Previously published as Carolina Dream by Mantle Rock Publishing.\nA Southern Breeze Series – Book One 
Sarah Crawford wants more from life than to attend the wedding of her ex-fiancée. An unexpected inheritance in South Carolina comes at the perfect time, just as Sarah is willing to use any excuse to get out of town. When she meets potential business partner Jared Benton and discovers that a house is part of the inheritance, she is sure that God has been preparing her for this time through a recurring dream. 
But will a dream about an antebellum mansion, many rooms to be explored, and a man with dark brown eyes give her the confidence to take a leap of faith, leaving friends, family, and her job behind?

Carolina Dream (A Southern Breeze)

Religion & Spirituality

Merrick, Regina Rudd

Christian Books & Bibles

Scrivenings Press LLC

Carolina Mercy (A Southern Breeze)

She knows about God's grace for her life, but pushes it away. He hasn't experienced it, but finds grace in a way he never expected.First-year Special Education teacher Charly Livingston demonstrates God's love on the outside, but is resentful that God allowed back-to-back tragedies in her family.Rance Butler is a top-notch medical intern. He's on his way to the top, and when he meets Charly, he knows things will only get better. When he discovers family secrets and a dying father he never knew, his easy, carefree life seems to disintegrate.Even in the idyllic ocean breezes and South Carolina sunshine, contentment turns to bitterness and confusion except for God's amazing grace.

Carolina Grace (A Southern Breeze)

Candy Cane Wishes and Saltwater Dreams: A Christmas Novella Collection

Mistletoe Make-believe by Amy Anguish - Charlie Hill's family thinks his daughter Hailey needs a mom. Desperate to be free from their nagging, he asks a stranger to pretend she's his girlfriend. When romance author Samantha Arwine takes a working vacation to St. Simon's Island, she never dreamed she'd be involved in a real-life romance. Are the sparks between her and Charlie real? Or is her imagination over-acting ? again?A Hatteras Surprise by Hope Toler Dougherty - Ginny Stowe spent years tending a childhood hurt that dictated her life. Can time with an island visitor with ties to her past heal lingering wounds? Ben Daniels intends to hire a new branch manager for a Hatteras Island bank, then hurry back to Charlotte. Spending time with a beautiful local, however, might force him to adjust his sails.A Pennie for Your Thoughts by Linda Fulkerson - When the Lakeshore Homeowner's Association threatens to condemn the cabin Pennie Vaughn inherited, her only hope of funding the needed repairs lies in winning a travel blog contest. Trouble is, Pennie never goes anywhere. Should she use the Hawaiian vacation offered to her by her ex-fiancé? The trip that would have been their honeymoon?Mr. Sandman by Regina Rudd Merrick - Events manager Taylor Fordham's happily-ever-after was snatched from her, but when she meets two new friends-the cute new chef at Pilot Oaks and a contributor on a sci-fi fan fiction website-her resolve wavers. Just when she thinks she can loosen her grip on thoughts of love, a crisis pulls her back. There's no way she can risk her heart again.Coastal Christmas Charade by Shannon Taylor Vannatter - Lark Pendleton is banking on a high-society wedding to make her grandparent's inn at Surfside Beach, Texas, attractive to buyers. Tasked with sprucing up the inn, she hires Jace Wilder, whose heart she once broke. When the bride and groom turn out to be Lark's high school nemesis and ex-boyfriend, she and Jace embark on a pretend romance to save the wedding. But when real feelings emerge, can they overcome past hurts?

Vannatter, Shannon Taylor

Dougherty, Hope Toler

Fulkerson, Linda

Anguish, Amy R.

Spring Has Sprung: Laurel Pascal is tasked with organizing the town's beloved Daffodil Festival, and she's not happy. An allergy sufferer all her life, she dreads the season from the first daffodil bloom to the last coat of pollen on her car. Newcomer Dr. Owen Roswell volunteers to help and soon finds that not only does Laurel need his expertise as an allergist, but help in appreciating the season she's obligated to celebrate. What does he want more-for Laurel to fall in love with his favorite season? Or him?The Missing Piece: Tommy England comes back to Sassafras, Ark., after being gone seven years and can't understand why childhood best friend, Beth Norton, is upset with him. As they work to save their quilt shop, prepare for the watermelon festival, and complete an unfinished quilt, their friendship regrows. Each stitch taken brings them closer to more than just a beautiful blanket-maybe even to finding their missing piece.A Sweet Dream Come True: Isaac Campbell is living his dream of running an ice cream shop but fears he won't last past the first difficult year. Mel Wilson is a busy single mother who longs to be a chocolatier but is too afraid to turn her dreams into reality. When Mel and Isaac meet at Bestwood, Tennessee's fall festival, it seems like divine providence. But once Mel agrees to help Isaac bring in customers by selling her chocolates at his shop, she realizes how challenging running a business can be. Will their partnership end in disaster, or will it be a sweet dream come true? Sugar and Spice: Emeline Becker, owner of Sugar and Spice Bakery, loves New Kuchenbrünn, except for the Gingerbread Festival. As a baker, she's responsible for supplying the one treat she despises-gingerbread. Emmie's cookie threatens to crumble completely when Ryker Lehmann is hired as festival photographer. Her teen crush and witness to her worst humiliation. His leaving broke her heart. Now he's back and determined to fix their friendship. With gingerbread and Ryker together, how will Emmie survive the festival with mind and heart intact?

Love in Any Season

Greer, Heather

Rudd Merrick, Regina

R. Anguish, Amy

Anne Crouch, Sarah

Heart Restoration (RenoVations Inc.)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

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

Anderson, Brenda S.

Davison, Sara

Ueckermann, Marion

West, Candace

Bertin, Eleanor

Collection, The Mosaic

Meyer, Angela D.

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

For interior designer Lisa Reno things go from bad to worse when her contractor-brother falls off a ladder and breaks his leg. Now she has to deal with the past coming back to haunt her, an old house with a corpse in the creepy cellar, and her best friend trying her best to fix her up with any man that moves.Nick Woodward is willing to do his old college roommate a favor - especially since it involves renovating his own inheritance. The last thing he wants is to get involved with anyone. When he lost his wife and unborn child so suddenly, he had made the decision to keep God and everyone else at arm's length. So far, so good.Ah, the difference a trip to a dingy basement makes.

Heart Restoration (Mosaic Collection) (RenoVations Book 1) (RenoVations Series)

Bellville Street Books

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