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The women of the Bible helped to shape history. Their stories have been passed down for generations. Some were godly. Others were rebellious. Yet all lived, loved, and left a mark. We can learn much from them. Best-selling author Colleen L. Reece uses her finest story-telling skills to bring both saints and sinners alive.

Danger pursues a heartbroken nurse Scoffers said the Seattle hospital could never be built. God and Nicholas Fairchild knew better. Now doctors and nurses follow in Jesus’ footsteps and bring healing to body, mind, and soul Although Jonica Carr is a respected RN, the heart of a frightened little girl beats beneath her uniform. Jonica has dreamed of finding love for ten long years. Yet sometimes the troubled nurse wonders if she can ever get off the past and on with the future. Chief Surgeon Paul Hamilton recognizes Jonica’s worth in and out of the OR. He determines to shatter the wall ...

High-spirited Silver Trevelyn is indebted to Dr. Zachary Stuart for saving her brother Frank’s life, but considers him a coward. Dedicated to saving lives, Zachary refuses to join the Confederate Army. War rages, putting Silver and Frank’s fiancée, Lucy, at risk. Seeking refuge, they flee from Silver Birches plantation in the dead of night. Guided only by God and the North Star, they encounter obstacles that threaten to prevent their reaching the only person who can offer protection—the man Silver once despised. Colleen L. Reece has authored 160+ books, six million copies sold. First...

Angus MacFarlane finds an abandoned child in the desert. A lace-trimmed dress is the only clue to her identity. Angus adopts “Joyous,” who grows up during the California Gold Rush. Brit O’Donnell escapes the Irish potato famine and joins the Silver Rush, along with fifteen-year-old Carlos Montoya, son of a Monterey patriarch. Brought together by the hand of God, Joyous and Angus, Brit and Carlos, face a long, arduous journey in order to solve a mystery that for years has wreaked havoc on a proud, grieving family.

Minister’s daughter Anne Carroll is thirty, single, and content serving her beloved community through her Christian bookstore, His Way. How can she tell what she knows, when it will destroy her father? Former minister, Paul Hamilton wears the face of an angel but plans to pay God back for not intervening when false accusations shattered his life. Aspen Grove is under attack after a terrible storm follows a gorgeous September day. Will the former idyllic village ever be the innocent, peaceful place that 700 residents loved and cherished? Colleen L. Reece (165+ books, 6,000.000 copies sold)...

Crossings Book Club Selection Review: "Compares with Catherine Marshall's Christy" The Great Depression of 1929 has closed bank doors and forced people out of work, paralyzing many parts of the country. The tiny mountain town of Spruce Hollow, North Carolina, hasn’t escaped its crippling grip. When Thanksgiving arrives, Pastor David Allen looks over his faithful congregation in despair. How can families with holes in their shoes and no food to put on the table be thankful during the holiday season? But David has no idea how God will use him to give hope to those in the Hollow and beyond. ...

It seems impossible that anything can come between Juli and her new Irish immigrant friend, Shannon Riley. They and their special friends, Dave Gilmore and Ted Hilton, are inseparable—until Shannon falls under the influence of a self-proclaimed prophet and vanishes. Juli and the boys intend to do all they can to help, but only God can save her from a cult that threatens to destroy both Shannon’s mind and soul. Mystery fans of all ages will love this series of fun, whodunnits with Juli and her high school friends. If you love Nancy Drew and Scooby Do, these are the books for you.

Shocking news on a snowy night when Juli's policeman father doesn't come home is followed by more trouble than she feels she can handle: The need to change schools. Then, her Mom is forced to return to teaching. There are UPS trucks everywhere Juli goes, and a "gray man" lurking in the shadows--a man only she can see. When things come to a boil, Juli realizes nothing is ever as it seems Mystery fans of all ages will love this series of fun, whodunnits with Juli and her high school friends. If you love Nancy Drew and Scooby Do, these are the books for you.

JULI SCOTT, SUPER SLEUTH, IS BACK! Bellingham, Washington's answer to Nancy Drew, and her mystery-solving friends from the Mysterious Monday through Saturday Scare series, return to confront their most baffling case. Juli, her best friend Shannon, boyfriend Dave, and the rest of the Lunch Bunch must expose the Sunday Suspicion surrounding their beloved high school principal as vicious lies. Accused of misconduct, overwhelmed by what appears to be incontrovertible evidence of wrong-doing, Mr. S. Miles, AKA "Mr. Smiles," is placed on temporary suspension. Can the sleuthing skills developed ...

In Search of Christ and Love Benjamin, the youngest shepherd, is left to care for the sheep while his father and friends go to see the newborn Christ child. When Benjamin finally reaches the stable, the manger is empty. Michal of Nazareth is pursued by a greedy merchant she despises, a man old enough to be her grandfather. Ari takes up his father's quest and desperately searches for Jesus, hoping to save his beloved mother's life. Sabra flees from the wicked master who caused her father’s death and forced her into slavery. Better to perish than to continue living in fear. Why is Jesus, ...

Thomas Wolfe said, “You can’t go home again.” Best-selling author Colleen L. Reece believes you can go home again. Here are 31 of her favorite magazine stories about growing up in an era of few material possessions but rich in love. Laugh, cry, and rejoice with Colleen as family members find love at first sight experience joy, sorrow, disappointment, success strengthen family bonds with storytelling are inspired by their ancestors’ faith learn to appreciate the wonders of Creation call on God in times of trouble are miraculously rescued from danger thank Him for their blessings Do ...

Love signals flash between mountain peaks After four long years attending high school in the city, Jennifer Ashley is coming home. Home to parents, friends, mountains, forests and streams; far from trolley cars and crowded city streets.The daring girl enters a horse race, and works as a logging camp flunky [helper]. She later becomes a lookout fire-watcher. High atop Flower Dome, she flashes mirror signals with Keith Burgess on Pinnacle Peak. They fall in love World War I changes their lives. Keith enlists, and is reported missing in action. After the Armistice (Nov. 11 1918) soldiers come ...

“I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5) God has comforted, provided for, and protected award-winning author Colleen L. Reece for more than eighty years. He has opened doors she didn’t know existed and changed the “someday” book she dreamed of writing into 160+ titles with sales of six million copies. Life-changing incidents range from “A Cry for Help” and “Miracle at Frog Lake” to “Midnight Madness,” and show God’s mysterious intervention when life looked hopeless. Join Colleen as she travel’s life’s road with her Savior, Companion, Guide, and ...

“Welcome to Storybook House. Do come in.” Award-winning author Colleen L. Reece and her two brothers grew up in a former one-room schoolhouse with a woodsman father and a teacher mother. Their adventures ranged from rescuing orphaned kittens to solving Mom’s Sandwich Mystery. Colleen later felt called into full-time writing and moved to a new home. Her nephew named it “Storybook House” because of the hundreds of books and stories Colleen wrote that her mother, Pearl, edited. This collection is filled with stories based on real people and events, but with some names changed for ...

Under Fire With the onslaught of Word War ll, Candace “Candleshshine” Thatcher dedicates her life to nursing and loses her heart to Jeffrey Fairfax. The wounded Marine lieutenant washes up on the South Pacific island where Candleshine and survivors from their sunken ship are stranded. Promises made under threat of attack and invasion must be postponed. Nursing in the jungle is overwhelming. It requires service above and beyond the call of duty by Candleshine and her two fellow nurses Separation from Jeffrey follows evacuation under fire. Distance brings doubts. Can a love born in the ...

East is East and the West is Far Away The farther the better for Charity Endicott, darling of Long Island’s 1920s society. All she wants is to escape the nightmare of publicity following a tragic accident. A shocking disclosure about the man she loved leaves her shattered. She needs to get away. But where can she and her millionaire grandfather go that scandal won’t follow? Charles Endicott suggests a working cattle ranch in Wyoming near the Grand Teton Range. Decades earlier, Charles and his bride spent time in the area. They meant to return, but life and acquiring a fortune got in the...

Runaway Bride Seeks Sanctuary in the Old West Chantel Evans learns that her fiance is a fortune-hunter, then discovers he and her stepmother plan to commit her to an insane asylum and gain control of Chantel's inheritance. Terrified, she takes a train to Montana Territory. Nothing she may encounter can be worse than staying in Boston. "Firebrand" Morgan considers Chantel's arrival just after her grandfather has been shot highly suspicious. What will become of the Triangle C ranch if left in the hands of a tenderfoot girl who has ignored her grandfather for years? It takes a kidnapping and a...

Sequel to Joy’s Long Journey, (Gold Rush prospector finds child in desert. Only clue to her identity is a crocheted lace collar.) Gabriela O’Donnell is horrified at the prospect of marriage with a man she despises. She runs away from her scheming cousin's home and assumes a false name. Gabbie dares trust no one, even San Francisco’s rising star attorney, Gordon Rhys, who is fast capturing her heart. The courageous young woman lives in constant fear; compelled to flee time after time from those determined to force her into a life of misery. God opens ways of escape, but Gabbie’s ...

Timothy Sterling scoffs at love at first sight . . .until he meets lovely Angelina Montoya. Tim is smitten, but suspects “Angel” is less angelic than her name. Fresh from convent school, Angel loves hacienda life. Her beauty and charm attract many suitors, but Don Fernando insists she marry a wealthy man more than twice her age. Does God's command to "honour thy father and mother" mean entering a loveless marriage and breaking both Timothy's heart and her own?

Orphaned at age eighteen, Angela Cartwright journeys to frontier Arizona seeking her twin brother. After a stagecoach wreck, she finds Abe dying from gunshot. He rallies long enough to whisper a secret that puts Angela in mortal danger. The heartsick girl reluctantly takes Abe’s place as the Broken Rail school teacher. She captures the hearts of students, parents, and a killer who stumbled across Abe’s carefully guarded secret. Not knowing who to trust, “Miss Angel” flees into the night—and into even more danger. God is again her only hope of rescue. Colleen L. Reece (165+ books. ...