After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and confront her identity as a biracial woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. A first novel. Reprint.

Jane Austen’s final novel, Persuasion, opens in an unusual way—with two hearts already broken. Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth have endured seven years of separation and longing after Anne was convinced by family and friends to refuse his proposal. When they meet again, the central question they face is one that resonates for readers in every time and place: Can we earn a second chance at love? In their Story Grid Masterwork Analysis Guide, editors Mai Nguyen and Celeste Sharpe show precisely how Austen layered her complex love story with all the necessary obstacles, secrets, and sacrifices to get Anne and Frederick to their well-deserved happy ending. Nguyen and Sharpe analyze Austen’s innovative story scene-by-scene to reveal the genius of Anne’s heroic journey to recapture her voice and agency. If you dream of crafting stories where characters must navigate their own do-overs in love, friendship, or other meaningful relationships, this writer’s guide to Persuasion provides a map to help you find your way.

In 1892 an eight-year-old orphan, Emily Bowers, must put up a brave front as she travels with her two younger sisters from Rockvale, Colorado, to Davenport, Iowa, where they are going to live with a family they've never met. To relieve her loneliness, Emily writes to the Colorado family who cared for her, gaining strength from her recollections of their love for her. Over the years, Emily develops close ties to her new family and also discovers a common bond with the boy next door who h

Their secret love could unite Blueskin Bay… …or it could tear their families apart. May For thirty-two years, there’s been an invisible line down the middle of Blueskin Bay. Reids on one side and Cohens on the other. And I’m one of the reasons it’s there. But worse than the conflict… …is living with the lie I told the boy who said he’d love me forever. Now Mason Reid is back celebrating the birth of his great-niece. And he has questions I’m terrified to answer. I knew this day would come. And I can’t avoid him forever. He deserves to know the truth. But revealing my secret won’t just break his heart… …it’ll destroy both our families. Along with his reputation. ~ Mason I was an eighteen-year-old kid when I lost May. Her parents said she was marrying a better man... How could I stay to watch that happen? Like a coward, I ran. Joined the army, married, had a son, and tried to build a life. But I never stopped loving May. And I never should have left her in the hands of a bully. I should have fought harder. Now she needs my help. She’s alone and afraid. And this time, I’m not giving up without a fight. Even if it means finishing what my son started… I’ll do whatever it takes to win her back. ~ Reunited by Love will be the sixth and final full-length novel in the Blueskin Bay Romance Series. If Wrecked by Love left you looking for answers to Maddox Reid's past, and you want more of the Reid family, this is the book that will tie up all the loose ends! Reunited by Love is a later-in-life, lost first love story filled with tragedy, deceit, heartbreak, suspense, intrigue, and thirty years of mutual regret. Keywords: Later in Life Romance, Army Vet Romance, Lost Love, Romantic Suspense, Love Child Romance, Secret Baby Romance, Teenage Romance, Nineties Romance, Nostalgia Romance, Small Town Romance, Second Marriage Romance Similar Authors: Jemi Fraser, Olivia Sands, PJ Fiala, Suzanne Cass, Carla Neggers, Kait Nolan, Lea Coll

Because of grace, good things happen even in the midst of a bad world. To the casual observer it may look like chance or luck. But to the person who knows Jesus, its undeniable that this undeserved goodness is nothing else but His grace.When Jesus walked on earth, He brought grace into every encounter, to every person. Even now, all around us, God is working out beautiful grace stories. Open the pages of this devotional book for a daily encounter with Jesus and His surprising, endless, life-changing grace.

Hundreds of everyday topics and cartoons spice up this kid-friendly book to assure 8- to 12-year-olds that God's Word is relevant to their lives. Most kids don't realize it, but God's Word has a lot to say about the things they care about most-and this lively book leaves no doubt about it. Covering more than 300 everyday topics in conversational, engaging, one-page units, 8- to 12-year-olds will get biblical perspective on such topics as: homework, dieting, anger, sports, classmates, the telephone, puberty, careers, siblings, rules, self-confidence, world events, sleep, friendship, nature, movies, embarrassment, tattoos, integrity, and knowing God, plus many more. Each page of this kid-friendly book illustrates what a particular topic has to do with the Bible, what the Bible says about it, and how the Bible's teaching applies to readers, so that they begin to understand how relevant God's Word is to them. And with 200 original cartoons spicing up the presentation, What Does the Bible Say about That? is quite simply an unforgettably fun book for elementary-age kids-and a great conversation-starter for adults who know them.