Contemporary

All My Secrets

New York, 1898. Arthur Stanhope III's death is unexpected, but more shocking is the revelation that his will bestows his company, and most of the vast fortune that goes with it, to the nearest male heir, leaving his mother, wife, and daughter nearly impoverished. His widow, Sylvia, quickly discovers she must set aside her grief to ensure their daughter, Adelaide, is launched into society as soon as the appropriate mourning period passes. If Sylvia can find a wealthy husband for Addy before anyone realizes, they're practically destitute, there will be little disruption to the lifestyle they're accustomed to.

Indigo Isle: A Novel

Sonny Bates fled South Carolina fifteen years ago without looking back. Now, a successful Hollywood scout, is traveling the world, searching for locations to shoot movies. Home is wherever she lands. She seldom has time to think about her past with her busy schedule, until her latest gig brings her a stone's throw from everything she left behind.
Searching off the coast of Charleston for a secluded site to film a key scene, Sonny stumbles onto a private barrier island and encounters its reclusive owner, known by locals as the Monster of Indigo Isle. What she finds is a man much more complex than the myth.
Once a successful New York attorney, Hudson Renfrow’s grief has exiled him to his island for several years. He spends his days alone, tending his fields of indigo, then making indigo dye―and he has no interest in serving the intrusive needs of a film company or yielding to Sonny’s determined curiosity. But when a hurricane makes landfall on the Carolina coast, stranding them together, an unlikely friendship forms between the two damaged souls. Soon the gruff exterior Hudson has long hidden behind crumbles―exposing the tender part of him that’s desperate for forgiveness and a second chance.
A story of hanging on and letting go, of redemption and reconciliation, and of a love that heals the deepest wounds, from the author of the breakout Southern fiction bestseller Under the Magnolias.

The Record Keeper

Charles Martin, New York Times bestselling author delivers what his fans have come to expect: heart-wrenching beautiful stories that challenge them and fill them with hope.
Murphy Shepherd's last rescue mission nearly cost him his life. He wants nothing more than to stay close to his wife and daughters for a while. Bones's brother has to be stopped, and there are so many who still need to know they're worth rescuing.
As the cat-and-mouse games move into the open, Murphy is tested at every turn, both physically and mentally. Then, the unthinkable occurs when his beloved mentor and friend is taken. Gone without a trace.
Murphy lives by the mantra that love always shows up. How can he rescue Bones when he has no leads?
The Record Keeper is filled with heart-stopping clarity that explores the true cost of leaving the ninety-nine to find the one.

Della and Darby: A Novel of Sisters

Susannah B. Lewis, known for her humor and genuine Southern voice, delivers a heartwarming story of two sisters learning to love who they are and face the world&mdash;alongside their charming, wise grandmother.
Della and Darby Redd may be twins, but they couldn&#39;t be more different. Della is outspoken and eccentric, while Darby is introverted and avoids conversation as much as possible. As they are approaching their 30th birthday, they&#39;re single and living with their grandmother, Birdie. Della wants to find love and be accepted by her former schoolmates in Clay Station, Mississippi. Darby is care-free, and content coming home from her factory job each day just to curl up on the couch and watch Murder, She Wrote with Birdie, while filling her journal with poems.
Della falls in love with her boss, Dr. Brian Faulkner, and Darby finds unexpected friendship in her goofy coworker, Cliff Waters. Because of her friendship with Cliff, Darby stumbles upon terrible truths about Della&#39;s crush. Will Dr. Brian Faulkner&#39;s secrets push the sisters even further apart, or bring them closer together? The sisters will both need to face the difficult questions about who they are, and who they want to be.

The Baxters: A Prequel

A terrible storm builds up in the early morning sky looming over Bloomington, Indiana, as Elizabeth Baxter gets ready to celebrate her daughter Kari&#39;s wedding to Tim Jacobs. It&#39;s supposed to be the happiest of days, yet Elizabeth can&#39;t shake a growing sense of dread. Is the storm just a sign? Something bad is going to happen. Elizabeth knows it.
Indeed, there are dark currents of conflict and doubt coursing through the Baxter family. In the midst of them, Kari Baxter is beginning to panic. Is marrying Tim a mistake? What about her family? Her brother Luke is angry and resentful of their sister Ashley, who has recently come back from Paris, a single mom with a son she too often leaves with their parents. Meanwhile, Ashley and their sister Brooke have lost the faith that is the family&#39;s glue. Against all this, Kari sees Ashley rejecting her longtime love, Landon Blake, who clearly cares for her, despite whatever happened in Paris.
When the storm reaches a frightening crescendo, a shocking moment of danger brings important truths to light. At the close of the long day, could the Baxters remain a family, tested yet stronger?

The Orchard

Ellie Hostetler&#39;s family has tended their Lancaster County orchard for generations, creating a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will one day carry on. Yet, when Evan&#39;s draft number is called in the lottery for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he&#39;s not sought conscientious objector status, despite their Old Order Amish belief in nonresistance. The faraway war has caused so much turmoil and grief among their Englisher neighbors threatens to touch much too close to home.
As Evan leaves for boot camp, Ellie finds herself confiding her disappointment in Sol Bontrager, the brother of her best friend and cousin to her new beau, Menno. In contrast to Evan, Sol is a conscientious objector, and despite Ellie&#39;s attraction to Menno, she finds herself drawn to Sol&#39;s steady presence as they work together in the orchard. Suddenly, it feels as if everything in Ellie&#39;s world is shifting, and the plans she has held so dear seem increasingly uncertain. Can she and her family find the courage to face a future unlike any they could have imagined?

The Chosen: Come And See

As the ministry of Jesus grew, more and more people wanted to hear and be healed by this man who claimed to be the Messiah. Some were eager, while others were critical and reluctant. Everyone who encountered Jesus was changed forever.
Follow along with the disciples of Jesus as they witness miraculous healings, confrontations with the religious establishment, growing concern among Roman officials over the popularity of Jesus, and most of all, love personified.
The Chosen: Come and See captures the action and drama seen in season two of The Chosen TV series. More than just reflect the events of the show, this novel takes you into the backstory, thoughts, and motivations of key characters like Simon (who will later be called Peter), Matthew, Philip, Mary Magdalene, Simon the Zealot, and others. It helps us to see them even more as very real, very human, and very much like us.

For eighteen years, she believed she made the right choice for him. What if she never saw him again, how could she ever be sure? Melissa clung to the thin thread of hope given by the adoption agency that someday her newborn son might want to connect with her. When he finally turned eighteen, she called the agency to simply update her contact information, not expecting a response. Susan and Jimmy Colton raised their boy with openness about his adoption. After the heartbreaking loss of two infant sons that marked their early years of marriage, they promised themselves they would try not to hold too tightly to David or hold back any information he wanted about his birth, and so they waited on him. David was hesitant to talk about the questions and curiosities about his birth story that often haunted him. As he neared adulthood, his need to know the full story of his life became something he couldn't shake. Until the call came to the Coltons from the adoption agency, and the first tentative bits of communication and connection set in motion a story that would change all their lives forever. From the team that brought you the movie Courageous, War Room, and Overcomer comes Lifemark, the novelization of the new film inspired by a true story of adoption, redemption, and hope.

Lifemark

For eighteen years, she believed she made the right choice for him. What if she never saw him again, how could she ever be sure?
Melissa clung to the thin thread of hope given by the adoption agency that someday her newborn son might want to connect with her. When he finally turned eighteen, she called the agency to simply update her contact information, not expecting a response.
Susan and Jimmy Colton raised their boy with openness about his adoption. After the heartbreaking loss of two infant sons that marked their early years of marriage, they promised themselves they would try not to hold too tightly to David or hold back any information he wanted about his birth, and so they waited on him.
David was hesitant to talk about the questions and curiosities about his birth story that often haunted him. As he neared adulthood, his need to know the full story of his life became something he couldn&#39;t shake. Until the call came to the Coltons from the adoption agency, and the first tentative bits of communication and connection set in motion a story that would change all their lives forever.
From the team that brought you the movie Courageous, War Room, and Overcomer comes Lifemark, the novelization of the new film inspired by a true story of adoption, redemption, and hope.

The Chosen: I Have Called You By Name

<div>Based on the hit TV series, The Chosen, comes the most amazing story ever told, the life of Jesus. Experience a fresh, new telling of these familiar biblical and historical events from New York Times bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins.</div>

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<div>What would it have been like to encounter Jesus face-to-face? How would He have made you feel, changed your way of thinking about God? Would He have transformed your whole world?</div>

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<div>Venture into Galilee in the first century. Witness the difference He made in the lives of those He called to follow Him, and how they were forever changed. Experience the power of the perfect Son of God as never before, through the eyes of everyday people, just like you.</div>

Susannah B. Lewis, known for her humor and Southern charm, takes you into the heartwarming story of a thirty-five-year-old woman mourning the recent losses of her marriage, and her mother, who finds comfort in her mother's outspoken, charming, blue-haired group of friends. For years, Rae Sutton's mother, Margie, had been meeting Rae's Aunt Maxine, Mrs. Dora Kinney, and Ms. Fannie Richardson on the third Thursday of each month. Rae's mother would call it their ministry. The alternated homes for each meeting and drank coffee, at a dessert, and discussed who to send flowers to in the hospital, or who to take a meal. They read books and argued over what it all meant. They prayed for their family and friends. They penned Get Well Soon cards, or Congratulations on Your Grandbaby cards. For that hour, each month, they would laugh, gossip, reminisce about about days gone by, and solve all the problems in Whitten, Alabama. Rae's invited to attend the after her mother loses her battle with cancer. It's there where she learns to navigate life as a single mother without her own mother to guide her. These wry, witty women inspire her to follow her dreams and take leaps of faith. Along the way, Rae finds little surprises: a potential new romance, her ex-husband hoping to make amends, and letters her mother left for her to read after her death that offer hope as she considers the unexpected love and hope in her future.

Bless Your Heart Rae Sutton

Susannah B. Lewis, known for her humor and Southern charm, takes you into the heartwarming story of a thirty-five-year-old woman mourning the recent losses of her marriage, and her mother, who finds comfort in her mother&#39;s outspoken, charming, blue-haired group of friends.
For years, Rae Sutton&#39;s mother, Margie, had been meeting Rae&#39;s Aunt Maxine, Mrs. Dora Kinney, and Ms. Fannie Richardson on the third Thursday of each month. Rae&#39;s mother would call it their ministry. The alternated homes for each meeting and drank coffee, at a dessert, and discussed who to send flowers to in the hospital, or who to take a meal. They read books and argued over what it all meant. They prayed for their family and friends. They penned Get Well Soon cards, or Congratulations on Your Grandbaby cards. For that hour, each month, they would laugh, gossip, reminisce about about days gone by, and solve all the problems in Whitten, Alabama.
Rae&#39;s invited to attend the after her mother loses her battle with cancer. It&#39;s there where she learns to navigate life as a single mother without her own mother to guide her. These wry, witty women inspire her to follow her dreams and take leaps of faith. Along the way, Rae finds little surprises: a potential new romance, her ex-husband hoping to make amends, and letters her mother left for her to read after her death that offer hope as she considers the unexpected love and hope in her future.

Charles Martin, New York Times bestselling author, combines heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your seat tension as he explores the true power of sacrificial love. Murphy Shepherd made a career out of finding survivors of human trafficking. His life's mission is to help others find freedom, but then the nightmare strikes too close to home. After his new wife, her daughter, and two other teenage girls are taken, Murphy is left questioning all he thought to be true. He has no idea how he'll find his loved ones when he gets more dead ends than leads. After everything is stripped away, love is what remains. Hope may feel lost, but Murphy is willing to expend his last breath trying to bring them home.

The Letter Keeper, Murphy Shepherd Series, Book 2

Charles Martin, New York Times bestselling author, combines heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your seat tension as he explores the true power of sacrificial love.
Murphy Shepherd made a career out of finding survivors of human trafficking. His life&#39;s mission is to help others find freedom, but then the nightmare strikes too close to home.
After his new wife, her daughter, and two other teenage girls are taken, Murphy is left questioning all he thought to be true. He has no idea how he&#39;ll find his loved ones when he gets more dead ends than leads. After everything is stripped away, love is what remains.
Hope may feel lost, but Murphy is willing to expend his last breath trying to bring them home.

The Beginning

<div>Tragic deaths of her Dat and close-in-age brother have cast a particularly long shadow over Susie Mast&#39;s Old Order life in Lancaster County&#39;s Hickory Hollow. Despite her longtime affection for her friend Obie Yoder, Susie remains single at twenty-two. Since she believes Obie may never express romantic interest in her, Susie accepts Del Petersheim&#39;s invitations, and realizes her mistake only after Obie leaves to take an apprenticeship.</div>

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<div>Susie&#39;s worries only escalate as her mother&#39;s health gets worse and her younger sister starts searching for answers about her adoption. Once again, Susie faces the possibility of loss. Will family secrets and missed opportunities quench Susie&#39;s hopes and dreams for the future? Could it be that what may seem like the end is only the beginning?</div>

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