A young man searching for love... Determined and gritty, Marta Rodriguez has seen the best and worst of life, and is super protective of the new life she’s forged for herself and her young daughter.In the small town of Salford where she works at a women’s refuge, she’s finally found equilibrium and peace.Until her daughter, Angel, is teased at school because she doesn’t know who her father is.Paul Petersen holds high standards when it comes to choosing a life partner, but at age 26, he’s not actively searching for love. He’s studied hard and is enjoying his role as chaplain at the Salford Christian School. Although not overly religious, he’s happy to simply trust God to bring the right girl along at the right time.But when his path connects with Marta’s, a captivating single mother who attracts him with her determination and grit, he wonders if she’s ‘the one’.Marta’s determination to find her family leads her down a rabbit warren of twists and turns. Paul is patient with her, but when her obsession for helping a young pregnant girl results in a life and death situation, they both have to believe that God is greater than the crazed man holding her hostage.   Can Marta allow God to lead and guide her, or will her hasty decisions put both her and her daughter in danger? Will Paul and Marta find love before it’s too late? Because We Believed is Book Four in Transformed by Love, a heartwarming, inspirational Christian Romance Series. Grab your copy now of this Christian romance novel filled with faith and hope, written by best-selling Contemporary Christian Romance author, Juliette Duncan. Books by Juliette Duncan Contemporary Christian Romance The Shadows Series Lingering Shadows Facing the Shadows Beyond the Shadows Secrets and Sacrifice A Highland Christmas The True Love Series Tender Love Tested Love Tormented Love Triumphant Love True Love at Christmas Promises of Love Precious Love Series Forever Cherished Forever Faithful Forever His The Potter’s House Books Series The Homecoming Unchained Blessings of Love The Hope We Share A Time for Everything Series A Time to Treasure A Time to Care A Time to Abide A Time to Rejoice Billionaires with Heart Christian Romance Series Her Kind-Hearted Billionaire Her Generous Billionaire Her Disgraced Billionaire Transformed by Love Because We Loved Because We Forgave Because We Dreamed Becuase We Believed Middle Grade Christian Fiction The Madeleine Richards Series Rebellion in Riversleigh Problems in Paradise Trouble in Town For all my books: https://readerlinks.com/mybooks/564

    

    Sure as sweet tea on a hot afternoon." Words from Willa Muir's sketchy childhood haunt her dreams and color her days with longing, regret, and fear. What do the words mean? Willa is far from sure. When Hale Landon places a ring on her finger, Willa panics, feeling she can't possibly say yes when so much in her past is a mystery. Bent on sorting out her history, Willa returns to Rockwall, Texas, to the Muir House Bed & Breakfast, a former funeral home. But the old place holds her empty memory close to itself. Willa's mother utters unintelligible clues from her deathbed, and the caretaker of the house keeps coveted answers carefully protected. Throw in an old flame, and Willa careens farther away from ever knowing the truth. Set in a growing suburb of Texas, The Muir House explores trauma, healing, love new and old, and the life-changing choices people make to keep their reputations intact.

    A back-country expedition turns deadly in this powerful outdoor-adventure drama from a highly skilled writer.

    A promising career. Good health. A beautiful house. A promising relationship. Most importantly, she was a proud member of the largest and most popular megachurch in all of Seattle—the Blessed and Highly Favored Full Gospel Church.Everything started changing in her seemingly perfect life after a pastor visiting from China created such an uproar at her church, with messages most members found both mean spirited and judgmentally offensive, that Mark Lau was asked to leave and told never to come back.It took traveling all the way to Shanghai, China, with her best friend, Meredith Geiger, for Charmaine to discover the many differences between her church, which was opulent in every sense of the word, and Pastor Lau’s church, which was located beneath a dry cleaners, of all places.Even more telling were the messages both pastors preached. Despite that they taught from the very same Book, their messages couldn’t have been anymore polarizing. While Charmaine was instantly intrigued by the whole “underground” experience, Meredith was so traumatized that she cut short what had been the best vacation of her life, to go back to the States.But not before alarming Charmaine’s boyfriend of the grave danger they faced. Rodney Williams then told lead pastors, Julian and Imogen Martín, who flew 5,700 miles from Seattle to China, to rescue her from the so-called pastor who’d already caused some to leave their megachurch.Upon arriving, they learned their suspicions were quickly confirmed. Mark Lau had used his subterranean gathering place to radically change Charmaine’s way of thinking. Despite her strongest protests, they flat-out refused to believe that God had used him to transform her life and deepen her faith, to the extent that she finally had eternal assurance.Tragically for the Martíns, by the time they discovered the prosperity Gospel they’d been preaching was a false one, it would be too late…

    Pearl in the Sand tells Rahab's untold story. Rahab lives in a wall; her house is built into the defensive walls of the City of Jericho. Other walls surround her as well-walls of fear, rejection, and unworthiness. A woman with a wrecked past; a man of success, of faith...of pride. A marriage only God would conceive! Through the heartaches of a stormy relationship, Rahab and Salmone learn the true source of one another's worth and find healing in God.

    They were the men who came to your father in his hour of need. They were the men who fought with him. They were men, and that is the highest that can be written of them..."Before he came to David at the caves of Adullam, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a mercenary in Egypt. In the exotic kingdom of the Nile, where Pharaoh is the reflection of the sun and moon, Benaiah will be tested. Peril and heartache are all around him, and to make things worse, he does not yet know the "covering."A companion piece to the Lion of War series about the wars of King David, "Benaiah" is the first short story in The Hall of the Mighty Men. Narrated by Jehoshaphat, the historian of King Solomon, this collection of origin tales expands the Lion of War literary universe, and contains epic battles and feats of bravery unable to be included in the novels and upcoming movies. Thrilling and passionate, The Hall of the Mighty Men is another chapter in the epic Lion of War series that fans will enjoy for years to come.

    Samuel has his future set for him, but when he encounters the angelic Grace, he suddenly realizes he wants out of his commitments so he can pursue her. Can the two of them make it work, or has someone else already laid claim to the future they desire?

    A Christian romance.

    Five years ago, Noel dedicated her life to Christ. It was the best decision she’d made in her life. However, August isn’t onboard with his wife’s newfound faith. Noel is at her wits end, trying to convince her husband about the way of the Lord. August is done with his wife pestering him about her faith. They are both hoping for a Christmas miracle – one of peace.

    

    Authors Davis Bunn and Janette Oke have woven an intriguing story featuring compelling fictional characters who interact with the men and women who were central to the rise of Christianity. Amid religious, political, and cultural persecution, these courageous few must shape and preserve a faith that will stand the test of time.

    Calvin has everything that he could possible want, but soon realizes that giving his wife Katrina the child that she so desperately wants would be harder than he ever imagine. Pastor and Lady Snow try to be there for them, but struggle with their own problems and martial secrets. Lady Snow starts to see her family crumble before her own eyes and tries to hold everyone together, but the truth hurts. Will this family be able to handle their own "Meltdown?"

    Henry's classic short story "The Last Leaf" begins with an adolescent girl, Ally, who is deathly ill and angry at God. Her grief stricken father is a pastor on the verge of losing his faith.