Big Love in Small Places: A Series Starter Bundle


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Get cozy in your favorite spot and visit each of Theresa Paolo’s small towns where love, laughter and happily ever afters are guaranteed. First stop: Willow Cove Forbidden Lover: Ella and Lucas seem destined to be together—until they discover their grandfathers are sworn enemies! When their secret romance collides with the past, will they have to choose between family and true love? Next stop: Morgan’s Bay All Because of You: Olivia and Shane met by fate on a train ride to the small town of Morgan’s Bay. Both recovering from shocking revelations, they unintentionally lean on each other. But as their attraction builds and their undeniable chemistry explodes into passion, a secret threatens their happily ever after. Final stop: Red Maple Falls Mad About Matt: When city girl Shay moves to picturesque Red Maple Falls, she opens her own baker—and reunites with her ex, Matt, the handsome local sheriff. A passionate and engaging small-town romance! Travelers Guide: Willow Cove: BEST LOBSTER IN THE STATE! Check out the locals and their freshest seafood. Don't forget to stop by The Local Bean for that cuppa and catch up on all the town gossip! Morgan’s Bay: Are you ready for some New York fun? Get away from the city and visit the cutest book store and eat the BEST BURGERS around! Don't forget to say hi to the very cute bartender. Red Maple Falls: Visit the Happy Apple for a slice of our famous pie! Enjoy a cruise down main street on one of our custom bikes at the Chain and Spoke. Don't forget to say hi to one of the MANY hot Hayes' siblings.




Big Love in a Small Town


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Why does starting over have to be so hard? Sweet and gregarious Penny Barron was just sure handsome Gus Amherst was finally "the one." But after his protective streak evolves to controlling and then abusive, she decides enough is enough. When her childhood friend CeCe gets in an accident and needs some temporary care, Penny figures this is her opportunity. She leaves Gus a goodbye note and flees Boise for small town Huckleberry Ridge, Idaho, to be near CeCe and make a fresh start. When Gus decides he's not ready to let Penny go and shows up in Huckleberry Ridge unannounced, CeCe's neighbor, police officer and confirmed bachelor, Josh Wickham, comes to her rescue. Both are surprised by the spark of attraction that steadily grows between them. But Penny is carrying a secret guaranteed to wreck any new relationship ... which is exactly what happens when she finally reveals it to Josh. Is there still a chance for love to bloom? Or has Penny's deception ruined her second chance forever? Book 2 in the Huckleberry Ridge Romance series.




Small Things with Great Love


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With a list of resources, a study guide and a six-week "Adventure Challenge," as well as plenty of stories and hilarity from Margot Starbuck's own life, Small Things with Great Love will open your eyes to the people around you and the huge impact you can have on them through small acts of love.




Big Love in Small Places


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Big Lessons from Little Places


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"Churchwide discussions on structure and growth tend to focus on the importance of increasing “butts in the pews and bucks in the plates.” Suggestions have been made on merging smaller dioceses to create larger ones and closing the doors of congregations which do not have Sunday attendance of at least 200. This is a model of scarcity without consideration of the value and abundance to be found in small churches. Discover the roles, possibilities, promise, and potential of being a small church! Travel with Kay Collier McLauglin as she takes the back roads and byways of the United States, visiting small churches that are making a difference in their community. Each chapter tells a story about an example of faithfulness in the life of a small congregation and relates that story to the essentials of faithful living and being church. The book challenges the decision-makers in the Episcopal Church to think beyond traditional measures and shortterm economic fixes to discover the life-giving opportunities and models presented by the smallest congregations.




Love Big, Be Well


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Jonas McAnn is a weary pastor without a congregation, trapped in a dead-end insurance job. Granby Presbyterian is a weary congregation without a pastor, overwhelmed by the prospect of finding someone who actually wants to be a pastor—not a manager, coach, or CEO. When Granby's pastoral search committee and Jonas connect through handwritten letters passed back and forth, something sparks between them—something so real and refreshing that even after Jonas and his family move to Granby, he continues the regular practice of writing letters to his congregation. Spanning seven years of his ministry at Granby Presbyterian, Jonas's letters ruminate on everything from fly-fishing to the Nicene Creed. They reveal the earthy spirituality woven into the joys and sorrows of the people of Granby, the community of the church, and Jonas's own unfolding story. Readers will discover what it means for a pastor and a church to do the slow work of ministry in community—anchored by a common place and buoyed by a life of faith that is meaningful, rooted, and true.




Big Love


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From New York Times bestselling author K.M. Scott comes the second standalone romance in the Finding The One series! Clare Schiffer has always lived in the small town of Hansonville, but she dreams of more than the ordinary life that seems so acceptable to everyone she knows. Especially when it comes to love. She’s had mediocre love in the past. Now if she’s going to fall in love, it needs to be big and unforgettable. And just as she begins to believe that only exists in movies, a brand new man comes to town. Matt is good looking and charming, and in no time at all, he’s won over everyone in Hansonville. Except for Clare. Matt isn’t sure of much in life, but he knows one thing for certain. He’s going to make the beautiful brunette with the standoffish way his, and when he does, the past won’t matter for either of them. Look for book one in the Finding The One series, Hard Work, available now! Topics: small town romance, contemporary romance, wealthy hero, secret identity, romance, New York Times bestselling author, USA Today bestselling author, soulmate romance suspense, opposites attract enemies to lovers romance, billionaire hero romance, wealthy hero romance, beach reads romance, erotic romance, Pennsylvania, standalone novel, K.M. Scott Perfect for fans of Helen Hardt, Meghan March, Kendall Ryan, Anna Zaires, J. Kenner, CD Reiss, Lauren Blakely, Skye Warren, Aleatha Romig, Lisa Renee Jones, Penelope Sky, E.L. James, Vi Keeland, Stella Gray, Penelope Ward, Meredith Wild, Chelle Bliss, Charlotte Byrd, Laurelin Paige, Jodi Ellen Malpas, Sylvia Day, Maya Banks, Louise Bay, Shayla Black, Natasha Knight, Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde, Amelia Wilde




Stories, Tales and a Few Small Lies of a Country Parson


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A house cat terrified by an unexpected visit from a friendly wolf. A snowfall that covers a junkyard with a blanket of whiteness. A four year-old boy with an uncanny awareness of Jesus love for each one of us. Bob Horine weaves recollections such as these into stories that bring a smile to our lips and a wistful tug to our hearts. He invites us to see that our ordinary lives are, indeed, extraordinary, and that our world is transparent to the love of God that shines through.




Love Letters to Miscarried Moms


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The word miscarriage, in today's culture, is a dirty wordrarely discussed and grossly misunderstood. Yet, one out of four pregnancies ends in this tragedy. Where are these women, Samantha wondered, after her miscarriage? Slowly, quietly, women began to approach her, but, Ive had a miscarriage too, was all they could offer. Samantha realized that she had unwittingly become a member in an underground, secret society of women who suffer alone in silence. Love Letters is the story of her journey, the same journey that each mother who miscarries begrudgingly embarks onthe excitement of pregnancy, the overwhelming, unfathomable devastation and loss, the grotesque details that no one speaks of, the uphill road toward hope and freedomand the Savior who walks beside her every step of the way. Though she stumbles, she will not fall, for the Lord upholds her with His right hand (Psalm 37:24).




The Sacred Place of Exile


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The person of exile may be considered a wanderer, a nomad, a refugee, or a rebel. People of exile can be the marginalized, the disenfranchised, the outcast, the left out, and the pushed away. Different terms are used, but what defines them all is separation. Exile is a dangerous and dominant theme that runs through Scripture, through the lives of the people of Israel, and through the universal church. Women who have known the sacred place of exile are uniquely qualified to form a women's mission. The case is made for a momentum shift in missiological thinking. There is a desperate and aching need for a women's mission, which could lead the way to a women's missionary movement. The emergence of such a mission/movement is indeed fraught with skepticism and suspicion from many of those inside the church and leaders in the missionary world. But the radical, disruptive, costly following of Jesus to those "outside the camp" is our calling.