Adult

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.

When the compass that her recently deceased mother left behind begins to spin and point with its own volition, 12-year-old Allie Granderson must follow its directions into the line of trees edging on the Virginia hill country. For her, the journey is more than a ghost hunt: she is rejoining the mother she lost --- and finding herself with each step deeper into the heart of the darkest woods she's ever seen.

When a heart-wrenching accident in a Christmas Eve snowstorm jars Andrew Farmer from his obsession with success, a Christmas miracle will give him a second chance at love, life and gratitude, but only if he can put aside his own ambition and learn to appreciate each moment. Sometimes it takes a tragedy to change a man’s life --- and to teach him to treat every day as if it were his last.

You might not have had a day off from work, volunteer obligations or family life for weeks, perhaps months, but Michele Howe has made space for you and done everything to make you comfortable. In each chapter in FAITH, FRIENDS, AND OTHER FLOTATION DEVICES, Michele focuses on a single theme --- forgiveness, providence, regret, contentment and more; introduces you to a woman whose daily experience sheds new light on active, faithful living; and gives you a concise set of guidelines to examine and live your faith.

Kitty Miller loves the bookshop she runs with her best friend, Frieda, and enjoys complete control over her day-to-day existence. But then the dreams begin. Katharyn Andersson is married to Lars, the love of her life, and they have beautiful children. It’s everything Kitty once believed she wanted. Convinced that these dreams are simply due to her overactive imagination, Kitty enjoys her nighttime forays into this alternate world. But with each visit, the more irresistibly real Katharyn’s life becomes.