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Fireproof by Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsINSIDE BURNING BUILDINGS, Captain Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: NEVER LEAVE YOUR PARTNER. Yet at home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.Growing up, his wife Catherine always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter . . . just like her father.Now, after seven years of marriage, she wonders when she stopped being "good enough...Categorized as:
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![Rising Storm by Edie James]()
Rising Storm by Edie James
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHomecomings can be deadly.When retired Delta Force operative Rollo MacKenzie returns home to become chief of police in tiny MacKenzie Cove, he has lots of expectations...none of them good.What he doesn't expect is to find his first love targeted by a murderer willing to do anything to bury a twenty-year-old secret...Categorized as:
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Andrew by Jennifer Beckstrand
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAndrew, Abraham, and Austin Petersheim’s family business has earned them the nickname The Peanut Butter Brothers. But if their matchmaking younger siblings have their way, all three may soon bear another title: husband . . . Handsome, hardworking, and godly, Andrew Petersheim has always been sure of his place in his Wisconsin Amish community... -
![I Hid My Voice by Parinoush Saniee]()
I Hid My Voice by Parinoush Saniee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is the story, based on fact, of a boy who couldn’t speak until the age of seven. Now twenty, he describes the events of his life.Four-year-old Shahaab has not started talking. The family doctor believes there is no cause for concern; nevertheless, Shahaab is ridiculed by others who call him "dumb... -
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![A Thousand Tomorrows & Just Beyond The Clouds Omnibus by Karen Kingsbury]()
A Thousand Tomorrows & Just Beyond The Clouds Omnibus by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn A Thousand Tomorrows, Cody Gunner, a talented but angry cowboy, meets Ali Daniels, a lovely and mysterious barrel-racer. The two are national champions, top of their game, alone and intent on staying that way. Cody has rejected everything about his past, and only has room for his little brother, Carl Joseph, born with Down Syndrome...Categorized as:
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![Leaving Cub Creek by Grace Greene]()
Leaving Cub Creek by Grace Greene
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the heart of Virginia, where the forests hide secrets and the creeks run strong and deep ~ Libbie Havens never fit in. She bought the old Carson place on Cub Creek and moved to the Virginia countryside to prove she could live on her own terms. In the process, she learned some truths about herself and found love ~ but love, acceptance and belonging can be easier to find than to keep... -
![The Moonlighters Collection: Truth Stained Lies, Distortion, Twisted Innocence by Terri Blackstock]()
The Moonlighters Collection: Truth Stained Lies, Distortion, Twisted Innocence by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTerri Blackstock’s bestselling Moonlighters trilogy—now available in one volume! Truth Stained Lies When truth doesn’t make sense, will lies prevail? Distortion A husband’s lies can have deadly consequences. Twisted Innocence Holly Cramer’s past choices have finally caught up to her, but she never expected them to endanger her baby... -
![A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll]()
A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA woman with a secret. A man who will never forgive her. Cece Stuart hadn’t planned on ever finding love and she’s made her peace with that. Really, she has… Zach is over women and their secrets. Really, he is… But fate laughed at them, as it often does, and threw them together finishing up a new wedding venue at Sweet River Lodge... -
![A Memory to Cherish by Kay Correll]()
A Memory to Cherish by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes just A Memory to Cherish isn't enough… Beth Cassidy is out to prove something. To the town and herself. When she decides to run for mayor, the one thing she doesn’t count on is bad-boy Mac McKenna showing back up in her life... -
![Downfall by Terri Blackstock]()
Downfall by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEmily Covington has turned her life around after a drug addiction, but her family still has trouble trusting her. Though Emily has committed herself to a year-long treatment program and has been sober for almost a year beyond that, even her mother walks on eggshells around her, fearing she’ll relapse. After her behavior during her drug years, Emily realizes she has a lot to prove... -
![Signs of Life by Creston Mapes]()
Signs of Life by Creston Mapes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRogan Sneed . . . Portland’s Worst NightmareWhen a mass shooting rips through Portland's Pioneer Square, high school teacher Tyson Cooper races to the scene, only to find his beloved lies among the fallen. Shattered and seething, Cooper vows vengeance against the 19-year-old shooter Rogan Sneed, no matter the cost...Categorized as:
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![Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber, Leisure Arts Inc.]()
Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber, Leisure Arts Inc.
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDebbie Macomber 20 Wishes is a story about Anne Marie Roche who wants to find happiness again. At thirty-eight her life's not what she'd expected-she's childless a recent widow alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street but despite her accomplishments there's a feeling of emptiness... -
![The Noticer: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective by Andy Andrews]()
The Noticer: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective by Andy Andrews
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA New York Times Bestseller Your chance to regroup, take a breath, and begin your life again awaits in the simple wisdom and heartwarming story of a man named Jones. Orange Beach, Alabama, is a simple town filled with simple people...Categorized as:
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![No One to Trust by Lynette Eason]()
No One to Trust by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSummer Abernathy wakes up one morning to find her husband missing, three men in her home intent on finding him, and the life she's been living based on a lie... -
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![Charm Artist by Creston Mapes]()
Charm Artist by Creston Mapes
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the Portland terrorist attack, the kidnapping of his daughter, and the domestic violence case that almost killed him, Portland Police Investigator Wayne Deetz and his wife Joanie escape for a long overdue vacation in Sedona, Arizona, to make some monumental career decisions... -
![Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman]()
Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is the second book in the Peaceful Warrior Saga. Neither a sequel nor prequel, this adventure takes place within the context of the original book, shedding new light on the path he was to travel, and would one day teach. After a period of training with the man he calls Socrates, Dan Millman is sent away by his old mentor to apply what he has learned to everyday life...Categorized as:
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![Hold Your Breath by Amy Martinsen]()
Hold Your Breath by Amy Martinsen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs an infamous Russian terrorist prepares to unleash an attack on US soil, CIA agents Kate Ross and John Leeman race to stop... -
![Fatal Illusions: A Clean Christian Thriller by Adam Blumer]()
Fatal Illusions: A Clean Christian Thriller by Adam Blumer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho Will Escape Alive? An amateur magician, an unassuming family . . . a fatal illusion Haydon Owens wants to be the next Houdini. He has been practicing his craft and has already made four women disappear. All it took was a bit of rope and his two bare hands. The Thayer family has come to the north woods of Newberry, Michigan, looking for refuge, a peaceful sanctuary from a shattered past... -
![Stolen Woman by Kimberly Rae]()
Stolen Woman by Kimberly Rae
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHuman Trafficking… Asha knew nothing about it before meeting 16-year-old Rani, stolen from her home and forced into prostitution in Kolkata, India. Asha must help this girl escape, but Mark, a 3rd generation missionary, keeps warning her away from the red-light district and its workers... -
![Shy Girl by Katie Cross]()
Shy Girl by Katie Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDagny:Once upon a time, I thought my stutter was the worst thing that ever happened to me. But now I know better.Being held at gunpoint outranks a speech impediment any day.Thankfully, my longtime crush Jayson Hernandez tackled that problem to the ground with those broad shoulders—the ones that make my stutter oh-so-much-worse... -
![Guarding Her Heart by Laura Haley-McNeil]()
Guarding Her Heart by Laura Haley-McNeil
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArtist Victoria Whitlock escapes the clutches of a stalker only to stumble into the arms of the man she never wants to see again, bad boy prosecutor Garrett Reynolds. To protect Victoria, Garrett whisks her away to an isolated lodge... -
![Finding Faith by Denise Hunter]()
Finding Faith by Denise Hunter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet in the high-pressure world of a Chicago television newsroom, author Denise Hunter brings to life a story of intrigue and integrity, of secrets divulged and promises kept. Paula Landin-Cohen's new job as an investigative reporter quickly puts her in the spotlight as she pursues a story that becomes nationally followed as the Switched at Birth Mystery... -
![Weaver's Needle by Robin Caroll]()
Weaver's Needle by Robin Caroll
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo recovery specialists. One murder. A hunt for the Dutchman's Lost Gold Mine becomes a race of survival. Former Army MP Landry Parker fell into the recovery specialist role quite by accident—to help her ailing father. Now that she’s on her own, she is determined to prove herself and honor her family legacy... -
![Mending Places by Denise Hunter]()
Mending Places by Denise Hunter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen mountain guide Micah Gallagher is hired by the spirited Hanna Alexander to help raise revenues for her failing family lodge, a high-country adventure filled with love, intrigue, and romance ensues. Almost immediately, Hanna betrays her own professional reservations and finds herself enamored by the mystery of Micah's carefully guarded past... -
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![Heart of Clay by Shanna Hatfield]()
Heart of Clay by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHave you ever kept a secret? Deception wars with love in this sweet contemporary western romance. Strong-willed, successful and determined, Callan Matthews lives the facade of a happy, wonderful life. Unfortunately, unbridled chaos runs amuck in the deep, dark places of her heart as she struggles to keep herself together... -
![A Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory]()
A Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Day with a Perfect...Categorized as:
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![The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success by Andy Andrews]()
The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success by Andy Andrews
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNational Bestseller—New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher’s WeeklyWhat makes the difference between failure and success? The Traveler’s Gift offers a modern day parable of one man’s choices—and the attitudes that make the difference between failure and success.Forty-six-year-old David Ponder feels like a total failure...Categorized as:
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![Lily's Secret Inheritance by Kristin Harper]()
Lily's Secret Inheritance by Kristin Harper
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTurning off the winding coastal road and seeing the old farmhouse surrounded by cranberry vines ahead, Lily’s breath catches in her throat. It’s just how she remembers it. But pushing open the wooden front door for the first time in decades, it’s clear everything has changed…When her estranged aunt Dahlia dies, single mother Lily Lindgren is surprised to inherit the family home and cranberry farm... -
![Finding Alice by Melody Carlson]()
Finding Alice by Melody Carlson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSliding into the Rabbit Hole… Would She Ever Return? On the surface, Alice Laxton seems no different from any other college girl: bright, inquisitive, excited about the life ahead of her. But for years, a genetic time bomb has been ticking away. Because of Alice’s near-genius intelligence, teachers and counselors have always made excuses for her “little idiosyncrasies... -
![Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen]()
Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Aubree Stewart receives a mysterious phone call on her way to work, she doesn t know what to think when the caller mentions a dead body. At first she assumes it s some kind of prank. But the call isn t a practical joke, and Aubree soon finds herself swept up in a world of danger, intrigue, and murder... -
![The Heartbreaker by Susan Howatch]()
The Heartbreaker by Susan Howatch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeftly combining the sacred and the profane—the unmistakable hallmark of her fiction over the past decade—Susan Howatch gives us a spellbinding, suspenseful and psychologically intense new novel. The financial heart of London—the City—is an adrenaline-charged square mile deep in recession in the 1990s, a place where sex is just another commodity to be bought and sold in the marketplace... -
![Words Unspoken by Elizabeth Musser]()
Words Unspoken by Elizabeth Musser
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLissa Randall's future was bright with academic promise until the tragic accident that took her mother's life--and brought her own plans to a screeching halt. Eighteen months later Lissa is still unable to get back behind the wheel.Ev McAllistair's driving school looks like Lissa's best hope for getting her life back on the road again...Categorized as:
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![Ties That Bind by Rachel Ann Nunes]()
Ties That Bind by Rachel Ann Nunes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRebekka Massoni and Marc Perrault have waded through thousands of miles of separation and years of uncertainty about their true feelings for one another. But now they are happily, blissfully together, anxiously awaiting the day when they will be married for all eternity... -
![Life's Golden Ticket by Brendon Burchard]()
Life's Golden Ticket by Brendon Burchard
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe classic inspirational parable from the top motivation and marketing trainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Millionaire Messenger—a triumphant tale of personal growth and change that will inspire anyone who has ever wished for a second chance.What if you were handed a golden ticket that could magically start your life anew?That question is at the heart of Life’s Golden Ticket...Categorized as:
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![Blade Silver: Color Me Scarred by Melody Carlson]()
Blade Silver: Color Me Scarred by Melody Carlson
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRuth Wallace knows she can only hide the scars on her arms for so long. Cutting herself doesn't make her problems disappear, but at least it helps her cope. Ruth needs to find some way, "any" way, to heal her scars--the ones she hides and the ones she can't--before something terrible happens... -
![The Awakening by Angela Elwell Hunt]()
The Awakening by Angela Elwell Hunt
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAurora Rose Norquest is different from her neighbors, different from most people. Still single at thirty-five, she spends every hour of her days and nights in an elegant Manhattan apartment, quietly caring for her invalid mother.Then her mother dies, and Aurora's world spins on its axis... -
![Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho]()
Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho. In this riveting collection of thoughts and stories, Paulo Coelho, the author of 'The Alchemist', offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery and music to elegance, traveling and the nature of good and evil... -
![The Autobiography of God by Julius Lester]()
The Autobiography of God by Julius Lester
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRebecca Nachman is a Rabbi without a synagogue. Having resigned from her dwindling congregation, she now works as a college counselor at a small Vermont college advising students about private matters and offering the Jewish perspective on issues raised at faculty dinner parties... -
![A Live Coal in the Sea by Madeleine L'Engle]()
A Live Coal in the Sea by Madeleine L'Engle
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMadeleine L'Engle's first adult novel in four years -- now in paperback! With 23,000 copies sold since May 1996, this "haunting domestic drama" (Publishers Weekly) examines the powers of faith and mercy in one family's confrontation with a legacy of evil... -
![Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig]()
Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn this best-selling new book, his first in seventeen years, Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, takes us on a poignant and passionate journey as mysterious and compelling as his first life-changing work. Instead of a motorcycle, a sailboat carries his philosopher-narrator Phaedrus down the Hudson River as winter closes in... -
![Devotion by Ros Barber]()
Devotion by Ros Barber
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the near future where religious fundamentalism is on the verge of being classified as a form of mental illness, Finlay Logan is a criminal psychologist who must assess the sanity of April, a young woman who has blown up a bus and killed fifteen teenagers, citing religious reasons as her primary motive... -
![The Beach House by Sally John]()
The Beach House by Sally John
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first release in The Beach House series is the story of four women, friends from childhood, who reunite to celebrate their fortieth birthdays. After the distance of time and geography, they look forward to the camaraderie of old friends and the escape from everyday life as they stay at a San Diego beach house... -
![Identity by Ted Dekker]()
Identity by Ted Dekker
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIdentity is Book 1 of a four episode thrill ride from New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker. Who am I? My name is Christy Snow. I'm seventeen and I'm about to die. I'm buried in a coffin under tons of concrete. No one knows where I am. My heart sounds like a monster with clobber feet, running straight toward me... -
![Evensong by Gail Godwin]()
Evensong by Gail Godwin
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA bestselling novel by a distinguished author brings to life the people of a small Smoky Mountain town and a woman whose world is indelibly altered by them. Beautifully written and filled with the insight and compassion Godwin is known for, "Evensong" is about family, the sometimes uncomfortable bonds of marriage, and the quest for religious faith... -
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![One Last Thing by Rebecca St. James, Nancy N. Rue]()
One Last Thing by Rebecca St. James, Nancy N. Rue
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTara had always imagined her happily ever after. But her fiancé’s secrets are changing this story into one she doesn’t even recognize. Tara Faulkner and Seth Grissom grew up next door to each other in Savannah’s historic district. Their parents are best friends. They finish each other’s sentences all the time. Their fairy-tale wedding is a foregone conclusion . . -
![Never Let You Go by Erin Healy]()
Never Let You Go by Erin Healy
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLosing everything has Lexi clinging to her daughter. Hell is determined to loosen her grip.It's been seven years since disaster struck her family. Lexi Solomon has held it all together since then--just barely.But now Lexi is losing it. The husband who deserted her is back in town, wanting to see their daughter Molly. Her sister's shameless murderer is up for parole... -
![Coming of Age at the End of Days by Alice LaPlante]()
Coming of Age at the End of Days by Alice LaPlante
Rated: 2.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlice LaPlante's acclaimed psychological thrillers are distinguished by their stunning synthesis of family drama and engrossing suspense. Her new novel is an affecting foray deeper into the creases of family life—and the light-and-dark battle of faith—as LaPlante delves into the barbed psyche of a teenager whose misguided convictions bear irrevocable consequences... -
![The Office of Desire by Martha Moody]()
The Office of Desire by Martha Moody
Rated: 2.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of the runaway bestselling novel Best Friends, a smart, touching novel about the intimate yet fragile relationships among five very different people, thrown together in a small medical office, and how each life affects the others. Alicia, Brice, and Caroline are the ABCs-three close friends who have been brought together while working at the cozy medical practice of Drs...Categorized as:
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