The Piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives -- even destroy them. Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, Fall on Your Knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. Compellingly written, by turns menacingly dark and hilariously funny, this is an epic tale of five generations of sin, guilt, and redemption.
When a single mother takes a vow of celibacy, she has no idea that trying to be good will make her want to be so bad. . . A single mom and busy advertising executive, Grace has been a bridesmaid one too many times. Not that she doesn't have her share of admirers--and lovers--but Grace wants something more. She's ready for a husband--and a father for her thirteen-year-old son, André. With a little counsel from her church minister's wife--and a little inspiration from the sight of André's handsome English teacher, Wallace Peters--Grace decides to keep her mind open and her clothes on. No matter how hard the Devil chases her. . . After a series of dating fiascos, Grace receives a call from Wallace Peters. Will the school teacher save the day? Or will André's biological father, who mysteriously reappears after thirteen years, turn out to be Mr. Right after all? As Grace soon discovers, it's amazing what miracles can happen once she puts her life--and her heart--in His hands. . .
Will I be the one down on my knees, or will she? Camryn’s nerd-girl tendencies have served her well academically. It has always been her personal life that had her barely able to tread water. Years of abuse and ridicule from the one person that should have loved her best has made Camryn hide away from the rest of the world, content to stay in the background. When her long-term relationship ends, she’s ready to be done with love altogether. It’s not worth the hurt. Not to her. A rock star. A man-whore. A guy nobody expects to settle down. Isaac has known Camryn for years, but he’s never seen as her anything but a friend. Until now. Camryn is everything he wants in life and exactly what he needs. He just needs to convince her how good they’d be together. But both Camryn and Isaac have secrets, and when they’re revealed, it could ruin everything before it even begins.
A brash, bawdy, and downright ballsy ode to the ups and downs of life and love, On My Knees opens with Periel Aschenbrand - still reeling from a breakup with her long - time boyfriend - chain - smoking her days away on a plastic - covered couch and watching reruns of Law and Order while she squats in her dead grandmother's apartment in the East Village. Armed with her wicked wit and a motley cast of characters that includes her hovering Jewish mother, an eccentric uncle, and her neurotic best friend/wingwoman, Aschenbrand embarks on a Dante - esque journey through the many rings of single - girl hell involving crazy one - night stands; an unhealthy attachment to a dental hygienist; a run - in with Philip Roth; and, in the end, a trip to Israel and an encounter with the man who just might be the one. Hysterical and heartfelt, On My Knees traces Periel's attempt to rebuild her life, her relationships, and her trademark confidence in a story so riotous it would make Chelsea Handler blush.
Book One in an epic, forbidden MM romance duet from USA Today Bestselling Author Ella James... You think you know me. That's the way I want it. Making you feel like we know each other-or we could-and if we did, we'd be go-out-and-grab-a-cold-one buddies-is part of my job. Maybe the most vital part. There are millions of you. Followers. To each of you, I'm someone personal. Some of you dropped into my lap-inherited, you might say. I brought others into the fold by being really, really good at social media. Still more of you gravitate to me because of my looks. Yeah, I know. I'm easy on the eyes, single at 35, and born richer than sin. My aesthetic matters much more than it should, but all the better for my worthy cause. And it's a worthy cause. I'm well-known-let's be honest: famous-for connecting people. I've made an art of making you feel good, and what's better? My influence makes you want to be good. Good like me. You think you know me, but you don't. Everyone has secrets. Mine could cost me everything. If my dark secret comes to light, it ends a dynasty. So I'm a fortress. No one's ever gotten close. Until tonight. See that man, the tall guy dripping on the bow of my yacht? The one I just pulled from the ocean? He's the one who's going to cost me everything.
She loved him once. He's loved her forever. Haunted by the responsibility of caring for her troubled family, Maya Jacobs gave the only answer she could when Cameron asked her to marry him. Years later, entrenched in a soulless professional routine, she distracts herself from the lingering regret of her decision with a “work hard, play hard” lifestyle that guarantees no man will ever find his way into her heart again. Cameron Bridge has spent the past five years married to the military, trying to escape the painful memory of losing Maya. After fighting his own war in the desert, he starts a new life in New York City, with his siblings, Olivia and Darren, by his side. When fate brings Maya back to him in the heart of a city filled with its own hopes and shadows, can Cameron find the girl he once loved in the woman she’s become?
Getting your Knees Right! Can cause the world to change by having a better relationship with God, and also in helping to spread the good news. It aids in getting your attention to intercede and to have better communication with the Father. God is calling prayer to all the nations and to get our lives right with Him. Getting Your Knees Right! , will make a difference in your life, so God can answer your prayers and He can grant requests when we pray. Prayer is vital for everyones life. God wants us to be able to impact the kingdom through his word and praying not only for ourselves and families but for everyone. When we are getting our knees right, we can bombard heaven to get a real answer from God. While reading this book, I pray it will give you much insight and will make an impartation on your life. I pray it will fill your empty void, blessing your soul, and making a positive impact on your life. Getting Your Knees Right! Will bring unity to the body of Christ, and many more lives will be saved and restored back to God. I know without a shadow of doubt, Gods word will not return back to Him void and He is not a God that He should lie for He said it and he will bring it to pass. I promise you, when you have read this book, it will change your life, your mind set, and it will bring you more closely to God, staying focused on Him in Getting Your Knees Right! There is power in prayer when we are seeking an answer from God and when we are praying God will arise and the enemy will be scattered. God wants all his Sons and Daughters to be on one accord to defeat the enemy and to pull down every strong hold. I learned before going out to battle, you pray first and then you put on the whole armor of God. In writing this book God gave me the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding in what to say to the world, how to be an over comer in life, and how to come out of any situations. Last, but not least, God has used me to present to you this information on Getting Your Knees Right! And I pray that you will be truly blessed by what was given and presented unto you. May God continue to bless you.
A bold and provocative interpretation of one of the most religiously vibrant places in America—a state penitentiary Baraka, Al, Teddy, and Sayyid—four black men from South Philadelphia, two Christian and two Muslim—are serving life sentences at Pennsylvania's maximum-security Graterford Prison. All of them work in Graterford's chapel, a place that is at once a sanctuary for religious contemplation and an arena for disputing the workings of God and man. Day in, day out, everything is, in its twisted way, rather ordinary. And then one of them disappears. Down in the Chapel tells the story of one week at Graterford Prison. We learn how the men at Graterford pass their time, care for themselves, and commune with their makers. We observe a variety of Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, and others, at prayer and in study and song. And we listen in as an interloping scholar of religion tries to make sense of it all. When prisoners turn to God, they are often scorned as con artists who fake their piety, or pitied as wretches who cling to faith because faith is all they have left. Joshua Dubler goes beyond these stereotypes to show the religious life of a prison in all its complexity. One part prison procedural, one part philosophical investigation, Down in the Chapel explores the many uses prisoners make of their religions and weighs the circumstances that make these uses possible. Gritty and visceral, meditative and searching, it is an essential study of American religion in the age of mass incarceration.
