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"If not for her loving but controlling parents, Beth Prudhomme might never have taken charge of her life and moved from her native Chicago to Portland, Oregon, where she has reconnected with her spirited Aunt Sunshine and found a job as a high school music teacher. If not for her friend Nichole Nyquist, Beth would never have met Sam Carney, although first impressions have left Beth with serious doubts. Sam is everything Beth is not--and her conservative...
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New beginnings volume 1
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Growing up, Cassie Carter and her sisters, Karen and Nichole, were incredibly close -- until one fateful event drove them apart. After high school, Cassie ran away from home to marry the wrong man, throwing away a college scholarship and breaking her parents' hearts. To make matters worse, Cassie had always been their father's favorite -- a sentiment that weighed heavily on her sisters and made Cassie's actions even harder to bear. Now thirty-one,...
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Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do to...
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"In this powerful and uplifting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber, a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over. Leaning on each other, Nichole and Leanne discover that their inner strength and capacity for love are greater than they ever imagined. When Nichole discovers that her husband, Jake, has been unfaithful, the illusion of her perfect life is indelibly...
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Love Comes to Paradise is the second book in bestselling author Mary Ellis's New Beginnings series. It's about fresh starts...and how faith in God and His perfect plans provide the peace and joy all long for.
Nora King believes she is a woman in love. When Elam Detweiler leaves the ultraconservative Amish district of Harmony, Maine, and moves to Paradise, Missouri, Nora follows soon after. But does she love the man or the independence and freethinking...
6) A New Dream
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She's grieving the loss of the first boy she ever loved. He wants to help her heal.One year ago, Taylor Scott's boyfriend died while practicing with his hockey team. She's spent the last twelve months blaming everything, including the sport of hockey. She wants nothing more to do with it, which is difficult when her dad secures his first professional coaching job.Having nowhere else to go, she moves to a new town with her family, where she meets him....
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She wants to move on from the past. He's hoping to be her future.Maggie Marks moved to New York City after a traumatic end to her marriage. Estranged from her father, there's only one person she has counted on her entire life. Elijah. Her best friend.As kids, he protected her.As adults, she pushed him away.Now he's back in her life, and this time, he won't let her go without a fight.Escape into an inspiring story of old loves, new romances, and the...
8) Knocking
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How do you walk a tightrope when it's unraveling beneath your feet?Tonya is a tireless pastor's wife, but when her daughter plays a prank on their reclusive neighbor, her orderly life blows up. Is her husband really having an affair? Who is this neighbor, and why won't she come out of her house? How can she get her daughter to come back home? Does Tonya even have a home anymore?Meanwhile, seven senior ladies are starting a church down the street....
9) Splitting
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New Beginnings Church is growing so fast, they're practically bursting at the seams. Newly appointed elder Joe Weir thinks such growth warrants operational changes. The founding mothers disagree. As tensions rise, people choose sides, and the founding mothers start fighting amongst themselves. Can a pregnant teenager and her friends show the adults the way back to their original vision?
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Love comes from the most unexpected of places.Eight friends, four heartwarming love stories. Michaela wants to escape the life of a well-kept socialite that's waiting for her. She wants to do something more with her life. Running from an almost-engagement to the most eligible bachelor in town, she crashes right into the arms of bartender Jason, her brother's best friend. Fleeing a failed marriage, there's only one person Maggie can count on, her lifelong...
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After the death of her parents and then watching both of her older sisters find happiness in homes of their own with husbands who adore them, Rachel King yearns for a new beginning. Her cousin Sarah lives near a thoroughbred stable in Kentucky, and working around beautiful horses is Rachel's dream come true. She leaves Lancaster County to find a job at Twelve Elms Stables and believes God has answered her prayers.
And then she meets Jake, an attractive...
12) A New Choice
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She wants to escape the life chosen for her. He's determined to make sure she can.When Michaela's boyfriend proposes in front of everyone she knows, her future flashes before her eyes, sending her running off to New York in search of something different.Among the city streets, the socialite can escape the expectations of her life back in the wealthy world of the Connecticut elite. She can pretend there isn't a man picked out for her, a future that...
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Living in Harmony is the first book in bestselling author Mary Ellis's New Beginnings series. It's about fresh starts and love…and how faith in God and His perfect plan for our lives provides us with the peace and joy we desire.
Amy King-young, engaged, and Amish-faces difficult challenges in her life when she suddenly loses both of her parents in a house fire. Her fiancé, John Detweiler, persuades her and her sister Nora to leave Lancaster County...
14) Kicking
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Esther is her granddaughter's last chance.Esther hasn't seen Zoe in years and hardly knows her. But she's not going to turn her away. Zoe is family, and she's a child.A wild child. How will Esther keep her from self-destructing? Rachel.Zoe wants nothing to do with the crazy-hat lady from her grandmother's creepy old church. But as Rachel starts to share herself with young Zoe, Esther sees a change. Will it be enough?
15) Searching
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Nora hasn't seen her son in three days, and no one seems to care. His friends say they haven't seen him, but Nora thinks they're lying. The police say he's just run off, but Nora knows this isn't true. He might be a troublemaker, but he wouldn't do this to her. She will not rest until she finds him, but she's in it alone. Then one day, crippled by fatigue and fear, Nora finds her way to a weird little church. And suddenly, she's not alone anymore....
16) Working
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Pastor Adam has issued the burgeoning congregation of New Beginnings a challenge: It's time for boots on the ground. It's time to go out into Carver Harbor and meet real people where they're really at. Some congregants are more comfortable with this new direction than others are. Rachel and Cathy are thrilled. Fiona and Chevon? Not so much.Esther and gang will find their mettle tested as they come face-to-face with circumstances so difficult there...
17) A New Path
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She wants a break from her life. He's determined to keep it light.Abigail doesn't take anything in life seriously. Not anymore. College is an escape from the rough world she lived in before, and Grant Mackenzie, the star hockey player, is the perfect distraction.But there's a problem. Abigail's boyfriend won't let her go. Through threats and unearthed secrets, he tightens his hold on her, never letting her out of his clutches.A trip with her best...
18) Crossroads
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Romance isn't in the cards for them….
or so they thought.
After uprooting her teenage son from their small town home and moving to the big city, single mom Tess Lockwood discovers he's fallen in with a gang of troublemakers at school. Soon she finds herself paying a visit to the principal's office.
Ex-cop Mitch Jackson is a man on a mission. He's determined to help all the teens at his school-but Bruce's mother touches a place deep inside him,...
19) At First Sight
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Tough and uncompromising undercover sheriff Asia Powers Bancroft had one goal-to bring crime extraordinaire Carlos Saint Magna to justice for tearing her town apart with criminal activity. This goal led her to choices that condensed to one thing-her family and her ability to protect them from the consequences of her job. But she hadn't known that choosing to bring Saint Magna down would alter her life irreversibly.
Now left for dead, she discovers...
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Tough and uncompromising undercover sheriff Asia Powers Bancroft had one goal-to bring crime extraordinaire Carlos Saint Magna to justice for tearing her town apart with criminal activity. This goal led her to choices that condensed to one thing-her family and her ability to protect them from the consequences of her job. But she hadn't known that choosing to bring Saint Magna down would alter her life irreversibly.
Now left for dead, she discovers...
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