Adult

Author Bo Stern has spent the past two Christmases struggling to connect with the joy of the season. As she has watched her husband, Steve, struggle with terminal ALS, Bo has quietly felt her spirit for the season fade --- and has noticed countless others suffering the same way. Through stories and scriptures, Bo offers readers a way to redeem what can often become painful days, guiding them to engage in different ways that offer a tangible outlet for healing.

Like any other teenage boy, Austin loves pizza, movies, dancing, and girls. But unlike most other eighteen-year-olds, he has a rare brittle-bone disease, was locked in a mental ward as a child, and is autistic. This is the story of his and his family’s quest for normalcy, thanks to a persistent work, courage, love, and faith in God.

Twenty-year-old Ruth Stutzman is a wonderful caregiver --- but she has no experience with children. Laid off from her job at a retirement home due to budget cuts, she’s relieved to find work --- even if it means temporarily watching widower Martin Rodes’ brood of six! Laughter and disaster ensue, as well as an unexpected romance between Ruth and Martin. But how long can all the good cheer last?

A Hollywood director has disappeared, and the sultry starlet he’s been running around with isn’t talking. When the missing man turns up dead, Captain Jackson Divine’s case escalates into a full-blown murder case, and Sister Evangeline Divine’s crime-solving instincts kick in with an almost God-given grace. Soon Sister Eve finds herself soul-searching every step of the way: How can she choose between the vocation in her heart and the job in her blood?

One couple is plunged into a mysterious search-and-rescue in the wilderness, while another’s idyllic wedding is tragically derailed --- both on Christmas Eve. In SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT, Colleen Coble plunges us into these two unlikely and thrilling tales about the limits of love, adventure and forgiveness during the holiday season. Hold on to your mistletoe.

The Robertson family of "Duck Dynasty" fame is excited to open their hearts and home to guest Hunter Clarke to show him what the Christmas season looks like for them. And like it or not, Hunter experiences it firsthand. From duck-hunting disasters with the bearded guys, to learning to cook with Miss Kay, Hunter quickly discovers what it’s like to live with this boisterous yet loving family.

A mother struggles to rekindle a connection with her children --- estranged  through trauma and a life of misinformation. Is there still time to show them love and give them the truth? And how will she accomplish all of this from the next life, having herself been dead for many years? MOTHERLESS, Erin Healy's latest novel, tells a troubled family’s tale.

For two single parents with bruised hearts, it’ll take more than a little courage to get back on the horse when it comes to love. Luckily, eighty-four-year-old Anna McKenna, a famous figure in their small town, shows up just in time to teach them some unexpected lessons about horse-taming, child-rearing, life, and love.

Based on a visual essay that was first published on The Hairpin, A BUNCH OF PRETTY THINGS I DID NOT BUY is a beautiful and witty take on the growing “slow shopping” movement. Sarah is a well-known blogger and illustrator, and she writes brilliantly without preaching or guilt-tripping.