New York Times bestselling author and NAACP Image Award winner Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name Selena Montgomery, tells a chilling tale of lost love, dark family secrets, and hard-won redemption. Mara Reed has been stirring up trouble since she was eighteen—running scams, living on the edge, always on the run. Now, when two thugs are after her with murder on their minds, she’s forced into hiding in her small Texas hometown. But as she’s cornered in an alley, only seconds from death, an unexpected rescuer comes to her aid… A forensic anthropologist, Dr. Ethan Stuart is investigating a gruesome discovery—nearly one hundred dead bodies dating back fifty years—a mystery linked to the church once headed by Mara’s father. Ethan needs Mara’s help; she needs his protection. Their search for a shocking, devastating truth could lead them to forgiveness and salvation... if they survive.
Hidden sins are running rampant in our Churches and must be exposed. Are we living out the life of Christ? Are we living out the life of Christ, or just making religious noises while our fleshly desires block out the Spirit's call to cleanse our vessels? Hidden Sins in the Body of Christ challenges us to re-examine our relationship with the Lord. ?Hidden Sins gets down to the heart of the matter. It will make you search introspectively to see where you really are in relation to Christ Jesus. You will ask yourself, ?Am I really Christ-like or am I living in sin Dallas Howard, Senior Pastor of Covenant Life Church of God, Bremen, GA. ?The Bible in its fullness is a love letter from the Lord to His bride; Hidden Sins is a watchful warning that cleanses and prepares the bride for His coming. Not only does this book open our eyes to the tactics of the enemy but it readily builds our faith as victorious believers.? Ingrid McKinley
When it comes to crime, homicide detective Jake Carrington plays for high stakes . . . Assigned a missing persons case, Lieutenant Jake Carrington investigates a local Mob boss. The trail goes cold, but the Mafioso isn’t taking any chances, and soon the heat turns up from another quarter. Turns out there’s more than one dangerous suspect . . . Kyra Russell is drop-dead gorgeous and Jake is only human. But despite their mutual attraction, Jake’s suspicion deepens when he learns about her gambling problem—an addiction that cost her both husband and son. Even more disturbing is Kyra’s day job. She runs a crematorium—and it’s tied to the Mob. Now Jake will have to navigate a firestorm of treachery to get to the truth . . . Previously published as Burn in Hell
Join Luke and Hannah as they unravel the tangled web of deception surrounding them, exposing secrets that threaten not only their hearts but their very lives. In this heart-pounding race against time, they must confront their demons and make sacrifices that could cost them everything in a battle where trust and love become their only weapons. When Hannah Walker arrives in the beach town, she expects a fresh start, but her troubled past catches up to her quicker than she anticipates. A simple card decline for coffee reveals the sinister truth—nowhere is safe, and her life on the run has just become infinitely more dangerous. Luke Fletcher, driven by his protective instincts, offers his help, only to be met with Hannah's resistance. She claims she doesn't need his protection or his presence, but Luke sees a flicker of fear in her eyes, telling a different story. As he delves deeper into her mysterious past, one fact becomes abundantly clear: Hannah is being pursued relentlessly, and her pursuers won't stop until she breathes her last breath. In his quest to earn Hannah's trust and shatter the barriers she has erected, Luke takes a risk by revealing his own tumultuous history. But as their bond strengthens, their secrets intertwine, and the sins of others cast dark shadows upon them both. Together, they must navigate treacherous paths, dodging danger at every turn, in a desperate bid to outrun the relentless evil pursuing them.
The Carpathian Mountains have long stood as the jewel of Eastern Europe, with their magnificent peaks, steeped in folklore and mystery. But in the village of Gura Haith, something lurks in the night, screaming out in maddening hunger. Now, Nelu, one of the village's most skilled hunters, tries to devise a plan to eliminate what has become a threat to the lives of everyone in the small mountain village. However, it is also haunted by the presence of a small girl, rescued from the mountains by a hunting party. Yet, with Nelu's plan having failed, only one option remains for the centuries-old village, and the results will be devastating, leaving its people locked away at night, with few remaining choices for their survival.
"A book you will want to read and read again." -- Eugene Peterson Afterword by Bono. How can we find a more transparent, resilient, and fearless life of faith? The book of Psalms has been central to God's people for millennia, across all walks of life and cultural contexts. In reading it, we discover that we are never alone in our joys, sorrows, angers, doubts, praises, or thanksgivings. In it, we learn about prayer and poetry, honesty and community, justice and enemies, life and death, nations and creation. Open and Unafraid shows us how to read the psalms in a fresh, life-giving way, and so access the bottomless resources for life that they provide. "David Taylor’s take is 'open and unafraid' alright. He really goes there, exposing himself before God in the most beautiful way. He might have called the book Naked, because if you don’t find your own self feeling a little exposed here, it might be time to take some armor off." -- Bono, from the Afterword "A book that you will want to read and read again, and yet again, in order to discover the wisdom of the Psalms that shows us how to walk in the life-giving way of Jesus." -- Eugene Peterson, from the Foreword "A winsome, accessible entry into the Book of Psalms…Connects the poetry of the psalms to real-life wonders and struggles." -- Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary "Taylor reads these biblical prayers with Dr. Seuss, rappers, and other poets, along with theologians and the daily news....Guides readers in tracing out patterns of holy speech that have the potential for healing our hearts and our communities." -- Ellen F. Davis, Duke Divinity School "I have always loved the psalms--for their defiant devotion, their deep joy, and their brutal yet beautiful honesty. And after reading this fantastic book about them, I love them even more." -- Matt Redman, worship leader and song writer "In these fraught and fearsome days, we need the psalms more than ever. And we need more faithful artists and thinkers like David Taylor to mine the infinite gifts the psalms offer across the ages." -- Karen Swallow Prior, author of Fierce Convictions
"...no one does the British novel of crime and manners so well."—DEBORAH CROMBIE, New York Times bestselling author Life isn't easy for curate Callie Anson, but it's definitely interesting. Her relationship with policeman Marco Lombardi is growing warmer, although he seems to be keeping her at arms length from his close Italian family. Then her brother Peter—beloved and engaging as he is—gets a bit too close for comfort when he moves into her London flat. Callie faces professional challenges as well. Morag Hamilton, a new parishioner, is worried about her granddaughter Alex—a lonely and isolated twelve-year-old with a work-obsessed father and a self-absorbed stepmother. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Neville Stewart is dealing with Rachel Norton, a pregnant young woman whose husband Trevor went out jogging along the Paddington canal and never returned. Just when Neville thinks he's solved it, someone else goes missing: young Alex Hamilton.
