After yeras of schooling in England, Jesmond Corbett finds little has changed on her family's estate along the sea-battered coast of Tasmania. Betrothed since childhood to a wealthy neighbor, Jessie comes home determined to conform to the expectations of her family and the society in which they live. But nothing in Jessie's life has prepared her for the mysterious stranger who works in the stables, a man with searing eyes who haunts her dreams and awakens passions she never knew existed. Irishman Lucas Gallagher arrived on the island in chains, a convict sentenced to a lifetime of slave labor for the English gentry. For four yeras he has lived a dead man's existence, using every spare moment to plan his escape. But when he meets Jessie, she touches his cold, angry heart. And although their love has no future, he finds himself unable to den the longings of his battered soul -- longings that threaten to destroy what may be his last chance to reach for freedom.

Timeless, beautiful, and haunting, spirals connect the four episodes of The Ghosts of Heaven, the mesmerizing new novel from Printz Award winner Marcus Sedgwick. They are there in prehistory, when a girl picks up a charred stick and makes the first written signs; there tens of centuries later, hiding in the treacherous waters of Golden Beck that take Anna, who people call a witch; there in the halls of a Long Island hospital at the beginning of the 20th century, where a mad poet watches the oceans and knows the horrors it hides; and there in the far future, as an astronaut faces his destiny on the first spaceship sent from earth to colonize another world. Each of the characters in these mysterious linked stories embarks on a journey of discovery and survival; carried forward through the spiral of time, none will return to the same place. This title has Common Core connections.

In todays world it is very easy for each of us to get distracted and a little off course. The world offers all kinds of distractions that can interfere with our daily walk with Jesus. In order to remain mindful of God, we all need the support that Whispers from Heaven can provide. Whether you have been a Christian for many years, have just recently found the Lord, or have never had a relationship with Jesus, this collection of daily messages and the stories behind each one is for you. These Whispers from Heaven will help you gain a closer walk with Jesus that we all so very much need. PRAISE FROM READERS OF JEFFS DAILY MESSAGES I look forward to Brother Jeff s daily messages. They are always up lifting and have meaning to me. They always remind me that no matter how hard life can be or how many obstacles I may face, as long as I have faith in the Lord, the good Lord will help me prevail. SYLVIA EATON Lives are going to be blessed; each message seems written just for me. ANNAMARIE LONGFELLOW The messages help me get through my rough days. When Im having a hard time, I go back and reread my messages from past days. You always know when I need a reminder of how much Jesus loves me or a reminder of how good I have life. MARIE LITTLE I always enjoy the daily messages shared by Jeff . They inspire me to be in control of my way of thinking, to do my best to remain positive, and to do it all by implementing Gods word. CHARLA NELSON I look forward each day to Brother Jeff s quotes. They are full of wisdom, encouragement, and love. The Lord uses Brother Jeff s quotes daily for His glory. CLINT AVERY For the past two years, I have really been sick; the messages are very uplifting, and I look forward to getting them daily. STEVE REEVES The excerpts from the Whispers from Heaven series are a great inspiration and on a daily basis remind me of Gods unending love and grace. ROBIN WIRTH

Devastated by the loss of their loved one, they could not understand why. At that very moment, the Lord brought forth a word of comfort and peace to help them.

The hope of tomorrow … When I first started writing my feelings down, I was doing it just for me. I felt like if I didn’t get this brutal pain out of me, I was going to just die. Time after time, I tried to express to myself this terrible pain that was consuming my life. Before my son Ryan’s death, I was always the kind of person who chose to always see the hope in tomorrow. In the very beginning of my grief journey, when I was living and breathing the pain to the point I couldn’t even catch my breath, the tomorrows came and I did not even know it. And to tell you the truth I did not want or care to know it. But tomorrow has a funny way of doing that. I hated tomorrows and wanted no part of them. And all I wanted to do was to stay in the pain of losing my child. Well, I am happy to admit I no longer see it that way at all. I love tomorrows now, and I can actually feel the joy tomorrow brings. This feeling did not happen overnight, and it was a long road to get to this place called tomorrow. I do not know if it will happen for you. I do know this—it can happen. And when it does happen, it will be in the way you choose to view it and that, my friend, is for every person to make the choice. After a few years of writing down my feelings, I realized I was actually writing a book of my pain and sorrow over Ryan’s death. Whenever I went to go buy a book to try to see myself in it, I had a hard time finding the one that said it just right for me. So I wrote the book that I wanted to read—the kind of book that said it without prettying it up with fancy words to make it more palatable for the world to see. I just wanted to write a book I would read. I wanted my book to be real and to express the many different sides of grief. And in doing that I expressed the many different sides, allowing everyone who is grieving a child to find their self-validation no matter where they choose to look.

Have you ever been trapped in life, when you felt that there was no way out of the struggle you were facing? Have you ever felt like the waters surrounding you were so deep that you were drowning? Have you ever questioned God’s goodness and questioned it all? Well, my friend, I am here to tell you that there is hope. There is a lifeboat in those waters holding you up, and His name is Jesus. “Whispers of God” is a book of hope and courage for anyone who may be struggling in life. As the book details Sabrina’s life, the reader will walk side-by-side with her facing her trials and learning the lessons that God has taught her through everything. Whispers of God points out the little ways that God speaks through the story of your life, and how we can hear those whispers if you just listen. If you are battling with any sort of trial, this book is here to tell you that goodness will emerge, and the love of God will manifest itself through your life.