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Will love be enough to heal their past?
Her secret kept them apart…
Will courage give them another chance?
Days before her wedding, a wrenching ordeal shattered Josie Fisher's dreams…and she fled to her Amish hometown to start over. Now Tobias Mast has arrived with two goals: to find Josie and learn why she called off their wedding, and to buy a home. When the only house he can afford is next door to Josie's farm, will she finally risk telling...
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When private detectives, Mack and Lisa Thomas decide to spend their much-needed vacation searching for information about their friend, Jasper Klug, they never expected to find constant danger. But find it they did. From young men who are sure they can rape Lisa, to a father in the Canadian wilderness who has been abusing his eleven-year-old daughter, their adventure never stops. Before it's over, two of the detective agencies have been shot. Even...
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These officers solve the toughest cases with the help of their brave canine partners.
Shattered Lullaby by Laura Scott
Overhearing the murder of her sister, Lacy Germaine grabs her baby nephew and flees. But not before she's seen by the killer-who she's certain is her lawman brother-in-law. Now an instant mom on the run, Lacy refuses to trust anyone, including her rescuer, K-9 cop Matt Callahan. Keeping the beautiful woman and vulnerable baby...
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This is the real-life story of Eurasian refugee Rachel, who was forced to flee her home country because of her mother's religion. Told in Rachel's own words, the story describes the feelings of fear and anxiety immigrant children face as they try to rebuild their lives in a new country.
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This is the real-life story of 12-year-old refugee Juliane. At 3 years old, Juliane was separated from her mother due to the violence in her country of Zimbabwe. Told in Juliane's own words, the story tells of her fear and isolation growing up in an orphanage, how she was reunited with her mother, and how the two of them fled to another country to establish a new life together.
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This is the real-life story of 10-year old refugee Hamid, who flees Eritrea with his mother to escape the war and threats to his family from the government. Told in Hamid's own words, this story describes the hardship experienced by immigrants who are rebuilding their lives with little understanding of the language and culture of their new country.
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This is the real-life story of Kurdish Iranian refugee, Navid. Told in Navid's own words, the story describes the fear and uncertainty Navid and his mother feel after they are forced to flee Iran, as well as the long journey they endure to be reunited with Navid's father.
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This is the real-life story of 10-year-old refugee Ali, who is forced to flee his home country of Afghanistan with his grandmother. Told in Ali's words, this story documents the feelings of alienation, separation, and suffering war can place on immigrant children and their families. This story also shares the hope Ali and his family has to overcome their ordeals.
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Can ordinary people survive the apocalypse? Raine Caldwell is about to find out.
The government isn't coming to rescue her. If Raine and her group are going to make it, they must save themselves.
The realization that the lights weren't coming back on any time soon hit Raine hard. After she discovers the National Guard has been told to pull back from the city and the shelter was running out of food, she and her group are forced to flee the mall before...
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Eleven-year-old Marianne is fortunate. She one of the first two hundred Jewish children on the heroic rescue operation known as the Kindertransport, which arrived in London, England in December, 1938. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939 Marianne finds herself being evacuated to Wales. She is shuffled from one unsuitable home to another, but there is a surprise in store and Marianne's courage and resilience is finally rewarded.
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Join Laura Ware as she takes you back to the Bible stories you know - and maybe a couple you don't. Travel from the hills of Judea to the capital of Babylon, from Jerusalem to Rome. See her present them in a different light and from different perspectives, all without taking away from God's word. Prepare yourself for a deeper, more personal insight in a few of the people who appear in the Bible.
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The world is witnessing its worst refugee crisis in recorded history, and the videos and images that have surfaced are harrowing. Many of us wonder how we can help, but at the same time we are nervous - we want to be compassionate, but we are concerned about the risks. Seeking Refuge speaks right into that tension. It explores the salient issues and dilemmas, the theological and moral arguments, the economic costs and benefits of welcoming refugees,...
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A Christmas to remember
A Haven for Christmas by Patricia Davids
An accident landing an Englischer on Becca Beachy’s farm isn’t quite the peaceful Christmas she expected. But with the widow struggling after an emergency, Tully Lange’s help is a blessing. Now Becca’s determined to give the cowboy a true Amish Christmas. But even as she falls for him, she knows their love is forbidden. Will this be the start of forever or the beginning of...
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The Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history. Reporter Sally Hayden was at home in London when she received a message on Facebook: "Hi sister Sally, we need your help." The sender identified himself as an Eritrean refugee who had been held in a Libyan detention center for months, locked in one big hall with hundreds of others. Now, the city around them was crumbling...
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Are you going through a personal storm this very minute? Did you just come out of a storm that left you battered, bruised, and weakened? Do you have days when it seems like the storms just wont cease? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you need a place of refuge. You need a place to hide to prevent further damage and to heal. You also need a place to seek Gods guidance and direction for your life. We may not be able to prevent the storms...
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In 2018 the number of people displaced worldwide by violence, persecution, or natural disaster had reached 68.5 million. The United Nations Refugee Agency estimates that one person is displaced every two seconds. The world faces an unprecedented crisis as people flee their homes, seeking safety, peace, and a better future for themselves and their families. Refugees set off, often on foot or by boat, on dangerous journeys to cross international borders...
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What is it like to learn that your ordinary, loving father is a serial killer? In 2005, Kerri Rawson heard a knock on the door of her apartment. When she opened it, an FBI agent informed her that her father had been arrested for murdering ten people, including two children. It was then that she learned her father was the notorious serial killer known as BTK, a name he'd given himself that described the horrific way he committed his crimes: bind, torture,...
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"This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht--the night their family lost everything. Samuel's mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport...