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SNEAK PEEK: Thief of Glory by Sigmund Brouwer
A boy coming of age in a time of war
the love that inspires him to survive.
Click here to download chapter one of Thief of Glory.
For ten year-old Jeremiah Prins, the life of privilege as the son of a school headmaster in the Dutch East Indies comes crashing to a halt in 1942 after the Japanese Imperialist invasion of the Southeast Pacific. Jeremiah takes on the responsibility of caring for his younger siblings when his father and older stepbrothers are separated from the rest of the family, and he is surprised by what life in the camp reveals about a woman he barely knowshis frail, troubled mother.
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NEWS: Burning Sky ECPA 2014 Christian Book Award Finalist
Author Lori Bentons debut novel Burning Sky: A Novel of the American Frontier (WaterBrook Press, August 6, 2013), has been announced as a Finalist for The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) 2014 Christian Book Awards®, honoring Christian publishings best book and Bible releases of the year. Winners will be announced at the ECPA Awards & Anniversary Banquet, April 28, 2014, at Focus on the Familys campus in Colorado Springs, Color.
Bentons writing transports readers to the 18th century, where she brings to life the Colonial and early Federal periods of American history. Masterfully creating a melting pot of characters drawn from both sides of a turbulent and shifting frontier, Benton skillfully brings them together in the bonds of God’s transforming grace.
Before WaterBrook Press acquired Burning Sky, historical novelist Lori Benton had been on a nearly 20-year journey [ … ]
Sneak Peek: The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn by Lori Benton
Frontier dangers cannot hold a candle to the risks one woman takes by falling in love
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In an act of brave defiance, Tamsen Littlejohn escapes the life her harsh stepfather has forced upon her. Forsaking security and an arranged marriage, she enlists frontiersman Jesse Bird to guide her to the Watauga settlement in western North Carolina. But shedding her old life doesnt come without cost. As the two cross a vast mountain wilderness, Tamsen faces hardships that test the limits of her faith and endurance.
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SNEAK PEEK: The Quilted Heart Omnibus by Mona Hodgson
This Christmas, experience learning to trust alongside the Plain folk of Apple Ridge, Pennsylvania in this heart-warming tale of second chances. – See more at: https://waterbrookmultnomah.com/catalog.php?work=226490#sthash.t1pXmENy.dpuf
Gideon ORiley has been given another chance at a life with Lonnie. But will the fight for her heart risk it all over again? – See more at: https://waterbrookmultnomah.com/catalog.php?work=219085#sthash.2GHMxE02.dpuf
Turn your fleeting minutes into defining moments.
They were two of Jesuss closest friends. Each had something to offer Him. But one offered the better part. – See more at: https://waterbrookmultnomah.com/catalog.php?work=223010#sthash.s6voIUKK.dpuf
Like a beautiful patchwork quilt, the three novellas in The Quilted Heart tell stories of lives stitched together with love and Gods unending grace.
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SNEAK PEEK: ECHOES OF MERCY by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Sometimes a secret must be kept for the truth to be revealed.
When a suspicious accident occurs at the famous Dinsmore Chocolate Factory in Sinclair, Kansas, Caroline Lang goes undercover as a factory worker to investigate the circumstances surrounding the event and how the factory treats its youngest employeesthe child workers. Carolines fervent faith, her difficult childhood, and compassionate heart drove her to her job as an investigator for the Labor Commission and she is compelled to see children freed from such heavy adult responsibilities, to allow them to pursue an education.
NEWS: “Burning Sky” Recommended on USATODAY.com
USATODAY.com recommends Burning Sky by Lori Benton stating, With a flow of tale reminiscent of the brilliant Laura Frantz, Burning Sky is, by and far, a story in the best sense of that word and debut novelist Lori Benton is a storyteller who should earn reserved seating in the historical romance section of your bookshelf.
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