Christmas at Harmony Hill Ann H. Gabhart Retail Price: $15.99 CBD Price: $9.99
( This product will be released on 08/28/13. )
Product Closeup It is 1864 and the nation is still torn apart by civil war when Heather Worth discovers she is with child. She has been working as a laundress with her husband's army unit, but when the army gets orders to march south to Tennessee, Gideon insists Heather go home to have their child under safer conditions. Heather agrees, but returns home to another kind of devastation-deaths in the family and a father who refuses to forgive her for marrying a Yankee. With nowhere else to turn, Heather seeks refuge at the Shaker village of Harmony Hill, where her great aunt Sophrena lives. There, after many peaceful years at Harmony Hill, Sophrena is having doubts about her Shaker path. Both women are in need of love and forgiveness-whether given or received. With Christmas coming, can the miracle of new life fill their hearts with unexpected joy?
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A Simple Christmas Wish Melody Carlson Retail Price: $15.99 CBD Price: $9.99
( This product will be released on 08/28/13. )
Product Closeup Rachel Milligan is caring for her seven-year-old niece, Holly, at her home in Chicago when she receives devastating news: Holly's parents have been killed in a plane crash. Because Rachel is Holly's only known relative, she assumes that she will be her beloved niece's guardian. However, custody is awarded to Lydia, a distant aunt who happens to be Amish. Just a week before Christmas, Rachel takes Holly to the Amish community in the hopes of persuading Aunt Lydia to relinquish custody. Instead, Lydia sets out to teach Holly to live according to the Amish way. As family secrets emerge and old wounds are healed, Rachel realizes that she will do whatever it takes to ensure that Holly has the loving family she needs.
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Grace, Sisters of the Heart Series, #4 Shelley Shepard Gray Retail Price: $12.99 CBD Price: $9.99 Buy 64 or more for $9.49 each.
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Excerpt It's Christmastime at the Brenneman Bed & Breakfast, and everyone is excited about closing down for the holiday. Anna and Henry will be celebrating their first Christmas as a married couple, and for Katie and Jonathan Lundy, it's their first Christmas with baby Stefan. Winnie and Samuel Miller plan to stop by as well for a wonderful two weeks of family and rest. But when two unexpected visitors show up, hoping to stay for Christmas, the family must test their commitment to hospitality. Levi is a widower who lost his wife four years ago and can't bear the thought of another Christmas alone. And Melody is a young pregnant woman who won't open up about how she ended up on her own at Christmas at almost nine months pregnant. Anna, who knows a thing or two about keeping secrets, doesn't trust her, and strives to find out the truth about these two strangers who have disrupted their holiday. But as the Christmas spirit descends on them all, along with a snow that traps them at the inn, a healing and hopefulness takes over, allowing new relationships to be built, and the boundaries of family to be extended.
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Winter's Awakening, Seasons of Sugarcreek Series #1 Shelley Shepard Gray Retail Price: $12.99 CBD Price: $9.49
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Excerpt, Product Closeup As winter winds blow, three young people wonder where God will lead them. Amish Joshua Graber is expected to marry Gretta Hershberger---but then Englisher Lilly Allen catches his eye. Gretta wonders what's gotten into Joshua. Would Roland Schrock be a better match? And Lilly is attracted to Joshua. Will her dark secret drive him away? 256 pages, softcover from Avon Inspire.
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Christmas in Sugarcreek Shelley Shepard Gray Retail Price: $12.99 CBD Price: $9.99 Buy 64 or more for $9.49 each.
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Excerpt Obedient daughter Judith Graber feels overlooked and underappreciated working at her family's store this holiday season. That is until her father hires Ben Knox. Two years ago Ben left Sugarcreek under a cloud of shame and rumors. Now he's back and working beside Judith. Will Christmas bring new beginnings---and love---for this unlikely pair?
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A Simple Christmas Wish Melody Carlson Retail Price: $15.99 CBD Price: $9.99
( This product will be released on 08/28/13. )
Product Closeup Rachel Milligan is caring for her seven-year-old niece, Holly, at her home in Chicago when she receives devastating news: Holly's parents have been killed in a plane crash. Because Rachel is Holly's only known relative, she assumes that she will be her beloved niece's guardian. However, custody is awarded to Lydia, a distant aunt who happens to be Amish. Just a week before Christmas, Rachel takes Holly to the Amish community in the hopes of persuading Aunt Lydia to relinquish custody. Instead, Lydia sets out to teach Holly to live according to the Amish way. As family secrets emerge and old wounds are healed, Rachel realizes that she will do whatever it takes to ensure that Holly has the loving family she needs.
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Christmas at Harmony Hill Ann H. Gabhart Retail Price: $15.99 CBD Price: $9.99
( This product will be released on 08/28/13. )
Product Closeup It is 1864 and the nation is still torn apart by civil war when Heather Worth discovers she is with child. She has been working as a laundress with her husband's army unit, but when the army gets orders to march south to Tennessee, Gideon insists Heather go home to have their child under safer conditions. Heather agrees, but returns home to another kind of devastation-deaths in the family and a father who refuses to forgive her for marrying a Yankee. With nowhere else to turn, Heather seeks refuge at the Shaker village of Harmony Hill, where her great aunt Sophrena lives. There, after many peaceful years at Harmony Hill, Sophrena is having doubts about her Shaker path. Both women are in need of love and forgiveness-whether given or received. With Christmas coming, can the miracle of new life fill their hearts with unexpected joy?
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An Amish Family Christmas Murray Pura Retail Price: $10.99 CBD Price: $5.49
( This product will be released on 09/15/13. )
Product Closeup After tragedy strikes the family of young Rebecca Shrock, her friend Tabitha does all she can to help. But things get complicated when Rebecca's brother, Levi, returns from combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. For one thing, he is an old flame Tabitha rejected when he chose to serve in the military. For another, he is under the Meidung-the shunning-and no one is permitted to speak to him or eat with him. But God has a way of working on the hearts of His people-especially at Christmas time. When an unexpected turn of events sets things right, miracles happen to the Amish community of Paradise, to the Shrock family-and to Tabitha.
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Plantation Christmas Weddings Sylvia Barnes, Lorraine Beatty & Cynthia Leavelle Retail Price: $7.99 CBD Price: $6.29 Buy 36 or more for $5.98 each.
( This product will be released on 09/15/13. )
Product Closeup Tis the season for romance as four hearts are rekindled with love. Everything a widow felt she knew about her life changes when she meets her daughter's future father-in-law. A successful novelist seeking peace with her past finds it in a mansion and the eyes of a handsome history buff. The trap is set for a divorced couple to receive the best Christmas present ever-a second chance at love. After being jilted at the altar, a wedding planner gets reacquainted with her heart.
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Mistletoe Memories Jennifer AlLee, Carla Gade, Lisa Richardson Retail Price: $7.99 CBD Price: $6.29 Buy 36 or more for $5.98 each.
( This product will be released on 09/15/13. )
Product Closeup Carpenter Stephan Yost vows to build a precocious spinster a home by Christmas. Civil War widow Mary Ann Plum learns the greatest peace on earth comes from giving and receiving love. Olympia Paris must protect the orphanage she grew up in from a man intending to play Father Christmas to most of the town. Joy Benucci turns to a modern-day Scrooge to save a transitional home for foster kids. Will Christmas be a season of miracles in their lives? Spend a heartfelt Christmas on Schooley's Mountain as four generations make a house a home.
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Log Cabin Christmas Margaret Brownley, Wanda Brunstetter, Jane Kirkpatrick Retail Price: $9.99 CBD Price: $8.19 Buy 24 or more for $7.78 each.
( This product will be released on 09/15/13. )
Product Closeup Discover how rough-hewed shelters become a home in which faith, hope, and love can flourish. Marvel in the blessings of Christmas celebrations without the trappings of modern commercialism where the true meaning of the day shines through. And treasure this exclusive collection of nine Christmas romances penned by some of Christian fiction's best-selling authors.
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An Amish Family Christmas Murray Pura Retail Price: $10.99 CBD Price: $5.49
( This product will be released on 09/15/13. )
Product Closeup After tragedy strikes the family of young Rebecca Shrock, her friend Tabitha does all she can to help. But things get complicated when Rebecca's brother, Levi, returns from combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. For one thing, he is an old flame Tabitha rejected when he chose to serve in the military. For another, he is under the Meidung-the shunning-and no one is permitted to speak to him or eat with him. But God has a way of working on the hearts of His people-especially at Christmas time. When an unexpected turn of events sets things right, miracles happen to the Amish community of Paradise, to the Shrock family-and to Tabitha.
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The Christmas Quilt, Quilts of Love Series #11 Vannetta Chapman Retail Price: $12.99 CBD Price: $9.99
( This product will be released on 09/15/13. )
Product Closeup Annie loves helping her husband and the local midwife tend to their Amish community's medical needs. And she's excited about the impending birth of her sister-in-law Leah's child. That's why she's determined to finish a crib quilt before the boppli arrives. But when Leah is rushed to the hospital, will the quilt hold even greater significance?
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The Sound of Sleigh Bells Cindy Woodsmall Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $7.99
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Excerpt Beth Hertzler works alongside her beloved Aunt Lizzy in their dry goods store, and serving as contact of sorts between Amish craftsmen and Englischers who want to sell the Plain people's wares. But remorse and loneliness still echo in her heart everyday as she still wears the dark garb, indicating mourning of her fianci. When she discovers a large, intricately carved scene of Amish children playing in the snow, something deep inside Beth's soul responds and she wants to help the unknown artist find homes for his work-including Lizzy's dry goods store. But she doesn't know if her bishop will approve of the gorgeous carving or deem it idolatry. Lizzy sees the changes in her niece when Beth shows her the woodworking, and after Lizzy hunts down Jonah, the artist, she is all the more determined that Beth meets this man with the hands that create healing art. But it's not that simple-will Lizzy's elaborate plan to reintroduce her niece to love work? Will Jonah be able to offer Beth the sleigh ride she's always dreamed of and a second chance at real love-or just more heartbreak?
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The Christmas Singing: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country Cindy Woodsmall Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $7.99
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Excerpt Christmas Eve has always been special to cake decorator Mattie Eash, who was born on the wondrous holiday. Yet the season lost its appeal three years ago, when her childhood sweetheart abruptly ended their engagement on Christmas. Mattie moved to Ohio, pursued her dreams of running a cake shop, and gave her heart to someone new. Someone who wouldn't break her heart.But an unforeseen setback forces her home and into painful proximity to Gideon. Will learning the truth behind his rejection restore her Christmas joy-or open the door to even deeper heartbreak?
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Kauffman Amish Christmas, 2 in 1 Amy Clipston Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $10.49
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Excerpt Enjoy two Amish romances! In A Plain and Simple Christmas, shunned Anna Mae is rejected when she visits home. Can she rediscover a place in her family---and her faith in God? And Naomi King has all but given up on marriage until she meets a young widower. Will Caleb become Naomi's Gift of lasting love? 368 pages, softcover from Zondervan.
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The Christmas Bride Grace Livingston Hill Retail Price: $12.99 CBD Price: $6.49
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Excerpt Now a wealthy man, Greg Sterling heads back east to make a name for himself. But on his first day home, he stumbles on a down-and-out young woman in desperate need of his help. Then just as quickly as she appeared, Margaret McLaren vanishes without a trace. As several days of searching come up empty-handed, old flame Alice Blair saunters into Greg's world, vying to win his heart-and his pocketbook. But will her coquettishness keep Greg from finding his true love?
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The Bridge, Hardcover Karen Kingsbury Retail Price: $19.99 CBD Price: $13.99
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Excerpt Five years ago, Molly Allen left her heart in Tennessee when she walked away from the man she can't forget. Ryan Kelly spends much of his time in Franklin's bookstore, remembering the hours he and Molly once spent there. But when tragedy and trouble threaten to close the shop for good, what miracles will unfold? 256 pages, hardcover from Howard.
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Susanna's Christmas Wish Jerry S. Eicher Retail Price: $10.99 CBD Price: $7.99
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Interview, Excerpt Susanna Byler wants to spend the holidays with the man of her dreams. But who is the man of her dreams? Is it the competent but plain Amishman she married for convenience..or is it her first love-an English man with whom she has recently had an unexpected encounter-and who wants her back in his life?
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