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1) The sunroom
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When I was twelve, I made a naïve, yet desperate pact with God to keep my ailing mother alive. It was the first time I'd ventured something so brazen--making a contract with the Almighty... So begins the story of Becky Owens, a talented and passionate young pianist on the verge of adolescence when she learns the devastating news of her mother's critical illness. As the daughter of a country preacher in Lancaster County, Becky knows well the significance...
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The sleepy eastern Washington wheat town of Antioch has suddenly become a gateway for the supernatural, from sightings of angels and messianic images to a weeping crucifix. Then a self-proclaimed prophet mysteriously appears with an astounding message. Burned-out former pastor Travis Jordan has been trying to hide his past in Antioch. Now the whole world is headed to his backyard to find the Messiah, and in the process, every spiritual assumption...
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Women of the West volume 1
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English
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She feels God nudging her toward ministry, but what options are there for a young single woman? Emily Evans has a hard time getting herself to class on time, much less figuring out God's will for her life. Then, to her surprise, she feels that God is calling her into full-time Christian service. She expects the Lord will also provide her with a companion to share her life and ministry, but Emily does not want to marry any of the available young men....
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New Look for a Bestselling Author's Mother-Daughter Collaboration Erin Walsh thinks her family is as close to perfect as it can be. When one grim diagnosis is all it takes to shake her family to the core, she wonders if they can ever go back to they way they were. Erin's attempts to go about life as usual feel empty and as each member of her family seems to struggle alone, she is about ready to give up on God. However, Erin has yet to learn that God...
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Red River of the North volume l
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English
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Proud of Their Heritage and Sustained by Their Faith, They Came to Tame a New Land She had promised herself that once they left the fjords of Norway, she would not look back. After three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund, along with their son, Thorliff, finally arrive at the docks of New York City. It was the promise of free land that fed their dream and lured them from their...
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Heirs of Acadia volume 1
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Bethany House Publishers
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English
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Book 1 of Heirs of Acadia, continuing the story told in the bestselling Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn "Song of Acadia" series. History comes to life in a captivating story of a young American women in the Court of St. James.
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Zondervan
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English
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Ten years ago, devastated by an ugly scandal, Brooke Martin fled the small town of Hayden to pursue a career as a stained glass artist. Now Brooke has returned on business to discover that some things never change. Her spotted reputation remains. Tongues still wag. And that makes what should be her dream assignment tough. Brooke has been hired to design new stained glass windows at Hayden Bible Church. The job is a career windfall. But Nick Marcello...
10) Leota's garden
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"An emotionally compelling story" (Library Journal) about the devastation secrets can unleash on a family and the power of grace to bring second chances, from the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece.
Leota's garden was once a place of beauty, where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. It was her refuge from the deep wounds inflicted by a devastating war, her sanctuary where she...
Leota's garden was once a place of beauty, where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. It was her refuge from the deep wounds inflicted by a devastating war, her sanctuary where she...
11) Ducktails
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Janette Oke's Animal Friends volume 6
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Revised full color edition;
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English
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As Quackery and his brother Zackery get bigger, they begin to question whether their parents always know what is best.
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Rocky Mountain memories volume 2
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Harvest House Publishers
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English
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In the second book of the "Rocky Mountain Memories" series, Lori Wick has crafted a romance with a few different twists than "Where The Wild Rose Blooms" (the first book in her series). "Whispers of Moonlight" is the story of Rebecca, a 19-year-old who goes out West in 1870 to live with her father after being separated from him for most of her childhood. When she arrives at her father's ranch, she meets his foreman, Travis, with whom she quickly falls...
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"Elizabeth and Wynn find that their commitment to God and to each other gives their life meaning. Can their love for each other sustain them through a harsh winter, loneliness, and rigors of life without any of the conveniences they're used to?"--Provided by publisher.
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Heirs of Acadia volume 2
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Bethany House Publishers
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English
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The Heirs of Acadia series continues the success of the prequel fiction series Song of Acadia, by Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn. Davis and his wife, Isabella, are continuing the historical saga of a pivotal time in America's past with descendants of those courageous Acadians. In the preceding novel, The Solitary Envoy, readers were introduced to a delightful little girl, daughter of a United States diplomat in England. Abigail Aldridge now has grown...
15) Pearl
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Dakotah treasures volume 2
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English
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Lauraine Snelling's novel, Ruby, delighted readers with its spunky main character who inherits a little Missouri saloon called the Dove House adn turns it into a hotel. Now you'll love meeting Pearl, a young woman who follows her heart to the Western frontier. Pearl was once the apple of her father's eye. Then an accident left Pearl's neck scarred and her heart desperate for her father's love. When her father decides she should marry a widower with...
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Brides volume 1
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English
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"Set in 1640's Colonial Virginia, a marriage of convenience becomes most inconvenient when the bride proves more than the planter had bargained for"--Provided by publisher.
18) A Texas sky
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Yellow rose trilogy volume 2
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English
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Given the assignment of escorting Miss Darvi Wingate to the town of Aurora, Texas Ranger Dakota Rawlings thinks it will be an easy task until Darvi becomes a pawn in one of the biggest rackets in town, and Dakota must come to her rescue..
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Red River of the North volume 3
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English
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First the Land, Then Fire Nearly Destroys Them. Will They Still Hold to their Dream? It had taken four long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. Looking back through all the heartache and the body-breaking labor, Ingeborg Bjorkland knew that God had been with them every step of the way. Dreams that had turned into veritable nightmares had been reshaped with the promise of a new day rising, and her marriage to Haaken had...
20) The reckoning
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume 3
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English
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The Powerful Conclusion to The Shunning and The Confession! Shunned from the Plain life of her youth, Katie Lapp (now known as Katherine) delights in the modern world, yet she longs for the peace that reigned in her mother's heart. Though her life is far removed from Lancaster County, she must come to terms with her Amish heritage...and the man she once loved.
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