for others and be responsible, Dierk is sent off on a journey around a kingdom—one that will answer many questions, as well as teach him some valuable lessons. -
Like Flames in the Night
Wanting to do something to help Israel, but unsure what she can do as a woman, Tirzah takes upon herself one of the most dangerous tasks anyone in her family has done—acting as a cook to spy in the Aramean commander’s household. -
A Long Time Comin’
A grandmother and granddaughter’s story—as they both work through their life disappointments and secrets, can they find healing together? -
All Hearts Come Home for Christmas
Four novellas celebrating Christmas romances set in the Regency era. -
What Momma Left Behind
After her mother’s sudden death, Worie is left to pick up the pieces and figure out how to help the children and work her mother left behind. -
Veiled in Smoke
When the Great Fire sweeps all their family possessions away and leaves Meg without the ability to paint the way she used to, can she find hope for herself and her family? -
I Am: 40 Reasons to Trust God
This beautiful Bible story book introduces children to the names of God, with each story centered around a different name. -
Dual Power of Convenience: Merriweather Island
This is a billionaire, marriage of convenience story—with some twists that make it both fun and inspiring! -
Tempting Tait
After saving a baby from abortion, Tait quickly realizes that he really needs a wife to help him raise his little girl—can Bentley help him find someone? -
Love Her Well
What mother does not need advice on how to love her daughters? -
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
When Joseph's overcoat wears out, he makes a jacket, and then…. -
Attack in the Rye Grass
Perrin Whitman traveled with his uncle Marcus Whitman to Oregon with one of the first wagon trains to cross the Rocky Mountains, and found that relations with the Indians were anything but simple. -
Uncovering the Mysterious Woolly Mammoth
What was life like at the end of the Ice Age, and why did the mammoths go extinct? -
Enemy Brothers
Dym believes he has found his long-lost English brother Tony—but the boy is positive he is Max, a German. -
Return of the White Book
The Karen had once known Yuwah, but Mukawli deceived them and they lost their white book that taught about Yuwah—would they ever find Him again? -
Blind Johnnie
Though he was blind, Johnnie found many ways to be useful to his community and to glorify God. -
The Betrayer's Fortune
When his mother is imprisoned for her faith, Adriaen Wens must make a decision for himself, whether to set her free by betraying Menno Simons, or to take her faith for his own. -
The Fortress
When a boy discovers street children living in caves under Bucharest's concert hall, little does he know that his discovery will ultimately mean life to most of them and his own family as well. -
The Promised Land
Abbie ends up walking the Camino in France and Spain after her world falls apart and she discovers that she can no longer control everyone around her. -
A Room of My Own
Even though her father is a doctor and the family is well-to-do, Virginia's life changes forever during the Great Depression when she starts helping her father care for people in a Hooverville and her uncle is involved in a worker's strike at the local mill. -
Abandoned on the Wild Frontier
Gilbert lost his parents in the War of 1812; could circuit-riding preacher Peter Cartwright help him find his mother? -
Storm Song
As World War II rages overseas, life goes on nearly as normal for the Amish Yoder family in Michigan—until the local school board decides that the teenagers must go to school! -
Eye of the Storm
As the Red Army fights to gain control of Russia, the Mennonites debate whether they should continue their old tradition of returning good for evil, or fight to protect their own. -
Fiction Favours the Facts, Book 3
Twenty-two stories retell familiar and not-so-familiar accounts from the Bible in a fresh way that I love! -
Steamboat Rock
When her family moves to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Hettie wants badly to see a bear, but little does she know the challenges she and her family will face during the next few years. -
They Loved to Laugh
After her parents died, Martitia was taken to live with a family which included five practical jokers of boys.
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