Routine Complications: Troubles with Talk Between Doctors and Patients

Medical Books

West, Candace

Basic Sciences

Indiana University Press

Through the Lettered Veil

Religion & Spirituality

Collection, The Mosaic

Christian Books & Bibles

Lost Creek Press

How can she let go of the past when she is forced to confront it?Kidnapped by her father at two years old, Lane Steen never imagines she is living a lie until a new schoolteacher, Edith Wallace, comes to Valley Creek. Yet Edith is more than a schoolteacher. She is part of the past-a past hidden in a mysterious dream that has haunted Lane since childhood.At sixteen, Lane yearns to escape from her embittered father's hatred that engulfs her home. The schoolhouse is Lane's only escape. Carefully, Edith works to earn Lane's friendship, but love and trust doesn't come easy for a heart plagued by hate. But then the truth shatters Lane's world.The truth sends Lane on a turbulent search into the past. Leaving Valley Creek behind, Lane reunites with a family she cannot remember-a family that surpasses her wildest dreams. A family that belongs to her.Despite her newfound joy, her hatred for her father only deepens. Although she desires to experience the faith of her family, Lane can't cast away one thing she holds closely: the hatred that helped her survive.Digging into her father's unbelievable past, she confronts the story behind her father's ruin. Will she always be bound by hate?Yet something even stronger binds her. Something stronger than her family, something stronger than her will. She is bound to Valley Creek, the place of her stormy childhood, the place of the man she loves, but more importantly, the place of God's calling. Ironically, she finds love, purpose, grace, and forgiveness in a place she'd sought all her life to escape.

Lane Steen (Valley Creek Redemption)

Ideas to Books

A shattered heart.A wounded spirit.A community in crisis. Lorena Steen gave up on love years ago. She forgave her long-time estranged husband, but when circumstances bring her to the Ozark town of Valley Creek, she discovers forgiving is far from forgetting. Haunted by his past acts of betrayal, Earl Steen struggles to grow his reclaimed faith and reinstate himself as an upstanding member of Valley Creek. He soon learns that while God's grace is amazing, that of the small-town gossips is not. When disaster strikes, the only logical solution is for Earl and Lorena to combine their musical talents in an effort to save the community. But even if they're willing to work together, are they able to? Or will the shadows that descend upon Valley Creek reduce it to a ghost town?

Valley of Shadows (Valley Creek Redemption)

Scrivenings Press LLC

A Lukewarm Correspondence. A Tattered Reputation. Two hearts at Odds. He is walking away while she is fighting to walk. After a springtime swim, Ella Steen is stricken with a dire illness, leaving her without the use of her legs. Meanwhile, Dr. George Curtis, the man she secretly loves, faces ruin. For over a year, the crusty New York City bachelor and vivacious spinster have exchanged dozens of letters and formed a wary friendship. Neither are willing to open their hearts completely. Until they face each other. The past looms between them, however. Does George still love another or is his heart completely free? A trip to Valley Creek holds the answers. Instead, when George and Ella arrive, they encounter obstacles that force other truths to the surface. Is George brave enough to confront what he fled in New York? Can Ella confess why she hates dogwood winters? Will their hearts survive? If only their pasts would keep out of the present.

Dogwood Winter (Valley Creek Redemption)

A Christmas Legacy Novella Collection 
The Gift of a Lamb by Elaine Cooper 
In 1776, 14-year-old Charlotte Hawkins and her brother, 10-year-old Elias, are still grieving the death of their parents. Their parents left instructions to be sent from their home state of Virginia to live with relatives they barely know, in Connecticut. The trip was dangerous, as war raged between the Redcoats and the Americans. To make matters worse, the churches in Connecticut don’t celebrate Christmas at all. Will this be the orphans’ worst Christmas ever? 
A Lasting Legacy by Cynthia Roemer 
Loudoun County, Virginia, 1814. After a disabling injury sends Daniel Hawkins home from war, he struggles how to provide for his young wife, Maggie and the child she’s carrying. As Christmas approaches, he finds a sheep his grandfather carved and attempts to carve a nativity set for Maggie. When she goes into labor during a Christmas Eve blizzard, Daniel is forced to face his feelings of inadequacy. And perhaps learn that God has a plan for his life after all. 
Healing within the Pieces by Candace West 
Prison shackles haunt Nathaniel Hawkins upon his return home only to discover it occupied by a woman in hiding. Bad men are no strangers to Delia Evans, but the intruder who barged into the farmhouse shrinks from her. With no other refuge, they must endure each other. But have they misjudged? When the past shadows their doorstep, is a grudge worth the price of a man’s life? 
The Christmas Carving by Kelly Goshorn 
Wyatt Hawkins dreads Christmas. Memories from the fatal shooting of his childhood friend on Christmas Eve, 1864, has left a bitter taste in Wyatt’s mouth toward God, the holiday season, and his former fiancée, Madelyn Cunningham. As Christmas draws near, can the star he’s carving for his family’s heirloom nativity point Wyatt back to the woman he’s never forgotten and the faith he’s left behind?

Chiseled on the Heart: A Christmas Legacy Novella Collection

Literature & Fiction

Goshorn, Kelly

Roemer, Cynthia

Cooper, Elaine Marie

United States

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

Bertin, Eleanor

Merrick, Regina Rudd

Meyer, Angela D.

Genre Fiction

His Image Publications

Song of Grace: Stories to Amaze the Soul (The Mosaic Collection)

Havig, Chautona

Alexander, Johnnie

Elkink, Deb

Monson, Stacy

Crist, Camry

Literary

The Mosaic Collection

All Things New: Stories to Refresh the Soul (The Mosaic Collection)

Holt, Milla

Mosaic Collection, The

Wayward wandering exposes the characters in these stories to storms created by their own or others' choices.Candace West - McDonald's FarmEleanor Bertin - Who Sends the Rain?Angela D. Meyer - Rekindling Her DreamDeb Elkink - Clanging SymbolsSara Davison - The PoppyAs they deal with the consequences, will they seek shelter in God, finding healing and redemption in the only One who can provide it?

Dancing in the Rain: Stories to Shelter the Soul (The Mosaic Collection)

Short Stories & Anthologies

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