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The Billionaire's Alternate Marriage by Tamie Dearen
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRylie’s been in love with Jarrett Alvarez since long before he became a billionaire...Categorized as:
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The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran by Kahlil Gibran
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran" represents the most comprehensive volume of works of the Lebanese poet and philosopher ever published. This enriching collection of stories, prose poems, verse, parables and autobiographical essays comprising the major body of Kahlil Gibran's works have been carefully translated and edited by a noted trio of Gibran scholars... Martin L. Wolf, Anthony R...Categorized as:
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The Complete Works of Kahlil Gibran: All poems and short stories by Kahlil Gibran
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKahlil Gibran is one of the most popular poets of all time. His words have the power to move emotions, inspire creativity, and transform lives. He produced some of the world’s most remarkable poems and philosophical essays throughout his almost thirty-year career...Categorized as:
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Breaking Dawn by Elle James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLance Rankin never wanted to marry. He loved his career in Delta Force and knew it wouldn’t be conducive to a relationship. Until he met the woman of his dreams on a secret mission. Paired with a female Israeli Special Forces operator, he infiltrates a Palestinian stronghold to rescue a captured diplomat... -
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Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the decades since he recorded his first album, Leonard Cohen has evolved into an international cult figure--and one of the most literate, daring, and affecting poet-songwriters in the world...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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Like Dandelion Dust & This Side of Heaven Omnibus by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo of New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury's most beloved novels are now available together in this expertly packaged omnibus.LIKE DANDELION DUST is a powerful novel about two parents, their love for their adopted son, Joey, and the suprising lengths they will go to keep their family together when a judge rules that Joey must be returned to his biological father... -
Herb of Grace: Amish Romance by Adina Senft
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Herb of Grace is filled with spiritual insights and multilayered storylines. At times readers will be chuckling and other times, misty eyed as the book unfolds... -
Sarah's Gift by Marta Perry
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan an Amish midwife earn her community's trust and bring the joy of new babies to Pleasant Valley? Amish midwife Sarah Mast moves to Pleasant Valley for a fresh start. But her aging aunt can no longer run the birthing center, leaving most of the responsibility to Sarah...Categorized as:
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Though Mountains Fall by Dale Cramer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUnique Amish Historical from a Bestselling, Award-Winning Author Amish pacifism is sorely tested in the Paradise Valley settlement in the 1920s. When an army of bandits descends on them, the Amish are saved by the last-minute arrival of government troops. But they soon learn that soldiers can be as cruel as the bandits themselves... -
Unholy Matrimony by Brenda Barrett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe problem: Phoebe was poor and unhappy with her lot. The solution: Marry a rich man and she would be happy. It should be simple, except that her rich suitor, Ezekiel Hoppings, was ugly and her poor suitor, Charles Black, was handsome. But the more she got to know them both, the more Phoebe realized that some solutions were not as simple as they first appear... -
If It Ain't Broke by Brenda Barrett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll Chris Donahue wanted was a place in his child's life. All Pinky Black wanted was his love. Chris Donahue was still obsessed with the married woman he had an affair with and the child they had created together. Though he wanted to, he found that he couldn't move on with his life without his son... -
The Lady Anne by G. Lawrence
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1522, England. Anne Boleyn has lived an adventurous youth in the glittering courts of Europe, now, promised in marriage to a man she knows nothing of, Anne has been called home by her ambitious father. She will enter the English Court, to find many admirers courting her. Anne finds potential for love in three men, but there is one... more unexpected than all the others, who claims her heart...Categorized as:
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Winter Trees by Kim Stokely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet the residents and staff of Marigold Manor Assisted Living: Ginny, the grieving Activities Director; Chester, the facility’s friendly chef with a secret; Edith, the practical farmer’s widow; and Frank, the retired Navy Admiral. Ginny struggles to make the holidays joyful for the residents, while still mourning the death of her fiancé. Edith and Frank decide it’s time for an intervention...Categorized as:
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Before the Darkness Falls by Eugenia Price
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeorgia, 1842. A grand and passionate era of American history, forged by the dreams of extraordinary men and women...the willful Natalie Browning Latimer, whose newfound marital bliss was threatened by a shattering loss...the ambitious W. H. Stiles, whose daring political trail led his family into the turmoil of Western Europe..Categorized as:
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To See Your Face Again by Eugenia Price
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith a compelling mix of historical personalities and fictional characters, Eugenia Price paints a vivid portrait of the Old South that has enchanted tens of millions of readers worldwide...Categorized as:
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Satan Says by Sharon Olds
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPoems examine life as a child, a woman, and a mother; death; and our relationship to the world. This book, Olds's first, was published when she was 37, and it launched her Pulitzer-winning career.I am trying to write myway out of the closed boxredolent of cedar. Satancomes to me in the locked boxand says, I'll get you out. SayMy father is a shit...Categorized as:
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The Beloved Land by Janette Oke, Davis Bunn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook 5 of Song of Acadia. In their own incomparable style, Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn paint a portrait both lavish and poignant of the colorful, chaotic world of the American Revolution, where danger is rife and political views run deep. And once drawn into that world, readers will be reluctant to reemerge until the last triumphant chapter has drawn to a close...Categorized as:
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The Quest by Nancy Moser
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive ordinary people know what they should do. But will they do what's right no matter what the cost? It's been two years since Natalie, Walter, Kathy, Del, and Julia received anonymous invitations that led them to Haven, Nebraska where their lives were changed in miraculous ways by an Almighty God. Now, they all struggle to follow through with God's direction and the promises they made...Categorized as:
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Necessary Measures by Hannah Alexander
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 2 of the Healing Touch series. Dr. Grant Sheldon??'s move to Dogwood Springs is not turning out as he had planned. The ills he thought he???d left behind in the big city trouble this otherwise peaceful town, too. Lauren is drawn to Grant and his twins, but she is concerned that her feelings for them conflict with her commitment to remain single... -
Engaged to a Friend by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFriends for several Seasons, Lady Tabitha agrees to a fake engagement to Lord Yarmouth to help him inherit a fortune. What could go wrong?Lady Tabitha and Lord Yarmouth have long been friends. With the death of her first husband two years behind her, Lady Tabitha intends to enjoy society without restriction...Categorized as:
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Angels and Men by Catherine Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsParson’s daughter Mara Johns arrives as a postgraduate student at a great northern cathedral city. Antagonistic to the church and fiercely independent, she repels all friendly overtures and seeks spiritual answers in her theological research. But when her past involvement in an extreme sect resurfaces, she finds her quest won’t stay academic... -
A Christmas for Katie: A Christmas Families of Honor Novella by Shelley Shepard Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill a little Amish girl make a Christmas miracle? It isn't easy to be Katie Weaver. Her sister-in-law Ella is about to have a baby, making Katie an aunt for the second time … and she's only six and a half! Plus, her favorite librarian, Miss Donovan, seems sad. She won't even fix up the rundown nativity in front of the library in time for Christmas...Categorized as:
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The Tempted Soul by Adina Senft
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarrie Miller longs for children, but after ten years of marriage, that blessing eludes her. So she fills her days with caring for her home, making artistic gifts and fancy cakes, and caring for her flock of chickens, every one of whom has a name and who under no circumstances will go in the soup pot... -
A Lady's Forever Love by Bridget Barton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Margaret Somerville is a nobleman's daughter cherished by any man seeking a proper wife. Against society, she takes on the child of her deceased poor friend, and she is determined that she will never marry a man who wouldn't approve of her. When her childhood friend returns home from war, Margaret has no doubt that he is the fairytale prince she has always been waiting for...Categorized as:
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Above All Others by G. Lawrence
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJune 1527 Anne Boleyn has won the heart of her King. Promised a crown, and a place beside him on the throne of England, Anne's future is dazzling... But her challenges have only just begun. Quickly it becomes apparent there are many opposed to the annulment of Henry's marriage, and to Anne taking Katherine's place as Queen...Categorized as:
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The Fool of New York City: A Novel by Michael D. O'Brien
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in present day Manhattan, The Fool of New York City is the tale of two souls who are considered to be -fools- and -idiots- in the eyes of most people they encounter.One is a literal giant, the other an amnesiac who believes he is the 17th century Spanish painter Francisco de Goya, hundreds of years old, aging more slowly than the rest of the human race... -
To Pray as a Jew: A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service by Hayim Halevy Donin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA distinguished guide to Jewish prayer Why do Jews pray? What is the role of prayer in their lives as moral and ethical beings? From the simplest details of how to comport oneself on entering a synagogue to the most profound and moving comments on the prayers themselves, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin guides readers of To Pray as a Jew through the entire prescribed course of Jewish liturgy, passage... -
Pregnant Mail Order Bride and her Brave Sheriff by Florence Linnington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLeaving an abusive husband is hard, but loving a new partner is harder… Daughter of a woman of the Iroquois tribe and a white settler from New York, Kateri Hodges finds herself drowning in the debts of her abusive husband after he dies. She feels like a broken woman. What decent man would want her? Christopher Fellows is the new sheriff in town...Categorized as:
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The Wedding Promise by Thomas Kinkade, Katherine Spencer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of the Cape Light novels comes the story of an island where anything is possible. The Inn at Angel Island is officially open for business, and owner Liza Martin has booked her first major event-a June wedding. Jennifer, the bride, met her fiancé on the island when they were teenagers, and she's always dreamed of being married at the Inn...Categorized as:
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Joyful by Shelley Shepard Gray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA young Amish couple gets a second chance at love in New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray’s final book in her Return to Sugarcreek series. Randall Beiler is doing his best to put his family and the farm’s needs first, even forsaking love. But though he tries, Randall knows he needs help caring for his younger siblings and keeping the house together... -
An Amish Second Christmas (An Amish Second Christmas) by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Christmas Comes Again by Beth Wiseman Katherine Zook and her four children are facing their first Christmas without a loved one, and the future seems dim.But when a mysterious "Englisch" man begins to show up in the most unlikely of places, Katherine can t help but be suspicious . . . and a bit curious...Categorized as:
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The Proposal at Siesta Key: Amish Brides of Pinecraft, Book Two by Shelley Shepard Gray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA young Amish woman, yearning for freedom, crosses paths with a handsome Mennonite celebrity in a deeply moving tale of friendship and self-discovery—the second installment in the unforgettable New York Times bestselling author’s new Amish Brides of Pinecraft series.Penny Troyer rarely disobeys her parents... -
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A Teacher's Guide to The Alchemist: Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter by Paulo Coelho, Amy Jurskis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor teachers We know that the Common Core State Standards are encouraging you to reevaluate the books that you assign to your students. To help you decide which books are right for your classroom, each free ebook in this series contains a Common Core–aligned teaching guide and a sample chapter... -
The Wisdom of the Sands by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final, deeply-felt summing-up of the author's experience and his philosophy of life. Choosing a desert prince as his protagonist and narrator, he presents the timeless problems of humanity against the austere background of the wilderness. The book abounds in vivid pictures of desert life, forays and sandstorms, mirage-born madness, beleaguered cities, caravans going their perilous ways... -
Daughter of China by C. Hope Flinchbaugh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTapping into her vast reservoir of knowledge about the persecuted church, author Hope Flinchbaugh has crafted a spellbinding first novel set in modern China. Nineteen-year-old Mai Lin has two serious handicaps in Chinese society-being born a girl, and worse, choosing to become a Christian. But she dreams of attending Shanghai University.Categorized as:
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Honor by Lyn Cote
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen unexpected circumstances leave Honor Penworthy destitute after the death of her grandfather, she is forced to leave her Maryland plantation--and the slaves she hoped to free--and seek refuge with a distant relative. With no marketable skills, her survival hinges on a marriage arranged through the Quaker community to local glass artisan Samuel Cathwell...Categorized as:
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Thin Blue Smoke by Doug Worgul
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaVerne Williams is a reformed felon, ex-ballplayer, and owner of Kansas City’s best barbecue joint. Ferguson Glen is an Episcopal priest and faded literary star, lover of God, women and liquor (but not necessarily in that order).Their lives intersect at LaVerne’s diner—"Smoke Meat," as the regulars call it... -
The Last Supper Catering Company by Michaelene McElroy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal, Readers' Favorite Five Star Review and winner of the Silver Medal for Women's Fiction, Amazon Kindle Bestseller - The Last Supper Catering Company is the humorous and heartwarming story of B. Thankful Childe-Lucknow. Turned out with red corkscrew hair, one eye brown, the other green, and gifted with the power to hear the voices of the departed, B... -
The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated): 5 Novels & 440+ Short Stories, Complete Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings ... ... Land and Sea Tales, Captain Courageous…) by Rudyard Kipling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis ebook contains Rudyard Kipling's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume... -
Hannah's Courtship by Emma Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecond Chance At Love Amish widow Hannah Yoder never intended to marry again. Yet when her friendship with veterinarian Albert Hartman begins to bloom into something more, Hannah wonders if perhaps she's finally ready for a new love. Albert waited his whole life to find the right woman, only to realize Hannah was there all along. But there's more than their friendship to consider...Categorized as:
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This Fragile Heart: A totally unmissable romantic historical love story by Kate Hewitt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***Previously published as A Distant Shore.***“Isobel, you are not thinking clearly. You are not considering all you would be sacrificing, all you would endure! And to be the wife of a stranger…”1838, Boston: Once upon a time Isobel Moore was thought to be one of Boston’s most eligible young women. But, after a marriage proposal gone wrong, she is now at threat of being labelled a spinster... -
Solemn Oath by Hannah Alexander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. Lukas Bower is the temporary director at Knolls Community Hospital, but he's a doctor first. As an E.R. surgeon he took a solemn oath to put his patients' needs ahead of anyone else's--his own, the insurance companies' or the hospital's. Yet now the future of the smalltown medical center hangs in the balance because of one powerful, vindictive man... -
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Forget Me Not by Miralee Ferrell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a Lost Love be Redeemed? Baker City, Oregon, 1881 Seven years ago, Julia McKenzie rejected the man she loved, wanting to experience more of life. Now, at the age of twenty-four, she regrets that decision...Categorized as:
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A Past to Forget by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA past relationship threatens their future. Can they clear his name and find happiness together?Miss Ellen Brooks has had no choice in her future husband. When her father arranges a marriage to Viscount Stafford, she does her best to be pleased with the match, even though she knows very little about him...Categorized as:
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Outback Moonlight by Annie Seaton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJacinta Mason, kindergarten teacher at Augathella school, is horrified when she attends the hen’s night at the local pub for Sophie Cartwright, her future sister-in-law. Disillusioned by a failed romance when she was at university, Jacinta is content with her life in her hometown. Meeting Ryder Francesco again leaves her reeling... -
The Matchmaker: An Amish Retelling of Jane Austen's Emma (The Amish Classics) by Sarah Price
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Emma’s interference in her friends’ lives backfires, will the consequences be more than she bargained for? Emma Weaver is twenty-one years old and has found a passion for playingmatchmaker with her friends. Her neighbor, Gideon King, warns her aboutinterfering in people’s lives, but she disregards his advice and plans to set upPaul, the son of the bishop, with her friend Hannah... -
A Heart Once Broken by Jerry S. Eicher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Book 1: Bestselling Amish fiction author Jerry Eicher returns with the first of three stand-alone books in The St. Lawrence County Amish series. Cousins Lydia and Sandra Troyer and their friend, Rosemary Beiler have always been close. The two cousins, however, both have eyes for handsome Ezra Wagler, leaving Rosemary to watch from the sidelines... -
Outback Wind: The Jillaroo by Annie Seaton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmelia Foley has always lived on the land. Sent to the best boarding schools, her parents hoped for a professional career in the city for their only daughter. Five strapping sons can run the family station according to her father. But Amelia hates city life and sets off to work as a jillaroo on Kilcoy Station...Categorized as:
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