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For more than one hundred years, the celebrated Gothic romance Jane Eyre has been a popular subject at the movies and was quickly adapted to television in countless TV movies/miniseries, eventually becoming a Broadway musical. The Many Faces of Jane Eyre takes fans on an intriguing journey through the eclectic collection of big and small screen as well as theatrical adaptations of Charlotte Brontë’s still beloved novel.

We are all challenged at one time or another to make a choice that will alter the rest of our lives. In Sara's Legacy, a young woman is faced with the decision of following the demands of her parents or yielding herself to the will of God. The protagonist, Sara Harlin, is only sixteen years old at the beginning of the story, but she will learn more in just three short years than many people could learn in a lifetime. She will learn the true meaning of godly love and sacrifice. She will have to face the dangers of an unsettled and demanding part of the American West.

In 1987, a hysterical chance encounter on a Grecian topless beach sparks a love bond that flourishes into a profound and a visceral connection that transcends eighteen years and ten thousand miles. Zach Stillman, a Jewish born New Yorker and Felicity Williams, a Christian beauty from Sheffield, England, come from radically different backgrounds, etymologies and belief systems. Their relationship is tested and taxed from both sides of the Atlantic as they face sexual theatrics, tragic illness and meddling fathers.

The Ryukyu Islands, a center of diverse cultures, have absorbed martial arts techniques from various nations, giving birth to the distinctive and deadly Okinawan martial arts. This fusion, a product of centuries of trade and cultural exchange, has created a unique style forbidden for use except in self-defense. However, the question arises as to whether this tradition still holds relevance in Japan's current occupation of the island, especially in light of the Meiji Restoration.

Sixteen years ago, Susan Muller’s world crumbled when her daughter, Tessa, vanished during a routine trip to the grocery store. The life she knew shattered into pieces she’s never been able to fully put back together. Over the years, Susan clings to the faint hope that Tessa might still be alive, even as the rest of the world tells her to let go.

The three main characters, known as the trio, have exciting times with friends and family as they turn eleven years old and enter middle school. Join the boys as they meet new friends and get involved in the school basketball team, talent show, and spring play.

The Path to Paradise is an inspirational story about love and friendship. It is a heartwarming, passionate story that follows the life of Julie Collins, a lonely woman who is surprisingly resuscitated following a tragic near-death experience.

A brand-new king and a volunteer schoolteacher's lives collide, and neither will ever be the same. Will they rise to the challenges before them and come out stronger, or will they both crumble under the weight of their mutual responsibility? And who can they really trust? One thing is for sure, they are both in for quite the ride. She listened intently. Her expression didn't change. She didn't seem repulsed by me, so I decided to test out my fear. I reached out, putting my hand to her face. She didn't flinch or shrink back; she didn't act like I was disgusting or a sniveling weakling.

Anna Wilson, a highly educated woman, finds herself a widow in the wilds of Southwest Montana. Praying for an escape back east, the thought of marriage to a man with three children was the last thing on her mind. But marriage to a stranger or working in one of the local saloons seems to be her last two options. Can she trust another man not to hurt her again?

Being recently promoted to full-time member at the Home Office was a highlight for Lord Edgar Cortland, but it was quickly overshadowed by a series of missions that first sent Lord Blakely off to America after a kidnapping, then Lord Davenport to identify the imposter that was now the spy, B. Edgar himself has been tasked with investigating the Twisted Rose Shipping Company as well as locating the Duke of Greaves’s errant daughter. After situating a recently returned school friend into a position at the Home Office, both young lords head out.

Writing my story is a path needed taken, if not for others, but for myself. I could not let my life close silently keeping quiet about the spiritual experiences that have governed my life. The good Lord raised me. I hope to give children and adults alike the courage to speak of present and past abuse they are faced with and trust in the telling that the listener will not be judgmental, but give credence and understanding of what is shared. Do not feel sorry for me. The things that have transpired in my life has made me the caring person I am.

It's been five years since Detective John Parker discovered Tally--a scarred girl in the closet of an abandoned facility. Five years since Tally and seven other girls were illegally drug tested on by Dr. Raven. And now after all these years, Dr. Raven is back and advertising her new pharmaceutical company, Oberon Pharmaceuticals. Together with Adam, the boy no one can see, Tally must find a way to expose Dr. Raven for who she really is before anyone else can get hurt. But will she have enough evidence to bring Dr. Raven to justice, or will the past come back to haunt her?

Have you ever wondered if you really mattered in this world, what your purpose was, or what you lived for? As you lie down to sleep at night, do you ever wish you could erase the day and have a do-over or said something you deeply regretted, wishing you could delete the whole conversation like it never happened and begin again? Have you found a comfortable balance between giving and receiving, between guilt and genuine compassion? Have you been in a room full of surface-only conversations and just wanted to excuse yourself because that way of communicating doesn't work for you anymore?

During quarantine, reading became a means of escape and reignited a deep passion for Bible study in Jennifer Fichter-Tulipano's life. It was during this time that her blog, AppleofHisEye2020.com, was founded. The purpose of that blog, to document her experience of reading the Bible every day for one year, has evolved into this book.

Tammy Mitchell is a geriatric nurse in the care ward of Grand Forks Hospital in British Columbia. She lives in Midway, in the house she inherited from her mother when she passed five years previous. Michael Bransen is in the Royal Canadian Dragoons, focused on a personal mission of finding what his father took. While on medical leave to recover from an "accident" that happened when he was stationed over in Syria, he has been brought back to Canada for treatment and ends up in Tammy's ward due to lack of extra beds in the main hospital.

Ten-year-old Sophie Glidden lives in a rural Maine community in 1933. She and her best friend, Evelyn Murphy, enjoy hanging out in Evelyn's tree house and exploring. There is also a difference between the girls. Sophie is a Protestant, and her roots in town go back many generations. Evelyn is an Irish Catholic immigrant. Their difference in religion is something neither of them considers until Evelyn gives a rosary to Sophie to comfort her following the death of Sophie's grandmother. When Sophie's parents discover that she has prayer beads, trouble quickly settles in the Glidden home.

This survival story is not a testament to anything other than God's goodness and faithfulness. Through my own suffering God can speak to others who have experienced physical or psychological trauma. I pray that this story brings you comfort and draws you closer to our Father, who loves you and has plans to prosper your soul.

Does God forgive those who cannot forgive themselves? Can a sinner become a saint? Is destiny predetermined, or do we create our own? Is purpose in life important? These questions and more are evoked in The Sterling Redemption trilogy. In this first installment, Samson’s Strength, we meet Samson Sterling, a successful and wealthy actor who has a bad-boy reputation for womanizing as well as drug and alcohol use. When his son develops a serious illness, he returns to his Louisiana hometown at his mother’s urging so that she might help take care of the boy.

Spirit Keeper 2: Exoneration is Mary Diggs' second installment of a coming-of-age story that speaks to two extraordinary young people and their struggles to help each other stay alive while helping the living as well as the dead. Because this is a story about the power of love intwined with the impossible, Abby, now eighteen years old, a sensitive, beautiful woman of color whose full name is Abby Je Louange Verite Manning, which speaks to her rich French legacy of a secret order of gifted truth seekers.

Sarah went about her daily life as a planner, living by deadlines and goals. She planned to take a break from her 13-year teaching career to transition to a stay-at-home mother of two girls. Cancer was not on the agenda. What happens when you don't plan for the unimaginable? The daily walk one takes through the worst storm of one's life brings the ultimate test of faith.