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Among the Fair Magnolias  Novella Collection  Thomas Nelson  During the most turbulent decade of our nation's history, four Southern women---their destinies forged by birth and heritage---face nearly impossible choices on their journeys in life . . . and in love. To Mend a Dream by Tamera Alexander Savannah Darby would do almost anything to revisit her family home. So when the new owner Aidan Bedford seeks to redecorate the house for his fiancée, Savannah jumps at the opportunity. But can she find the box her father supposedly hid there during the war before her assignment is completed? And before she sees yet another battle lost on the home front---this time, a battle of the heart. An Outlaw's Heart by Shelley Gray Seven years ago Russell Champion was betrayed by the two most important women in his life. Now Russell returns home, but is it too late to make amends with his mother and find closure with his true love? A Heart So True by Doro...

Crazy Little Thing Called Love  by Beth Vogt     Contemporary Romance Howard Books  Marriage is serious business --- both for the couple tying the knot and for wedding vendors, with the average cost of an American wedding topping $25,000. As budgets get stretched, so can fraying nerves and already-taut emotions, as captured in Beth K. Vogt's new Destination Wedding series. In the first novel in the series, Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Howard Books/June 30), paramedic Vanessa Hollister thinks she has moved beyond the pain of her first marriage --- a "what-were-you-thinking" teenage elopement --- and is planning an elegant destination wedding in Destin, Fla., with her new fiancé. Her dream of an idyllic beach wedding is disrupted, though, with the sudden reappearance of her first husband. Storm chaser Logan Hollister is used to taking risks, but a reckless decision during the last tornado season has him questioning his career's future. Coming fac...

Hope Harbor by Irene Hannon   Come home to Hope Harbor--where hearts heal . . . and love blooms. Tracy Campbell never wanted to leave Hope Harbor, Oregon, or the idyllic three-generation cranberry farm where she grew up. But life--and love--altered her plans. Now she's home again--with a floundering farm to run . . . a tragic secret . . . and a wounded heart. Romance is not on her agenda. Nor is it on Michael Hunter's. The visitor from Chicago has daunting secrets and devastating regrets of his own. But when Tracy recruits him to help with a project that is close to her heart, winds of change begin to sweep through Hope Harbor, bringing healing, hope, and love to countless lives--including their own. Praise for Irene's Contemporary Romances "Captures the reader from the very first pages. Irene Hannon knows the power of words and the miracle of faith."-- New York Journal of Books on That Certain Summer "Beautiful storytelling . . . a gem of a read....

Through Water Deep by Sarah Sundin   War is coming. Can love carry them through the rough waters that lie ahead? It is 1941 and America teeters on the brink of war. Handsome and outgoing naval officer Ensign Jim Avery escorts British convoys across the North Atlantic in a brand-new destroyer, the USS Atwood . On shore, Jim encounters Mary Stirling, a childhood friend who is now an astute and beautiful Boston Navy Yard secretary. When evidence of sabotage on the Atwood is discovered, Jim and Mary must work together to uncover the culprit. A bewildering maze of suspects emerges, and Mary is dismayed to find that even someone close to her is under suspicion. With the increasing pressure, Jim and Mary find that many new challenges--and dangers--await them. "Fascinating history, interesting location, touching romance--Sarah Sundin packs it all in this page-turning story. Readers are sure to enjoy living this stirring WWII-era adventure."-- Ann H. Gabhart , author of Love...

written 4 December 2013 Contents ( not sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture ):   Where?                 By sea                   Who? Jesus, Disciples, Crowd 1 13:1-6 Same day, Jesus went out/sat by sea; multitudes gathered, He went into ship/sat, multitude stood on shore; He spake many parables: sower went to sow; some fell by way side – fowls devoured; some fell stony places/not much earth – sprung up because no deepness of earth; when sun up, scorched because no root, withered. 2 13:7-9 Some fell among thorns, thorns sprung up/choked; other fell on good ground, brought fruit some hundredfold/sixtyfold/thirtyfold; who hath ears, let him hear. 3 13:10-13 Disciples: why speak to them in parables?   J: bec. Given to y...

A Bride at Last  by Melissa Jagears     Historical Romance Bethany House   Abandoned by his mail-order bride, Silas Jonesey has fought an uphill battle to recover from a pattern of poor choices. Now his prayers for reconciliation have finally come true and his estranged wife has contacted him with her whereabouts. Kate Dawson was supposed to be a mail-order bride, but upon realizing she'd been deceived about her intended groom, she's now settled into life as a schoolteacher. When the mother of a student passes away, Kate assumes she'll take on care of nine-year-old Anthony---until two men suddenly show up in town, claiming to be the boy's father. Silas can see Anthony loves Kate, so he enlists her help in reaching out to the boy and attempting to prove his paternity to the court. When a common interest in Anthony leads to an interest in each other and Silas and Kate begin to think they can overcome their rocky start, neither is prepared for the secr...

written 19 November 2013 Contents ( not sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture ):   Where?                   Capernaum-ish                Who?   Jesus, Disciples 1 9:35-36 J went all cities/villages teaching, preaching gospel, healing every sickness/disease; multitudes – He moved w/compassion, they fainted/scattered/sheep-no shepherd. 2 9:37-38 J unto disciples: harvest=plenteous, labourers few; pray Lord of harvest send labourers. 3 10:1-4 He called 12 disciples, gave power unclean spirits – to cast out, to heal all sickness/disease; Simon (Peter), Andrew (brother), James of Zebedee, John (brother), Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (publican), James of Alphaeus, Lebbaeus (Thaddeus), Simon (Canaanite), Judas Iscariot (betra...