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Featured Book: Saving Beth by Lynn Landes

Elizabeth Amalfi doesn’t need help from the Women’s Work Exchange – until she does. After scandal touches her family and destroys their restaurant, her father sends her away, into a forced marriage and shatters her world.
Torn between duty and love, she longs for Micah Parker—a wealthy businessman with a heart for God and her. Afraid and injured, Elizabeth discovers an unexpected love for God and realizes her feelings for Micah only grow stronger. In the midst of family obligation, she fights to follow her heart. Will she reunite with Micah and claim the love she craves or be bound by obligation forever?
Join Elizabeth on a journey of self-discovery, resilience, and the power of love and faith. Experience the yearning, the challenges, and ultimate triumph in “Saving Elizabeth.”

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Featured Book: Too Dead For His Britches: 80s Church Lady Mini-Series (A Christian Women’s Club Mystery Book 1) by Riley Blake

After a senior pastor is murdered, Baduga Fellowship’s church members alienate Harper Kay, the new church secretary. Soon, Deputy Maxwell Hunt uncovers a much larger suspect pool which leaves locals with one burning question. Is newcomer Harper Kay the guilty party with all the right answers or an innocent victim with all the wrong acquaintances?

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The Secret of Heaven by Felix Alexander

A lost Bible dating back to the time of Christ, and written by one of his disciples, is at the center of the murder of disgraced investment banker, Lazzaro de Medici. Wanted for questioning in connection to the murder, Professor of Biblical Studies, Aiden Leonardo races against the clock to find the lost Bible, while flying from the F.B.I., the Chicago PD, and a secret organization intent on destroying the ancient relic and tying up loose ends.
With only an encrypted letter and the help of his fiance, Miriam, and their close friend Nagi, Aiden utilizes his extensive knowledge of scripture to unravel the clues and find the secret of heaven, lest it be lost to forever.

Featured Book: Rising Wind: The Weeping God and The Book of Hope (Book 3 Rising Wind Series) by Diane Olsen Christian Award-Winning Author

2022 Christian Illumination Bronze Medal Winner!
Book 2 of the Rising Wind Series – The Weeping God and The Book of Hope E-book is on sale for $2.99 on Amazon.

“The Weeping God and the Book of Hope, part three in the Rising Wind series is actually a prequel to the first two books, so it’s not necessary to have read those first.” The lead characters, Sage Dalton and L.W. are the parents of the main character in the other Rising Wind books.

Although the characters are different and it is set in an earlier time period, the tone of the book is very similar. This time they discover an ancient text in a Mexican desert tomb that leads Sage, L.W., and a group of fellow explorers to Tibet where they find themselves in the middle of a war. Even with danger at every turn, they still manage to discover secret caves that lead them toward an elusive yet powerful Book of Hope. First, and foremost, the books have a superb cast of characters that readers can easily relate to. They care about each other, work together to achieve a common goal, laugh together, and cry together. Second, her stories revolve around rare ancient discoveries found all around the world.

Much like the great Indiana Jones films, each new discovery comes with an element of danger. The third common theme is an embracing of all world religions. Religion is somehow intertwined with each rare find that the characters make as she characterizes the religious elements in her stories in a positive light, as the hope of mankind rather than the way most works of fiction portray religion in a negative sense as mankind’s biggest problem.

Packed with suspense and action, readers and fans of character-driven adventure who like to learn about science, ancient civilizations, and world religions along the way will truly enjoy reading this book.

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Featured Book: Rising Wind: Ice and Bone (Book 2 The Rising Wind Series)) by Diane Olsen Christian Award-Winning Author

(Book 2 Ice and Bone of the Rising Wind Series E-book on Sale for $2.99 on Amazon)

As the story of Ice and Bone of the Rising Wind series opens, paleontologist Dr. Secora James is still reeling from injuries sustained in the previous summer’s mountain top battle, and the adoption of Monta, an Andean orphan. Her best friend, Gideon Yellow Thunder has something important to discuss, but before she can listen, Secora receives a desperate call from a fellow paleontologist, Billy Riggins, who is under attack at a mammoth site in Western Washington. Secora travels from Montana, with her baby Monta to find out if Billy is dead. Will her growing knowledge of his taboo discovery and the accumulation of indisputable proof also threaten her life and that of her tiny daughter?

Where is the skeleton?
Gideon, shaken by the realization Secora will always be rushing away from him, Gideon leaves town to help a client solve a mystery in remote Western Montana. There he meets Kamal, the owner’s son, and caretaker, Jake Landsing. The three men are attacked by a dead-eyed assassin who wounds Kamal, then seals them inside a cold wet mine.

Jimmy Lizardeye, a Lakota Wichasha Wakan, as well as Gideon’s close friend and mentor, asks Secora to meet him near West Glacier. Jimmy is worried; he is unable to reach Gideon by phone or in spirit. If he and Secora can track the victims down, but will any of them rebound from the cave-in and hypothermia? A few days later Secora hears from the university’s Anthropology department; her sister, Iris, and good friend Jane have disappeared with their team of students into the Peruvian Yungas.

She must leave for South America with Jimmy and a university-sponsored team, including two treacherous companions. What about little Monta? Secora’s parents are away traveling and teaching, the babysitter can’t handle an extra child for an entire week, and she can’t leave the baby with a stranger.

They must embark on another dangerous journey together.
Can Secora survive?
Will her baby be safe?
Her circle of family and friends is critically important to her, yet they’ve all seemingly disappeared in a matter of days. Will she survive personal tests, assassins, and terror birds? Can she manage the loss of those closest to her?

As the thrilling adventures and events cause spiritual bonds to strengthen, Secora can feel them throughout her spiritually, and her culturally diverse extended family, knowing everyone is spiritually connected as one as our creator intended…

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Featured Book: Nothing Ventured by Julie Arnold

When Maizey Faye’s fiancé dumps her, leaving her with nothing but a lonely, little tree farm in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, she sees it as the fresh start she so desperately needs. So what if she knows next to nothing about tree farming. It can’t be that hard, right? Wrong! She’s in over her head, and if she doesn’t figure it out soon, she’ll lose everything.

Maizey never imagined her salvation would come in the form of her handsome business rival, Jax Lawson. She’s not sure if she can trust him or if he’s just another traitorous man to add to her growing list. But when she starts receiving mysterious messages and dangerous threats, she has no choice but to accept Jax’s help. With her life on the line, she’ll learn real soon whether Jax is sincere about his affections or if it’s all been a lie to get his hands on her farm.

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Silver Springtime by Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer

The agony of unrequited love, dates, dresses and exams all make life confusing during the teen years… Are there answers to be found in the social conventions of the previous generation, the developments of modern psychology taught in class, the theology touted at worship or in the depths of soul searching and personal experience? This story belongs to the genre known as “Bildungsroman” or novel of development.

Targeted Age Group:: 16 to Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born,and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to gain, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace."

In this story, it is the main character's time to grown and develop, an essential and sometimes challenging process for us all.

Faith and Love by Cecelia Hopkins

A sincere Christian girl seeking love in the 1980s.

After breaking up with her long term boyfriend, Kathy just wants to have fun! She declares to her friends that she would never go out with a ministerial candidate – so what is she to do about Andrew who appears to be waiting patiently for her to notice him?

Faith and Love continues to tell the story of the loves and losses of the students you met in the first Silver Springs University story: Silver Springtime. If you thought you knew where everyone was heading – expect some surprises and changes!

Targeted Age Group:: 16 to Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
While this book is fiction, and all the characters are created out of my imagination, it was also inspired by my own youth. The story brings to life reminiscences of good times had during the 1980s; and also includes a loving tribute to a lost friend – but to say more would be a spoiler.

Featured Book: Mercy’s Promise by Lynn Landes

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Glenn Ward needs a miracle. His wife is dying and leaving behind twin newborn sons. He returns from the war a changed man. Guilt stains his soul, and anger is growing in his heart.
Anika Coltrane needs a miracle of her own. After burying her husband and newborn daughter on the same day, she is in a desperate situation. How will she care for her six year old daughter?
An answered prayer brings two families together. Anika agrees to become a wet-nurse for the family. Delaney needs a safe place to grow up, away from sorrow and fear. Will they find shelter with the Ward family?
Two broken-hearted families must find a way to move past the pain and choose forgiveness. Will they feed the shadows growing in their hearts or allow God to heal their wounds?

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Featured Book: The Download by Ann Strawn

Em and her friends are all ready to start high school. One of only two African Americans in her class, shy Em just wants to find her niche without making waves. Before freshman year is over she finds herself at the source of a technological tsunami.
The unwitting recipient of a mysterious app, Em starts getting text messages from guardian angels. She wants to fit in and tries to keep her gift secret. But the texts keep getting more serious. When “mom” and “cancer” come up in the same text Em must decide if she can, or even wants, to control such powerful technology.

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