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The Rain Sparrow by Linda Goodnight Copyright 2016 Available Now ! The Story: A stranger's arrival in a small Southern town stirs up old secrets and new dreams in this beautiful story full of hope and haunting mystery, and with the power to win your heart.  Renowned yet private, thriller writer Hayden Winters lives a life colored by lies. As he is deeply ashamed of his past, his hunger for an honest relationship and dreams of starting a family remain unsatisfied, and he can trust no one with his secrets. He's determined to outrun his personal demons, but the charming old Peach Orchard Inn and a woman whose presence is as gentle as a sparrow's song stops him in his tracks. Carrie Riley is afraid of everything from flying to thunderstorms, and pretty much of life itself. But meeting the enigmatic writer staying at the inn emboldens her to learn everything about him. When they discover a vulnerable boy hiding at the inn, Hayden is compelled to help Carrie protect ...

Uplifting Designs to Color & Create: What Lifts You by Kelsey Montague Exclusive image reveal, free DOWNLOAD to color & pre-order contest! The recent boom in coloring books for adults has left many people wondering, what’s next? Kelsey Montague, a well-known interactive street artist and illustrator, is launching WHAT LIFTS YOU (Harlequin Games; February 23, 2016; $14.99 U.S.), a debut coloring book. Within this book, each of the pages contains traditional opportunities for individuals to color Kelsey’s unique and original designs. But she engages users by asking them to take this one step further: bring the artwork off the page and into the world! By providing inspiring quotes and examples, Kelsey wants you to share and discover #whatliftsyou. Exclusive image reveal! Check out this sneak peek of one of the beautiful and unique illustrations found within the coloring book: Get coloring today!

Kissed by a Cowboy by Debra Clopton Copyright 2016 Thomas Nelson Publishers ISBN: 9781401690533 The Story: Cassidy was looking for a home and a place to belong . . . not for a cowboy to steal her heart.  Having lived through her parents’ endless string of “matrimonial bliss gone wrong,” Cassidy Starr knows when the odds are not in her favor. Divorced and humiliated, her faith on rocky ground, Cassidy is through with love. She’s been bucked off that horse far too many times. Instead, she returns to Wishing Springs, Texas, and the rundown farm she’s inherited from her great aunt Roxie. She’ll reopen the strawberry farm and a bed & breakfast and follow in her aunt’s footsteps, remaining forever-independent, happy . . . and single. Rancher Jarrod Monahan’s hands are full running the ranch, looking after his ailing grandfather, and chasing down a group of rustlers on the loose. He’s pushed his longing for a family to the bottom of his list of priorities. Besides, he was...

About the Movie:  A young caterer's life suddenly changes course when she inherits a country home and learns she must share it with a career-obsessed Wall Street trader. At first, these opposites do not attract, but feelings begin to change when they find themselves having to work side-by-side to restore their newly acquired home. Order your DVD from Family Christian stores or your favorite retailer!  Learn more about this and other Hallmark movies on the Hallmark website !

A Son's Vow by Shelley Shepard Gray Copyright 2016 ISBN: 9780062337795 The Story: Three months ago, everything changed for Darla Kurtz and her family. Darla’s father was responsible for a terrible fire at Charm’s lumber mill which killed five Amish men. And though he, too, lost his life, the town of Charm hasn’t looked at her family the same since. Even Lukas Kinsinger—with whom Darla used to have a close friendship. Now her brother’s anger at the town is spilling over onto Darla, and she has the bruises to prove it. The accident already cost five lives, but if something doesn’t change soon, Darla fears it will cost her—and her family—even more. Lukas Kinsinger wants to mourn the loss of his father, but he can hardly find the time to breathe. Suddenly the head of his father’s lumber mill and responsible for taking care of his three siblings, he’s feeling the pressure. He has also never felt more alone—especially with the new tension between he and Darla. But when he lear...