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Featured Book: Equinox: A Novel About Believing, Forgiving, and Healing by Michael Geczi

Project manager Nancy Carruthers never met a project she couldn’t manage, starting as a teen and culminating in her husband disappearing 12 years ago and leaving her with a one-year-old and no explanation.

But then an August weekend rolls around, Nancy’s mother has a stroke, and her ex shows up at the door saying he wants to get to know their son.

Nancy doesn’t do overwhelmed. It’s never penetrated the walls.

But one more surprise awaits: her neighbor, an octogenarian who died two years ago after a long illness, is outside, ready with inspiration, insights, and advice. Stress-induced hallucination? Brain tumor? No and no. Her mother comes to live with her, and she and Nancy’s son also see and grow close to their formerly deceased neighbor.

Healing. Forgiveness. Resilience. Second chances. This family finds them just on the other side of believing.

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Featured Book: The Shipyard Man by Ann Streetman

The late summer Sunday morning in 1905 appeared to be as boring as ever for Mary Johns Leonard until a stranger slid into the pew in front of her and her daughter Callie.

When the prayer ended, Mary stole a glance at the stranger before turning to the right page in the hymnal. She began to sing. The tenor voice of the stranger singing “Love Devine All Loves Excelling” was the most beautiful male voice she had ever heard. Could he be a professional singer passing through?
Mary’s eyes strayed to his broad shoulders more than once during the sermon. The collar on his shirt was clean, but frayed. Surely no traveling performer would have such a frayed collar. His straight black hair was clean but a bit too long at the nape of his neck. Working too hard to stop for a haircut?
The next day Mary looked up from the counter in her pappa’s general store to see the stranger. By the time he left, she knew he had grown up in Oregon where he worked at a sawmill and later helped build ships. A shipyard man. Clearly not like anyone she had ever known. A very interesting stranger.
Come along with Mary and Bill in their rocky journey of learning more about themselves and each other. This book does not easily fit into a neat category.

Mary’s journey of self-discovery is Women’s Fiction. The love story of Mary and Bill is unmistakable Romance. It could be called Christian fiction since their faith is a significant part of their love story. Call it what you will and enjoy the journey of Mary and Bill.

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The Shipyard Man by Ann Streetman

The late summer Sunday morning in 1905 appeared to be as boring as ever for Mary Johns Leonard until a stranger slid into the pew in front of her and her daughter Callie.

Mary’s eyes strayed to his broad shoulders more than once during the sermon. The collar on his shirt was clean, but frayed. Surely no traveling performer would have such a frayed collar. His straight black hair was clean but a bit too long at the nape of his neck. Working too hard to stop for a haircut?

The next day Mary looked up from the counter in her pappa’s general store to see the stranger. By the time he left, she knew he had grown up in Oregon where he worked at a sawmill and later helped build ships. A shipyard man. Clearly not like anyone she had ever known. A very interesting stranger.

Come along with Mary and Bill in their rocky journey of learning more about themselves and each other. This book does not easily fit into a neat category. Mary’s journey of self-discovery is Women’s Fiction. The love story of Mary and Bill is unmistakable Romance. It could be called Christian fiction since their faith is a significant part of their love story. Call it what you will and enjoy the journey of Mary and Bill.

Featured Book: A Gift Most Rare by Tom Leihbacher

It’s Christmastime in Briarcliff Manor. Colorful lights shine brightly, the air is steeped with the scent of evergreens, worship services are filled to capacity and stores are bursting with joyful, gift-hunting shoppers.

Even a surprise Thanksgiving Eve snowfall helped cast a festive quality across the local landscape. But not everyone in town feels the holiday cheer. Nor do the seasonal sights, sounds and pastimes make much of a difference.

While most go about their individual holiday pursuits soaking in all the season has to offer, young Charlie Riverton is restless. His good-natured, twelve-year-old heart is especially sympathetic for the lonely. In particular, he can’t stand the thought that anyone in Briarcliff might be alone on Christmas day.

As Charlie and his sixth-grade group of buddies ramble through their daily range of pre-teen hijinks, he befriends a mysterious and curiously gifted newcomer in town. Together, the two set out to craft a God-honoring Christmas gift that will touch hearts all over town. Along the way, lives are changed and people begin to look at Christmas a little differently.

Come spend this Christmas with a warm and unforgettable ensemble of characters in this feel-good, coming of age story set in small-town America during the early 1970s.

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Featured Book: Schifflebein’s Folly by Iris Chacon

He’s a tall, burly carpenter who will be a great mother someday, with a little unexpected supernatural help, but he’s got a funny way of building a family!
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Lloyd has the bedrooms, the bathrooms, the business-from-home, and even the bunny rabbits, but after years of trying, he still doesn’t have the six special needs kids he wants to adopt. What’s his problem? It’s because, unofficially of course, people think Lloyd is crazy. In fact, he is perfectly sane. It’s going to be hard to prove that, however, if his supernatural teapot keeps talking to him!

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Featured Book: My Marriage Miracle by Clayton Mekelburg

My Marriage Miracle: The Necessity of Prayer, by Clayton Mekelburg, is a very inspiring account of a husband who gave his heart-felt effort to win back his wife’s heart after 43 years of marriage. Clayton demonstrated strength of commitment (love is commitment) and willingness to confess faults and seek God’s strength to overcome them. One is touched by the depths of feelings, honesty, and humility in turning to God, and recounting to his wife all the blessings of their marriage.

This account is a wonderful example, admonition and challenge for all husbands, no matter how long they have been married, to remain committed to their wife and remember all the blessings and benefits of their marriage. The book is recommended for anyone, whether in a solid or troubled marriage. God rewards both prayer and effort to keep marriage vows.

Wayne Dandridge, Firestone Colorado

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Schifflebein’s Folly by Iris Chacon

Bachelor Lloyd Schifflebein strives to adopt six special needs children, start a home business, and find Ms. Right. To succeed, Lloyd must convince authorities (and at least one young lady) that he is not crazy. Then he receives a supernatural visitor who really drives him nuts! It’s a funny way to build a family.

Targeted Age Group:: 12 to adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
God blessed our family late in life with an adopted special needs child. We prepared for her arrival for months while governmental delays persisted. We even adopted bunny rabbits to be her pets, but the process dragged on literally for years, and all the bunnies eventually went to the big bunny hutch in the sky. Our daughter finally arrived just shy of her third birthday. That was fifteen years ago, and in all that time I have learned that faith in God's mysterious ways, and a large dose of laughter, are necessary for a family to survive and thrive when faced with the unexpected on a regular basis.

Featured Book: Lost Lands Changing Times Part 2 by Shaun L Griffiths

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From Best Selling author of the Shifters Alliance, comes the tale of a world shattering fight for Holly’s soul.

On a quest to recover his lost friend from the snow blocked mountain passes, a Shifters quest quickly turns into a fight for survival. In the Lost Lands, an Evil force is watching and listening.

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The Time Under Heaven by Laurinda Wallace

Forced to leave her beloved Kenya because of illness, missionary Ruthanne Carroll begins a painful journey to reconnect with her estranged sisters, Elizabeth and Melody. The thin veneer of the Carroll family’s perfection is stripped away when Ruthanne returns unexpectedly to Elizabeth’s home. Faced with the seriousness of Ruthanne’s prognosis, the sisters attempt a faltering reconciliation that leads to the unexpected revelation of Ruthanne’s long-kept secret.

Targeted Age Group:: 20+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
The Time Under Heaven is a very personal story of family and how real faith is worked out in real life. It’s often messy and imperfect, full of trials and unexpected opportunities. Our decisions to live by faith rather than by sight will make all the difference as the Carroll sisters discover. And I hope readers will encounter as well.

Featured Book: Sand in My Sandwich (And Other Motherhood Messes I’m Learning to Love) by Sarah Parshall Perry

You know that thing when you’re in Walmart at noon before you discover you haven’t brushed your teeth? Sarah Parshall Perry gets that. She also gets weird things showing up in her bed, her daughter requesting war paint, and her son crawling into a giant blue sock on Christmas morning. Sometimes, she discovers the kids have locked each other in the dogs’ cages, but at least they’ve stopped getting into trouble for awhile.

According to Perry, “The hardest stuff is the quickest way to God.” And if the systematic destruction of her carefully planned life is any indication, she’s on the fast track to sainthood. A mother of three children, two of whom are on the autism spectrum, she has experienced plenty of ups and downs. But from the chaos of her “ordinary” life, she pulls truth packed with humor, poignancy, and a naked honesty that will help you realize messes make God visible.

“Brokenness is part of our humanity and Sarah Perry gets it. Sand in My Sandwich is her story of living with transparency, grace, humor, and hope. No matter your challenge today, you will find yourself in her story. This book is a must-read for every woman.”–Shannon Royce, president and CEO, ChosenFamilies.org

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