Misflitch

Misflitch

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

Published: 2014-12-06

Total Pages: 311

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For generations two peoples have fought over the mountains of Thanador. The native Tarra'ans hate the recent arrivals, the Contolte, and eventually that hatred turns to war. Yaotl and Jensen, though, are a Tarra'an and a Contolte who live as brothers. Yearning to stay together, they find no safe place where both can be welcomed. Frorn across the great water, Nadia is a missioner from a clinic who is able to walk outside the battle. When her path crosses that of the two men, one of them is injured, and they decide to escape down the burning, warring mountain together. She leads them to a Tarra'an village that claims to love TrueGod and promises to protect both the men, but some hatred takes time to fade, and before long staying in the village is almost as dangerous to the trio as setting off alone. But they also find allies and friends, even forbidden romance, and when the evil of the war threatens to destroy the whole mountain, love and friendship may be the only things to save any of them, Tarra'an and Contolte alike. Visit a new land in this installment of the Tales of Balia, the Christian historical fantasy/romance series that takes readers across lush landscapes and into rich cultures as the deity TrueGod seeks lost and broken people, healing hearts and lives while he calls them home. Readable in any order, grab a Balia book and enter a new world today.


Drifting Home

Drifting Home

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

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Total Pages: 111

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When Brenda Van der Haas’ parents left her with her cousin to spend some time in Europe, she didn’t expect them to be gone two years. And now that they’re back, calling her away from her cousin and her friends for senior year, Brenda is angry. But bold Brenda can’t stay angry for long, and pretty soon she’s gotten involved with people at work, people at church, and a mysterious guy who lives down the beach. It will take work to bring all the people in her life together, but if she does, she’ll change a lot of lives for the better and maybe find a special relationship or two for herself. God’s got something amazing planned, and Brenda is just the person to see his plans through. Drifting Home is book two of the Girls Aglow series, Christian romance and drama for teens. Companion series to the Boys of Summer books, they can be read alone, or find the boys and read them all.


Fat Caterpillars

Fat Caterpillars

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

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Total Pages: 308

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Follow one young man's path to maturity and love in this first book of the Terry’s Garden series, stories of a romance that touches generations and a garden where God heals broken hearts. Christian romance for the young at heart. Bud is an old man who dresses in strange clothes and lives in a magical garden. Molly is a bossy girl who plans adventures—and trouble—and never thinks twice about the injury that makes Terry different from people around him. And Terry is an eight year-old boy who’s new in town. He wanted a puppy when he moved, but instead he got difficult neighbors and sisters. Lots of sisters. Hiding a secret about his injury, Terry's parents pull away, and Terry’s life becomes all about Bud and Molly. Together they travel the rough path toward adulthood, facing joys and victories as well as loss, pain, and death as God matures and guides them. By the time high school rolls around, events in Molly’s life have driven her away, and Terry faces his teen years pining after his best friend and watching his mentor deteriorate with age. Suddenly it all seems like more than he can bear. But God has taught him well, and if he realizes how important he is to so many people, God can use him to spread hope, love, and healing to those around him, both now and in his future.


Dusk Lane

Dusk Lane

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 444

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Meandering around a volcanic ridge, through jungle lowlands, and over salt flats, Dusk Lane is a route only the most desperate travelers find, and without strong guides nobody can survive the path through the beautiful and dangerous interior of Chimelu. Rika is one such guide, but this group of travelers might prove to be more than he can handle, for each has suffered great loss. Young Aaden has lost his music; beautiful Lunette has lost her voice; bold Annora has lost her future, and all three hope something on the path can restore them. Rika finds he has lost his detachment, and as he sinks more deeply into the lives of his travelers, he realizes this trek down the Lane may change his entire life. Of course, they’re traveling in the rainy season when the path is most dangerous, so there’s a good chance they won’t survive to change at all. Take another trek into the world of Balia in this installment of the Tales of Balia, the Christian romance/fantasy series about a rich land not so different from our own and the god who wanders it looking to save lost people and bring them home.


Gypsy Heart

Gypsy Heart

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

Published: 2014-07-18

Total Pages: 272

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One fateful day changes everything for Christianna Habersham, daughter of a wealthy jewelry guilder. After an attack leaves her unconscious and injured at the side of the road, an exiled gypsy man finds and cares for her, then leaves her in her provincial Boreal town on his quest to find his place in the world. TrueGod, though, sees fit to put the pair together, for Christi's attacker has left her with child, and nobody else will have her, so she and the gypsy man are wed with no real knowledge of one another or the worlds in which each was raised. Christi fights to tame the wandering gypsy, and Marcus fights to learn about the heart of a woman, and it becomes all too easy to drift apart for the sake of peace. Eventually, though, they must learn to put each other and their love for TrueGod above all else, or they will lose something they love and themselves in the process. Take another trek into the rich world of Balia in this installment of the Tales of Balia, the Christian romance/fantasy series. Readable in any order, grab a Balia book and enter a new world today.


Desert Rains

Desert Rains

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

Published: 2013-10-13

Total Pages: 458

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Enter Balia, a world not so different from our own. Explore lush landscapes and rich cultures as Balia’s creator, TrueGod, moves through many times and places to find lost and broken people to call his own. In the ancient desert town of Alagor, nobody is more lost and broken than Banar, the lame beggar, unless it’s Anna, the royal slave, or Alandro, the wounded baker, or even Malia, the lonely noble daughter. When TrueGod weaves their lives together, leading them to unexpected friendship and even love, he creates alliances that could also save the city from the devastating secret plans of a power-seeking magistrate. The stakes are high, for unless they can step out of their ordinary roles and do things they would never dare alone, lives all across Alagor could be lost, including their own. Readable in any order, grab a Tale of Balia and enter a new world. Christian fantasy.


Swamp Wife

Swamp Wife

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

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Total Pages: 248

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Like many kids on the river, Emilie and Luc are married for the benefits of their families. Emilie considers Luc an attractive boy, and she hopes to find the happiness her parents had. Luc, however, has no understanding of women or wives, and he just wants Emilie to care for his ailing grandfather so he won’t lose his farm. Emilie is determined to show Luc how helpful a wife can be to him, and she supports him regardless of his cold, silent demeanor and the hurtful antics of his family. Luc’s father, though, is determined to convince Luc that a wife is a problem to be returned to her family when his grandfather dies. Eventually both Luc and Emilie’s families are working against them, and the pair will need to be united if they are to survive alone in the swamps. Emilie only hopes she can reach Luc’s heart before his papa destroys it—and possibly both of their lives—entirely. Swamp Wife is book two of the Trilogy on the River. Drift down the river and enjoy a sweet romance from a simpler place and time.


Swamp Song

Swamp Song

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

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Total Pages: 256

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When Yeardleigh’s papa murders her mama, an unlikely pair steals this city girl to the swamp for safety. Twelve year-old Yeardleigh finds herself left with a family with two boys and a girl, and she has to learn all the ways of river life, nothing like her city existence. As Yeardleigh grows up, she develops feelings for one of the boys, but he makes a decision that leads him away from her and estranges him from his entire family, forcing Yeardleigh to think about family, city life, and what she wants from her future. Tragedy and danger come to both Cy and Yeardleigh, and they have another chance to determine if they could be more than friends. Assuming, of course, they survive the attacks against them. The final book of the Trilogy on the River, Swamp Song is one more trek into the simpler—but never safer—life of a group of folks who live away from the world on the river. Sweet romance.


Follow the Firefly

Follow the Firefly

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

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Total Pages: 346

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Finn Jansen isn’t broken. Yes, he lost his mother. Yes, his dad and brother had their issues. Yet none of it was about Finn, and he hates that everyone sees him as broken. But Piper Johnson, a girl he barely knows, suspects there’s more to Finn. Unfortunately, Finn is her sister’s best friend, and her sister is jealous, so Piper has to watch Finn from afar through middle and high school, rarely able to participate in his life. Worse, she’s smart and moves ahead in school, so she can’t participate in anyone’s life. Loneliness becomes the only sure thing in her world. But Finn Jansen is indeed broken, and God wants to fix him, which means events fall into place that stretch Finn to his breaking point and beyond. He finds himself a foster child living next door to his best friend, but even the blessings there can’t quiet the voice inside that tells him he’s a monster, that his family’s hardships are his fault and he will never be worthy of love. Piper is the only one who can bring Finn around, and he’s the only one who can see her true value and cure her desperate loneliness. Through a series of painful events, God pushes them together toward a situation where each must put him or herself aside and look out for someone else. Follow the Firefly is book three in the Terry’s Garden series, stories about a love that touches generations and the garden where God heals broken hearts. Christian fiction for teens and the young at heart.


Swamp Rats

Swamp Rats

Author: Jill Penrod

Publisher: Jill Penrod

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Total Pages: 226

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When Princess is nine, her mother abandons her. She finds herself alone in the swamp waiting for her absentee father, who travels the river to make a living. That same day she finds Cree at her door, the boy who lives two houses down on her tiny patch of land. He’s twelve and strong, the first boy she’s ever seen, and he invites her to dinner with his baby brothers, because Cree, like Princess, is mostly alone in the world. That evening his eyes sparkle at Princess for the very first time, and Princess’ life truly begins. From that day forward Cree and Princess work together to survive and raise Cree’s brothers. Occasionally hindered by Cree’s abusive father, they learn about life and growing up through her dad’s extensive library as well as the lessons they figure out on their own. But life in the swamp isn’t easy for two kids. They endure flooding storms, illness, and alligators along the way. Cree longs to care for his brothers and the woman he’s falling in love with by traveling like his dad, but Princess is terrified he’ll never return, just like her mother never returned. And yet they have to agree and stay together, because neither can survive alone. In this coming of age romance, follow Cree and Princess as they grow up, fall in love, and avoid alligators. Come visit a quieter place and time and drift down the river in the sweet romance Trilogy on the River.