Child Marriage

What reviewers are saying... " I would give this book many more than 5 stars if I could. There were so many twists and turns and unexpected events. This was truly a book I could not put down." Amazon reviewer " I love the fact that Sharon Srock did not just have her characters pray and the problems just go away." Amazon reviewer When dreams and reality clash. Piper Goodson is looking forward to all the firsts of being a mother. The first cry, the first glance, the first time holding the tiny life created by her and Evan’s love. But after an emergency c-section, sick from fear, and haunted...

She's sworn off love. He wants to give his daughter a loving home. Neither of them want to risk their heart. It should be a perfect marriage. After her fiancé dumped her just weeks before the wedding, elementary school teacher Rebecca “Rusty” Matthews vowed never to fall in love again. She’s completely happy with her life in small-town Sweetapple Falls, Oregon. If marriage and a family isn’t part of God’s plan for her life, she’s fine with that. She has her work, her faith, her friends, and chocolate. Who needs romance? Reluctantly divorced mechanic Tom Davis suddenly becomes a...

It took you and your spouse a while to adjust to life after marriage. You recently added a couple of children to your family and your roles and priorities have shifted yet again. The Chapman Guide Now What? will help you and your spouse figure out how to keep your marriage going strong after the children arrive. Discover how to create a godly framework for dealing with common marriage issues that arise once kids are in the picture.

Lanie Winters has it all together—at least that’s what she tries to make everyone think. She comes from the perfect family, and she’s worked her whole life to prove that she measures up to their expectations. Trouble is, it’s all an act. She’s about as unlucky in love as it gets, and finding her own perfect match is something she’s given up on. Riley Westcott is one of the most eligible bachelors in town. As a multi-title-holding rodeo cowboy, he can’t catch a break from women trying to claim a piece of his heart—and his bank account. When he hires Lanie as his business ...

Our kids are experiencing an unprecedented sense of isolation, interacting virtually in a world that seems ever more fearful with each news cycle. They absorb and internalize the stress and anxiety they see on their parents' faces and on the phone, laptop, tablet, and TV screens that are ever before their eyes. Not surprisingly, their mental and physical health are suffering. As parents, we want to know how we can help. Practical and encouraging, Raising Healthy Teenagers helps you understand the mental, physical, and social toll the past couple years have taken on your kids.

Emily My worst nightmare just showed up, and he wants to take my son away. A sculpted stranger who resembles a Greek god is standing in my doorway. My heart stops when I realize this is my son's father. Noah’s technically my nephew, but I’ve raised him since he was a baby. Before my sister died, I promised her I would raise him. No one knew who his father was…until now. The eyes are a dead give-away. Almost everyone who meets Noah comments on his unique eyes. Reality hits me like a ton of bricks. “My name is Ethan Knight, and I’m here to take my son home with me.” Noah is ...

My name is Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto. I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names, but they must have wanted to ruin my life, and you know what? They did an amazing job. As a half-Japanese, half-Italian girl with a ridiculous name, Amber's not feeling molto bene (very good) about making friends at her new school. But the hardest thing about being Amber is that a part of her is missing. Her dad. He left when she was little, and he isn't coming back.

Marital Sex, Child Bearing, Adoption and Family Planning. The issues bordering on marital sex, childbearing, adoption and family planning are very sensitive and a wrong conception or knowledge about them can make or mar a home and affect one’s Christianity and eventual entry into heaven. Getting and applying the right knowledge of it can make your home heaven on earth and promote your Christian life and testimony. The book exposes the deep biblical truth on marital sex, childbearing, adoption and family planning, which if applied will transform your home. Get it right from the right ...

Once a squirrel went to see a girl for marriage. His broker was a crow. They went to many places and saw the girl. Nothing is right there. What happened in the end? Read this interesting story. The book was written by Vinod Narayanan Illustrated by Anil Narayanan

Once upon a bridge in Alençon, France, an ordinary man met an ordinary woman, and they fell extraordinarily in love. Uncover the beauty of the sacrament of marriage through the quiet, virtuous lives of Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, the first married saints in history to be canonized together.

During 1927, Thea, only nineteen, married in a white framed country church which smelled of peonies and sprigs of lilac flowers. The wedding rites were recited on a Sunday afternoon in late May so none of the farmers, including her father and her groom, missed a day from field work. Thea raised her eyes to the heavens and prayed. Please help me be a good wife. She and her family would face the Depression, grasshoppers, the Dust Bowl, and near poverty. However, it was the kitchen that challenged Thea. It became a personal war that challenged her very sense of being. The young bride didn't ...

Odawahaka has always been too small for Maggie's big scientific ideas. Between her stuck-in-a-rut mom, her grumpy grandpop, and the lifetime supply of sludgy soda in the fridge, it's hard for Maggie to imagine a change. But when Lena moves in, with her creative spirit and outrageous perspective, middle school takes off with a bang. Someone starts pulling the kind of pranks that send their rule-loving new principal into an uproar. Suddenly the same old football games, election for class president, and embarrassing stories feel almost exciting.

She's hiding from love. He's hiding from God. Still grieving the loss of the love of her life in a freak accident, Rose Wallace is determined not to admit she needs help on the apple farm, but God knows the truth. Still, she refuses to open her heart and risk getting it broken again. Sterling Bertram leaves his hometown in search of a new way of life. Hoping to make a quick side trip to his childhood friend's home, his world is forever changed by what he finds. Sterling and Rose come together to help each other. Love is a possibility, but each one must let go of the past in order to have a ...

What readers are saying... "An excellent story - one showing exactly what God can do, if we only listen and get out of our own way. I absolutely loved this book. Thank you for making me laugh and cry, for helping me see things from a different perspectives and showing Gods amazing grace so clearly!" Amazon reviewer Sage Hoffman wants what her sister has. A normal life. A husband. The works. But moving on from the trauma she survived during her late teens proves more than she can bear—especially when she’s haunted by the sound of a tiny heartbeat she never knew existed. Because of the ...

Here is the 2014 release a parenting book forged in the heat of battle and proved out over time. Written in an easy-to-read style, Fred Lybrand calls for a return to common sense in parenting (away from pseudo-intellectual approaches that have been found wanting). The Absolute Quickest Way to Help Your Child Change provides a fresh perspective for individuals who feel helpless or lack the needed confidence in their parenting skills. It also makes a great couples study and is loaded with practical tips. If you are a couple who understands parenting, then you now have a book which explains ...

With the discovery of her birth father, 12-year-old River has definite thoughts about how her life should turn out - and that certainly does not include any of the challenges that keep popping up! It's not easy to decide if she should live with Gram, who has been her family for the past 10 years, or with her father, who she's over-the-moon to have just met but knows little about. When River gets diagnosed with scoliosis, she fears it will impact her hopes and dreams. River decides to ask God for help.

This book will help you clarify your thinking, process your emotions, and help you make better decisions. If you are ready to design a life you love, this book will help you on your journey. Life teaches us lessons continuously. Do we pay attention and acknowledge what we learn? Do we strive to improve ourselves, and, due to these improvements, are our lives and relationships positive influences for everyone around us? Life is an ongoing process. We should consciously stop sometimes to reflect upon the situations we find ourselves in and the experiences life gives us. Could we have done ...

WITHIN THE MILLENNIA-OLD STORY of Leah and Rachel, the Bible provides a cautionary tale for modern women and girls about the perils of man-sharing, love competitions, birthing fatherless babies and trying to make a man love you. 'Love Hunger' causes many women to perform all kinds of humiliating acts, mistakenly thinking their actions will make a man love them when, in actuality, it will not. Yet their intense desire and desperation often causes them to make life-altering decisions that may leave them bruised, battered, in financial ruin and raising children alone. Dr Moss’s book supports...

"Previously published as THE CRANMOUTH MANOR HEIST: Hilarious misadventures in a comedy drama with plot twists, romance, friendship, and betrayal. by GUMBLETON, LYNNE AND CHRISTOPHER (AUTHOR)." A thrilling, comedy adventure story of crime, suspense, daring rescues, family drama, love, friendship, and heartbreak. When Rob Holmes meets the mysterious and beautiful Jane Smith, he finds that it’s more than his gardening services she’s interested in. Should he date Jane even though he’s secretly still in love with his ex-girlfriend Helen Collins? Rob, still single at the age of fifty-five,...

Acclaimed author Jennifer Allison’s popular Gilda Joyce mysteries have been recognized with an Edgar Award nomination and starred reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist. In The Bones of the Holy, the 13-year-old psychic sleuth is in St. Augustine, Florida, to solve two truly puzzling mysteries: Why has her mother suddenly decided to marry an antiques dealer who looks like a walrus? And who is the woman in white haunting the man’s house?