With candor and compassion, Silver Angel award-winning writer Bette Nordberg explores the struggles and heartaches associated with homosexuality and AIDS to create a gripping novel that reveals the comfort of a personal relationship with Jesus. Colleen is wary when her brother Stephen arrives, but she refuses to dwell on his homosexuality. After a family fight, Stephen angrily leaves. Colleen follows him, discovers he has AIDS, and invites him to live with her family. As Stephen's illness progresses, Colleen encounters fear, prejudice, and judgments from "it's a shame" to "God is punishing Stephen." Slowly Colleen considers a new answer. Maybe AIDS isn't a condemnation. Perhaps God has granted Stephen time to evaluate his life and discover the love of the Master Healer.

A Season of Grace

Literature & Fiction

Nordberg, Bette

United States

Harvest House Pub.

Callie O’Brian’s ordinary life takes an unexpected detour when social services places a four–year–old orphan, Keeshan Hernandez, in her care. Overwhelmed, Callie is just about ready to give the boy back to the authorities when Marcus Jefferson suddenly arrives, claiming to be Keeshan’s uncle. In the face of Marcus’ challenge, Callie realizes the strength of her ties to the little boy. Knowing she cannot simply give him to a stranger, Callie mounts a legal battle to keep Keeshan. Willing to sacrifice everything, Callie is unprepared for the strange attraction she has for Marcus. Can she let go of her own feelings long enough to do what is best for Keeshan? Is Marcus worthy of the prize Callie has to offer?

Detours

Harvest House Publishers

Serenity Bay

Bethany House

On a small, picturesque island in Pugent Sound, a young woman discovers that her family and her perfect little life are beginning to unravel. Original.

Bethany House Pub

Would Answers Lie Somewhere in the Pacific? 
The San Francisco Bay area dawns a typical day-sunshine, cool breezes, then rain-the afternoon Kate Langston’s entire world is set off-kilter. Successful in their careers and happily ensconced in the empty-nest stage of life, Kate and Mike’s twenty-six year marriage has settled into a comfortable, if somewhat predictable, routine. 
A package sent through the mail shatters the world they have created together, and Kate walks out the door certain their marriage is over and wonders if her faith in God will ever be the same. Mike, devastated by what has happened to their relationship, determines to win back his wife, whatever the cost, even though his company appears on the brink of a criminal investigation. A voyage in the Pacific seems to be the lifeline he was seeking, but will Kate agree to sail with a husband she no longer trusts?

Pacific Hope: A Novel

Contemporary

A lone survivor of a small plane crash on Mount Rainier, a woman wonders if a recluse hiding in the forest will help or hurt her but finds inspiration for her faith in the realization of a personal tragedy. Original.

Thin Air

Literary

In this contemporary romance, young widow Brandy Beauchamp inherits a long-established bed-and-breakfast on Vancouver Island from an old friend. It needs energy and commitment if the beautiful but neglected property is to be restored.
 With her five-year-old daughter, Gabby, Brandy moves to British Columbia and sets about building a new life―only to discover that a local property developer has very different plans.

Genoa Bay: A Novel

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Monarch Books

Some might ask, "How can the contents of a book written nearly twenty-five hundreds years ago have anything to do with me?" The truth is that Jeremiah's prophetic words regarding God's people are just as relevant today as the day were written.
The Book of Jeremiah: A Bright Light in a Dark Season is a Bible Study that will encourage you to live with the tenacity and obedience of the Old testament prophet, Jeremiah. During this eight-week interactive study, you will discover truths revealed by different voices and learn to identify exactly who is speaking. Of special importance, you will be able to differentiate between Jeremiah's voice and God's and learn to identify God's messages include personal words of encouragements to Jeremiah, God's servant, and reveal His own feelings and relationship with the people of Judah, Babylon, and the surrounding nations.
Nearly every page of this study is enhanced by historical, contemporary, and archeological sidebars-the familiar Following God series features that thousands have come to love.
Transport yourself into Jeremiah's time. Learn about his culture, and his people, and come to understand their prevailing attitude toward God, the fear surrounding their everyday lives, and their many struggles in an era of international instability. Most importantly, soak in the many challenging applications the Book of Jeremiah offers to people today.

The Book of Jeremiah: A Bright Light in a Dark Season (Following God Through the Bible Series)

AMG Publishers

Imagine for a moment...
You wake up in the same old bed, only to discover everything around you has completely changed. People speak a foreign language. The rules are different. The familiar has been turned upside down. Confused and disoriented, you're determined to make your way through...
That's the way life feels for a new believer as they begin their walk of faith. Though everything looks the same, they feel like aliens. Confronted with traditions and expectations they don't understand, some give up.
In a simple, relaxed style this devotional guidebook for new believers lays the foundation-piece by piece- for the faith-filled life, answering questions like:
* What is the Bible anyway, and why should I read it? 
* What is the Old testament and what does it have to do with today? 
* How does Jesus fit into my daily life? 
* What's the big deal about morality? 
* What's in the church for me, and why can't I just go when I feel like it?
A GUIDEBOOK FOR NEW BELIEVERS is the book that a church should put into the hands of new believers-from day one. It focuses on the key issues every believer must assimilate in order to grow in Christ.By the end of the first hundred days, the reader will understand his or her need to read the Word daily, to pray, and to be in fellowship with other Christians. New believers will gain a strong understanding of the terms and truths of Christianity.
The book is completely self-contained and demands no extra study skills, nor does it necessitate a mentor. A GUIDEBOOK FOR NEW BELIEVERS requires no lengthy study time. Instead, day-y-day, it builds truth into the lives of those recently transported from "the other kingdom" into God's kingdom.

A Guidebook for New Believers: Encouraging Words for the First 100 Days

When the War Is Over A New One Begins: Rebuilding Relationships After Trauma

Self-Help

Dean, Chuck

Motivational

Wordsmith Pub

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Books by Nordberg, Bette

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A Season of Grace

Detours

Serenity Bay

Serenity Bay

Pacific Hope: A Novel

Thin Air

Genoa Bay: A Novel

The Book of Jeremiah: A Bright Light in a Dark Season (Following God Through the Bible Series)

A Guidebook for New Believers: Encouraging Words for the First 100 Days

When the War Is Over A New One Begins: Rebuilding Relationships After Trauma