Jimmy Root Jr., has served as an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God since 1982, including service in Nebraska, Missouri, and a seven year term as a missionary in Colombia, South America. Jimmy is the lead Pastor of Family Worship Center of Smithville, a growing suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. Married to his wife [...]
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When American librarian Samantha Lewis and Irish rogue Keirnan Fitzgerald set off to find priceless jewels, they become embroiled in a 500-year-old love story that eerily prefigures their own…
In 15th century Venice, beautiful and wealthy Serafina falls in love with Nino, a young Florentine sculptor. They decide to flee to Padua, and to fund the [...]
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I got such a pleasant surprise in my email yesterday. I have been nominated for BEST BLOG NAME for Book Blogger Apprecation Week. I am not sure who nominated me, but thank you, thank you, thank you!
I haven’t had this name for very long, and I struggle to think up names when it comes to my [...]
Not every woman who rides the fertility treatment roller coaster winds up like Octomom!
Who will find friends, family, and fertility?
Three women’s lives are intricately intertwined, as Amelia Schwartz and Summer Curtis struggle with the complex dynamics of intrafamily embryo adoption, and Chandy Markum strives to make her patients’ dreams a reality.
After more than a decade, [...]
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Sometimes I wonder what takes me so long. It was the same thing with Lost. I don’t catch these shows when the debut and I don’t really see any need to watch them. Then, something changes. I saw that the 4th season of Heroes was going to start in September and I decided it was [...]
Your daughter doesn’t come home one night from her summer job.
You go there looking for her. No one’s seen here. But it’s worse than that.
No one’s ever seen her. So where has she been going every day? And where is she now?
In Linwood Barclay’s riveting new thriller, an ordinary man’s desperate search for his daughter [...]
Dramatic, moving, and exquisitely written, A Better View of Paradise explores the tender bond between fathers and daughters, ponders the delicate nature of healing, and celebrates the redemptive power of forgiveness and love.
Thirty-six-year-old Stevie Pollack has come into her own as a celebrated landscape architect. Her designs, famed for their evocative natural beauty, reflect her [...]
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In these tough economic times, money always comes in handy, doesn’t it. And, this couldn’t be easier.
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Sorry for the slight delay in announcing the winners – it was one of those weekends. So, without further ado, here goes:
“Blue Star” by Tony Earley:
Lisa (mistyfuji)
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Sue
Pam R.
Nancye Davis
“The Lost Dog” by Michelle Krester
Wanda
Nancye Davis
Aimee W.
Anne
Etirv
“$20 Per Gallon” by Christopher Steiner
Chey
Jake Lsewhere
Rose Red
“Daniel X Watch the Skies” by James Patterson
Mozi Esmes Mommy
Shoshana
Kim V
“Ravens” by George [...]
The meeting place was carefully chosen: an abandoned church in rural Ireland just after dark. For Jonathan Quinn—a freelance operative and professional “cleaner”—the job was only to observe. If his cleanup skills were needed, it would mean things had gone horribly wrong. But an assassin hidden in a tree assured just that. And suddenly Quinn [...]
