A traveling librarian ventures into the mining towns of Kentucky on horseback—and learns to trust the One who truly pens her story—in this powerful novel from the best-selling author of A Silken Thread. During the Great Depression, city-dweller Addie Cowherd dreams of becoming a novelist and offering readers the escape that books had given her during her tragic childhood. When her father loses his job, she is forced to take the only employment she can find—delivering books on horseback to poor coal-mining families in the hills of Kentucky. But turning a new page will be nearly impossible in Boone's Hollow, where residents are steeped in superstitions and deeply suspicious of outsiders. Even local Emmett Tharp feels the sting of rejection after returning to the tiny mountain hamlet as the first in his family to graduate college. And as the crippled economy leaves many men jobless, he fears his degree won't be worth much in a place...

Libby Simon is finally content. Living at the Full Heart Ranch is her dream come true, and building a veterans retreat center on the land is a project far more fulfilling than anything she’s ever done. She expects life to stay calm and predictable for a good long time, just the way she likes it. And then her brother's friend comes to the ranch—the most irresistible man she’s ever encountered. He seems made for her. Unfortunately, he’s not meant for her.Detective Ryan Anderson isn't a man who leaves things to chance. He sets goals, works hard, and reaches them. He's on the verge of becoming Chief of Police, and then everything screeches to a halt. Someone is trying to ruin his career, and maybe even eliminate him altogether. With no leads and no idea who his enemies are, getting out of town for a while seems the wise thing to do.At his best friend’s urging, Ryan heads to the Full Heart Ranch, where there is plenty to keep him busy while he seeks to identify the people trying to get rid of him. The only problem with that plan–the beautiful and distracting Libby. She’s Ryan’s type and then some, but she’s also a forever kind of girl, and he won’t allow himself to think in those terms.The surprises aren’t over for Ryan, and he finds himself relying on Libby’s strength and support a little more every day. Both of them are desperately fighting their attraction, but for very different reasons. Neither of them believe they can ever be more than friends, but it seems God has plans far greater than their own.As life comes together in ways he would have never predicted, Ryan begins to see his forever after all. And it includes Libby Simon. He sets a new goal, his biggest one yet, and with a little help from above, he’s up for the challenge.

Hope for the Future Firefighter paramedic Terry Flanagan saw her clinic for migrant farm workers as the perfect way to make a difference. But when Dr. Jacob Landsdowne was assigned to oversee her project, she wondered if her dreams would go up in smoke. Two years ago a tragedy had touched both their lives and almost destroyed Jacob's career. Now he was intent on rebuilding his reputation, and Terry's clinic was an unwanted distraction. Yet, with the well-being of women and children hanging in the balance, maybe it was time Jacob put aside his trust in himself...and turn to God.

Kate Evans and Paul Anderson are finally married, settling in, and starting a family. They rejoice when Kate finds she is pregnant, but soon it is clear that there are hurdles ahead. Should she continue in her dangerous profession as an Alaskan bush pilot? Can she really fall into the role of a wife? Then tragedy strikes, life begins to unravel, and Kate fears she may have lost Paul for good.Chock-full of high-flying adventure, romance, and the drama of life, Joy Takes Flight is the exciting conclusion to Bonnie Leon's Alaskan Skies series.

A girl with a deadly lung disease . . .A boy with a tragic past . . .A land where the sun never sets but darkness still creeps in . . . Madeline Oliver has never wanted for anything, but now she would give anything just to breathe. Jason Wu skates through life on jokes, but when a tragedy leaves him guilt-stricken, he promises to tell only the truth, no matter the price. When a mysterious stranger name Hanali appears to Madeline and offers to heal her in exchange for one year of service to his people, Madeline and Jason are swept into a strange land where they don’t know the rules and where their decisions carry consequences that reach farther than they could ever guess.

Rachel Weaver Mason is finally going home to Deer Run, the Amish community she left behind so many years ago. Recently widowed, she wants desperately to create a haven for herself and her young daughter.But the community, including Rachel's family, is anything but welcom ing. The only person happy to see her is her teenage brother, Benjamin, and he's protecting a dark secret that endangers them all.Determined to keep Benjamin safe from a suspected killer, Rachel has no choice but to turn to the one man she wanted to get as far away from as possible. Colin McDonald was her late husband's friend, and the man who came between them. He's never forgotten her and would do anything to keep her and her family safe.Rachel doesn't know if she can trust Colin, or her growing feelings for him. But as they hunt for the killer, the tension between them builds and soon both their lives, and their hearts, are on the line.

Dr. Rosalind Werner is at the forefront of a groundbreaking new water technology—if only she can get support for her work. Nickolas Drake, Commissioner of Water for New York, is skeptical—and surprised by his reaction to Rosalind. While they fight against their own attraction, they stand on opposite sides of a battle that will impact thousands of lives.