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The year is 1777. America is in turmoil. And Amish life is far different than today. Pennsylvania in the late 18th century, once called William Penn’s Woods, was an assortment of different faiths living together for the first time in American history. Included in this tapestry was a small and...

The never-before-told story of Reverends Lillian Russell and Mildred Long, the two earliest clergywomen in Virginia Methodism is based on years of research of primary sources. During the Great Depression, against all odds, petite, teenage, Lillian traveled from church to church as a powerful, popular evangelist. Then she served as the pastor of the Blandford Methodist Church in Petersburg for thirty-five years covering the decades of World War II and the civil rights and women's movements, forging a path for other women to follow.

Evelyn Halstead’s husband perished in the Bataan Death March but not her faith. The World War II Gold Star widow is taken in by her brother and soothed by the love of his wife and children. Evelyn refuses to cower to grief. She may not understand God’s mysterious ways, but she has never questioned Him—until the circus fire.

Young widow Eva Vestal assumes loneliness is God’s permanent plan for her life. She keeps busy by raising her son and co-managing the Inn at Falls Creek with her elderly father, but her heart yearns for more. Solomon “Solo” Cotter has spent his life working with horses, but he secretly wants to write a book of the children’s stories his grandfather told him as a boy. He barters with Eva’s father for a 40-night stay at the inn, a needed respite from work to get his stories on paper.

Regno di Federico II di Svevia, inizio del XIII secolo. Riccardo è un bambino orfano di padre, che vive con la mamma e il nonno in una masseria a qualche miglio a nord di Otranto. Qui trascorre un'infanzia serena in compagnia della sua migliore amica, Idrusa, ma la sua vita è destinata a cambiare radicalmente il giorno in cui il monaco Pantaleone si presenta alla sua porta. Rivelatogli che il padre avrebbe voluto fare di lui un Cavaliere Templare, Riccardo lascia i suoi affetti per seguire il monaco all'Abbazia di Casole, dove avrà l'opportunità di essere istruito.

Outcast. Forsaken. Rejected by God...Until she showed kindness to a stranger at a well and discovered a truth that changed her life forever.

After 150 years of preaching the Gospel, the little country parish of Whistle Grove has closed its doors for good, but the faithful Rev. Edmund G. Oglethorpe remains. There is the empty building and the crumbling cemetery to maintain, and who else will bury old Miriam Werth when the time comes? Told through the voices of generations past and present, "The Saints of Whistle Grove" follows the journey of a son in search of his mother, a daughter in need of connection, a family without a home, and the cemetery that brings them all together.

Pinkerton detective, Joshua Brookings, is sent on a job that seems simple on the surface. His fellow detective has been kidnapped and his boss, William Pinkerton, senses foul play. Joshua is sent to investigate Edward's case in hopes of finding the kidnapped detective and helping solve the case that has taken over ten years to investigate.

Dagmar Larsson barely escapes a kidnap attempt when she is mistaken for her wealthy employer, Alrik Soderlund’s daughter, Algot. Alrik is shocked at her uncanny likeness to his daughter. He hires Dagmar to lure the would-be kidnappers away by impersonating Algot and sailing to America where Dagmar will have the opportunity to become a mail-order bride. Unbeknownst to him, his daughter also sneaks aboard ship.

Theo, an elder Christian, mentors two younger believers, guiding them through various foundational concepts of the Christian faith. He covers theological topics such as the nature of God, the meaning behind Jesus' parables, and the storytelling structure of the Bible. Emphasis is placed on personal faith growth, understanding the biblical context, and applying these teachings to modern life. The dialogue encompasses a range of subjects including the Trinity, the significance of baptism, interpreting Jesus' teachings, and crafting parables.

Dopo Il templare di Otranto: Il mosaico, un nuovo capitolo si apre sulla storia di Riccardo Lupo. Siamo nel tredicesimo secolo e il nostro protagonista, dopo avere scoperto l’identità di suo padre, decide di partire per la VI crociata. Avrà modo di vivere alla corte di Federico II e ammirarne virtù e vizi. Conoscerà suo padre e proverà con tutte le sue forze ad appianare ogni divergenza e a recuperare un po’ del tempo che da bambino aveva perso. Non saranno poche le peripezie che Riccardo dovrà affrontare.

Dall’autore della fortunata saga Blackwater, un altro romanzo impossibile da interrompere. Alla fine del XIX secolo, nel cuore del famigerato Triangolo Nero, una ricca famiglia cerca di affermarsi pretendendo di liberare la città dalla corruzione. Gli Stallworth, guidati con pugno di ferro dal loro patriarca, l’influente e implacabile giudice James Stallworth, coadiuvato dal figlio Edward, predicatore dai sermoni incendiari, e dal genero Duncan Phair, giovane avvocato dalla carriera promettente, hanno un piano impeccabile: estirpare il male annientando una famiglia di corrotti e criminali: gli Shanks.

Ever since she was scarred as a child, local schoolteacher Sarah Adams has resigned herself to a life without love. So when Melrose Stephens sweeps her off her feet with a whirlwind marriage proposal, she feels like she has finally found happiness. But life has more pain in store for Sarah, and again she is left alone. With no hope in her heart, she accepts an offer to travel west as a mail order bride. But when she arrives at the home of her intended, she finds herself rejected again.

Thrown from the orphanage on the morning of her 16th birthday, Kitty Nisbet hobbles the dirty Boston streets on her crippled legs. Despair grips her. All looks impossible until she meets an elderly stranger named Molly White who insists she has an answer for Kitty’s plight. The answer will take all the courage Kitty can muster and more, and will carry her further than she ever thought possible. And with her, a message for the Western frontier town called Salvation–one that will change countless lives forever.

Hannah Elfenbein, a young, pregnant Jewish woman, is arrested in 1942 and sent to the Camp de Rivesaltes transit camp in Southwest France. Drawn to helping other young women escape, she seeks refuge for herself and others at a maternity hospital. But nothing is simple in occupied France, and she finds herself doing the unimaginable to save one precious life.

Zwei mutige junge Menschen auf dem Weg zur Wahrheit. Alpen im 12. Jahrhundert. Ein Ordensbruder wird tot in der Kirche aufgefunden, und die kostbarste Reliquie des Bergklosters Tannhöhe ist verschwunden. Der ehemalige Ordensbruder Ansgar erhält vom Abt den Auftrag, das Heiligtum wiederzubeschaffen. Gemeinsam mit der im Kloster Zuflucht findenden Laya folgt er der Spur bis nach Mailand. Dort angekommen müssen Ansgar und Laya feststellen, dass das Geheimnis um die Reliquie größer und gefährlicher ist als gedacht.

When German bombs set London ablaze, BBC radio correspondent Hugh Collingwood reports on the Blitz, eager to boost morale while walking the fine line between truth and censorship. But the Germans are not the only ones Londoners have to fear as a series of murders flame up amid the ashes. The deaths hit close to home for Hugh, and Aleida needs his help to locate her missing son. As they work together, they grow closer and closer, both to each other and the answers they seek. But with bombs falling and continued killings, they may be running out of time.

When Carsten Whitford is arrested for a robbery he didn't commit, he struggles to clear his name that's already stained by his father's arrest from four years ago. Carsten is the sole supporter of his mother and he works the farm he has lived on his whole life.

Stella is the oldest of three sisters and she's got a long history of being the one to protect and provide for her family. When a dangerous threat sent the Fairfax sisters on a wagon train journey west, Stella knew her best bet was to disguise herself as a man to keep herself and her sisters safe. Collin Mason has secrets of his own. And his family isn't short on drama either, not with his troublemaking twin and an older brother about to get hitched. But he's the only one who sees the real Stella—and that she needs help.

Felicity Barrows is no fool, though the fortune hunters pestering her must believe differently. What other reason could they have for hounding her every step, showering her with honeyed words and false compliments, expecting her to fall straight into their calculating arms? Better to remain a spinster than marry unhappily—if she could only get some peace from their incessant overtures.