Spiritual Fiction

Lydia still can’t believe that she is Mrs. Samuel Bontrager. Or that she is 17 with a six-month-old daughter. As Baby Mattie grows fussier by the day, Lydia wonders how she will survive a lifetime of marriage to a man she doesn’t love - at least not in the way she wants. Samuel knows that he and Lydia did the right thing by marrying when Lydia became pregnant. He has even grown to love Lydia, though he never seems able to say the words out loud. What if she doesn’t love him back? After all, she pushes him away whenever he tries to draw closer.

Lena Hearst never believed in ghosts—until the house started whispering her name. Drawn to a decaying farmhouse, Lena finds more than a family secret. Beneath the floorboards, something stirs—an ancient presence bound by blood, memory, and unfinished rituals. The deeper she digs, the more the house bends around her… and the harder it becomes to leave. The spiral is calling. The name has been written. And something is waiting to wear her skin. Some echoes aren’t warnings. They’re invitations.

SYNOPSIS: In 1974, a Russian boy falls into a coma after severe blood loss, leaving him with the possibility of losing his leg after three surgeries. Barely surviving, he desperately makes a deal with the universe, which brings the KGB after him, accusing the teen of ‘ideological propaganda.’ (This standalone story is also available in print as part of the Starcall Anthology, Vol.5, illustrated by the author.)

A paranormal ghostly gangbang . . . Good vs. Evil in the Swamps of Louisiana: On a long drive on a dark night, college freshman Liam drives through a swamp in Louisiana and encounters an unusual fog that leads to sexual encounters with ghosts … including one ghostly female who is breathtakingly beautiful … Liam has to face evil spirits in an otherwordly battle and what happens next changes his life forever . . . from a ghostly gangbang to the girl of his dreams. Can he save the woman he wants more than any woman he has ever known? Is she real … or is she a ghost or some other ...

They've helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now 12 new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection.

Holly Cramer's past choices have finally caught up to her, but she never expected them to endanger her baby. Though Holly's stumbled through most of her adult life as a party girl, she longs to live a more stable life for her daughter. Then police show up to question her about the whereabouts of Creed Kershaw, Lily's father. She has kept his identity a secret from friends and family - she never even told him about the pregnancy. Now he's a person of interest in a drug-related murder case.

In the high-desert town of Frenchman's Bluff, Idaho, Felicia Kristoffersen has set out to create a future for herself that is better than her painful past. Alone in the world with only her faith to sustain her, she must prove herself as this tiny community's new school teacher. She cannot, must not, fail.

From best-selling authors of Amish fiction come three sweet stories about new life, hope, and romance. Collection includes Bundles of Blessing by Amy Clipston, A Midwife for Susie by Shelley Shepard Gray, and Christmas Cradles by Kelly Long.

The Beidermeier might be several rungs lower on the ladder than the real-life Barbizon, but its residents manage to occupy one another nonetheless. There’s Katherine, the first-floor manager, lightly cynical and more than lightly suggestible. There’s Lucianne, a workshy party girl caught between the love of comfort and an instinctive bridling at convention, Kitty the sponger, Ruth the failed hairdresser, and Pauline the typesetter. And there’s Stephen, the daytime elevator operator and part-time Cooper Union student.

The Cliffs of Darad is a romantic adventure story set in a medieval-like fantasy world. Despite the efforts of good king Meginhard of Sundara, the relations among the five domains that make up the kingdom have been anything but cooperative, straining the internal stability of the kingdom and burdening the royal courts of justice with claims of damages including allegations of raids and counter raids in which villages were burned, villagers killed, and livestock and property destroyed or stolen. King Meginhard determines to settle these disputes once and for all. After a careful review of ...

Before Amir Zayne became a seeker of truth, he was just another lost kid in Cairo — smart, angry, and already circling the drain. When a classmate dies under mysterious circumstances, Amir’s investigation drags him into a world of pills, secrets, and surveillance. The deeper he digs, the stranger it gets: missing factory shipments, strange visions, and whispers about a drug that doesn’t just numb — it opens something. As Amir spirals deeper into addiction and paranoia, he starts to question everything — his friends, his teachers, even his own father. But some truths don’t want ...

Run away or claim her prince… what will she choose? A sweet and wholesome second-chances reunion and fairytale-retelling romance! Once heartbroken and abandoned, Allie Reyes watches her former childhood sweetheart and the head of the corporation, Rodrigo Garza, from the shadows of cleaning the offices. Blackmailed to go to a masked ball, she meets him incognito and has the best evening of her life… until she leaves in haste. When she is later accused of a theft she didn't commit, will she have the courage to stay and claim the love she didn't hope for?

A fake ad brings a cowboy to Georgia's door just in time for all the Quinn family holiday parties, so she hires Logan to be her boyfriend. Nothing can go wrong with this plan...except she might lose her heart to her newly contracted cowboy. Georgia Quinn doesn't particularly love being one of the dozens of Quinns in Quinn Valley. Her family is just so loud, you know? And she's certainly not looking forward to a holiday season full of family get-togethers when she has to do everything alone after her painful break-up months ago. When her granny mentions the holidays would be more fun with a ...

A CHRISTIAN SUSPENSE ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE. When it comes to “falling in love,” you can't help who you fall in love with. This is the sobering reality of Malik Harrington, the wealthy heir of a well-known preacher, who falls hard for Isabella Chavez, the stunning daughter of one of the hired help. But unbeknownst to Malik, Gina Wheaton, the main organist at his father’s church, is obsessed with becoming his wife to the point of seeking assistance from the “dark side.” Gina wants Malik and she will do whatever it takes to get him. As if Malik doesn’t already face enough of a ...

Angels at the Crossroads What if the pivotal moments in your life were guided by unseen hands? What if the crossroads you face are lit by divine light, steering you toward faith, healing, and redemption? Angels at the Crossroads is a stirring novel that explores the timeless and transformative power of heavenly intervention in the lives of ordinary people grappling with extraordinary decisions. Spanning centuries and weaving together three interconnected stories, this novel reveals how angelic messengers shape the course of human history: In first-century Judea, a shepherd witnesses the ...

They said that lightning parted the sky at the moment of my birth. Thus begins Love: 24 AD. In this second volume of the Love Hope Give series, Gracila and Lukan reincarnate together once again. She is born into a community of female healers living apart from the world. He is decidedly in that world, the son of a Celtic tribal chief. Soon after their sacred marriage, Roman legions invade Britannia, threatening the country and its heritage with overwhelming military force. In the face of inevitable defeat, Lukan’s father negotiates a peace settlement with the Roman general Vespasian, ...

In "The Berenstain Bears Play a Fair Game", Sister and Brother Bear love soccer and their team the Rockets. But when their rivals, the Steamrollers, prove that they’ll do anything to win, soccer is no fun. As they listen, children will discover how peacemakers are the true winners. In "The Berenstain Bears Respect Each Other", Gramps and Gran go on a picnic with Mama and Papa Bear and the cubs. As the family searches high and low for the perfect picnic spot, they end up learning a few things about good manners and respecting others.

A Visionary Odyssey Beyond the Boundaries of Humanity Born into a dying world, Zephara Nyx was never meant to be ordinary. Enhanced beyond recognition, she becomes the most advanced being the universe has ever known—a transhuman force of nature, a cosmic architect, a living legend. Yet, even with unlimited power, she remains bound by the weight of a question no technology can answer: What does it truly mean to be alive? The Fate of Worlds in Her Hands With galaxies on the brink of collapse, ancient knowledge fading into oblivion, and war threatening to consume entire civilizations, ...

Resounding follow-up to Zipacna’s Legacy Search for Power Chaahk has a plethora of deep-dark secrets. So deep and dark that he escapes his hometown of Chi’país, Mexico to hide amongst Native Americans in Sedona, Arizona. For twelve years, he avoids his past, memories of his half-brother Zipacna, and the shamanic abilities that made him feel like a freak. An energy vortex at Jade Martinez’s school in Chi’país draws students from all over the world, so many that she seeks to open a second school for advanced spiritual education. What better location than Sedona with its famed ...

Originally published in the fourth century BC, wise yet worldly, spiritual yet practical, the Tao Te Ching is beloved by seekers all the world over. The Tao Te Ching is a series of meditations on the mysterious nature of the Tao - the Way, the guiding light, the very source of all existence. According to Lao Tzu (a name meaning "the old master"), the Tao is found where we would least expect it - not in the strong but in the weak; not in speech but in silence; not in doing but in “not-doing.” Here you will hear a lucid, poetic translation that makes the Tao Te Ching accessible to the modern world.