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Once again, the Southern Belle Breakfast Club ladies have found themselves searching for answers to secrets their friend Gracie left behind after her death. After leaving their vacation home in Key West, they head to one of their homes in the mountains of Deep Gap. After arriving, they quickly discover Gracie had left them once again a letter that held unanswered questions.Stella soon feels something very wrong is happening in her life, but proving her fears may become dangerous. Lifetime friends soon find they must stick together and fight for their lives. Can they overcome a situation ...

Was she her sister’s keeper? Leah was all the family Brynn Kingston had left, and she’d made that promise to her mother before she passed away to take care of her little sister. But when she learned Leah was engaged to a man she’d met online—a man who probably didn’t exist at least in the form he presented online—Brynn knew she had to expose the scammer before her sister’s small nest egg was gone. But then she met the scammer face-to-face. Best-laid plans. Was he his brother’s keeper? Although Ben Fisher had been shunned by his community and his parents, he stayed as close ...

Ruth is finally settling into her job as a veterinary office manager, attempting to leave her nightmare past behind her, when her estranged father makes an offer she can’t refuse. As the details of the offer unfold, she realizes that something suspicious, if not downright evil, is going on. While attempting to solve the mystery behind this uncharacteristic generous offer, her entire world becomes entangled in the hidden lives of those she thought she knew and could trust. Except for her beloved dog, Bo, everyone Ruth knows is hiding something, if not from God, certainly from her. When ...

“You can’t always tell a person’s character by their spandex miniskirt and four-inch stilettos.” Leah Grace, and her dog, dolphin, and horse companions encounter yet another mystery when a gorgeous lady of questionable repute literally crashes into their refuge. Leah, just two years earlier a runaway herself escaping a horror-filled past, recognizes a fellow sufferer. In Book 4 of the best-selling Unlikely Friends Series, Leah and Hank are planning their wedding when a boat slams into Leah’s shore. Who is this seductively dressed stranger who crashes her boat? Is she the victim of...

Is life precious? Worth saving at all costs? Whippoorwill No-Kill Shelter Committee members, Angela and Danielle, ask the same question…for different reasons. Newest resident, Danielle, is wrestling with a desperate decision, and Angela’s reeling from a ransacked home and uncertain romance. Two mischievous Carolina dogs are sniffing for solutions. Missing shelter funds, a slashed couch, painful secrets, gunshots in the woods…someone is up to no good. And lives are hanging in the balance. "...heart-wrenching and heart-warming, bringing a much needed awareness to the social and ...

Three hundred MILLION dollars. Your inheritance. Buy anything you want, go anywhere you want, do anything you want. All yours. Except… You’re a social worker. How do you maintain “street cred” with the kids you’ve devoted your life to? How will that kind of money affect the man you love? And then there’s your birth family. The ones that abandoned you to die at fourteen. The ones you suspect even now are trying to have you killed over the money. How do you share with them? Or do you? What would Jesus do? What would He want you to do? Would you do it? Welcome back to Collin ...

Long estranged from her genetic scientist mother, artist Anna Knight is stunned at the contents of her mother’s will. Determined to ascertain the source of her wealth, Anna hires tech guru Cullen Kincaid to investigate. Details the guitar-playing Bible-teaching computer expert discovers could drastically alter Anna’s future. When mutual attraction blossoms, can she overcome her feelings of worthlessness? Will Cullen follow his heart without knowing the truth of Anna’s birth?

A circumstance is an event that takes place around you while you are standing. This is the literal translation of the original Latin from which the word is derived, for whatever that is worth. People refer to themselves as "victims of circumstances." Stuff happens! While it is true that we are unable to change our circumstances, the stuff that takes place around us, what is within our ability is the way we respond or react. Of course, human nature is reactionary. You do this to me and brother, I’ll get even. Mess with me, I’ll mess with you. The notion of “turning the other cheek,” ...

When was the last time you lied? Do you lie to keep a secret? Or do you keep a secret to hide a lie? Collin Farrell has a secret, and she can’t wait to tell her husband. Jeff Farrell has a secret, too, one he’s been hiding from Collin since before they married. Collin’s brother, Erin, has a girlfriend with a secret she won’t tell. Vy Johnson is a DEA agent who knows all about lies and secrets. What happens when Secrets and Lies collide? Cars get crushed (with the drivers inside.) Homes explode. Marriages implode. Careers—and lives—are jeopardized. Can God work even this together...

It’s life or death. Can they pull together to survive? Dumped from a raft in the middle of God literally only knows where, four friends are stranded in the wilderness. No cellphones. No maps. No food. Three pocket knives, a compass, and each other are all they have. Until two shadowy figures lead Micah and his friends to a stash of survival equipment scrounged from the river. Who are these mysterious benefactors? What do they want? Then rescue comes with a catch. Micah and his friends can wait four days to be taken to civilization or join a real-life quest for a million dollars. The ...

Q is missing. Quinn Magary, patron, supporter, champion of the Knights of the Octagon, is missing. Five days late from a three-day personal assignment, and no one can find him. Then Grace Painter, another member of the Knights, disappears without warning. The remaining Knights—Tav, Luke, and Micah—vow to find their friends and mentors. Then someone runs Tav off the road. And Micah is nearly murdered at Grace Painter’s worksite. An innocent lunch date becomes a conflagration as a shadowy figure blows up the restaurant. Dead bodies appear. Knights are battered, kidnapped, and left for ...

Travel to Australia to solve a family mystery? Sure, Marlow could do that. But she didn’t take into consideration the vast outback, nor the owner of the sheep station. Widower, Jake Barclay, is everything her late husband was not—honorable, considerate, a pure gentleman. She came prepared with sunscreen, but hadn’t built a high enough screen around her heart. Jake was dubious about Marlow’s reason for visiting his station and thwarts her plan at every turn. Until he sees how she interacts with his vulnerable, young daughter. If they solve the coded message, can Marlow return to ...

While documenting needed repairs on a mansion, Jo makes a discovery that endangers her life. To complicate her plight, she uncovers a secret that could rip her family apart. Flynn, a co-worker, strives to keep her safe, however, a relationship from his past comes crashing back into his life and interferes in his efforts. Jo and Flynn are both scarred—one emotionally, one physically. As they work together and learn to trust each other, they find their perilous circumstances are intertwined, and culminate when a young man’s life is threatened. Will they unravel the strands of intrigue in ...

Nathan Green was righteous in every way. From a very early age he seemingly did everything right. Being Jewish by birth, he embraced Jewish Orthodoxy. He was profoundly intelligent and became both a lawyer and a rabbi. Even though as a rabbi his teachings stirred much controversy, he seemed to have a bright and glorious future ahead of him. As a lawyer, he became the chief prosecutor in the DA’s office. Everything was perfect for Nathan Green until one day he made some bad decisions, lost everything and was faced with a dilemma. For Nathan, having rejected the truth, there was only one ...

A string of staged deaths forces Texas Ranger Emily O’Connell on a covert mission to investigate a governor’s connection to the deceased women. She doesn’t trust anyone—including crime scene cleaner Stone Spencer. But when Emily’s questioning makes her the serial killer’s next target, she must turn to ex-ranger Stone for help. With threats at every turn, outrunning a merciless villain could be the last thing they do.

Crime. Danger. New love. Meet John, The Detective who oversees a countywide task force. He is calm, confident, and not searching to change his life until he meets Penny. Penny is an independent woman full of surprises. As a cellist involved in many musical endeavors, she has a unique source of information for the task force. John needs her expertise but falls in love with her almost immediately. Her first act is to bring him a fish named Jerome. The Detective is a bridge novel between the Christian Suspense series, Planted Flowers and Matthew’s Matchmakers. Both series show how trials and...

Where Does Justice End And Vengeance Begin? Cole and his girlfriend Kelly Mitchell go to the Chinese New Year’s Parade in San Francisco and find themselves in the middle of a shootout between two rival gangs. The violence hits close to home for Cole, as his friend Chris Ramos is killed in the gunfire. Cole sets upon the task of investigating the shootings for his newspaper, The Chronicle. The Stakes Go Way Up Cole is aided by Anthony Perez, a young man he saved from a Southern California gang life. Cole sends Anthony into Chinatown to gather background information for the article. While ...

She's agreed to a loveless marriage. He'll stop her no matter the cost. Will the price to protect their lives mean risking their hearts? The holidays are over, and aristocrat Anna Whitloch must leave Crystal Creek and return to Eastern Europe. She made a promise, a promise that will save her mother’s estate. Someone else has other ideas. Ideas that will get Anna out of the way permanently. Anna can take care of herself, so why was Deputy Rocco Ventali assigned to protect her? She can’t depend on him, as he proved that night ten years ago when they had planned to meet. He never showed. ...

An Ice Pick Murderer Is Terrorizing San Francisco San Francisco is held captive by a killer who leaves no trace, no clues, no DNA, just a single fatal puncture wound. The police are completely baffled. As Cole Sage tries to write the story he sees the frustration of his friend Lieutenant Leonard Chin, and the demands put on the police. Adding to the madness in Cole’s life, everything is turned on its head when a teenage girl appears claiming to be his niece! When the murders hit close to home, Cole has no choice but to get involved. But at what cost? Like no case before, this one goes ...

Amber's father, Max, betrayed her and her mom when she was sixteen. Determined to make it on her own she refused all contact with the man and paid her way through college by making jewelry. Now, she finds it hard to let any man get close to her heart. Months ago, he asked her to make some jewelry. She reluctantly agreed, needing the money he offered to set up her new venture, a studio for artists. Then he died, leaving a jeweled trail of trouble connected to a ring of cybercriminals.