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When her best friend Debbie loses her granddaughter to a sudden illness, author Cindy attempts to travel from Texas to North Carolina for the funeral, experiencing humorous roadblocks along the way. Stranded in Atlanta, she reminisces about the experiences that have made them the women they are today.

From a stranded alien comedian to the darkest depths of the human psyche; from a mind-blowing galactic adventure to clandestine extraterrestrial behavior on Earth. They're all here and more in this spell-binding collection of 17 short stories to keep you guessing at every turn.

As the painting of The Temptation of Christ hangs ominously on the wall, young SAMUEL MORGAN is plagued by its haunting presence. But it's not just the painting that's causing him anguish. Samuel's involvement in the Occult with an insane witchcraft scientist, ALAN WILSON, has set free a terrifying demon—BEELPHEGOR—with devastating effect.

It’s 1943 on the American home front, and Ella’s pent-up, common-law husband finally decides to leave their farm and enlist. Ella must either depart their seafaring town in coastal Delaware to pursue other dreams inland or try to save their farm. Their grade-school son, Reese, won’t budge, and Ella sees that farmers have a patriotic duty to stay on the land.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Change Agent and learn about paradigm shifts in consciousness.

Human behavior is a simple and extensive concept. There are plenty of loopholes in the human psyche that can be used for the purpose of influencing others. Want to learn more about such loopholes? There is nothing to worry about, as you are at the right place. Controlling the audience or making people agree with what you say is not a new concept.

Still reeling from the arrival of her derelict father—a virtual stranger—and its effect on her family, Detective Nell Brach finds welcome distraction in her work. The vicious murder of a homeless Jane Doe passing through Nell’s rural jurisdiction carries more questions when the subsequent identification shockingly links her to a long-closed murder case that Nell’s deceased grandfather investigated. A case whose convicted killer is scheduled to die soon by lethal injection.

Rachel Marie Rabatin is no stranger to grief, and through An Original Grief Guide, she channels what she’s learned on her own journey into frank discussions and practical advice that you can use as a framework for your own experience.

A dead teenage girl. A growing suspect list. A town full of liars. At 28, Detective Nell Brach is both the youngest and the first woman to make detective in her close-knit Tennessee community. Assigned her first case as lead investigator, she’s determined to prove herself and find out what happened to the 13-year-old “good girl” found in the woods. However, the deeper Nell and her new partner, Vaughn, dig, the more potential suspects they discover…including Nell’s lover, a local judge.

Caroline is a cynic career woman living the high life in Manhattan, where love and relationships are but a distant memory of the past. But after a freak accident on Christmas Eve, Caroline receives a visit from a cheeky spirit of Christmas past, present, yet to come, and—most importantly—Christmas that could have been.

Haley has never been happier than in her relationship with Scott. But she can no longer deny that bad-boy David has gotten under her skin.

Would you share a bed with your enemy to save Christmas? Down with a bad case of writer's block, Riven has escaped to a mountain cabin for a prolonged writing retreat. The last thing he needs this Christmas is for his family to invade his sanctuary away from LA. What he needs even less is for a family of strangers as large and boisterous as his own to also be stuck in the same house after a double-booking disaster.

Two brothers in love with the same girl. Two best friends in love with the same guy. A love triangle within a love triangle.

The last thing Bonnie Ross wants is to leave her little home in Staunton, Virginia. But when her three stubborn brothers get the idea of moving into their heads, there’s no talking them out of it.

Chicago homicide detective Riley Walker is no stranger to death, but this case will push her to the physical and psychological limits. Following her wrongful removal from the elite Violent Crimes Task Force, Riley is demoted to working cases on Chicago’s South Side. It’s a tough beat for any detective, but it quickly becomes worse when she is assigned a maverick partner who has little respect for the rules. Now she must learn to work together in order to solve the most difficult case of her career, or it could be her last.

Have you ever considered all the different names for Jesus found throughout Scripture? Amazing Appellations: Discovering the Names of Jesus explores 90 of Jesus' names in an easy-to-digest devotional format broken down into five categories: Gospel Introductions, Prophesied Titles, Names Jesus Gave Himself, Names The Disciples Gave Jesus, and Revelatory Titles. Each name reveals an aspect of Jesus' character that will grow your knowledge and relationship with Him.

I don’t like "jocks" or playboys. In fact, I teach women how to kick their asses. I do this so no one has to be a victim like I was. Never again would I depend on a man. They either leave or hurt you. Like a phoenix, I rose from my circumstances. I made myself strong. Secure. I pushed childish things aside and focused on my stable future. But when he walked into my life, he ruined everything. He tricked me. He made me want to love. Lust. Trust. He was used to flaunting his money, but it was his body I wanted. And he wanted mine…or so I thought.

Taylor, in the midst of the case of her life, must also battle demons from her past: Dark secrets from Taylor’s past are threatening to bubble up—and possibly to end her marriage. Can she hold it together long enough to crack the case? Or might she be the next victim?

In The Pretend Christian, author Deirdre Reilly takes the listener on her personal journey to find authentic Christian faith, winding through common questions, doubts, and both negative and positive experiences that all lead to the stunning, life-changing reality of Christ's presence. Filled with raw honesty, sincere doubts, genuine searching, and moving, often-humorous insights, The Pretend Christian is a candid and bracing modern-day search for the one true God.

When anesthetist Dr. Darren Westfield first met the cool and reserved new head of Theatre Four, Sister Joyce Kennedy, he was left breathless. He soon learned that the tall, golden-eyed beauty was not to be trifled with and her cold prickly reserve was no act, as her cool glances chilled him to the bone. But then again, luck was on his side when he quickly discovered her amazing side line, and she eventually asked him to help her. The year is 1969. The place is Vietnam, aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary sitting in the middle of the South China Sea.