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Can you lose a life without dying? Peter Lodge has. His life as he knows it: the cars, the wealth, the women, and the affluence all go up in flames – and he has to watch them burn. It all begins with one careless night and a stinging accusation. The life he once lived was stripped away, to no fault of his own. At the same time, Peter Lodge finally finds real peace and joy in meager places, with a woman who doesn’t know of the skeletons in his cupboard. He finds the one woman he is willing to finally settle down for; Peter Lodge finally found love. When Brenda Jameson met the brown-eyed ...

Austin Evan’s life was working out exactly as he planned—better in fact! As the star quarterback, he was looking forward to a one-way ticket straight to the top of the Pros. Celebrity status was well within his reach. He had a great family, was a Rockstar on the field, and was coasting through senior year until he could make it to the big leagues. He was on top of the world! And then life threw a curveball that smashed clear through all of those plans and every dream he’d ever had. Would he be able to hold true to who he was, or would he fall victim to a pair of dreamy eyes and the ...

Spiritual warfare isn’t as simple as waking up in the morning and telling yourself it’s going to be a great day. Developing a battle strategy against an invisible enemy isn’t something you are born with; it’s a learning process, and odds are, you will first experience confusion and frustration before becoming a fully committed warrior in Christ’s army. Changing your mindset and behaviors is essential so you can grow in Jesus instead of getting caught up in sin. The assertion of confidence is examined by several theories with valid arguments about character, psychological and ...

What’s the true price of true love? Young, ambitious, and successful Olivia has everything she ever wanted in the big city, a fair trade for the love and life she gave up in small-town Brighton. She’s on her way to the very top of a successful company and poised to become a jet-setting businesswoman. That is until an untimely illness derails all her carefully laid plans. With no other choice, she returns home to face the relationships - and man - she abandoned. As much as she fights against it, seeing Jason again makes her question her own aspirations and decisions. Jason is a man with ...

This is the story of the O'Neill family from Lawrence, Kansas. Jim, a 45 year- old man with two children; Jay, 13 and Adrianna 11. The kids are out of school for summer vacation. They are setting out by car to find the ancestral home of Jim's grandfather, who lived in Sterling, Illinois. A diary which was found in Jim's grandfather's house in Lawrence, revealed that there was a treasure to be found on the property of the Sterling homestead. The treasure can be found by solving riddles and clues. Jim's wife died in a terrible car crash a year and a half ago. One month before the accident, ...

Miles away from home and love, young Ryan Woods strikes out alone. But the harsh cowboy life has more surprises in store for the young man who left all riches in Spain in search of independent fortune. Love may be hard to find, but flings are easy. Antonio may be older, but loneliness does not respect age. Ryan works for Antonio on his ranch, and wants to help him to love again. Ryan falls in love with an older woman. What will happen when Antonio's heart finally ignites to love, but he chooses Tina? Love On A String is a beautiful story of youthful liberties and priorities. Maturity, ...

The story unfolds in The New Mexico Territory, in 1878. Throughout her many years living in Lincoln, New Mexico, Agatha Price has had a mission. Several children have come into her life who have lost their parents and Aggie has taken them in as her own. She raises them up in faith and teaches them the word of God. Although she follows her “mother’s” teachings, the oldest child, the beautiful Rose, wants adventure in her life. One night at the town dance, Rose meets a mysterious cowboy named Billy. The young man sweeps her completely off her feet, both on the dance floor and in this ...

Dr. Miles Cole and Alexandria Rizzo find themselves deep in a cave on Cuba’s coast. The obelisk they found at the dig site earlier is illuminating the cave, revealing to the duo that they are actually in a man-made structure, an ancient temple. They float through the temple channel into a circular room with several openings leading to new hallways with inscriptions on the ceiling. Alexandria uses her background in cryptology to try to decipher which opening they should explore. Once they make their choice and are inside the selected hallway, the water picks up speed enough speed to make ...

Can you lose a life without dying? Peter Lodge has. His life as he knows it: the cars, the wealth, the women, and the affluence all go up in flames – and he has to watch them burn. It all begins with one careless night and a stinging accusation. The life he once lived was stripped away, to no fault of his own. At the same time, Peter Lodge finally finds real peace and joy in meager places, with a woman who doesn’t know of the skeletons in his cupboard. He finds the one woman he is willing to finally settle down for; Peter Lodge finally found love. When Brenda Jameson met the brown-eyed ...

With her trust in men shattered and infuriated by the way her father reacts to her mother’s death, Aimee Cooper lashes out. Before her mother passed, Aimee had been in college and had plans to travel and find adventure. But all of that changed after the funeral, she gives it all up and opts instead for a quiet life, alone in her childhood home in the Rocky Mountains. Her mind wanders constantly back to a happier time when Theo worked the ranch next to theirs -- but that was years ago, and before she’d found the hidden box. Her whole world had been flipped upside down, and not even Theo ...

This hometown with harmful memories just became more dangerous, and more deadly. Sure, it’s quiet and rural here. But that doesn’t mean all is well. A harsh past lives quietly, whispering through the town, and a new threat has just arrived. Nora Lawrence is a busy single mom of two. Working two jobs has completely absorbed her life, which helps her run away from her troubled past. But, when she gets a call that a relative is in the hospital, she has to make the decision: go back to her toxic hometown, or keep herself separated from the harm? Returning home brings back all the memories ...

Dr. Miles Cole is a professor of Archaeology at a prestigious university, and out of a small pool of archaeologists with expertise in the Caribbean islands. One evening, two guests arrive at his door. His star student, a transfer student finishing her last two semesters at his university, Alexandria Rizzo, and CIA representative Mr. Johnson, to inform Dr. Miles Cole that he’s been selected for work on a top-secret mission. The U.S. government has recently learned that the Cuban Missile Crisis was a cover-up. The Soviets knew they couldn’t get the equipment that they needed into and out ...

Dallin Evan’s life felt boring and tired. His dreams were of adventure and excitement – more than his sleepy little town could offer. He just HAD to escape, or he would go mad! When the opportunity to join the circus came to town, Dallin couldn’t believe his luck - even if it was against his father’s wishes. He took a deep breath and then a giant leap of faith toward a future that he knew for certain was everything he’d been dreaming of and wanting. But when a crooked conman begins to have other ideas about Dallin’s future, will the lesson he learned from his solid family ...

Sometimes getting everything you ever wanted, comes at a deadly price… Tessa had settled into the uncertain, yet simple life as a single, struggling artist, long disconnected from her rocky married life and estranged ex-husband. That is until his shocking death dragged her back into the aftermath of his mysterious double life. David’s death shook the small community where he had taken up residence, and even more shocking was the beneficiary of his healthy inheritance and his small vacation home: his ex-wife. Now Tessa is back in a place she never thought she would see again - their old ...

When you’re blind to the danger right in front of you, who will you listen to before you get hurt? In a small town in rural Pennsylvania, nothing is as simple as it seems. Secrets lurk behind every corner, dying to be exposed. No one will make it out unscathed. Addie is a teenage girl that seems to have it all figured out. Starting high school can be hard, but not when you’re one of the popular crowd. Addie has all the boys wrapped around her finger, but what fun is there in that? All is not what it seems when her life outside of school is exposed. She makes it look easy, but dealing ...

Danny Larson has weird dreams. Pretty normal for a human, except Danny’s dreams are coming true and nothing will prepare him, or anyone else for what’s coming. Crisis doesn’t cover the imploding nature of the financial disaster that’s coming for everyone and anyone who uses money, the soon-to-be worthless paper that just about everyone on earth relies on to transact business. From buying groceries, cars and houses, to daily survival, money will become nothing but burnable material in a world that isn’t nearly ready for a collapse. When Danny notices his colleagues starting to act ...

Is it ever too late to start over? Life in Silver Beach is slow and easy. Tessa is trying to get her ex-husband’s affairs in order and back to Minneapolis. She thought wrapping up everything at their old vacation home would be straightforward, but strange discoveries just bring up more questions. As she uncovers more unconnected clues, the second life of her estranged ex comes closer in view, and strangely parallels her own. The handsome handyman, Chris, has complicated life in Silver Beach. Even though Tessa is there to get the old cottage in order, her attraction to her almost-next-door...

At every turn, there’s no one Jay can trust. Anyone could be a killer in disguise. Trapped in the middle of nowhere, without power or signal, at The Longthorne Resort, Jay and her team must find a way to escape. The ghosts are already there, and they’re not so eager to let their guests leave. After an anonymous call comes through, and the ghosts begin to appear from every corner, the blood starts to shed, and fire breaks loose. Jay gradually gains a better understanding of what she’s up against as she nears closer and closer to unmasking the killer. As hope begins to fade, Jay wonders...

He’s everywhere. There’s nowhere he can’t find you. Once you’re chosen, there’s no escape. Like the ghosts of one's own past, escaping them is like trying to kill the unkillable. In the quiet, secluded town of Cabot, things look all too deceivingly pleasant. But behind the scenes, Jay knows the truth; she’s felt it. After enduring a devastating loss, she returns with a vengeance—more determined than ever before to catch the Cabot Killer and his accomplices. But as she delves further down the road in the hunt for a serial killer, she begins to lose parts of herself along the ...

Moving back home after a tragedy isn’t usually the best way to find romance. When Susan Willis comes to stay with her wealthy sister in her old hometown in Florida, her goal is to get a job and get out as soon as possible. Having spent the past few years living in Idaho, she is not one for sunning on tropical beaches, and she doesn’t even like to swim. Susan has a seven-year-old daughter to support, and after the sudden death of her husband, Daniel, everything seems to be going downhill. Romance is the last thing on her mind. Much to her surprise, a man named Kyle comes into her life ...