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11 Mar

Annabel Lee (Mike Nappa) – Review

  Publisher’s Description Fourteen miles east of Peachtree, Alabama, a secret is hidden. That secret’s name is Annabel Lee Truckson, and even she doesn’t know why her mysterious uncle has stowed her deep underground in a military-style bunker. He’s left her with a

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08 Mar

The Calling (Rachelle Dekker) – Review

Publisher’s Description Remko Brant had never been so sure of anything as escaping the Authority City with Carrington Hale. But bravado comes easy when you have nothing to lose. Now a husband, father, and the tactical leader of the Seers, Remko has never had so much at risk. As he and his

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03 Mar

Room For Hope (Kim Vogel Sawyer) – Review

  Publisher’s Description In a desperate time, can Neva find forgiveness for a grievous wrong—and make room for hope? Neva Shilling has a heavy load of responsibility while her husband travels to neighboring communities and sells items from his wagon. In his absence, she faithfully

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01 Mar

And It Was Beautiful (Kara Tippetts) – Review

  Publisher’s Description “I was here. I saw beauty. I embraced it.” —Kara Tippetts How do you live out extravagant love in the everyday moments? How do you celebrate grace when your life turns out differently than the one you dreamed? Kara Tippetts discovered how to find joy in the

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29 Feb

Siren’s Song (Mary Weber) – Review

  A creaking sound erupts behind me through the red-illuminated dark and someone’s poking my shoulder. “This way.” A door opens, sending in a candlelit glow over my shoulder to light up the heavily curtained room and the three elderly Luminescents all seated in a row. 

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28 Feb

Flirtation Walk (Siri Mitchell) – Review

  “John Barns?”  Who was John Barns?  And how did he figure into any of this? Her brow puckered.  “John Barns.  Your father.” John Barns was a name I’d never heard.  It sounded like one of those men my father always made fun of.  One of those stolid, serious

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27 Feb

Ordinary Words with Extraordinary Impact

There are some fascinating words in the English language, but sometimes even ordinary words can be used in an unexpected way, and it’s like a snowball hitting you – smack! – in the forehead.  See if you can spot the word that did it in this paragraph:   As they both

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25 Feb

The Confessions of X (Suzanne M. Wolfe) – Review

Publisher’s Description Before he became a father of the Christian Church, Augustine of Hippo loved a woman whose name has been lost to history. This is her story.  She met Augustine in Carthage when she was seventeen. She was the poor daughter of a mosaic-layer; he was a promising

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