Amanda Surprises Sarah


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The first day of school was supposed to be exciting; but for Sarah, it was awful. Anger and anxiety toward her mother got the best of Sarah. Her mother felt sad and helpless, it was a visit Amanda the Angel needed to make. Soon Sarah and Amanda unite in a touching way that draws in all children that go to school. Enjoy as Amanda Surprises Sarah, and allow Amanda's visit fill your heart with warmth.




Amanda the Angel Series


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A collection of six short stories, all unique and specially designed for young readers. Allow yourself to feel Becky’s sorrow from the loss of her best friend, learn with Kristy how to meet the right people for help, and see how Danny overcomes his fear of bullies.




The Neighborhood Surprise


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All the children in the neighborhood like Mrs. Fig. She tells them stories, makes them costumes, and bakes delicious cookies. When children find out that Mrs Fig is leaving for a nursing home, they organise a surprise street party for her. Only to find out she's moving to the other side of the street! Food brings the neighborhood together in this charming book about life-styles, veganism and vegetarianism.




The Lessons of Love: A Small Town Second Chance Mystery Romance


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Enjoy this steamy small-town romantic suspense series, where family bonds run deep, and the power of love will sweep you away. A Small Town A Secret And a Second Chance Head librarian Amanda Kane’s quiet life has been upended. A secret has been shared that no one’s talking about. Plus, her ex-husband and his father have been pulled into a scandal. One that could threaten her place in the town, her job, and most importantly, her son. On top of that, she has a complex past with the agent who’s investigating. Can she trust everything he says? Special Agent Lee Simpson has returned to Swan Harbor. Officially, he's there for a case, but deep down, he believes he's been led back for another reason—a reason tied to a woman he can’t forget, even though she’s surrounded by danger. As the lines between duty and desire blur, he's left with a dilemma: should he break the rules and follow his heart? A trail of dead individuals leads straight to his backyard, and Lee must sort through the suspects. It’s a task that becomes more complex when he discovers that both his and Amanda’s family members are on the list. As the danger grows closer, it becomes a race to uncover the culprit. Is there a happy ending for Lee and Amanda? Will they listen to their hearts, even if it means bending the rules? Or will they turn their backs on love—and each other—yet again? In Swan Harbor, everything happens when it’s meant to happen, including love … and death. Welcome to Swan Harbor The Lessons of Love is Book 13 in the Hope & Hearts from Swan Harbor Series. If you enjoy steamy, small-town characters with a strong sense of family and friends, then you’ll love Lee and Amanda’s second-chance romance. It’s a second-chance mystery romance with a guaranteed happy ending. This is Book 13 of a 15-book complete series. Curl up with a copy of The Lessons of Love and rally behind Lee and Amanda.




Sound of Fear


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In the sweet subtle wind of a Pennsylvania Dutch town, a lost woman and a man of duty will risk their lives to uncover her true identity The foundation of Amanda Curtiss’s very existence cracks the moment she discovers the woman she thought was her mother has never given birth. Where she belongs is a question she can’t put to rest. But when the clues lead her to a charming yet chilling small town, the threat against her begins to unfold. Trey Alter is a fixture in Echo Falls. The town and the people are his to protect. He was born to take his place in the family legal firm, but now that a stranger desperate to unlock her past is depending on him, he’s forced to make an impossible choice. If Trey doesn’t protect Amanda, she’ll walk straight into a deadly trap. If he helps her expose the secrets that haunt her, the truth could shatter them both.




Time of Love


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A collection of 4 standalone Clean & Wholesome Christian romance short stories with guarantee HEA and no cliffhangers. The Long Wait Angela Pierce is meeting her mother for the first time. One year after a miscarriage that caused her to separate from her husband, Andrew, and three years since she has been trying, desperately for children, Angela has realized that the time has come for drastic measures. Angela had never before felt any desperate desire to know the woman who gave birth to her. She was always happy to be the child of her loving adopted parents. But now, Angela is convinced that something is wrong with her body. Something is keeping her from having children and she believes that her birth mother, Faith Garber, is the only one who can tell her what that is. But, when Angela and Andrew, who insists on coming with his estranged wife, meet Faith, she is not at all what they expected and neither is the news that she gives them about Angela's past. Now, armed with the truth, will Angela be able to trust in God's plan for her? Will she be able to heal her marriage or will she give into despair? Music from Heaven Joanie Meeks is lost. And not just on a university campus that is too large for her and a music program where she’s not sure that she belongs. She also feels as though she’s lost her purpose or that she never truly had one. Deep down, she knows that God has a plan for her. If she didn’t believe that then she truly wouldbe lost. She just wishes that she could see that plan for herself. When she hires an accompanist to help her with her end of semester vocal audition for the University's performance program, she realizes that she is not the only one feeling lost. Though he tries to hide it behind a plain, pleasant exterior, Joanie knows that Noah Harding, her accompanist, has problems that she can’t even begin to imagine, starting with his distrust of Churches, Christians and the idea of God in general. In helping Noah find his faith, can Joanie discover her own purpose as well? Hopeful Heart At forty, Amanda Anderson is single by choice and works for a large hotel/resort chain in New York. Four and a half weeks before Christmas, she finds herself transferred to the Green Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont to replace the personal assistant to the manager, Robert Thomas. Meeting her charming new boss impacts her life in a way she could never have imagined. His hospitality and kindness appears to be more than just friendship or a business relationship. As she finds herself drawn to him in a way that brings out emotions of hope and a desire for love, she wonders if she is imagining that he is interested in her. When Alicia Bensen arrives in Stowe, Amanda wonders if it is Alicia that has stolen Robert’s heart. After an unforgettable weekend skiing at Mount Mansfield, Amanda returns to New York. But the memory of her time with Robert in Stowe haunts her constantly. Was she confused and mistaken about Robert’s feelings for her? And was it Alicia that Robert Thomas loved all along? Ray of Hope Bridget Mathers could swear her love life ran slower than the wi-fi connection in her dentist’s office, and that in and of itself was already an impressive feat. But she didn’t mind. Patience, she had trained her mind to remember. God had his plans, and God had his time. Even so, sometimes she still couldn’t suppress the twinge of disappointment she felt over the emptiness of her apartment when she headed home at night. At least, until Theo Noyes came around. Theo came around and left Bridget hoping because hoping was all she could really afford to do as an employee of his dentist. Torn between pursuing her first chance at love, and the strictly bound regulations against dating in the office, Bridget only dares hope. The two take their chances anyways, but an unexpected accident has them both holding on, not just to each other, but also their relationship with God.




Do Not Sell At Any Price


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“A thoughtful, entertaining history of obsessed music collectors and their quest for rare early 78 rpm records” (Los Angeles Times), Do Not Sell at Any Price is a fascinating, complex story of preservation, loss, obsession, and art. Before MP3s, CDs, and cassette tapes, even before LPs or 45s, the world listened to music on fragile, 10-inch shellac discs that spun at 78 revolutions per minute. While vinyl has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, rare and noteworthy 78rpm records are exponentially harder to come by. The most sought-after sides now command tens of thousands of dollars, when they’re found at all. Do Not Sell at Any Price is the untold story of a fixated coterie of record collectors working to ensure those songs aren’t lost forever. Music critic and author Amanda Petrusich considers the particular world of the 78—from its heyday to its near extinction—and examines how a cabal of competitive, quirky individuals have been frantically lining their shelves with some of the rarest records in the world. Besides the mania of collecting, Petrusich also explores the history of the lost backwoods blues artists from the 1920s and 30s whose work has barely survived and introduces the oddball fraternity of men—including Joe Bussard, Chris King, John Tefteller, and others—who are helping to save and digitize the blues, country, jazz, and gospel records that ultimately gave seed to the rock, pop, and hip-hop we hear today. From Thomas Edison to Jack White, Do Not Sell at Any Price is an untold, intriguing story of the evolution of the recording formats that have changed the ways we listen to (and create) music. “Whether you’re already a 78 aficionado, a casual record collector, a crate-digger, or just someone…who enjoys listening to music, you’re going to love this book” (Slate).




My Name Is Gary


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"In a secluded settlement a boy named Gary is forced to go by his middle name because of the deeds of his father. Gary is seen as both a danger and a burden to his village. When it comes time for Gary to challenge his older and much revered brother for the position of Guardian to the village the community leaders take the opportunity to exile him from the valley. By contrast Sarah is a well-loved girl of noble birth. During her crowning ceremony Sarah finds herself in the middle of a bloody coup. During the commotion of the kings assassination Sarah's tutor, Amanda, manages to lead her free of the palace and away from the slaughter that ensues. When Sarah and her tutor are overtaken by their pursuer they find themselves being saved by a most unlikely hero. Unbeknownst to Gary his kind, human kind, is viewed by the entire known world as the most evil and fearsome of creatures. While Sarah has been raised to fear and hate humans she can't help but fall for the handsome hero who rescued her and her friend. "




Paper Roses (Texas Dreams Book #1)


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The future stretches out in front of Sarah Dobbs like the pure blue Texas sky. Leaving the past behind in Philadelphia, mail-order bride Sarah arrives in San Antonio ready to greet her groom, Austin Canfield, a man she has never met but whose letters have won her heart from afar. But there is one problem--he has died. And Sarah cannot go back East. As Sarah tries to reconcile herself to a future that is drastically changed, Austin's brother, Clay, struggles with his own muddled plans. Though he dislikes working on the family ranch and longs for a different life, Clay is driven to avenge his brother's death. But something between them is growing and neither Clay nor Sarah is ready to admit it. Book 1 of the Texas Dreams series, Paper Roses will sweep readers into the Hill Country with a tale of love and loss, closed doors and beautiful possibilities that will leave them wanting more.




Sarah's List


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A car chase ending with the murder of a senior living centre employee draws Detective Sarah Burke into a chilling case where her career - and her life - are soon at risk. Detective Sarah Burke and new cop Zivko 'Bogey' Boganicevic are sent to an incident at Fairweather Farms senior living center in Tucson. The center's van has suddenly been chased at reckless speed by a carload of bandits firing high-powered rifles, and crashed into its own garage. Arriving at the scene, Sarah makes a grisly discovery: the driver, Enrique Lopez, was shot in the head during the chase. Why was a kindly man, dedicated to looking after the elderly, targeted and killed so dramatically by a team of hoodlums? As Sarah works through her list of questions, she soon finds herself drawn into the high-stakes world of drugs, deception and mistaken identity where nothing is as it first appears, and she is forced to risk her career - and her life - in her search for answers.