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Drawing lessons from great families of history and modern families seeking to recover what has been lost, this inspiring guide reveals how enduring legacies are built through faith, sacrifice, tradition, and purposeful family life. It challenges listeners to look beyond the present generation and consider how their choices as spouses and parents can shape descendants they may never meet. With practical wisdom and compelling examples, this book offers a vision for strengthening family identity, handing on the Faith, and building a legacy rooted in what is true, good, and lasting.

Winner of a 2023 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) for Autobiography/Memoir “Kerbeck’s juicy memoir tells riveting tales [with] the thrill of a spy novel. . . Kerbeck bares all of his wild business secrets within the world of corporate espionage” — Foreword Reviews "Robert Kerbeck...

"I cannot recommend this series enough."—#1 New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood Charlotte Holmes finds herself in a dreadfully precarious position when she’s accused of murder—a crime she’s accustomed to solving as Sherlock Holmes—in this twisty Victorian mystery from the...

Detectives are led up the garden path when a clever scam turns fatal Down-on-his-luck businessman Tam McDonnell thinks he may have rescued his ailing pub when a local man comes good on his promise to fill the venue with punters in exchange for a percentage of the takings. That’s until he...

Jessie is baffled at these crime scenes, so isolated, with seemingly no way the killer could have known these women were there. Yet something, she knows, must be connecting them. Behind their troubled marriages and phony friendships, a killer is lurking. But can Jessie uncover him before the next victim dies? A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense, the JESSIE HUNT series is a riveting new series that will leave you listening late into the night.

When I found out I was cast opposite my crush in the school musical, I thought it was a dream come true. Nash Hastings is the type of guy a "good girl" like me should want. He's sweet, attentive, loyal, and best of all, he finally asked me on a date. It's the perfect setup for an onstage romance to move offstage. There's just one problem: Asher Park—the bad-boy rumored to have been involved in the mysterious disappearance of his ex last spring—is also in the play.

Donald is a forty-something aspiring drag queen with a lifetime of bitterness hiding behind his nail polish. He's not been back to his northern home-town since his father kicked him out after catching him wearing his dead mother's clothes. But his past is about to catch up with him, when his strange, beautiful younger brother arrives on his doorstep. Will Owen’s unexpected presence pull him out of his depression? Or is he destined to drag his little brother down with him?

In near-future Shanghai, a group of teens have their world turned upside down when one of their own is kidnapped in this action-packed follow-up to the "positively chilling" (The New York Times) sci-fi thriller Want. Jason Zhou, his friends, and Daiyu are still recovering from the aftermath of...

Abducted! Forcibly taken from her home in New Orleans , Cristabel Albay found herself a prisoner aboard an enemy ship—and soon thereafter, transferred into the vile hands of blood-thirsty pirates! War waged between the newly liberated United States and King George. Still, Cristabel would soon discover that British sailors were the very least of her worries—for the pirate captain, Bully Booth, owned no loyalty—no sympathy for those he captured. Yet hope was not entirely lost—for where there was found one crew of pirates—there was ever found another. Though Cristabel Albay would ...

You'd think we were living in the golden age of science and reason. But the truth is far more sinister, says Austin Ruse. We're actually living in the age of the low information voter, easily misled by all-too-convincing false statistics and studies. In Fake Science, Ruse debunks so-called "facts" used to advance political causes one after the other, revealing how poorly they stand up to actual science.

Travis McGee is too busy with his houseboat to pay attention to the little old man with the missing postage stamps. Except these are no ordinary stamps. They are rare stamps. Four hundred thousand dollars worth of rare. And if McGee doesn't recognize their value, perhaps Mary Alice McDermit, a six-foot knockout who knows all the ways to a boat bum's heart, will. Only it's not McGee's heart that's in danger. Because a syndicate killer has put a contract on McGee.

"We Volunteered." is the story of Carl Robert Ruse, suvivor of the Bataan Death March, and a prisoner of the Japanese Imperial Army through the end of World War II. As a POW, he endured horrific conditions at prison camps such as Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, and Davao Penal Colony. He also survived two months of time in the hold of a crowded Japanese "Hell Ship" for a two-month voyage to Japan where he was forced to work in the Japanese industrial city of Yokkaichi until the end of the war. At the time of his liberation, he weighed eighty pounds.

What would you sacrifice for a love that shouldn't exist? SADE: I'm not supposed to be here. One minute I'm in my Bath hotel room in 2025, the next I'm crashing through time into 1815 England with nothing but a laptop bag and a racing heart. No way home. No plan. And absolutely no idea how to explain to Regency society why a Black American woman just appeared out of nowhere speaking like she's from another world. Because I am. Then HE finds me. Sebastian Ashworth, Duke of Thornwood. Cold grey eyes. Devastating smile. The kind of dangerous that makes smart women do stupid things.

Viola Moreland’s life is a well-orchestrated lie. For generations her family has fabricated the existence of the Eternal Prince, a mysterious and powerful protector who watches over the small kingdom of Lenore. This practiced deception cracks, however, when a nameless stranger stumbles across the truth and promptly assumes the Prince’s identity. Unable to produce the genuine figurehead, the Moreland family—and Viola in particular—must cater to the impostor’s whims or risk having the web of carefully constructed ruses crumble to pieces.

Mr. Alden Dandridge has received astonishing news: he is set to inherit a thriving horse farm in a quaint Scottish village. However, there's a formidable catch. He must be married by Twelfth Night. Undeterred, Alden journeys to Scotland, convinced that a marriage of convenience will solve all...

IFS has become one of the most sought-after and evidence-based approaches in psychotherapy today, but for many clinicians, learning to apply it can feel daunting. IFS Made Simple distills the model into a clear, structured, and engaging framework designed for immediate use in practice. Through...

When the charming man Laura encounters at a ball turns out to be the very gentleman intended for her cousin, Laura is forced to ignore her absurd hopes and enact a ruse that will lead Mr. Huntington to pursue her cousin. With everyone’s expectations placed upon her and her position at Linwick Manor at stake, there is no room for error. Especially when Mr. Huntington’s intentions begin to shift to Laura.

She agreed to the ruse. Love was never part of the bargain. Miss Rose Astley has never been engaged—secretly or otherwise. Unfortunately, the Duke of Pembroke announced her as his secret intended, and now all of Society is congratulating her on an engagement she most definitely did not accept. Pembroke claims it was necessary to escape an unwanted arrangement. Rose admittedly understands his reasons but cannot fathom how she became his only solution. The duke is far too charming for his own good, flirting as easily as he breathes, and blurring the lines between pretense and reality.

The Connected System has changed Earth forever. It has brought the apocalypse but also brought other stronger enemies from the wider universe. Lochlan Brady and his daughters have found shelter in a new and growing community. Loch has found himself put in charge of the fledgling Clan Brady. It is not a position he wanted, but with his greater power it is one he has the responsibility for. Together with a Council of knowledgeable and skilled people in the Clan, the Bradys work to set themselves up to survive through the coming winter and the dangers from the changes brought by the Connection.

After forty years, the release of one dangerous man forces Miss Tony Rivers to relive the case that changed her forever. Miss Tony Rivers has spent decades building a peaceful life in Apple Creek, but the news that Chris Patterson is being released from prison awakens memories she'd rather leave buried. As old fears return, Miss Tony finds herself revisiting the case that changed her life—a mystery that began with an ordinary school field trip and ended in murder. A young school district administrator who preferred paperwork and research to danger, Miss Tony never expected her curiosity ...