Lauralee Bliss

A recounting drawn from historic source material of the many individual acts of heroism performed by righteous gentiles who sought to thwart the extermination of the Jews during the Holocaust.

Artist Tom Haskins knew he was taking a risk when he advertised for a mail-order bride, but he assumed who answered his ad would be more refined than Sara McGee. Tom knows he can never marry her - especially now that he's receiving attention from accomplished pianist Annabelle Loving. As Christmas approaches, will Tom understand the message of the first Bethlehem - that the most precious gifts don't always come as they're expected?

Whether she's using her powers of persuasion to get a dog, helping Miss Darling win Teacher of the Year, or competing for the tidiest tent at Brownie camp, she's determined to come out on top!

Lucy Bland has lived a simple, peaceful life, far from the battlefields of World War II. But during the summer of 1943, military men come to train on her beloved Seneca Rocks. With their intrusion, her life changes abruptly - especially when the handsome U.S. Army Captain Nick Landers captures her heart. Captain Nick Landers, of the Mountain Training Group, has been assigned to Teach soldiers rock climbing techniques. Soon after he arrives in the backcountry of West Virginia, Nick discovers that overcoming internal obstacles is as challenging as scaling a jagged cliff face. With his next assignment, Nick must move on from Seneca Rocks and from Lucy. If he returns, will she be waiting? And will she still love him, even if he's been changed by war?

Anson has no idea what’s coming when he bumps into a pretty brunette on the canyon walk. But when she acts like she’s seen a ghost—and then interrogates him as if she thinks he is one—his heart is drawn to her. Like her, he has also suffered loss. But the past affects the present and the future. And for Anson and Marissa, a real ghost of the past might suddenly be emerging. When all is revealed, will they find their faith faltering and the past keeping them apart?

Ten all-new stories that celebrate our animal friends, by bestselling and award-winning authors.From Seeing Eye dogs to the cat who cuddles in your lap, animals are there for us in more ways than we can count. Helping us get through the day with a wag of the tail and a tilt of the head, they let us know that someone is on our side—no matter what. They also have an amazing ability to break down barriers between people; bringing families and loved ones closer, and giving strangers an excuse to strike up a conversation. In Tails of Love, each writer draws from her own unique perspective on our loyal friends—exploring the many mysterious ways they bring love into our lives.

Robert Crawley is the scrawniest kid in school. Before a fight with one of the strongest kids in school, he wishes for a miracle that will save his face from being turned into a bloody pulp and change everything about the world he lives in. When his wish is granted, Robert quickly learns that the new world he created presents its own set of problems.

Dorrie Shelton has planned a vacation in the beautiful White Mountains hoping to rekindle a relationship with her sister Gail. Dorrie loves the peaceful landscape while Gail would rather be almost anywhere else. Can Dorrie humble her own desires long enough to break through the wall between herself and Gail? It could mean cutting her vacation short. Mick Walters is in the White Mountains as well, nursing a hatred toward God for allowing his father to suffer a devastating bullet wound from a gang leader's weapon. Can he find the path that will lead him back to faith?Thrown together by mutual interests, Dorrie and Mick find themselves enduring supreme challenges of the heart and soul in the untamed mountains. "And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statues and keep my ordinances and do them... "Ezekiel 11:19-20.

Jamestown's Bride Ship - Susanna anticipates her arrival at the Jamestown Colony only because she intends to return to England on the very same ship. She would not be giving herself as bride to any of the hundreds of men eagerly awaiting on the riverbank. But when Susanna's gaze encounters the compassionate eyes of a man who lounges against the wall of the stockade, seemingly no part of the festival atmosphere, any thought of returning to England vanishes forever. Angel of Jamestown - All that is left of Paul Dodson's livelihood of blacksmithing in Jamestown is ashes after the town is burned and plundered in a recent rebellion. Nothing can ease his resentment. He wants the perpetrators brought to justice. But instead of justice, strange gifts begin to materialize. First clothes. Books. Even blacksmithing tools. Who could be his angel and why? Will his distrust keep him from God's true blessings and finding an "angel" bride? Raven's Christmas - Life is hopeless for Raven Maury as her guardian has pledged to marry her off to a man more than fifty years her senior. She has given up dreaming that her favorite uncle will return and regain control of Raven and her wealth. Then the beauty of Andrew Faulkner's singing fills the sanctuary of Bruton Parish Church, renewing Raven's heart. She will not give in to becoming a bartered Christmas bride. Broken Hearts - Widowed Mary Farthington hopes to ease the grief she and her daughter feel over her husband's murder with a new Christmas doll. She relishes in the attention paid to her by carpenter John Maxwell, whom she asks to make the doll. Love may be on the horizon until Mary finds that John conceals a secret surrounding her husband's death. Will Mary find the ability to forgive in time to be a Christmas bride?

Three Kentucky women find life isn't like anything they expected. Susanna longs for the finer things in life and sees Mammoth Cave as being a way to bring those things to her and her family. When Rose becomes a surrogate mother to a sickly infant, she has no idea that a decade later she'll come face to face with the man whose selfish action gave her a family. Recently widowed, Molly returns to the mountains of her childhood to help raise the children of her dead sister. Will true love ultimately lead these women out of their despair? --Publisher description.

Four romance novellas set at Christmas time during the Civil War. "Surrender yourself to the forces of love in four engaging Civil War Christmas romances. Join up with Leah Woods as she searches for her missing fiancé in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Stick to your guns with Arabella Lambert as she pledges her allegiance to pacifist Barry Birch, a man labeled a coward. Ride out the storm with Rachel Thornton as she resists her attraction to the wounded artist James Galloway. Saddle up with Confederate-born Hannah McIntosh as she falls for Chris Haley, an embittered Union soldier. Can these couples forge an everlasting union in the tide of civil war?" -- from publisher's web site.

"Christmas is a simple matter among the Quakers of the historic Ohio River Valley, but can it be a time ot welcome love into four households?"--Cover, p. 4.