Books

A Place in God's Heart

"Have you been craving a more abundant life but are settling for your secret cache of stale bread? Do you graze in your 'spiritual refrigerator' and see nothing to satisfy your nagging 'midnight hunger'? Do you find yourself scrounging around the bottom of life's popcorn bowl for stale 'dead heads' of happiness when in your heart you yearn for the poppingest of joy?... Are you tired of the ho-hum sameness in your worship and you ache to 'celebrate God all day, every dry--to revel in Him?'"

On Wings of Praise

How to Find Real Joy in a Personal Relationship with God
Kay Rizzo describes her "spiritual winter"--years of playing church, longing to trust God wholly, but never quite grasping how to do so. Desperate to change, she determined to live as a true daughter of God, guided by the Holy Spirit in every corner of her life. It was then that she discovered the joy and the power of praise.

His Praise Goes On

Thanking God from a Full Heart

Which gets more praise: God, or your favorite food?

Praise is a choice that will transform your life, says Rizzo. It is one of the secrets of happiness. "I am 10 years younger than I was 10 years ago," she testifies. "My step is bouncier, my voice cheerier, and my body is filled with new vigor. Praising God, as a way of life, has made the difference in my life. I have gone from bondage to blessing and from abject depression to indescribable joy."

Popsicles, Black Holes, and Burnt Toast

Out of this World Devotional for Juniors
"So far today I've done all right. I haven't gossiped, haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, or nasty. But in a few minutes, God, I'm going to get out of bed, and from then on I'm going to need more help."

Red Star Rising

How long could she live in two worlds? Which road would she follow? How long before she would have to choose?

On stage, Shao Zhao Yang was a famous opera star, basking in the adoration of fans and entertainment critics. Her life was one of luxury and fame reserved for only a select few in China.

Wounded Healer

"You are worthless! A dummy! A pantywaist! I hate your guts!"

"I remember being lashed to a tree with a chain and a dog coller fastened around my neck. Somehow I'd wandered off and my father accused me of running away. To teach me a lesson, he let the dog go and chained me to the tree trunk. I was two. It was the first time I remember my father telling me that he hated my 'guts.' I didn't know what it meant to hate someone's guts, but I knew It had to be pretty bad because he looked ao angry."

Battered to Blessed

One women's painful secret... and the healing power of love.

As a busy nursing student and "Miss Kentucky" beauty contestant, Brenda, at age 18, had a promising future of success, love, and happiness. One night Brenda met a tall, disarmingly handsome stranger. She was undeniably attracted to him but determined to hold true to her strict moral values. Brenda couldn't have known that her bright future was about to take a dark and terrifying turn.

I Will Die Free

Humberto Noble Alexander stood naked and freezing before his captors in the stark, slab-gray interrogation room. Fairness and justice meant nothing here. This was 1962... in Castro's Cuba. Falsely accused of conspiracy to assassinate the Communist dictator, this young preacher of the gospel would spend the next twenty-two years as a political prisoner in one of the most inhumane and brutal prison systems on earth.

Molly's Revenge

Book 7 - Serenity Inn Series

Praying for deliverance "from the snare of the fowler" was one thing, but did God really expect her to forgive the "fowler"?

Vivacious and beautiful, eighteen-year-old Molly Maguire lives a charmed life thanks to the generosity of her benefactors, Lord and Lady Pembrooke. But all that changes when Lord Pem-brooke's health fails and his son unexpectedly closes the manor. Given the options of remaining in Ireland to fend for themselves or signing a two-year contract as indentured servants in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Molly and her widowed mother choose to begin a new life in America.

Serenity's Desire

Book 1 - Serenity Inn Series

Is it possible that God would punish me by taking away my mother? Could I be the reason she died?"

Plunged into a world of uncertainty following the death of her mother, seventeen-year-old Serenity struggles to understand why God allows tragedy when He has the power to prevent it. Turning to her mother's journals, she catches a glimpse of the God her mother loved and trusted. Paging through her mother's Bible, Serenity finds strength in God's promise to never leave nor forsake her.

Serenity's Quest

Book 2 - Serenity Inn Series

"Lord, please use me somehow. Show me where You need me and what You need me to do."

Loss seemed to doggedly pursue young Serenity Pownell. First, her mother's death, then her home destroyed by fire, and now, her father. Had he really been lost at sea?

Josephine's Fortune

Book 3 - Serenity Inn Series

Could he be counted on to never leave nor forsake one of his own?

Josephinc Van der Mere felt desperate and alone. Serenity had left on her own adventure out West, and her father, New York State Assemblyman Samuel Pownell, had fled from the bounty hunters who were determined to arrest him for aiding run-away slaves.

Abigail's Dream

Book 5 - Serenity Inn Series

Surely God had bigger dreams for Abigail than catering her sister's tea parties and looking after her five children. Didn't He?

Fiery tempered and quick to react. Abigail Sherwood bridles under the controlling influence of her brother-in-law. How different he was front her father--a gentle parish minister who loved every member in his little church in England. After his death, Abigail and her mother had sailed to the New World to join her sister and brother-in-law in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Little does she imagine that ten years later she would find herself unmarried, and with no prospects, acting as cook and nanny to her sister's rapidly growing family.

Lilya's Haven

Book 4 - Serenity Inn Series

The idea of God was just a pretty little fable. Wasn't it? Why would the world wander after this man called Jesus?

Beautiful, willful, and adventurous, Eulilia Northrup of the Virginia Northrups felt no need for the God of her best friend, Serenity. Swept off her feet by the wily Wade Cooper, eighteen-year-old Lilia elopes, imagining a life of bliss and roses in her future. It does not take long, however, for her to discover the real reason Wade married her.

Annie's Trust

Book 6 - Serenity Inn Series

As she fights to save her baby's life, Annie wonders if she will ever move beyond the fear that holds her captive, or the anger that demands, "Where is God in all of this?"

The once bright, effervescent Annie Hawkins is forever changed by a devastating chain of events: a raging fire that destroys the Pownells' estate in western New York, leaving disfiguring scars on her heart as well as her hands; a terrifying boat ride to New Orleans; and an abduction at the hands of a ruthless man. After months of uncertainly, Annie eventually finds herself in Independence, Missouri, where she reunites with her best friend Serenity Cunard.

Flee The Tiger

A World War II adventure of espionage and mystery, with a twist of romance

Singapore, 1941-

The ultimate weapon: The blueprints for Ka-Go, a microwave death ray that pulverizes human bodies from the inside out, are stolen from a Japanese research center.

The unlikely currier: When the thief entrusts one half of the stolen data to a widowed schoolteacher, American Matthew Corona, he along with his two young sons, must flee before the “Tiger of Malay” and the Imperial Army bludgeoning its way across Southeast Asia. Matthew must retrieve the second half of the plans and deliver the complete package to British headquarters in Hong Kong before sailing for the security of Hawaii’s shores.

Elizabeth, An Adventist Girl Series

A four book series based on a true story, takes nine-year-old Elizabeth Mayes and her family on a 3,000 mile journey across America by train, canal, river boat and covered wagon, from Balston Spa, New York to Hangtown, California in 1851. Readers, ages 7-12, will find their faith in God growing as they share Elizabeth's encounters with dancing bears, river boat races, curious Indians and runaway billy goats.