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A desperate mother…A mountain man guide…An impossible journey… Moriah Clark is sure of one thing: the white man standing outside her door can’t be trusted. He’s no different from the others who keep trying to seize the cabin her late husband built. It’s only a matter of time before...

Before the creation of humanity, before the Fall of Earth, Heaven itself stood on the brink of war. When whispers of rebellion begin to spread through the heavenly realm, the angel Azarias is chosen to lead an elite company of seven warriors, the Septemviri, on a mission unlike any other. Their command is simple: offer mercy to the rebellious... or, if they refuse, wage spiritual warfare. But the rebellion is led by no ordinary adversary. Satan—Heaven's greatest and most powerful angel—has persuaded a third of Heaven's hosts to join his cause.

# An Interrupted Night A delayed train. A secret elopement. One unexpected night that may change several lives forever. Mary Dunlap is traveling by train to fulfill a speaking engagement when mechanical trouble brings the journey to an abrupt halt. What first appears to be an inconvenient delay...

*Originally titled Lawfully Pursued * Can a SWAT officer and a billionaire's daughter find love? SWAT Officer Jesse Calhoun wasn't looking for love when he met Brie Carter. And at first, he thought they'd have nothing in common, but when a new side of her emerges, will she win his heart? Or will her secret destroy their relationship? Daughter of a billionaire Brie Carter was bored and looking for a way to spice up her life. When her friend offered a bet with a prize Brie wanted, she agreed, but she never counted on falling in love on the way.

A second chance for Christmas? Marrying Dillon Fields was all Kaitlyn Bell thought about in high school. Until he decided he needed to see the world. She waited for him to come home, but when the communication stopped, she kind of gave up on love. Focused on her work, she's been happy, but something is missing. More like someone. When she is asked to redecorate the Fields' winter lodge, she is hesitant at first, but after being assured Dillon won't be there, she takes the job.

Is something wrong at the Halstead ranch? Lake Wood can't shake the feeling that trouble is in the wind for his pretty neighbor, Jane Halstead. First her uncle didn't show when he promised, and now suspicious strangers are lurking about her ranch. But is the trouble purely in his own imagination? Or is there real cause for concern? When odd happenings, jarring revelations, and convenient accidents pile up, Lake enlists the help of his family and friends to get to the bottom of things. But can they find the truth in time to foil the plot? And what more can Lake do to protect the girl he loves?

When strength fades, light remains. Israel is at peace—but peace is fragile. Jair of Gilead has judged Israel for twenty-two quiet years, not with sword or throne, but with wisdom, memory, and trust in Jehovah. The land prospers. The roads are safe. Thirty sons govern thirty towns, each riding out daily to carry their father’s words of justice and mercy across Havoth Jair. Yet as Jair’s body weakens, questions rise. What happens when the judge no longer rides? What holds a nation together when the man at its center grows old?

In the heart of Madison, the community is about to be transformed. Maxine, the spirited owner of the HairBoss who has a heart as big as her dreams, organizes a program to benefit the needy, which unwittingly ignites a spark that draws the residents together in ways they never imagined. A teenager who comes from a wealthy family, a struggling single mother and her son trying to find their place in the world, a hair distributor with a hidden secret-each character is searching for something deeper, something that only a divine blessing can fulfill.

Before the Water Stirred is a deeply human retelling of the man at the pool of Bethesda—the one remembered for a single day, but shaped by years of loss before it. Once, he was a working man, strong in his father’s trade and sure of the life opening before him. Then injury took his strength, dependence took his pride, and time slowly stripped away his place in his family, his work, and the world he had known. By the time he is carried to the pool near the Sheep Gate, he is no longer only a man in pain, but a man worn thin by waiting, bitterness, shame, and the ache of being left behind.

Before she was remembered as the widow of Zarephath, she was a wife, a mother, and a woman watching her house disappear one handful at a time. The sky has closed over Zarephath. The wells are sinking. The fields are failing. The gods of her people are silent. Inside one poor house, a sick husband weakens beside the wall, a little boy watches too much, and a woman measures flour, oil, water, and breath with trembling hands.

Men have spoken Tamar’s name as though it were only a wound. This is her answer. Born into the royal house of David, Tamar grows up amid cedar halls, guarded daughters, rival sons, and the dangerous splendor of kingship. She expects the life prepared for women of her station: marriage, household, children, continuance. Instead, one summons, one locked room, and one brother’s violence cut her life away from the road that had seemed secure. But Tamar is more than the story of a single crime.

Jephthah grows up as an outcast in Israel, the son of a harlot. Cast into exile, he builds a life among other forgotten men in the wild land of Tob—men who have lost everything but their courage. Years later, when the Ammonites rise against Israel and war threatens the land, the elders of Gilead come searching for the one man they once cast aside.

Before the table, someone had to light the fire. Matthieu Dubois reached the summit of his profession and found nothing there worth keeping. A decorated chef in Geneva, he caught sight of his own face in a sheet of polished steel one bad night and understood he had climbed the wrong mountain. His grandmother, who walked the Camino in her youth, sends him to Spain with a few quiet words and an old kitchen knife. He goes to watch the pilgrims arrive, with no intention of becoming one.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The world didn’t end in a bang… it fell apart piece by piece. And almost no one noticed. When the power went out, people thought it was temporary. When the government changed hands, they thought it would bring peace. But by the time the Neo Geo Task...

Hawk Macklin loves his family, his job on the ranch, and the girl who’s been his best friend his whole life. He never made things official between them since she was bound and determined to escape their small town life. Once she left and came back, he knew things weren’t the same between them. Maggie knows Hawk would do anything for her. And there was a time when she would have let him. Now she can’t let him close with the part of her past he doesn’t know about — that he can never know about.

It’s love-at-first-sight, when Shara meets the Newfoundland puppy, but now she has joint custody with James until she wins the contest. Surely she can prove she’ll be a better puppy-owner. How hard can it be? But spending time with James is dangerous. She might fall in love with him, and that would make things even worse. No telling what he would he do if he discovered she was pregnant. Shara doesn’t even know what she’s going to do!

He never forgave her for leaving. She never forgot the man she left behind. And now his past has come back to put her in the crosshairs. Former Navy SEAL Weston “Cowboy” Hayes has spent years outrunning the ghosts of his past—missions that went wrong, brothers he couldn’t save, enemies who don’t forget. Keeping his world small, quiet, and controlled is the only way he knows how to survive. Until Reese Faye comes home. After losing her job without warning, Reese has nowhere else to go but the town she swore she’d never return to.

What does it mean to have a heart that endures to the very end? In A Heart for the Stretch, John Saunders weaves together powerful Christian allegories, spiritual reflections, and kingdom-centered teachings that challenge believers to pursue a deeper walk with Christ. Through unforgettable stories—racehorses running the stretch, ambitious commanders in ancient Israel, eagles learning to fly, and even a Christmas crap game—this book explores the hidden motives of the human heart and the transforming work of God in His people.

Mit seinem monumentalen Romanzyklus Joseph und seine Brüder schuf Thomas Mann eines der bedeutendsten Werke der deutschsprachigen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. In Die Geschichten Jaakobs, dem ersten Teil der Tetralogie, greift der Nobelpreisträger die biblischen Überlieferungen des Alten Testaments auf und gestaltet sie zu einem farbenreichen Epos über Menschen, Schicksal, Glauben und die Ursprünge einer Kultur. Im Mittelpunkt steht Jaakob, der Enkel Abrahams und Sohn Isaaks. Thomas Mann erzählt von dessen Familiengeschichte, von Rivalitäten und Versöhnungen, von Liebe, Betrug...

A farmer hiding in fear. A people crushed by enemies. A God who calls the unlikely to lead. Judged in Love: Gideon’s Scythe is a powerful biblical fiction novel inspired by the book of Judges. When Israel turns from Jehovah and suffers under Midianite oppression, God raises up Gideon—a man who sees himself as weak, yet is chosen to become a mighty warrior. In this faith-based retelling, listeners will step into the ancient world of Israel and experience Gideon’s journey from doubt to courage.