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Laurel Wellington will do anything to get out of the family business. When her father demands she infiltrate the Pinkerton National Detective Agency as a spy to locate an artifact of his interest, she agrees. For her, it’s an opportunity for freedom. Ransom Williams has been a Pinkerton Agent, a man of honor, and loyal to the company for seven years. But those attributes are put to the test when he learns his next assignment includes training and protecting a new female recruit by marrying her.

In a world that tells us to fit the mold instead of breaking it, struggling with mental health isn't a weakness. It's inevitable. When you feel like you must hustle harder and the stress is wearing you down, it can be hard to just breathe. But author Jennifer Renee Watson offers an encouraging word in What If You're Doing Better Than You Think?: Finding Courage and Confidence When Life Gets Messy. She explains that struggles are an invitation to pay attention to your need for self-care and restructure your life to work for you, not against you.

Welcome to Squatchville! Dive into a laugh-out-loud adventure where Bigfoot isn’t just a myth—he’s a big-hearted, marshmallow-munching misfit! In Bigfoot’s Big Blunder, young Joey "Jinx" Jenkins and his best friend Shelly stumble upon the unthinkable: a real-life Bigfoot named Barry who’s more awkward than alarming. Barry’s biggest problem? Staying hidden in a town obsessed with finding him! What to Expect: Hilarious mishaps that will have kids and parents laughing alike. A heartwarming tale of friendship, acceptance, and embracing your quirks.

The perfect match can't be far—certainly not at a Regency-themed singles retreat—or so podcaster Zoe Dufour believes. After years of creating content for her relationship podcast inspired by Regency etiquette and era-appropriate rules for romance, she knows her listeners have anticipated this retreat. But she also attends with expectations of her own: finding the ideal modern-day gentleman who can meet every one of the nonnegotiables on her checklist.

From the classic and bestselling Read and Learn Bible comes the perfect collection of twelve Bible stories—perfect for bedtime or anytime! Read and Learn: 5-Minute Bible Stories presents twelve Bible stories.

Connect with God, memories, and your deepest self through the simple stuff of life. In this indelible work of spiritual formation, Episcopal priest Laurie M. Brock invites listeners to contemplate ordinary things. How might the sacred astonish us by showing up in everyday items?

She’s at home in her small world. He lives life to the fullest. Is February 14 the perfect day for her testy heart to collide with his cheery soul?

Beatrice Collins is known as the demure and obedient sister of Last Chance’s overbearing Pastor Collins. But enough is enough! She’s tired of watching as woman after woman has a beau come and her brother refuses to let her send for one, telling her she needs a Godly man, and that God will provide. Maybe He will or maybe God helps those who help themselves. When one of the men seems to be forsaken by his bride-to-be, Bea sees her chance and takes it, even as her brother surprises her with a traveling preacher he’s promised her hand to.

Newly arrived in the small town of Oberlin, Ohio, Sterling is an enthusiastic young writing teacher trying to break free of his privileged upbringing. Samantha, neglected but brilliant, stays on the fringes of society, living through her books. Neither knows what it means to truly dream big until the summer of 1901, when their lives collide and they learn things about themselves and each other that challenge the ways they view the world.

Monsters emerge as magic appears out of legend after major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions alter the layout of the land. Even the skies suffer under an unending darkness. Two sisters, Lera and Haylia Rainer, must learn to navigate this new world as they search for their missing brother. They soon discover their family line contains the necessary Light power required to fight the lasting Darkness, but how much could they lose in their efforts to be heroes?

When Christina Van Pelt is let go from her teaching position, she feels lost and rejected. Teaching meant everything to her, and without it, she wonders if she truly has a purpose. A letter from a family friend inviting her to come teach in Denver brings her to life again and she eagerly agrees to make the trip, but when she arrives, she finds that the plans have gone horribly awry. John Hall has been teaching in the Denver schoolhouse for five years while also trying to see to the needs of his aging mother.

Twenty-three years and counting . . . that's how long Kerry has been holding on to a secret that changed her life forever. Now, after a seventeen-year marriage, two grown daughters, and toeing the line, it's time to do things differently, on her own terms, even if that means disappointing her father . . . again.

In a time of knights and chivalry, a shapeshifter snatches a newborn girl from her mother’s arms and abandons her in a dark forest. Against all odds, a kindly nun hears her cries. Seventeen years later, haunted by a prophecy foretelling the girl's birth, the new King orders his most savage knights to find her. Rhiannon and her faithful dog, Fisher, are forced from their sanctuary. The decisions she makes now will impact both her life and the lives of the entire kingdom.

Loretta is a daddy’s girl who loves hunting, fishing, and horseback riding. Unfortunately, she’s also spoiled and easily frustrated. When tragedy strikes, everything she’s depended on is instantly gone, and her only hope of survival is on the frontier in Montana. Loretta doesn’t hide her anger at the calamity that destroyed her life, pinning the blame on her last living family member.

Much Ado About Nothing appears to have been written about 1599, shortly before As You Like It and Twelfth Night. The action combines two narrative threads: the spirited comedy of the courtship of Benedick and Beatrice, and the somber tale of confused love between Hero and Claudio. The first is a creation by Shakespeare and the second appears to have been drawn from an Italian source, either by Bandello or Ariosto. The action takes place in Messina. Eponymous lovers Hero and Claudio seem to be ideally matched and nearly everyone is looking forward to their impending marriage.

There’s only one way to escape Cecily Sheldon’s insane family – take on someone else’s identity. Along with this new identity comes a new job. Of course, to become a Pinkerton Agent, she must marry a male agent who will train her. Now she needs to keep her true identity hidden from Broderick Tanner for fear he’ll arrest her along with her father and brothers.

A woman that despises the military; a man appointed to saving the souls at the largest military garrison in the west; the plague that forces them together. Cassidy Blackwood has lost every man in her life due to the military or war. Even her brother decided he needed to take up arms, leaving Chicago for the coast of California. When she gets word that her brother has been injured, she doesn’t think twice about traveling across the country to bring him home. What she doesn’t count on is the quiet, reserved preacher who defends the very institution she despises!

Many of us have become experts at pretending we're fine. Our shiny social media feeds and skin-deep smiles certainly give off a happy illusion. But we are not fine. Taylor has heard countless stories from her generation of our fetal positions on cold tile floors, immobilized by anxiety. She personally knows this place well. At eighteen, she too found herself in an anxiety-induced fetal position behind a locked bathroom stall, wondering, "What did Jesus mean when he promised me full life?"

Katie Lasko’s brother has been killed, her house and barn burned to the ground. In desperation, she comes up with a plan. But a poker game, a shoot-out, and a dropped gun leave her in a real conundrum. Deputy Rick Sands has loved Katie Lasko for as long as he can remember. When she gets tangled in a conundrum and runs away it’s his job to hunt her down and arrest her. But how can he arrest the woman he loves?

Adele Hilton has just lost her father to a sudden illness, and now she's an orphan left with a large inheritance from each of her parents. A warning of danger from her aunt is closely followed by a bullet that narrowly misses her, and she realizes she's no longer safe in her home. She boards the first train out of town and ends up in Denver, where she finds a boarding house and hopefully, a place of refuge.