Reminiscent of the stories and styles of Amy Tan and Francine Rivers,Blazing China is an extraordinary tale about a family journey through adversity and persecution.
Yao Chen and Ann-Ann Lee dated years earlier and broke up over their troubled history. Now Yao is courting a lovely girl with the right connections to expand his conglomerate, but he doesn’t love her.
All Jakob Schmidt wants is to play music and marry his childhood sweetheart. Yet this is not the world he was born into. His cousin Friedrich arrives in 1923 and instantly becomes the paternal figure Jakob never had… until his estranged father moves back in.
Who is the girl? A young girl lies huddled in a cardboard box, shrinking away from the social workers who have come to rescue her from a homeless camp. She doesn’t speak and affection seems alien to her as she has no apparent ties to anyone.
Immerse yourself in the “what if” questions related to the Lost Colony of Roanoke. What if an English boy and a native girl met in the wilderness? The push-and-pull between two very different worlds begins as one seeks simple friendship and the other struggles to trust. And can it–dare they–allow it to be more?
Born the daughter of a Powhatan chieftain and a woman of unknown origins, Mato’aka enjoys a carefree life. When strange men from across the eastern waters appear near her home, she regards them at first as a mere curiosity. Soon, though, she finds herself torn between fascination for one of their leaders and the opinions and ways of her people–then becomes a pawn in their delicate and dangerous game of politics. Drawn to a young Englishman, John Rolfe, who has lost a wife and baby daughter, she shares his griefs. . .and perhaps something more.
How do you know if the most important decision in your life is the right one? If not, are you ready for the fall out? But God knows the person to put in your path to help you make it to the end. In Cheney Reynolds’s case, God sent an entire village. Reaping the seeds from what she’s sown; Cheney Reynolds moves into a historic neighborhood in Ferguson, Missouri, and becomes a reclusive, energized only by restoring a dilapidated cottage that once resembled someone’s home.
Molly Taylor’s never had a problem trusting God, and she’s got Tanner Walters to thank for that. Best friends since kindergarten, Tanner’s faithfully walked by her side through all life’s ups and downs. And he’s been biding his time, too, waiting for just the right moment to ask Molly to take the next big step with him.
Can Molly let go of her dreams to take ahold of the plans God has for her?
After three years searching for healing from a life-shattering trauma, Molly Taylor finally found it in the one place she swore she never would.
Molly Taylor is no stranger to storms.
But she’d sure appreciate if the sunshine stuck around for a bit.
With Tanner back in her life now, this time for keeps, Molly’s confident that there’s nothing but sunny skies ahead. Until an unexpected diagnosis at her baby’s twenty-week anatomy scan threatens to blot out that sun, that is. While nothing could change the love Molly has for her baby, she’s not sure she’s strong enough to step into another storm.
Natassa seems to have it all – a devoted husband with a good income, beautiful children, a faithful best friend – but it only takes one night for her world to crumble, catapulting her into a journey of trauma and healing, old pressures, and new friendships. Will she learn to stand her ground, or will she always live in someone else’s shadow?
Eve is a bold supporter of the rights of unborn children. She prays that God will awaken the Church and pour out a spirit of adoption, but she’s never had an opportunity to live out these prayers. One summer morning outside an abortion clinic, she is given a chance.
