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Raised the only child of an influential patrician in first-century Rome, Moriah has been sheltered from the worst excesses of her world. As Moriah mingles with the powerful elite, she hears whispers suggesting she is not her parents' child. Those who love her worry that her life may be in danger from political opportunists who will use the rumors to gain Nero's favor. To protect her from such a fate, her father may force her to marry a powerful man, twice her age, who is known for his hedonistic lifestyle. One person offers Moriah both physical and emotional protection - while also winning her heart. But she knows she can have no future with Aidan, her father's slave, whose heart burns for a God she knows nothing about.

When Bethany's dad needs her help, she returns to her family's guest ranch, only to find that it's in financial distress and mysterious events are putting their property and guests in danger. Evan is completely out of his element. Despite a pressing deadline, he's accompanying his niece on a two-week wagon train tour with her history class. To make matters worse, the pretty gal heading up the tour thinks he's a geek extraordinaire, but he can't help his attraction to her. Can Bethany and Evan uncover the perpetrators before someone is seriously injured--or the ranch is driven into bankruptcy?

John Harper arrives in Roswell to settle his Uncle Douglas's estate and finds he is not welcome. His name brings fear and loathing to the townspeople. Yet, from his correspondence, his uncle lauded himself as a champion of the New Mexico Territory. Darcie Malone is certain her pain won't go away. How can you forgive a man who killed your father through stress and worry? Douglas Harper drove her father into his grave, and for that, no restitution is possible - not even with the man's nephew. Will Darcie allow the love of God to bring about forgiveness and reconciliation?

Daisy won't accept charity. True, her short life has been filled with pain and loss, but Daisy Thales is doing her best to build a future for herself and for her four-year-old palsied son, Jamie. She doesn't need anyone's help or attention. But could it be more than pity she finds in Bryce's eyes? Bryce Chance doesn't have much to say. He's always been more at ease with animals than people. The determined and good-natured little Jamie tugs his heartstrings, but his mama is more than this last Chance bachelor has bargained for. Can Daisy lay aside her pride and embrace God's provision--for her family and her heart? Or will she miss her Chance of a lifetime?

Leslie Edwards never expected to field the question-and-answer column "Dear Granny" in the Goosebury Vermont Gazette. Her Bible-based advice yields mixed responses, and the problems resulting are bigger than she'd ever imagined. In addition, to maintain the illusion of "Granny," she must keep her job hidden from the man who wants to know her best.

Everything Jess owns is at risk. When Jess Kearns runs over a kayak with her fishing boat and then saves the life of the vacationing kayaker, she little dreams he will threaten to sue her. But she soon learns that Krispin Black sees the world through cold, calculating eyes and considers a lawsuit a reasonable response to the accident. Krispin escaped to Squabbin Bay, Maine, to evaluate his successful career and the lifestyle that came with it. His encounter with Jess, however, shakes many of his fundamental assumptions about life. When he accepts Jesus as his Savior, Krispin knows he’s starting fresh, but he fears his old ways make him unworthy of the love of a Christian woman. Will Jess risk her heart and trust that Krispin’s change is real? And will Krispin ever discover that he is suited for love? "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13

Can love put out the bitterness that burns inside Clay? Clay Burke burns with bitterness toward his older brother, Derek, who deserted him and their ma when they needed him most—just like Pa did. Derek even tried to steal the silver mine Pa had bequeathed to his children. Then Meagan crosses Clay’s path, stirring feelings of compassion and concern he hasn’t felt since his mother died. Meagan Foster barely remembers her own name. She certainly doesn’t know what happened to her family or why she was found wandering across the Nevada wilderness with severe injuries. Nor is she convinced she wants to remember. Something tells her that knowledge will bring shame and earn the rejection of the kind people who have taken her in. Will turmoil from the past keep Meagan and Clay apart, or will the true treasure God has prepared for them be revealed?

Will Nate be coerced into marriage? Nate Brooks feels indebted to Abigail Connors for saving his daughter from the fire that killed his wife. Abigail wishes Nate would repay her with wedding vows. After all, she loved Nate long before he married her little sister. But Nate feels no love for Abigail, only gratitude. When Meagan Snow enters Nate’s office for a bank loan, he immediately feels drawn to her. Meagan hopes to support her widowed mother and sisters by opening a dressmaking shop. Nate knows if the dresses are half as beautiful as their maker, Meagan’s business is bound to be successful. As their acquaintance turns into something more, can Meagan and Nate withstand the jealous schemes of Abigail Connors? Will they let her tear them apart or find a love for keeps?

Rebekah eagerly anticipates the return of her childhood sweetheart from college. . .and his long-awaited proposal. But when Asher instead tells her that their wedding must wait while he fights for his country, Rebekah's dreams seem to shatter around her. Asher longs to provide a life of wealth and position for his true love, Rebekah. But when she balks at some of his plans for their future, he begins to question the dreams he believed they shared. Will Rebekah and Asher lose their dreams of love or follow God's leading to the life He has for them together?

Tangie Carini had her sights set on landing a lead in a Broadway play. But when her career flounders, she ends up in Harmony, New Jersey, as a church drama director. Will Tangie find the role of a lifetime where she least expects it? Stodgy music director Gregg Burke realizes he needs help. But how is he ever going to work with the outrageously eccentric Tangie Carini? Or will he discover that opposites do indeed attract?

Driven from the Dumas mansion back to her beloved bayou, Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew.... Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate -- her first love, whom she was forced to abandon -- is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling wealth. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems their future is assured. As mistress of Cypress Woods, Ruby can forget even the shocking reason she and Paul must wed in a secret ceremony and remain husband and wife in name alone. But the thick, expensive walls of Cypress Woods cannot shut out the terrible memories that have woven their fabric over her destiny, or the cold eyes of Paul's mother Gladys, reminding Ruby of the secret she must keep to give Pearl a loving father. Then her venomous twin sister, Gisselle, arrives to taunt her with news of Beau Andreas, the true father Pearl has never met, and the only man Ruby will ever long for with all her body and soul. Desperate to find the complete, fulfilling life she craves, Ruby builds a precarious new existence, a flimsy shanty of hope that the first flood washes away. Only when the storm exposes the very blackest evils of the past will she glimpse the rainbow's fragile promise, a morning of sunshine and laughter with a family of her own....

Now that she has a bachelor's degree in art history, Emily is unable to find work in her field. So she heads to West Virginia, the only place she's ever felt at home, to see if she can figure out what to do with her life. Noah may be in over his head. His veterinary practice is taking off, but he has little help and too many clients in arrears. When Emily comes to work for him part-time, her skills and pleasant nature quickly pull things into order. At least in the office. His heart, however, is another matter!

Heather has no reason to like Lucas Reed. Lucas Reed deserted Deborah, Heather Hawthorne's unwed cousin, when Deborah become pregnant with his child. He is an American whose fight for liberty from England ruined her family's wealth and led to her father's death. But Deborah's dying wish is that Heather take little Jamie to his father in Charleston. Ever since his one true love, Deborah, mysteriously disappeared, Lucas has avoided romantic entanglements. But that was before Heather appeared with Jamie - and a letter from Deborah revealing that Lucas's pirate brother, Marcus, had kidnapped her and fathered Jamie. Acceding to Deborah's desire to protect Jaime from being maligned as a pirate's child, Lucas claims him as his son. As they work together to build a new life for Jamie, can Heather and Lucas resist their growing attraction, or will mutinous hearts finally admit their love when an enemy's desperate plot threatens their very lives?

Although massive flooding nearly destroyed the town of Wildwood, ND, youth minister Ric Jensen is determined to bring it back to life. He turns the extra rooms in his church into a daycare to help parents get back on their feet, but he finds it a daunting job. When he meets Lily Chamberlain and her son, Todd, at a church retreat, she seems to be the answer to his prayers. But Lily and Todd have suffered their own losses - from the accident that took her husband and father away years ago, to the recent loss of her job and comfortable existence, to a ruthless and crooked employer. Maybe she can run a daycare, but can she overcome her past? Or will her past catch up to her and destroy the dreams that grow in Wildwood?