Manhattan businessman Richard Brooks was at the top of the world, drunk with success, wealth, and women, and he proudly lived that prodigal lifestyle, until one disastrous evening, when that world came crashing down.Richard flees to Minneapolis where he repairs ancient boilers instead of solving corporate problems, and he's determined to live the solitary life he now deserves.But Executive Sheila Peterson has other plans for the handsome custodian. Richard appears to be the perfect match for the no-strings-attached romance she's after, but she soon discovers that he's hiding more than the designer clothes in his closet.

Chain of Mercy (Coming Home)

Anderson, Brenda S.

Literature & Fiction

Winslet Press

Debbie Verhoeven is not your typical woman. *She sacrificed a counseling career to be a full-time mother. *She’d rather pound a nail than round steak. *Oprah? No way! Give her ESPN any day. *Nothing could be more stressful than scrapbooking. Nothing, except … A distressing diagnosis, a husband who is pulling away, and two older brothers who refuse to get along. When the counselor is caught in the middle, when she needs to be strong for those around her, who is left to be strong for her?

Pieces of Granite (Coming Home, Prequel) (Coming Home Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Vivant Press

Manhattan businessman Richard Brooks was at the top of the world, drunk with success, wealth, and women, and he proudly lived that prodigal lifestyle, until one disastrous evening, when that world came crashing down.Richard flees to Minneapolis where he repairs ancient boilers instead of solving corporate problems, and he's determined to live the solitary life he now deserves.But Executive Sheila Peterson has other plans for the handsome custodian. Richard appears to be the perfect match for the no-strings-attached romance she's after, but she soon discovers that he's hiding more than the designer clothes in his closet.

After a troubling encounter with a pregnant teen, Sheila Peterson-Brooks hurries from the crisis pregnancy center into the frigid Minnesota winter where she is mugged and left for dead. After a frantic search, Richard, her husband, finds her, and the police quickly nab the mugger …A hungry, homeless teen.The brother of the pregnant girl Sheila had just counseled.The girl pleads for her brother, and Sheila and Richard choose not to press charges. Instead, they open their home to the boy, a move that could cost them their possessions, and their hearts.And, in the process, teach them the true meaning of home.

Hungry for Home (Coming Home)

When flowers and chocolate collide, romance is sure to bloom.Family has always been the one constant in Jess Beaumont's messy life, so when her parents separate, she puts "Operation: Planting Hope" into action. All she has to do is recreate the circumstances that helped her parents fall in love. Unfortunately, that includes the daunting task of restoring the family cabin's gardens. When the handsome candy store owner shows up to help, she's certain she has all the elements required for her parents' love to bloom again. After all, flowers and chocolate are the perfect ingredients for romance.Luke Harrison has spent his life trying to win his father's approval, and a promotion in the family land development business would be a step in that direction. But when he inherits Gran's candy store, his dreams of being promoted start melting away. Then his dad dangles a Vice President position in front of Luke, with one caveat--acquire the land on both sides of Gran's store within five months, including the Beaumont cabin, and the promotion is his.What at first seemed a simple challenge for Luke becomes a tangled mess. Buying the Beaumont cabin and land will nip his blossoming romance with Jess in the bud. Even worse, it could end her parents' marriage. But if he doesn't succeed, he could be trading in his corner office for the corner candy store.

Planting Hope (Where the Heart Is)

Can she forgive the man who once bullied her,and learn that love keeps no record of wrongs?Having overcome the crippling insecurities of childhood bullying, Lauren Bauman is eager to start her new job 1,000 miles away, and road-tripping across the country with her brother Nate and his new friend seems to be the perfect way to celebrate the move. But her confidence is shaken when she meets Nate's friend--the kid who'd bullied her years before, trapping her in a decade-long shell of self-doubt.For Jet Wurm, losing his job and getting kicked out of his apartment were the best things that ever happened to him. Thanks to the friend who rescued him, he's finally shedding the loser label he'd worn for years. Nate even invited him along on a cross-country road trip with his sister, and Jet couldn't be more excited. But then he meets Lauren, and her fearful reaction tells him they must have met before. Where, he can't recall, but he has no doubt he'd somehow hurt her--like he'd hurt so many others in his past. And now he's stuck on a six-day road trip with a woman who obviously deplores him.Though Jet is clearly not the same person who'd bullied her years before, Lauren still struggles to forgive him. But if she doesn't find the courage to forgive, will that convince Jet he's as worthless as he'd always been taught to believe? Or will they learn that real love keeps no record of wrongs?

Long Way Home (The Potter's House Books)

Books, Potter's House

All she wants is a settled place to call home. He can't wait to make home a life-long road trip. All Tessa Chanson ever wanted was a stable place to call home. She thought she'd found that when she moved in with Jared--until his home became her prison. When his control escalates, the only answer is to escape--an escape that's hampered when she falls and fractures her ankle. While building his graphic design company, Nate Brooks is focused on the future he's dreamed of: traveling around the country from the comfort of his renovated school bus. But when he picks up a wounded, mysterious hitchhiker, those well-laid plans take a backseat to protecting her. Hobbled by her injury, Tessa fears she'll never find freedom. Or has she found it with the family who graciously opens their home to her? And will Nate's protection put his family--and his heart--at risk? PLACE CALLED HOME is Book 11 of "The Potter's House Books," stories of love, hope, redemption, and second chances.

Place Called Home (The Potter's House Books)

Realtor Dani Chamberlain’s passion for bringing attention to the homeless, regardless of the method, has once again backfired. Along with being sentenced one hundred hours of community service feeding the homeless, she’s also being kicked out of her home—by her own mother! She has less than two months to find a new place, or she’ll be living on the street herself.Once a homeless teen, Austin Lang is now a school teacher and coordinator of the Family Table Meal for the homeless in his community. And he can’t wait to purchase his own home. When Dani Chamberlain breezes into the Family Table Meal in heels and with an attitude, his life and plans are upended.Dani is instantly drawn to the quiet, selfless man who puts his faith in action, and Austin can’t stop his attraction to the passionate woman who dives in to help people without thought to her own safety. Along with working together serving the community, they join forces to search for their new homes, deepening their attraction. Until both receive news that shakes their foundations and threatens to tear them apart permanently.HOME ANOTHER WAY is Book 18 of “The Potter’s House Books,” stories of love, hope, redemption, and second chances.All books can stand alone and can be read in any order. The first 17 of 21 books are:Juliette Duncan: The HomecomingT.K. Chapin: When it RainsAlexa Verde: Heart UnbrokenBrenda S Anderson: Long Way HomeMary Manners: Promises Renewed Kristen M. Fraser: A Vow RedeemedMarion Ueckermann: Restoring FaithJuliette Duncan: UnchainedT.K. Chapin: Gracefully BrokenAlexa Verde: Heart HealedBrenda S. Anderson: Place Called HomeMary Manners: Tragedy and TrustKristen M. Fraser: Heart TransformedMarion Ueckermann: Recovering HopeJuliette Duncan: Blessings of LoveT.K. Chapin: Until ChristmasAlexa Verde: Heart RestoredPlease check www.PottersHouseBooks.com for release dates.

Home Another Way (the Potter's House Books #18)

House Books, Potter's

Christmas should be a time of wonder and expectation, but what if tragedy, illness, family secrets, or betrayal strip away every belief in what the future holds? And in a good and loving God? When circumstances beyond their control dramatically alter their lives, can broken, betrayed, and disillusioned people rediscover their faith and come to see that God's plans are far better for them than the ones they had imagined for themselves? Brenda S. Anderson - A Christmas HomecomingEleanor Bertin - Love and Unexpected Stress ResponsesSara Davison - Sixty Feet to HomeRegina Rudd Merrick - The Twelve Days of Mandy RenoAngela D. Meyer - Returning to ChristmasMarion Ueckermann - One Christmas WishCandace West - A Garland of Grace

A Star Will Rise: A Mosaic Christmas Anthology II

Davison, Sara

Ueckermann, Marion

West, Candace

Bertin, Eleanor

Collection, The Mosaic

Merrick, Regina Rudd

Meyer, Angela D.

Genre Fiction

His Image Publications

Nine stories. Nine pasts to overcome. Nine futures hang in the balance.Christmas is supposed to be the happiest time of the year, but what happens when the past threatens to destroy the peace and joy of the season?When the men and women in these stories face overwhelming challenges in their lives, can hope be restored this Christmas?Mountaintop Christmas by Stacy MonsonWilderness camp leaders Mikayla Gordon and Dawson Dunne have planned their perfect mountaintop Christmas wedding, but nature seems to have other plans. Mikayla will have to face the one thing that has terrified her since childhood or her hopes of a magical mountain wedding to the man of her dreams will be buried deep under the fresh coating of snow.Like Wool by Eleanor BertinYoung David Fawcett is all duded up for a night of punk rock with his buddies when the past butts into his plans, thrusting him out into the cold of a snowy Christmas Eve to face his worst enemy.Ever Greening by Deb ElkinkThirty-year-old anti-Advent Holly, who’d abandoned Montana as a pregnant teen, faces another Christmas—and this time the meaning of the Incarnation—in the barren desert of Nevada far from the evergreen forest of home.A Beautiful Christ-mess by Brenda S. AndersonWhen prodigal son Zachary Belden returns home at Christmas to surprise his family with news, he’s surprised with other news that turns his surprise into a big mess and challenges his newfound faith.The Christmas Sweater by Janice L. DickJeanne, a retired librarian and one-year widow, is dreading her first Christmas without Sam. However, when her childhood friend moves in next door, Jeanne wonders if alone might be better. Spunky Debbie McCormick won’t allow Jeanne to wallow in her grief, and seems intent on pushing her into decisions she’s not ready to make.Taste of Heaven by Sara DavisonWhen Shawn and Daphne Cook’s hopes for their future are crushed, it takes a chaotic Christmas Eve service to remind Daphne that she has been putting her hope in the wrong things. Her plan is to get to her husband and share that revelation with him, but whoever has been watching them from the shadows just may have a plan of his own.The Jukebox Cafe by Angela D. MeyerRetired Marine Mike Thompson is struggling as the new pastor at Hillside Community Church in Preston Hill. Can one special Christmas Eve help him move beyond a past that’s holding him back?The Caretaker’s Christmas by Johnnie AlexanderMac never means to eavesdrop, but when the reclusive cemetery caretaker learns that two mourners will be alone for the holidays, he plans a Christmas Eve party for the recent widow and the foster teen. In seeking to ease their loneliness, will Mac find peace for his own grieving heart?Reno-Vating Christmas by Regina Rudd MerrickSteve Reno lost his wife two years ago and has two grown children, while Roxy Emerson has been alone for over ten years and is a grandmother. They’re not looking for romance, but when the contractor and restaurant-owner are thrown together at Christmastime, they realize that God does indeed have a hope and a future for them.

Hope is Born: A Mosaic Christmas Anthology (The Mosaic Collection)

Alexander, Johnnie

Dick, Janice L.

Elkink, Deb

Monson, Stacy

Short Stories & Anthologies

Stacy Monson

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Chain of Mercy (Coming Home)

Pieces of Granite (Coming Home, Prequel) (Coming Home Series)

Chain of Mercy (Coming Home)

Hungry for Home (Coming Home)

Planting Hope (Where the Heart Is)

Long Way Home (The Potter's House Books)

Place Called Home (The Potter's House Books)

Home Another Way (the Potter's House Books #18)

A Star Will Rise: A Mosaic Christmas Anthology II

Hope is Born: A Mosaic Christmas Anthology (The Mosaic Collection)