Sheila Walsh

Gigi tells her friend Frances that they are both "God's little princesses."

viii, 326 pages : 20 cm

When God ignores her prayer for a sunny day on her birthday, five-year-old Emma is disappointed, but then she receives a wonderful surprise.

Captured, tortured, and nearly executed...just another day on the job for Logan Chambliss and Dragon One. Their mission: clean up a highly sensitive mess the CIA made in Venezuela involving the country's marked vice president. Too bad the plan went belly up—then downhill with the appearance of a gutsy, gorgeous, take-it-or leave-it female Logan just happens to know intimately. And who should be dead... Tessa Carlyle should never have answered the phone. There she was, going native in Fiji for her job as a National Geographic location scout when a voice from her past crashes her perfect life. Threatened with blackmail, her only choice is to help a man she despises—to help a man she never forgot. But her unlikely resurrection puts her directly in the crosshairs of a ruthless killer... From the rain forests of Venezuela to the streets of Caracas, Logan and Tessa will have to negotiate a twisted trail of deceit and betrayal. At stake is the fate of two nations and a deadly threat that could kill millions… And time is running out...

Author Sheila Walsh presents a plan for women to find through Christ freedom from the toughest struggles that weigh them down.

SUNSHINE FOR CHRISTMAS - Mary Jo Putney. Lord Randolph is lonely and doesn't want to go fto Christmas festivities with either friends or relatives. It has been raining for more than 30 days. He decides to go where there is sunshine at this time - Italy. Unfortunately, when he arrives, it is raining in Naples too. Later, he gets involved in an Italian family tiff, through no fault of his own. A young spinster, Elizabeth Walker, saves Lord Randolph from the clutches of the unhappy family. When he finds that Elizabeth is between governess jobs, he hires her to be his guide. THE LAST WISH - Anita Mills. Wealthy Uncle Jack is dying; it is the Christmas holidays. Gathered about are three cousins: George, Edwin and Drew. Of the three, Drew is the only solvent cousin; in fact, he is wealthier than his uncle. The other two are there for the money; each is afraid the other cousin will get the will changed just before Uncle Jack dies. Both of these cousins are seriously in debt due to their gambling. The entire apple cart is overturned when Uncle Jack's granddaughter arrives. Jack and his son had a falling out and there was no communication between the men. Both of Rebecca Grey's parents are now dead and her Aunt Mia can no longer keep the child ... her employer insists. PLAYING HOUSE - Mary Balogh. I absolutely loved this story. A deeply cynical and unhappy Marquess of Bedford has come back home after a 6 year absence. He has brought his young daughter, Dora; his wife is deceased (after abandoning her husband and their child for another man). While bringing baskets of food for the poor, Lilias Angove and her young brother and younger sister meet Dora and have a great time. The Angove children invite Dora to go collecting boughs and mistletoe. Thus begins a lovely tale. THE THREE KINGS - Carla Kelly. I had read this story before and enjoyed reading it again. It is about a young woman, Lady Sarah Comstock, who is trying to leave Salamanca, Spain for the Spanish border. Her brother James was recently killed in a local library archives while copying long-lost documents related to Christopher Columbus. A friend puts Sarah in the hands of a Spanish general, Colonel Sotomayor, to get to the border. Spain is at war with France and the French have overrun the country. The trip is dangerous and Sotomayor is seriously wounded. THE CHRISTMAS STAR - Sheila Walsh. Louise Beresford, a poor relation to a duke and duchess, has been taken into their household. Louise quickly becomes indispensable to the family and staff. The duke's youngest daughter, Amelia, is about to have her 18th birthday party during the Christmas holiday season. Russian Prince Andrei Zarcov, visiting in the neighborhood, soon is invited to Lady Amelia Revel's party. The duchess and Amelia immediately try to spend as much time with the prince as possible.

When Gigi and her friend Frances try out for a soccer team, they learn that God gives people different gifts, and that each should use those gifts to shine.

Old Mrs. Butler didn't want her nephew Nicholas to marry his beautiful but selfish fiancee-and she unashamedly set about using her young companion, Kate Fox, to break up the romance. But someone was likely to get hurt in the process.