Religious Love

Alternating between laugh-out-loud scenes from his childhood and acidic ruminations on the present state of an America he and his famous fundamentalist parents helped create, best-selling author Frank Schaeffer asks what the Glenn Becks and the Rush Limbaughs and the paranoid fantasies of the “right-wing echo chamber” are really all about. Here’s a hint: sex.

Author of Sutter's Cross, a Booklist Top Pick, W. Dale Cramer evokes the ambiance of a small Southern town in this inspiring novel. Jeremy's mother has passed away, leaving him with an odd request. He is to find his Uncle Aiden, a hardrock miner, and stay with him, regardless of Aiden's wishes. Jeremy's faith in God gives him the courage to find the humanity behind this tough-as-steel man.

What readers are saying... "Lacy is heart wrenching, heartbreaking, and completely healing. I love the healing nature of love. I felt the entire journey in these pages. This is a story that needed to be told and a message of faith that needs to be heard." Amazon reviewer She had the perfect life, until she didn’t. Lacy Fields was so blessed, she felt like God’s favorite daughter. A husband she loved, a daughter she adored, and a soon-to-be granddaughter she planned to dote on. When a tragic accident wipes away two thirds of those blessings, everything in her life comes into question. ...

First Day of School - Koko and Roo Learn About Love, Patience and Kindness, by Mel Madsen, is a wonderful guide for children to learn about the fruits of the Spirit, as well as to understand the practical examples of how to implement them into daily lives.

Fury steals his heart. Doubt clouds her faith. Brokenness threatens to destroy their future. Keedryn and Blake acknowledge their love in this wholesome romance, only to find trouble brewing at the office and turmoil bursting in their hearts. Keedryn is ready to pursue a deeper friendship with her boss, Blake, but insists on taking things slow. After a romantic evening, trouble erupts at the office when rumors fly, and a new policy goes into effect that could destroy their budding romance. She’s falling for him, but his non-existent relationship with the Lord causes her concern. When a ...

I, the ugly black kid, unwanted by an unknown father, sold for crack by a drug-addicted mother. I, the ugly black orphan who wept for love, yet no one cared. Who cried tears of blood that stained my soul with its pain. I, the ugly black orphan. The one who was raped and beat by the ones who claimed to love. The black boy who the government told: "No one will adopt an ugly black kid so learn to act white.”

What readers are saying... "I love this author and her books. Excellent writing and character development. You feel as though you know the characters." Amazon reviewer A preacher was not on her radar… Raised by a preacher who cared more about his flock than his family, Lisa Garcia isn’t interested in betting her heart against the ministry a second time. Transplanted from Los Angeles, Lisa is struggling with life in tiny Harrison, Texas. She’s looking for direction. She’s looking for purpose. She was not looking to be attracted to the handsome youth pastor from the neighboring town. ...

“No Ordinary Wildflower” is book two in the Unexpected Love series. Prince Everett and Princess Abigail have enjoyed over twenty years of marital bliss. After receiving tragic news from the palace, their lives will be changed forever. While their marriage is in distress, another problem arises. Prince Adrien, heir to the throne, has made a decision that could impact both the future of his family as well as the kingdom. With the help of old friends, Abigail attempts to secure the future of both her son and kingdom. As the plan is set in motion it quickly begins to unravel. Torn between ...

While others often respond to the cares and concerns of our day through anger, And: The Restorative Power of Love in an Either/Or World attempts to offer a response steeped in the heartbeat of Love. This book is an invitation to encounter the lived experience and philosophical musings of another as a human, not as a project or agenda to conquer. Without apology, it embraces humanity and all the emotions, back stories, and history that come along with who we are and who Love is inviting us to be.

If home is where the heart is, where do you go if your heart is torn in two, between Amish and English loves? When Charity Bright intercepts a Christmas card, she is astonished to discover a long-hidden secret: she is not the sole surviving woman in her Old Order Amish family. Once, her father had a sister--a shunned aunt Charity never knew she had. Bright Christmas: an Amish love story follows Charity and her friend, Daniel Yoder, as they venture to New York City on a purposed Rumspringa, determined to bring Charity's Aunt Hope back to the family fold by Christmas Eve. Charity and Daniel ...

★★ Experience the magic of the holidays with this collection of three sweet, clean, and wholesome romances. These stories are filled with delightful characters and celebrate the joy, blessings, and true meaning of Christmas.★★ This collection includes the following 3 books: A Christmas Puppy To Cherish (Inspirational) You don’t need ears to hear God’s plan. All you need is an open heart… Music of both birds and harmonicas fills Max’s life, but it’s the near-silent forest guide he meets in Cherish, SC, who captures his attention. Small and slim, pretty Sarah’s smiles and ...

Royalty...it was more than just a word to her. It was her life. But not for long. Marlie loved her family dearly, even when she didn’t like them very much. But their life wasn’t the life she wanted for herself. Maggie had always fulfilled her responsibilities, she’d always done exactly as she was expected to...she knew no other way. Until now...until after reading a letter from her father suggesting she visit her niece and learn how to do as she pleased every once in a while, including the joy of eating pizza at her slightest whim. The last thing Maggie expected when she showed up at ...

In a dangerous search for his missing daughter, will a reserved math teacher and a rough-around-the-edges ranch owner find love-or lose their lives? After her fiancé died in her arms, Liv Knox gave up on romance and dedicates her life to her ranch. But when a friend needs her expertise as an ex-runaway and a former PI, she agrees to help Diego Laguardia find his missing daughter. Now not only does Liv have to draw on her traumatic memories, she also struggles with her untimely attraction to reserved and kind Diego. When someone makes it clear they might die if they don't stop the search, ...

The past haunts even the redeemed. Lies threaten. Hearts awaken. The long-awaited story of Abigail and Charles continues… Grace though never deserved is often misunderstood, so it is for Charles and Abigail in the wake of their tumultuous past. While they struggle to build a life together, Abigail must count the cost of forgiveness as the world bends against them. Her father, Sir Rathburn Wyndham, vies for revenge through the ploys of none other than Charles’s former lover, Roxanne Knightly. Roxanne entangles all in her schemes—even those she cares for most as she is bound by her ...

Have you ever considered how flawlessly this planet was created? Every single thing you can see, taste, touch, hear, and feel on this earth has a purpose and a place. Everything functions and harmonizes flawlessly. From the ways our bodies work and how they are shaped to the little creatures that are out and about serving a purpose. We have a moon that provides us with just enough light when the sun sets, and the sun is just far enough away from the planet to support life. Why do we assume that God created the world unfairly when there is so much perfection all around us?

On a February day in 2008, Forrest Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation, informing them that he had terminal cancer; his life would now be measured in months, not years. In that remarkable letter, he wrote: "In more than one respect, I feel very lucky." He went on to promise that he would sum up his thoughts on the topics that had been so pervasive in his work-love and death-in a final book.

Friendship or flames? What’s a girl got to do to get a certain firefighter to see her as more than just “one of the guys?” Ani Hyde’s steely heart won’t open to anyone. Before her mother’s drug overdose, she learned to take care of herself and it made her fiery—maybe too fiery. Now, years later, she’s become a professional heart-breaker, keeping everyone at arm's length and rejecting every bachelor on her reality TV show. Only one man has ever broken through her defenses… and he hasn't got a clue. Rhett Singer was always protective of Ani, but she left him smoldering after...

In a town built on gold, she discovered the truest wealth lies in a heart of integrity. In 1885 Florence, Idaho Territory, a female assayer with an eye for true gold partners with a haunted former surveyor to expose a deadly claim-jumping ring, only to discover that the richest strike of all might be the love they find in each other's hearts. Ruby Lancaster knows gold better than any man in Florence, Idaho Territory. Running her late father's assay office and supply store, she's earned a reputation for spotting deception—both in minerals and in men. But when Harrison Randall arrives with ...

What happens when the ugly duckling doesn't realize she's become the beautiful swan? Mimi Bensen has thought herself to be ugly her entire life. And why not? In high school when she wasn't slighted by the pretty girls, she was ignored by everyone else. Now that she's all grown up, everything has changed, but she doesn't see it. At least not until she begins to see how God sees her instead of how the world saw her when she was a gangly teenaged girl with bad acne and braces. When Hank Walton comes to Beacon Creek on ranch business, he sees an angel. When her shy behavior and waterfall of ...

CULLER OF BEASTS a novel by John Noone Lazarus Fallon, formerly Flynn, 1936-1960, was raised in the grim Forties, the drab Fifties, a product of established misrule and the perversities of creed and law purveyed and perpetrated in that time. Taken from his unmarried mother at birth and sent to an orphanage on the death of his adoptive parents, his rescue at the age of ten came too late to avoid the injuries of institutional abuse and neglect. To all appearances an ordinary young man, less angry than many, less disaffected than most, a national serviceman in Kenya and an undergraduate at ...