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Laura Ingalls Wilder, beloved author of the Little House books, said, “If I had a remembrance book, I'd write about . . . Pa and Mr. Hanson and how they walked and looked and talked and how we wondered what they said.” Colleen L. Reece combines two exciting remembrance books to delight readers of all ages. Join Carol (Colleen) and her family on a 3500- mile Vagabond Summer driving trip. Encounter car trouble, a bear, two parades, a prairie dog town, lions roaring in the night, and much more. See how Wishbooks and Promises brighten the family’s lives, along with their wonderful lamp, a...

Crossings Book Club Selection Review: "Compares with Catherine Marshall's Christy" The Great Depression of 1929 has closed bank doors and forced people out of work, paralyzing many parts of the country. The tiny mountain town of Spruce Hollow, North Carolina, hasn’t escaped its crippling grip. When Thanksgiving arrives, Pastor David Allen looks over his faithful congregation in despair. How can families with holes in their shoes and no food to put on the table be thankful during the holiday season? But David has no idea how God will use him to give hope to those in the Hollow and beyond. ...

Thomas Wolfe said, “You can’t go home again.” Best-selling author Colleen L. Reece believes you can go home again. Here are 31 of her favorite magazine stories about growing up in an era of few material possessions but rich in love. Laugh, cry, and rejoice with Colleen as family members find love at first sight experience joy, sorrow, disappointment, success strengthen family bonds with storytelling are inspired by their ancestors’ faith learn to appreciate the wonders of Creation call on God in times of trouble are miraculously rescued from danger thank Him for their blessings Do ...

Lexi LeClair leaves her Canadian home to attend college in Bellingham, Washington, her chance to shatter the wall of insecurity that imprisons her. Lexi is still the shy outsider—in spite of popular Sally Marshall, her one new friend who tries to instill confidence in the heart-sick girl. A sermon by campus chaplain Scott Down that every life counts, jolts Lexi. When the popular minister shows signs of caring, Lexi’s wall begins to crumble. Then a charming, unscrupulous student vows to capture Scott. Lexi is devastated. A diabolical scheme tarnishes Scott’s reputation. Lexi turns to ...

Angus MacFarlane finds an abandoned child in the desert. A lace-trimmed dress is the only clue to her identity. Angus adopts “Joyous,” who grows up during the California Gold Rush. Brit O’Donnell escapes the Irish potato famine and joins the Silver Rush, along with fifteen-year-old Carlos Montoya, son of a Monterey patriarch. Brought together by the hand of God, Joyous and Angus, Brit and Carlos, face a long, arduous journey in order to solve a mystery that for years has wreaked havoc on a proud, grieving family.

Danger pursues a heartbroken nurse Scoffers said the Seattle hospital could never be built. God and Nicholas Fairchild knew better. Now doctors and nurses follow in Jesus’ footsteps and bring healing to body, mind, and soul Although Jonica Carr is a respected RN, the heart of a frightened little girl beats beneath her uniform. Jonica has dreamed of finding love for ten long years. Yet sometimes the troubled nurse wonders if she can ever get off the past and on with the future. Chief Surgeon Paul Hamilton recognizes Jonica’s worth in and out of the OR. He determines to shatter the wall ...

“Joy to the world! The Lord is come.” Often the weeks before Christmas are so crowded with “to-do” lists, we fail to heed the admonition, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10, KJV). Finding time for Him and for ourselves is vitally necessary. It can be the difference between a hectic holiday and a peaceful “holy-day” as we celebrate Christ’s birth. Award-winning co-authors Colleen L. Reece and Julie Reece-DeMarco designed this collection of short pieces to fit into those moments when time-outs from holiday preparations and stress are desperately needed. Joy to ...

Runaway Bride Seeks Sanctuary in the Old West Chantel Evans learns that her fiance is a fortune-hunter, then discovers he and her stepmother plan to commit her to an insane asylum and gain control of Chantel's inheritance. Terrified, she takes a train to Montana Territory. Nothing she may encounter can be worse than staying in Boston. "Firebrand" Morgan considers Chantel's arrival just after her grandfather has been shot highly suspicious. What will become of the Triangle C ranch if left in the hands of a tenderfoot girl who has ignored her grandfather for years? It takes a kidnapping and a...

Timothy Sterling scoffs at love at first sight . . .until he meets lovely Angelina Montoya. Tim is smitten, but suspects “Angel” is less angelic than her name. Fresh from convent school, Angel loves hacienda life. Her beauty and charm attract many suitors, but Don Fernando insists she marry a wealthy man more than twice her age. Does God's command to "honour thy father and mother" mean entering a loveless marriage and breaking both Timothy's heart and her own?

Seventeen-year-old Lissa Talbot watches the man she loves mount his magnificent black stallion and prepare to ride out of her life. A cry of protest bursts forth. It shocks bystanders and enrages Lissa’s father, the rancher who accused Matthew Coulter of rustling. “I believe in you, Matt. Go with God. Prove your innocence. Then come home . . .” The words to me are drowned out by King’s hoofbeats. Seven years later, Matt returns wearing a silver star. Fear of her father’s reaction dims Lissa’s joy. It will take more than tinsel to heal long-held wounds. God can soften hardened ...

High-spirited Silver Trevelyn is indebted to Dr. Zachary Stuart for saving her brother Frank’s life, but considers him a coward. Dedicated to saving lives, Zachary refuses to join the Confederate Army. War rages, putting Silver and Frank’s fiancée, Lucy, at risk. Seeking refuge, they flee from Silver Birches plantation in the dead of night. Guided only by God and the North Star, they encounter obstacles that threaten to prevent their reaching the only person who can offer protection—the man Silver once despised. Colleen L. Reece has authored 160+ books, six million copies sold. First...

"There shall be showers of blessing; This is the promise of love; There shall be seasons refreshing, Sent from the Savior above. "Showers of blessing, Showers of blessing we need, Mercy-drops 'round us are falling, But for the showers we plead." Colleen L. Reece, award-winning author of 190 "Books You can Trust to Inspire and Entertain," 6,000,000 copies sold, is noted for her popular Cherished Romances series. This new title shares more than eighty years of God's guidance, protection, and provision

JULI SCOTT, SUPER SLEUTH, IS BACK! Bellingham, Washington's answer to Nancy Drew, and her mystery-solving friends from the Mysterious Monday through Saturday Scare series, return to confront their most baffling case. Juli, her best friend Shannon, boyfriend Dave, and the rest of the Lunch Bunch must expose the Sunday Suspicion surrounding their beloved high school principal as vicious lies. Accused of misconduct, overwhelmed by what appears to be incontrovertible evidence of wrong-doing, Mr. S. Miles, AKA "Mr. Smiles," is placed on temporary suspension. Can the sleuthing skills developed ...

Juli Scott and Shannon Riley are closer than ever following the heart-stopping weeks beginning with Trouble on Tuesday. Their friendship, plus the loyalty and encouragement of the girls’ families, Dave Gilmore, and Ted Hilton, help Shannon survive being deprogrammed after her experiences as prisoner of a dangerous cult. Soon new storm clouds threaten. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time puts the girls and their friends in peril. What did one of them see or hear to become an unwilling Wednesday Witness? Even more important: which one? Mystery fans of all ages will love this series ...

World War 1 Rages Overseas and at Home Deep in the trenches, far from home, Timothy Wainwright fights for his country and his sanity. His faith in God falters. Even if he survives, how can he stop his stepfather from marrying the girl Timothy loves to Tim’s worst enemy? Thousands of miles away in western Washington, Hope Farrell refuses to marry the man with whom her father is obsessed. He disowns her. War continues, Hope tirelessly cares for soldiers in her hometown, then victims of the deadly Spanish influenza. A battle front cry for help puts Tim to the supreme test: a reminder that ...

A Toronto Mansion, late 1890s Evangeline Lawrence lashes out at Kenniston Keith for calling her useless. “You’ll be better off dead than face your father’s dishonesty.” Too late, she realizes she loves him. When Kenniston’s body is found beside stormy Lake Ontario, Evangeline feels compelled to do penance behind cloistered walls. Her father insists she can do more good as a nurse in the vast Canadian wilderness. Evangeline carries medicine for smallpox and diphtheria during the early 1900s, and earns the title “L’Ange" (the angel). Then one day a former Royal Canadian Mountie ...

An at-risk nurse seeks a safe haven Scoffers said the Seattle hospital could never be built. God and Nicholas Fairchild knew better. Now doctors and nurses follow in Jesus’ footsteps and bring healing to body, mind, and soul “Once bitten, twice shy” describes Patti Thompson, RN in the Outpatient department of Shepherd of Love Hospital. A failed romance leaves her vulnerable, easy prey for a pilot who seems to be Mr. Right . . . but whose possessiveness disturbs the troubled young nurse. An unexpected invitation to visit a cattle ranch in Montana offers Patti a reprieve. She accepts a ...

Shocking news on a snowy night when Juli's policeman father doesn't come home is followed by more trouble than she feels she can handle: The need to change schools. Then, her Mom is forced to return to teaching. There are UPS trucks everywhere Juli goes, and a "gray man" lurking in the shadows--a man only she can see. When things come to a boil, Juli realizes nothing is ever as it seems Mystery fans of all ages will love this series of fun, whodunnits with Juli and her high school friends. If you love Nancy Drew and Scooby Do, these are the books for you.

From city lights to northern lights Bernard Clifton’s future couldn’t be brighter. Graduation from medical school. A dream job. Marriage to a highly-sought-after debutante. The world at his feet—until a rival discovers a secret from Ben’s past and uses it to discredit his former best friend. Bitter and disillusioned, Bern flees to the remote village of Tarnigan in north central Alaska Territory. Far from those who betrayed him, he slowly begins to rebuild his shattered world and find peace. Anastasia “Sasha” Anton and her husky, Kobuk, live a carefree life—until someone robs ...

A long time coming After years of waiting, Inga Nansen becomes her father’s “First Mate.” With Captain Lars at the helm, the raging seas hold no fear for her. Inga loves life aboard the Flower of Alaska. Yet when a laughing stranger captures her heart, Inga must chart her course: continue sailing her beloved seas with her father, or spend her life in Tarnigan, a snowy village in the harsh and unforgiving Alaskan wilderness. Although Dr. Arthur Baldwin has finally accepted God’s forgiveness for the despicable act that shattered a friend’s life and his own, he cannot forgive himself...