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Mail order bride books about women venturing out West to make new lives for themselves. What happens when they decide to take a chance on love along the way? Mail Order Mix-Up Series Books 4-7 Mail Order Misaim Mail Order Misplay Mail Order Mister Mail Order Mishap *This book was previously published by my Jenna Brandt pen name under the Border Brides series and has since been republished under my Jennifer Branson pen name under the Second Chance Brides of the Old West.

In the midst of long-held secrets, extramarital affairs, and addictions, a supernatural force visits the small community of Holly and awakens hearts that were once threatened by destruction. The trials of life chose their victims at random. Lies knew no boundaries. And neither did the grace of God. An unseen presence pursued the resurrection of the dead and the sight of the blind. Local pastor, Dylan Vanberg, battles his own torment as he comes to realize the power of grace while the town newspaper reporter, Jackson Sawyer, begins to understand the power of words.

Five people are killed when a heavily traveled rope bridge in Peru collapses. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar, witnesses this event and this sets him on a quest: Who were each of these individuals? Why do unfortunate events happen to innocent or undeserving people? What led to these people being on the bridge at the fateful moment? While many view this novel as a serious reflection on life, death, and love, this narration highlights Wilder’s tongue-in-cheek stance, suggesting the author used humor, irony, and even sarcasm to examine faith, fate, and chance.

Where would your soul be if you died right now? Chances are, not where you think. This is the fictional story of a leader in a conservative church as he takes his journey into eternity. Biblical teachings, writings of early Christians, and true events form the foundation of this story.

The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time takes a fantastical look at the childhood of Jesus in two allegories set in an Egyptian village. In “Pakko’s Camel,” Yehoshuah, the poor son of a carpenter, befriends Pakko, the arrogant son of a rich merchant. Yehoshuah cares for Pakko’s camel and shares with him the knowledge of the precious gifts he received from three wise men. In “The Sphinx at Dawn,” Yehoshuah and his camel journey into the desert, where they come across the monstrous, hungry Sphinx. Intrigued and unafraid, Yehoshuah endeavors to answer the Sphinx’s riddles.

The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. But that's about to change. A visit from his deceased business partner sets in motion a night in which Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. Will his listen to their messages? Will he heed their warnings?

Under the façade of our seemingly ordinary lives, a profound spiritual battle wages for our relationships, our marriages, and our very souls. The Unseen Battle: An Unexpected Love Story rips through that façade to reveal the life-and-death struggle between good and evil in the life of Abby, an ordinary American woman in a crumbling marriage. Demons Twisttale and Stumbletrick bring division and despair with their cunning lies, but Abby is not alone in her fight. Angel Ariam and Guardian Corel plan her rescue as part of a heavenly counteroffensive.

One of the most popular stories ever written, this allegory tells of Christian, an everyman character, who makes his way from the "City of Destruction" to the "Celestial City" of Zion. Christian finds himself weighed down by a great burden he carries from reading a book (obviously the Bible). This burden, which could cause him to sink into hell (Tophet), is Christian's acute, immediate concern, and impels him to a crisis: what to do for deliverance.

Esses são alguns dos adjetivos que podem descrever Até que tenhamos rostos, livro no qual C. S. Lewis, com seu brilhantismo característico, realiza uma releitura do famoso mito de Cupido – deus imortal – e Psique – humana que, de tão bela, atrai o desejo e a inveja dos deuses. O autor localiza sua narrativa no reino fictício de Glome e subverte a perspectiva tradicional ao relatar a história a partir do ponto de vista de Orual, a rejeitada irmã de Psique.

Come meet John the Apostle. You may know he was the last living apostle of Jesus. You may know he was exiled on Patmos where he composed the Book of Revelation. But, that was just part of his story. Author David Stoeckl created a compelling and entertaining story to bring you into the Christian church near the end of the first century AD. After 2 failed execution attempts by Cæsar Domitian, Jesus’ last living apostle was sentenced to arduous labor in a penal colony on a remote Greek island.

As her 30th birthday approaches, Deputy Jill Flaherty decides it's time to live a little. When she walks into Sawyer Anderson's bar in her sexiest dress, she's not thinking that he's her brother's best friend or about the many women he dated during his years as a pro hockey player. All she's thinking is that it's finally time to confess to her longtime crush how she truly feels.

The kingdom of Struggle is being lied to by an unseen enemy, "Liar." Lurking in the sinister forest, Liar attacks the minds of the villagers by whispering subtle thoughts into the villagers' minds at night. Liar's poisonous serpents advance against a people ignorant of their true enemy—an enemy trying to convince them to murder a righteous king. Liar has been warring against the kingdom of Struggle without opposition, and his greatest harvest is truth and freedom. Poor, orphaned, and alone, the unlikely-named "Prince" sparks a rebellion.

But when the prince she betrayed arrives at the prison, promising freedom in exchange for allegiance to him in marriage, Mara agrees to his terms. Her hasty decision is soon tested. The journey to the palace is riddled with difficulty, but Mara has nowhere else to turn. As she presses on in the face of fierce wolves, violent lightning storms, and the threat of being captured by the rebel army she deserted, can the unlikely princess learn to trust her lifelong enemy?

A Christmas Snow, a novel by Jim Stovall, tells the story of how Kathleen has carried around the unwanted memory of her father abandoning her and her mother on Christmas Eve. For the past 40 years, she has blamed her mother for that night and refuses to celebrate Christmas in any fashion. After the storm of the century has her stranded in her own home with two strangers, she is able to face her hurts of the past and decide whether to forgive or continue to carry her pain and bitterness with her.

Ex-cop Cat O'Connor is bored working for her sister, Chloe, as a personal assistant on the set of her soap opera. Until Chloe gets an opportunity to audition for the role of a lifetime and asks her identical twin to substitute for her on the soap with no one the wiser. It's a perfect switch - until Cat attracts the attention of the mysterious Mr. Tall, Dark, and Way-Too-Handsome leading man.

Delitto e castigo illustra il tema del conseguimento della salvezza attraverso la sofferenza, una caratteristica comune nell'opera di Dostoevskij. Questa è l'idea (precipuamente cristiana) che l'atto del soffrire ha un effetto purificatore sullo spirito umano, che gli rende accessibile la salvezza in Dio. Il romanzo contiene diversi rimandi a storie del Nuovo Testamento, compresa quella di Lazzaro, la cui morte e rinascita sono parallele alla morte e rinascita spirituale di Raskolnikov.

In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks—young Trian and old Cormac—he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island, inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. In such a place, what will survival mean?

This Christian classic, originally published in 1678, has become one of the most significant and influential books in the English language. Travel with Christian on the road to the Celestial City as he fights temptation, evil, spiritual terrors, and religious pitfalls, but also encounters such helpful characters as Hopeful, Faithful, and Charity.

When Sky Terran returns to the village of Middledip after losing the job she loves, she anticipates a quiet Christmas getting used to her new life. However, the annual street decoration competition is coming up and this year, the residents of Winter Street are determined to win. As she is pulled into the preparations, Sky quickly grows to love the quirky, tight-knit community she is now part of. Including the extremely handsome Daz, who soon becomes more than just a friendly neighbour.

Never before collected in one volume, here are Pete Hamill's stories about Brooklyn, the borough in which he was born and grew up, and the one closest to his heart. A young boy with a mysterious past forever transforms the lives of the neighborhood toughs. A man returns to his old haunts to avenge the death of his brother. A couple chooses to embrace their memories of a bygone era rather than live in a diminished future. These are stories of a New York almost lost but not forgotten.