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Why Every Reader Needs a Bookmark (And Why I Created a Gratitude Bookmark Just for You)

Have you ever reached for a receipt, grocery list, napkin, or random scrap of paper to mark your place in a book? I know I have. While those little placeholders…

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Free Parenting Book

  Best-selling author Dr. Gregory L. Jantz offers hope and help for parents of teens. Adolescence is a frightening and complicated time – for teens and parents. Keeping the roller…

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October 30, 2015
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A Lie Worth Living { Free ebook}

Some secrets are meant for keeping. Even if it means murder. After finding a hidden diary linked to a thirty-year-old disappearance, Grace stumbles across a terrifying secret this town has…

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    Defined by Others (Defining Ways Series Book 1) A word, a single word defines a moment for Anne. She needs to find a new one when her spouse, Frank, leaves her at the age of forty-seven, coming out of Read more [...]

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    March 14, 2019 /

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    Break Up! With your rental by COURTNEY POULOS

    March 11, 2019 /

    Break Up! With Your Rental is the go-to primer for the professional woman who flirts with buying real estate, but doesn't know where to start. Whether your taste is in investment, flipping, or buying Read more [...]

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    Free Ebook Praying for Your Prodigal

    January 15, 2019 /

    A book for parents and family members of those who are far from God, Praying for Your Prodigal draws on insights from AHA to help readers pray—and hope—for their prodigal. In this hope-filled, Read more [...]

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