Comfort Women

With grace and warmth, author Robia Scott shows how true healing and lasting satisfaction can be found only as we learn to transfer our dependence from counterfeit comforts onto our one true Comforter: the Holy Spirit. Drawing from the experience of battling her own counterfeits—primarily her tumultuous relationship with food and obsession with dieting, weight, and body image—Robia leads you step by step through the process of transformation.

The stunning conclusion of Honeysuckle Island. Get ready for a majestically romantic adventure that spans the past and the present as long-held secrets are finally revealed! Is the famed Oliver Chasing treasure a myth or reality? With Oliver long dead and gone, only one person knows the truth … or does she? Josette Chasing, the crusty matriarch of the family, may be the key to unraveling the mystery surrounding Oliver’s treasure, but she’s in the hospital, struggling to recover from a brutal attack where her beloved diamond necklace was stolen. Deeply in love, Madeline and Banks have ...

Welcome to Maple Glen, where the pastries are sweet and the secrets are deadly. After trading her Michelin-starred past for small-town peace, Hazel Hart is finally living her dream of running a cozy bakery in the quiet streets of Maple Glen. But when the local flower shop owner is found dead before the town’s annual Garden Gala, Hazel’s cinnamon rolls aren’t the only thing raising eyebrows. The worst part? The prime suspect might be Hazel’s own Aunt Birdie - a retired tarot reader with a flair for theatrics and a history of feuding with the victim. Determined to clear her aunt’s ...

My name is Ellie, but in my Amish community a lot of grown men call me Madame Eleanor or The Amish Temptress. In private, of course. You see, I was nineteen when I first snuck out to meet a guy, and realized how much fun it is to fulfill a repressed man’s desires. Ever since then, I've been taking care of the men’s needs in my community. Giving them the space to satisfy their unmentionable cravings is what I enjoy doing most. It certainly makes my life more interesting around here. When Elijah shows up at my house, overheated from working in the field, I’m more than happy to care for ...

Having fallen in love with an unpredictable sculptor, Maria decides to take the plunge and leave her secure boyfriend and their comfortable, desirable flat for a Paddington bedsit with cockroaches, hoping to be free and single for her new 'dream man'. She faces the results of her decision. Will the course of 'true love' reap the rewards of her hopes and dreams, or was she deluded by it and find that the choice of her move would simply lead her to loneliness, despair and heartache?

Embraced is a beautiful devotional from Lysa TerKeurst, the president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and New York Times best-selling author of Uninvited, The Best Yes, and Unglued. Embraced features 100 devotions that will resonate with women in all stages of life by giving them a godly perspective every day issues. A real embrace indicates an intimate level of closeness. It's not a high five or a casual handshake. The best kind of embrace is when someone we know deeply loves us, flings their arms wide open, and pulls us in close.

It wasn’t easy leaving their home...the place where she and her husband began their marriage, and brought each of their children home to when they were born. It was filled with so many memories of their life together. But their options were few and staying could be deadly. She was terrified until the moment she saw Caleb. He was one of her late husband’s best friends for as long as she could remember. They’d served together in the military for years until her husband’s death during their last mission together that changed everything. Caleb knew what he had to do as soon as he heard ...

Dad Bod at the Ranch is a sweet & steamy older man younger woman short story with a curvy cowgirl, a strong alpha hero. She’s a sassy cowgirl who came back to her small town to care for her gramps. He’s a rich older man seeking a family of his own. Will the perfect horse help the love connection between these two, or is the age gap just too much to avoid? Shirley After years of living in a small town, I finally left to pursue life as an artist in the big city. I love every minute of my work and never once looked back. But after gram-gram passed, I’m all my gramps has, so moving back ...

In this gripping sequal to "The Grants of Maxwell Street", the Grant family members find themselves challenged by the events of the second World War.

Devotional for cancer patients:Can you effectively represent Jesus without vigor and strength? Cancer is one of the main illnesses that has robbed many people of their lives nowadays. Many patients have lofty hopes and aspirations. They lose hope and faith after being diagnosed with it. God redeemed you to perform exploits. However, how achievable is this requirement without a healthy body? God filled the Bible with assurances about your recovery from all diseases, even cancer. As a result, I have composed this devotional as a supernatural instrument to revive your hope and fortify your ...

When Pastor Zackary Lawrence lost his wife and unborn child, he couldn't find the motivation to effectively pastor his church in Oak Mountain, Alabama. Now, six months later, the congregation has dwindled to less than a handful, and the bank forecloses on the building. Desperate, he takes a job at the local hardware store and reluctantly moves in with his parents. Though Ella Russell has secretly been in love with Zack since high school, her hopes were shredded when he returned from seminary with a wife. Trying to forget the only guy she's ever loved, she throws herself into her profession ...

Shortly before turning the big five-oh, Cooking with Gusto! TV personality Augusta "Gus" Simpson finds herself planning a birthday party she’d rather ignore - her own. To make things worse, the network wants to boost her ratings by teaming Gus with the beautiful, ambitious, and younger Carmen Vega - the former Miss Spain, no less. But Gus isn’t going without a fight - whether it’s off set with her two demanding daughters, on camera with the vicious beauty queen herself, or after hours with Oliver, the new culinary producer.

Single Dad librarian & Veterinarian romance with a cute kid and a grumpy cat Suri I always thought I’d be a mom, it would’ve been a natural fit for me. So when I found out that I can’t have children, I was shocked. When my husband left me because of it, I was devastated. It’s been five years since then and I’ve worked hard to start a new life. I went back to school and landed my dream job as a veterinarian. The animals are my babies now. But when volunteering at our local library puts me in contact with a smoking hot dad bod, everything goes paws up. Silas is sexy, charming, and I...

Give the moms in your life a beautiful gift of encouragement, reassurance, and peace amidst uncertainty. Jesus Calling for Moms features 50 relevant devotions from Sarah Young's New York Times bestseller Jesus Calling®, to celebrate mothers and their love, comfort, and strength offering timely, biblical truth.

There was rarely a time when Phoenix Yuan-Whyller’s mother, Rain, didn’t live with her. Even when Phoenix got married, Rain, who followed her from China to Toronto, came to share Phoenix’s life. Now at the age of eighty-three, Rain’s unexpected death ushers in a heartrending separation.

Angie Turner's Idaho restaurant, the County Seat, is known and loved for its fresh food. For Angie, it's also meant a fresh start. But when big agriculture comes to town - along with whispers of foul play - Angie could lose more than the farm.

Workplace leaders: white comfort comes at the safety of women of color—and it costs lives and livelihoods. Microaggressions, structural barriers, unpaid emotional labor: WOC in leadership disproportionately bear the burdens of white supremacist work cultures, even as they’re expected to take charge of reforms. But building better workplaces—less toxic, racist, and misogynistic workplaces—is everyone’s responsibility and for everyone’s benefit. And letting it fall solely to women of color is causing real harm. The stakes are high, and it’s past time for change.

Dark and hazy nights were both their sword and shield... Liz Danger surrounded her. Escape seemed impossible. Hope came from the last place she expected. She knew his name...everyone did. But she knew nothing about the man he really was. Or if he had any chance at saving her. Sam The plan was a good one. If it worked. He had the perfect cover story. He’d be the one asking all the questions. Looking for answers was the story of his life and everyone knew it...expected it. This time though...the stories could turn out differently than expected. Sam and Liz knew the trip wouldn’t be easy ...

Rachel Rowan yearns for a new start. So, ready for change and up for a challenge, she has decided to relocate to the beautiful coastal town of Swaddle, California, to pursue her lifelong dream of opening her very own bakery! While the majority of the locals are thrilled with her new Comfort Cakes Bake Shop, Rachel soon learns that the owner of a local café is determined to ruin her. When Rachel finds a dead body in her kitchen just before the grand opening and she is accused of the murder, she quickly realizes that this is more than a little friendly rivalry!

Cat Mendoza needs a win. After a business failure and years of dating the wrong men, she's ready to turn things around. First she must convince the residents of Sweet Lake, Ohio, that she's taking her responsibilities seriously. As the events director of the newly restored Wayfair Inn, she has the support of her best friends, Linnie and Jada. But everyone else - including her overprotective mother and the well-meaning Sweet Lake Sirens - can't help but chime in with advice.