GET OUTTA MY FACE!
by  Rick Horne

Dr. Rick Horne is somewhat an expert in dealing with teens, as the father of six children, and a guidance counselor of a school. So one would be able to assume he knows what he talking about.

The facts that Dr. Horne presents in this book are undisputed. Such as:

Angry, unmotivated, and disinterested teens….are confused., insecure, and blind to everything except what they want right now.

Angry, unmotivated, and disinterested teens….are made in the image of God.

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THE RENEWAL
by Terri Kraus

Leslie Ruskin has just purchased an historic building. She plans to use one of the apartments for her and her daughter and rent out the other two, plus the storefront downstairs so pay the mortgage. Leslie and her daughter Ava are struggling to start over after Leslie’s husband divorced her.

Jack Kenyon is also starting over. He is a carpenter, and wants to make owning his own business a go. He is thrilled when Leslie hires him to do the remodeling on her apartments and the store. But, Jack is haunted by his lost relationships and his past failures and is finding it difficult to remain sober.

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GINGHAM MOUNTAIN
by Mary Connealy

Grant used to be an orphan. Now his heart is set on adopting all the kids who are homeless. He’s had as many as twenty-five children pass through his home so far. Right now he has six kids living under his roof, but never has he has so much trouble as when the new school teacher decides he’s a child abuser and is determined to get the kids out of his care.

Hannah Cartwright knows what its like to be an orphan too, but her adoptive father was abusive, so she is convinced that Grant is as well. And when he adopts Hannah’s little sister off the orphan train, Hannah is determined to take her sister – and all the other kids – to safety. So she lands a job as the town school teacher, and has Grant in her sights. When a couple criminals discover oil on Grant’s land, they are willing to go to any length to get it…including murder or forcing him into marriage. Will their plans succeed before the secret of oil is discovered?

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Christian Bookworm Podcast is delighted to present to you Christian fiction and nonfiction authors this summer. The participating authors will read selected excerpts from their latest book releases. We hope you enjoy the readings and will add the books to your summer reading list.

Angela Benson joins us today to read from her August 2009 book release, Sins of the Father. Angela’s numerous novels include the Christy Award-nominated Awakening Mercy, the Essence-bestselling The Amen Sisters, and Up Pops The Devil. Currently an associate professor at the University of Alabama, she lives in Northport, AL.

 

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Christian Bookworm Podcast is delighted to present to you Christian fiction and nonfiction authors this summer. The participating authors will read selected excerpts from their latest book releases. We hope you enjoy the readings and will add the books to your summer reading list.

Ann Kroeker is a speaker and author of Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families (August 2009, David C. Cook) and The Contemplative Mom (2000, Shaw Books), Ann Kroeker’s articles have appeared in a variety of publications including The Indianapolis Star newspaper, and magazines such as Decision, The Student, Christian Home and School, and Indianapolis Woman. She contributed to several books including the award-winning Experiencing the Passion of Jesus, by Lee Strobel and Garry Poole. Married for 18 years and mother of four children, Ann is committed to encouraging and inspiring families as they face the demands of daily living.

Listen to Ann read an excerpt from Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families

Surrender the Wind
by Rita Gerlach

A quick~match tale of unexpected love . . .
A fuse that burned rapidly …

After a harrowing escape from the British, patriot Seth Braxton finds his father dead at Yorktown. Now battle scarred and grieving, he endeavors to settle down for a peaceful life along the shores of the Potomac by restoring the land his father loved.

Thinking he will forever stay in the secluded wilderness, he receives a message that he has inherited his grandfather’s estate in faraway England. Seth is torn between the land he’s fought for and the prospect of reuniting with his sister, Caroline, who was a motherless child at the onset of the Revolution, taken to England in order to spare her the horrors of war.

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A Dream to Call My Own
by Tracie Peterson

Lacy Gallatin, the youngest of the Gallatin sisters, is a woman with a mission: to find her father’s killer. Haunted by the belief that she’s failed him, Lacy is also battling a desire to have something more than just revenge, something she can’t quite figure out. Enter Dave Shepard, deputy sheriff for the area. Dave has been fervently trying to find the man who killed George Gallatin, but he always feels inadequate when it comes to the beautiful Lacy. When they are together, the tension crackles between them–both when they argue and when they kiss. Lacy finds him frustratingly irresistible…but is it truly love?

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Honor in the Dust
A Novel by Gilbert Morris

In the moral confusion of the court of King Henry VIII, young Stuart Winslow has many choices to make — and lives depend on what he will choose.

Born in poverty when his father was forced to choose between the woman he loved and the wealth of his aristocratic family, the determined Stuart Winslow will go to any lengths to improve his social position. When his skills in weapons design and falconry secure a place for him in the court of King Henry VIII, he quickly learns that the court is really a wicked cauldron of vices, power plays, and temptations — some of them very much to his liking.

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