Contemporary Fiction
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Hong Kong House
$23.93Many different people lived in the three-storey building at 167-169 Boundary Street. Built in 1938 when an airport was opened on the beach near the walled city, it was first used as a Police Station with housing for British officers upstairs. The Japanese used it as a headquarters during their occupation. It was leased several groups, then finally to a Mission group. It was torn down in 1999, and replaced by a 10-storey one when a new airport was opened and the height restriction was canceled. Four novellas tell about the people who lived in the apartments, their hopes, dreams, fears, and lessons learned.
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Blame It On The Mistletoe
$17.99Bright’s Pond is all atwitter. Not only is it time for the annual Christmas pageant, but something strange is happening at the Greenbrier Nursing Home – the residents are looking younger, acting happier, and maybe even getting a little friskier. Octogenarian Clive Dickens finally ties the knot with 90-year-old Faith Graves. All eyes naturally turn to Agnes Sparrow, but she denies any role in this apparent miracle.
Agnes’s sister Griselda, still mulling over a recent marriage proposal, agrees to investigate the purported miracle with the help of Bright’s Pond Chief of Police, Mildred Blessing. The clues lead them to Paradise Trailer Park’s newest resident, Leon Fontaine. Turns out Leon has been bottling water from the trailer park’s fountain and selling it as something it isn’t.
Hilarious shenanigans ensue as the quirky folks from Bright’s Pond get to the bottom of Leon’s deception. Meanwhile the pageant must go on, but not without its own issues including a missing baby Jesus and an unruly camel. And then there’s that marriage proposal still hanging over Griselda’s head.
Bright’s Pond certainly isn’t the typical small town with its delightful cast of eccentric characters, but that’s what makes it such a wonderful place to visit!
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From Ashes To Honor
$16.99Minutes before two jumbo jets change U.S. history forever, New York City cop Austin Finley and his buddies are in a coffee shop blocks from the World Trade Center. Two days pass before he has time to listen to his twin brother’s final cell phone message, recorded moments before the Towers imploded. Four years later, plagued by nightmarish guilt, Austin’s superiors have no choice but to demand that he seek counseling.
Enter Mercy Samara, a half-British/half-Saudi psychologist with plenty of her own dark, painful memories. When one of her patients commits suicide, she blames herself, resigns, and eventually becomes a high school guidance counselor.
Nearly six years pass when Austin’s unit responds to an emergency at Mercy’s school. Their first meeting rouses painful memories, yet they find themselves attracted to each other. Though love blossoms, can they get past harsh judgments and harsh words brought about by the horrific events of 9/11?
Will his faith – and her suspicion of it – finally bring them closer, or drive them farther apart?
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Heres To Friends
$20.00In the final book in Melody Carlson’s popular series, the four Lindas learn that life doesn’t stop for the holidays and even a cruise can rock your boat.
Here’s to Friends carries our favorite fifty-somethings through the holidays to a New Year cruise to a romantic hometown wedding with plenty of bumps in between. As they struggle to reinvent themselves at midlife–coping with marital woes, a creative crisis, a financial tsunami, a prodigal child and (scariest of all!) a home remodel–Abby, Janie, Caroline and Marley must all come to terms with the need to give their worries over to God. And they learn once more that in your fifties, friendships aren’t just fun. They’re an absolute necessity!
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Abigails Redemption
$19.95Abigail Dawson is a little red-haired mountain girl who has been so traumatized by incidents in her life that she changes from a bright, sunny two-year-old to a very serious and timid young woman. Her mother plays a very important role in keeping this trauma in the forefront of her mind, although unintentionally. Abigail is taken to the hospital, where she remains for therapy, but Lucas Sutherland appears in her life and helps to break down the barriers holding her in torment. He and his prayers are the source of Abigail’s redemption.
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Edge Of Grace
$17.99Caryn Becker learns her only sibling, David, is gay. For months, she refuses to return his calls. She focuses on her successful catering business and raising her six-year-old son after the unexpected death of her husband.
One night, David’s partner, Max, calls. Davis is in the hospital, a victim of a near-fatal hate crime. When Max asks for her help, Caryn knows she can’t abandon the brother who stood by her through her husband’s illness.
When David’s case becomes public, one of Caryn’s clients cancels a major catering contract. Feeling angry and humiliated, Caryn asks God why she’s suffering for her brother’s guilt only to realize that she has to face her own secrets before she can step in to help her brother.
A family ultimately explores the struggle of acceptance, the grace of forgiveness, and moving from prejudice to loving others as they are, not as we’d like them to be.
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Rivers Song
$16.99Following her mother’s funeral, and on the verge of her own midlife crisis, Anna Larson returns to the home of her youth to sort out her parents’ belongings, as well as her own turbulent life.
Situated on a picturesque coastal tributary, Anna’s distinctive family home is filled with a wonderful assortment of nostalgic memories. Anna soon learns, however, that more than just her past resides along the banks of the Siuslaw River – her future will be discovered there as well.
For the first time since childhood, Anna begins to embrace her native heritage and river roots. She finds healing and hope, restores some old relationships while initiating new ones, explores romance, and begins to grow into the woman that God intended her to be.
By transforming her old family home into Shining Waters Inn, Anna creates a place of healing – a place where guests experience peace, grace, and new beginnings.
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Fireproof : Never Leave Your Partner Behind
$18.99INSIDE 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.” Countless arguments and anger have them wanting to move on to something with more sparks.
As they prepare for divorce, Caleb’s father challenges him to commit to a 40-day experiment: “The Love Dare.” Wondering if it’s even worth the effort, Caleb reluctantly agrees, not realizing how it will change his world forever.
Surprised by what he discovers about the meaning of love, Caleb begins to see his wife and marriage as worth fighting for. But is it too late? His job is to rescue others. Now Captain Holt must face his toughest job ever . . . rescuing his wife’s heart.
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Flywheel : In Every Mans Life Theres A Turning Point
$18.99What’s the most important thing in your life?
Jay Austin did what it took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was-the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His relationship with his wife. His time with his son.
He was chasing things that had no eternal significance. It wasn’t until God slowly unraveled everything that he saw how empty his life had become.
Now it will take a courageous heart and a saving grace for Jay to finally turn his drive into a desire for a more authentic life with God as well as with his wife and son.
In a world filled with cheap imitations that distract us from God’s higher plans, Flywheel is a powerful parable for all who hunger to live an authentic life.
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7 Days In Utopia
$17.99You never really know when you might meet someone who will change your life. Golf’s Sacred Journey is a story about a “chance” meeting between a fictitious golf professional and his unorthodox mentor. As the story unfolds, we-along with the pro-learn lessons about golf and life that we never expected to learn in places we never expected to learn them. Many have picked up Golf’s Sacred Journey looking for the secret to a better game but instead found the secret to a meaningful life.
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Survivor : For Matties Surviving Was Just The Beginning
$15.99Mattie Troyer has faced more in her twenty-three years than she ever imagined. After finally successfully battling cancer, she’s ready to re-enter the world with hopes for her future. But while she was in and out of hospitals, facing a devastating surgery, and debilitating chemotherapy, other girls her age were courting and finding the men they would marry. Mattie can’t believe she’s made it this far. But the only man whose ever made her heart beat fast is her best friend, Graham Weaver. He’s been there for her and comforts her like no one else, but they’ve always kept things platonic. Could it be the time to finally see whether they could ever be anything more?
But when gossip starts to spread that says Graham’s the father of the baby Jenna Yoder’s carrying, all their hopes for happily ever after may be destroyed.
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Facing The Giants
$18.99IT’S BEEN SIX YEARS without a winning season and Coach Grant Taylor’s job is on the line. Unless the Shiloh Christian Eagles turn things around-and fast-he’s history. Unfortunately, their leading scorer has just left for a rival school and the team has lost its drive. The pressure is on.
On the home front, things aren’t much better for Grant. His house is falling apart. His old clunker of a car keeps dying, and the coach and his wife have been unsuccessful in their attempts to start a family.
But God is on the move-in many ways.
When Grant receives a message from an unexpected visitor, he searches for a stronger purpose for his football team. When faced with unbelievable odds, Grant and his Shiloh Eagles must rise above their fear and step up to their greatest test of strength and courage.
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