Adult Fiction- Contemporary Standalone Novels
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Buy this book from Christianbook.com / from Amazon.com Buy this book from your local bookstore Maggie Roberts is starting over again after her reckless driving led to a 10-year prison sentence and the devastating loss of her son. Maggie learned to work with retired thoroughbred racehorses through an inmate training program, and through this work she finds a way to rebuild her life. But it's not until she meets single father Gil Winters and his wheelchair-bound son, Edward, that she finds her calling. As she helps Edward with his therapy using horses, Maggie finds herself coming to life again. But when a shadow from the past returns, Maggie is forced to choose between her newfound freedom and getting Edward the life-saving help he needs.
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Buy this book from Christianbook.com / from Amazon.com Buy this book from your local bookstore Everything else in her life may be crumbling, but Ragni's determined to restore her great-grandmother's cabin in the Badlands. Working with her rebellious teenage niece, Erika, she begins to uncover the art---and life---of Nilda, the family matriarch. When three generations of women understand that God’s gifts are powerful enough to speak across centuries, they discover the beauty of The Brushstroke Legacy.
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Buy this book from Christianbook.com / from Amazon.com Buy this book from your local bookstore Hope Benson welcomes broken souls into her homeless shelter and guides them into new lives. Andy Taylor leaves her home and thriving lavender business to become a reluctant corporate wife. Clarice Van Dam, deserted by her new husband is virtually penniless. Julia Collins abandons a successful law career and a budding romance to search for her runaway granddaughter. Together they face the ugly disappointments of life, weaving a tapestry of friendship and faith that reveals something unexpected about the heart’s longing for home. Meet these four unique and courageous women at the open air market on Saturday Morning.
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Buy this book from Christianbook.com / from Amazon.com Buy this book from your local bookstore On the verge of Mt. St. Helens’ historic eruption, three women must face the mountain: two to search for their missing husbands; the third, to rediscover her life… After a local mountain becomes a deadly and imminent threat, three strikingly different women become linked in a desperate mission. Children’s author Katherine Sommers is searching for her depressed husband, David, and their son Brian, camping together on Mt. St. Helens’ tumultuous north slope. Mellie Sedor seeks her husband, Daniel, who has taken a logging job to pay for their daughter’s chemotherapy. Fashion photographer Jen Stockton joins Cowlitz County Sheriff Frank McKenzie, himself the victim of a brutal loss, in his quest to evacuate the awakening volcano. Jen came to the mountain in an effort to recover the peace she experienced as a child. Instead, she finds destruction and heroism, tragedy and friendship. When women work together, they can face even the unthinkable. Reader Reviews: "The emotional takeaway of [The Way of Women] is reminiscent of Karen Kingsbury at her best. The character' issues are neither surface nor easily solved. A challenging, fulfilling read." -Romantic Times
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Buy this book from Christianbook.com / from Amazon.com Buy this book from your local bookstore After her Aunt Teza’s test results turn out to be inconclusive, Dot Cooper resolves to raise money for a new mammogram machine, through the creation and auction of a magnificent, king-sized quilt to be sewn by the women of Jefferson City. Dot’s efforts quickly draw the support of disparate members of the community, including newcomer Beth Donnelly, married to a local pastor, Elaine Giovanni, the stylish wife of a local surgeon; and an ailing Aunt Teza. But as the four different generations work the squares of the quilt, they are also confronted with ragged pieces of their own lives. Though the women could not be more different on the surface, they hold in common quiet suffering triggered by painful circumstances: the death of children, the abandonment of husbands, the loneliness of depression. Yet their struggles will bring them closer together than they ever could have anticipated, and their lives will be dramatically changed, as together they experience the curative powers of The Healing Quilt.
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Buy this book from Amazon.com Maddy Hernandez declared she would never return home, and yet, now with just a few dollars to her name and with her son Nicholas, she is humbled to be coming back to her father's care and shelter. His life has changed since his wife's death and Maddy feels alone in her search for a new life. Forced to destroy the cattle they raised as livestock, she makes one final effort to save her life and the farm. In choosing to raise coffee, she finds an unforeseen ally and begins to feel a break in the hardened barrier around her heart. Wounded and haunted by memories of an abusive ex-husband, Maddy must decide to live a life alone or let down her guard in faith and trust.
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Buy this book from from Amazon.com Turner McNeally's daughter has gone off to college, and her horse is demonstrating signs of lonelinesss. Rebecca Wilkinson's son hasn't spoken a word since his father's death, and the family counselor suggests a pet. This Christmas, the chance to hear her son's voice again would be the best gift Rebecca could receive. Beloved author Lauraine Snelling weaves a story of holiday romance in which a simple advertisement for a horse's companion creates a family bond and sparks unexpected love. |
Saturday Morning
The Healing Quilt
Hawaiian Sunrise (Out of Print, Limited Availability)
The Gift (Out of Print, Limited Availability)
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