The Best Summer of Our Lives by: Rachel Hauck
Twenty years ago, the summer of ’77 was supposed to be the best summer of Summer Wilde’s life. She and her best friends, Spring, Autumn, and Snow–the Four Seasons–had big plans.
But those plans never had a chance. After a teenage prank gone awry, the Seasons found themselves on a bus to Tumbleweed, “Nowhere,” Oklahoma, to spend eight weeks as camp counselors. All four of them arrived with hidden secrets and buried fears, and the events that unfolded in those two months forever altered their friendships, their lives, and their futures.
“The Best Summer of Our Lives blends faith and hope into a story about the seasons of life, the seasons of friendship, and the seasons of love.”–Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends
Cold Pursuit by: Nancy Mehl
Ex-FBI profiler River Ryland still suffers from PTSD after a case went horribly wrong. Needing a fresh start, she moves to St. Louis to be near her ailing mother and opens a private investigation firm with her friend and former FBI partner, Tony St. Clair. They’re soon approached by a grieving mother who wants them to find out what happened to her teenaged son, who disappeared four years ago. River knows there’s almost no hope the boy is still alive, but his mother needs closure, and River and Tony need a case, no matter how cold it might be.
But as they follow the boy’s trail, which gets more complicated at every turn, they find themselves in the path of a murderer determined to punish anyone who gets in his way. As River and Tony race to stop him before he kills again, an even more dangerous threat emerges, stirring up the past that haunts River and plotting an end to her future.
“A thrilling start to a brand-new series, Nancy Mehl’s Cold Pursuit sucked me in from the first riveting page and pulled me deeper into an intricate, danger-filled plot. Unexpected twists and turns along with the terrifying threat of a killer closing in kept me chained to this gripping story and holding my breath until the satisfying end.” —Elizabeth Goddard, bestselling author of Cold Light of Day
The Woman from Lydia by: Angela Hunt
Widowed Euodia, known to her neighbors as “the Lydian woman,” seeks to make a fresh start by moving to the foreign city of Philippi. She finds new purpose after meeting Paulos, apostle to the Gentiles, who opens her eyes to helping those in need, particularly women and those who have been enslaved.
Retired Roman soldier Hector has settled in Philippi with dreams of a future filled with wealth and status, pooling his army earnings with Lucius, his fellow comrade-in-arms turned business partner. His hopes are dashed, however, when Paulos robs their youngest enslaved girl of her lucrative ability to foretell the future, rendering her worthless to Hector’s ambition.
“I couldn’t stop reading. A long-proven, gifted storyteller, Angela Hunt takes her craft to new heights–and depths–as she fully immerses us in the lives and struggles of first-century followers of Yeshua. I had to learn the truth about what happens to Euodia and those she loves–and those who may wish her harm. Hunt’s vast biblical knowledge shines through on every page while never overshadowing her master storytelling. Pure pleasure!” –Tamera Alexander, bestselling author of Colors of Truth
With Every Memory by: Janine Rosche
One year after her family was in a tragic car accident that killed her teenage son, Lori Mendenhall returns home with a traumatic brain injury that has stolen the last eight years of memories from her, leaving the life she has returned to unrecognizable. Her once-loving husband, Michael, is a distant workaholic she isn’t sure she can trust, and her once-bubbly daughter, Avery, has spent the last year hidden away in her room.
If Lori wants to reconnect with her family, she’ll have to uncover the information her brain is trying to keep secret. As her memories return and past secrets resurface, it will take the whole family to repair what’s been broken and find a new future together.
“With Every Memory is a memorable story of damaged imperfect people trying to rise above the rubble of tremendous tragedy. Raw and gritty, this is my favorite type of novel. It is highly affecting, and I nearly read through it in one sitting. I’m still sitting here thinking about it.” – T. I. Lowe, bestselling author of Under the Magnolias
This Is Where It Ends by: Cindy K. Sproles
When Minerva Jane Jenkins was just fourteen years old, she married a man who moved her to the mountains. He carried with him a small box, which he told her held gold. And when he died fifty years later, he made her promise to tell no one about the box or the treasure it contained.
Now at ninety-four, Minerva is nearing the end of what has sometimes been a lonely life. But she’s kept her promise. Even so, rumors of hidden gold have a way of spreading, and Minerva is visited by a reporter, Del Rankin, who wants to know more of her story.
“Blood might be thicker than water, but love trumps both in Cindy K. Sproles’s touching novel This Is Where It Ends. An unexpected bond forms between a Kentucky mountain woman in the twilight of life and a young reporter who enters her remote world. Together, they explore the nature and meaning of family as they unravel their entwined past–all against the backdrop of a glorious mountain landscape, beautifully rendered by the author.” – Valerie Fraser Luesse, author of Under the Bayou Moo
The Journals of Jim Elliot, Repackaged Edition by: Elisabeth Elliot
Jim Elliot arrived in Ecuador as a missionary at age twenty-five. Three years later, he would become a martyr at the hands of the Auca, the indigenous people to whom he was witnessing. He left behind a young wife, a baby daughter, and an incredible legacy of faith.
Jim’s volumes of personal journals, written over many years, reveal the inner struggles and victories that he experienced before his untimely death in 1956. In The Journals of Jim Elliot, you’ll come to know this intelligent and articulate man who yearned to know God’s plan for his life, detailed his fascinating missions work, and revealed his love for Elisabeth–first as a single man, then as a happily married one.
Edited by his wife, Elisabeth, Jim’s personal yet universal musings about faith, love, and work will show you how to apply the Bible to the situations you face every day. They will inspire you to lead a life of obedience, regardless of the cost, and delight you with an amazing story of courage and determination.
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