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Van has spent a lifetime counting every penny and trusting no one. Now, in his fifties, the wealthy miser faces the one thing money can't buy—more time. As he struggles through chemotherapy and radiation for stage-four melanoma, he's convinced death is waiting just around the corner. Fear only sharpens his bitter tongue and sarcastic view of the world. Too weak to drive himself, Van reluctantly hires his beautiful next-door neighbor, Delta, a compassionate nurse, to take him to his treatments. She is everything he is not—kind, generous, and patient.

Hear the incredible story in Acts 12 of the Apostle Peter’s escape from jail with the help of an angel. With two guards chained to him, Peter lay sleeping until an angel came and hit him on his side. “ And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.” In other words, “Throw on your clothes. Let’s get out of here.” Peter had trouble believing what was happening. The angel led him through the open gates of the jailhouse and down some streets in the dark.

In rural post-Civil War Mississippi, the virgin woods offer cover for bands of outlaws. Underdeveloped roads provide limited transportation for the settlers. Most farmhouses stand miles apart. All Her Dreams of Love weaves tension into an inspirational romance set in a harrowing struggle to survive.

Lana Jacobs dreams of becoming a professional photographer. She loves to take pictures of the beauty surrounding her. Scenes of nature, such as hummingbirds and landscapes, challenge her to find the most interesting angles for her camera lens. Instead of spending her time looking at the world through a camera, Lana sits in an office, where she works at a profession she detests. Why? She tries to please her father.

Since Christmas is coming, Joy resolves to start working with determination to find love immediately, so she won’t have to live through another sad Christmas.

Did you ever watch the rooster parked on a barnyard fence? Chanticleer, the famed rooster from The Canterbury Tales, announced the rising of the sun. Did you ever hear a young rooster trying to learn to crow? He had to work at it until he perfected his unique sound. Like farm chickens, we have much to communicate. What joy it brings when we organize our thoughts and learn to choose the right words that are standard. We want to have variety in our human communications with color and character, humor and sincerity, polished and practiced to an acceptable standard.

Twenty-seven-year-old Dove Abernathy, a beautiful woman with Asperger’s, has established herself as an artist. She depends on Bess, her mother, for emotional support. After Bess receives a severe head injury while in the prayer garden, their lives are forever changed.

Trudy and Jeremy grew up in the same neighborhood, and they have always loved each other. She is a part of a large blended family living near a south Mississippi village. Jeremy, having lost all his family, makes his way through the world alone. At the beginning of World War I, he becomes so enthralled with his goals to succeed that he neglects Trudy, who has reached the stage in life where she wants to be loved. Trudy and Jeremy attend separate colleges. She meets Lance, her brother Will’s handsome roommate, who gives her constant loving attention.

Ava discovers an unwelcome surprise in the apartment selected for her by a church leader. Resisting the urge to leave before she even meets the congregation, she must pray and make difficult decisions. But when she’s followed all over the county, where can she go? Will Ava find happiness? Will she find love? Will she escape the ominous forces that are mounting against her? 

Rivka Smith plans to enjoy her three-week vacation in a lake resort lodge, but as the COVID-19 coronavirus begins to spread, her family members are called abruptly back to work. She is left alone with the resort's owner as her sole companion. For years, Rivka has wanted a meaningful relationship. Is it possible that love, a force stronger than death or any pandemic, may slip up on her to claim her unsuspecting heart when she least expects it?

In the early 1900s, Lena Harvey, a bright-minded farm girl, wants to graduate from high school. She hopes to attend nursing school or become a midwife. Having no interest in complicating her life with intimate relationships, she plans to focus her efforts toward her calling. But in a country where people believe they can grow up to become anything they want to be, her dream is crushed. Discover how Lena resolves to make the best of what has been thrown at her, hoping that she can make a difference in the world.

It is the 2020’s when Casey, an environmental expert who is an ambassador at large, goes with her husband Logan to rescue her mother and stepfather from a nation that has seceded from the United States. She receives assignments to save the nation from a demented Air Force General, who wants to create a utopia where only the perfect people may live. He fights the US by using drones to distribute diphtheria bacteria throughout the country.

Jessica Boudreaux Hays, a retired music professor, has recently moved to Rousseauville to open a bed and breakfast in her grandparents' house. But her life is filled with problems. The residents of the village refuse to go near her or the bed and breakfast. Dale Bonnier, a 55-year-old widower, inspires the people in Rousseauville with his compelling sermons, especially Jessica. He cannot turn his past around, but he hopes it will be used to influence and inspire others. Can Jessica find acceptance? Will she ever find a man she can love and trust?

Beth DuBard, a lovely, single author, moves to a new town after her uncle gives her a house and a newspaper business. Leaving an undesirable suitor behind, she takes wacky Aunt Genie, who demands constant attention while doling out witty sarcasm. Beth’s best friend, also a cousin and the family housekeeper, goes along and becomes a force of strength. Along the way, others join the household. The seven don’t always like each other, but they need to be together.

"Forty years is a long time." Liza hears those words on television from a man in a leadership position. He implies that after 40 years, a woman has had enough time to recover emotionally from unwanted sexual advances when she was a teenager - a child. Forty years after being abused, something incredible happened in Liza's life. Now it's been 60 years. What can she do to help her cope?

Bubba, a happy dog, lives in a friendly village in Texas. His humans give him affection, treats, and love. They take him on walks. He becomes a firedog, who helps his owner, a volunteer fireman, by guarding the tools and by being a friend to the other men in the fire department. Sometimes he is frightened, but he relies on his human mommy and daddy to make everything work out right. Sometimes he gets into mischief, but, most of the time, he is well behaved. He likes to play with his toys.

A mostly Siamese cat gets into serious trouble.

Travelers is the story of Trudy's friend Jeremy Smitherlin as he finds himself functioning as the adult in his home because his parents have emotional and physical illnesses. Jeremy first appeared in The Dream Bucket as the slimy boy who dipped Trudy Cameron's braids into his ink well.

The star leading the wise men asks the moon to shine light on the path toward the baby Jesus.

Seth, a young shepherd, guards the sheep with his father. Angels come to bring good news.