Emily is a woman in her thirties who had left the Amish community years ago because of a pregnancy outside of marriage. Now divorced, she seeks to once again enter the community that has shunned her in the past and make peace with James, the man that she once betrayed.

"If anyone believes they are religious and does not bridle their tongue but deceives their own heart, this person's religion is worthless." James 1:26 Not to be read in isolation, or necessarily in order, walk side by side with the narrator as she opens up on issues of childhood experience and race, upbringing and relationships, schooling and culture through a unique lens intended to be merely the beginning of your journey upward, outward, inward. Are you ready to look into the mirror?

Normative Biology, Husbandry, and Models, the third volume in the four volume set, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, encompasses 23 chapters whose contents provide a broad overview on the laboratory mouse's normative biology, husbandry, and its use as a model in biomedical research. This consists of chapters on behavior, physiology, reproductive physiology, anatomy, endocrinology, hematology, and clinical chemistry. Other chapters cover management, as well as nutrition, gnotobiotics and di...

Diseases, the second volume in the four volume set, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, departs from the first edition, by discussing specific disease causing microorganisms, rather than the format used in the first edition which discussed infectious diseases affecting specific organs and tissues. As such, the volume consists of 26 chapters subdivided into RNA viruses and DNA viruses, as well as bacterial, mycotic, and parasitic infections. These chapters not only provide updates on pathogen...

In "Her", the main character, Sam, is haunted by his past mistakes that take shape as his former lover. Lost in a world of shame and regret, Sam begins to lose hope of making things right. An unexpected visit will reshape all his conceptions.The story "Emily" takes place in a trapped elevator. Emily is hostage to an eccentric and talkative captor, Hayden. Captor and captive have a civil conversation on motive and power. Although Hayden holds the weapon, Emily proves that power can ...

In the continuing tradition of bestselling author V.C. Andrews, The Unwelcomed Child explores the eternal question: Why do the ones we love hurt us the most? Desperate to be a normal teenager, beautiful young Elle Edwards must uncover the truth of her birth to find the familial love she craves.Elle Edwards grew up believing that because of her mother’s sinful ways she was born without a soul; that’s why she was abandoned and left in the care of Grandmother...

In a world where women are commodities, the only thing more rare than finding true love is a happy ending.Kayla is in hiding—her only crime being born a girl in a society of 99 percent men. When her sister and niece are kidnapped, she is willing to do anything to save them. Kayla ventures into the dangerous streets of the city, a place where a woman can be claimed by anyone unless she has been marked by a club.Desperate, she turns to Mason, a powerful club leader whose help...

The Covered Bridge by Karen HarperWhen Benjamin Kline returns to the fold after eight years, Abigail Baughman welcomes him with an open heart. But all is not well in their Amish village. Mysterious happenings put Abby in harm's way, forcing Ben to run to her rescue. He's vowed never to let anyone hurt her, and suddenly everything is at risk-their community, their way of life…and their future together.Fallen in Plain Sight by Marta PerryChildhood fr...

Brian's Choice is an e-only novella prequel to the brand-new Plain and Simple Miracles collection from popular author Vannetta Chapman (A Promise for Miriam). These stories of love and family and Amish community in Oklahoma tell of the miracles that can happen when lives are lived in service to God and to one another.Brian Walker has it all—a trust fund, the job of his dreams, and a beautiful woman at his side. But all of that changes in one tragic moment. Six mon...

In Shelley Shepard Grays fourth book in her Charmed Amish Life series, an unlikely Amish romance reveals that Christmas is a time for family, miracles-and love.Ever since his father died in a tragic fire, Levi Kinsinger has felt adrift. Newly returned to Charm, Ohio, Levi is trying to fit into his old life, only to discover he seems to have outgrown it.But when Julia, his young widowed neighbor, asks for his help with a Christmas project, Levi finds a sense of purpose for ...

Hope, safety, and love await a woman on the run in this romantic suspense novel from an award-winning author.Englischer Sarah Miller escapes her captor by hiding in the buggy of an Amish carpenter. Joachim Burkholder is her only hope—and donning Plain clothing is the only way to keep safe and find her missing sister.But for Joachim, who's just returning to the Amish, the forbidden Englischer is trouble. Trapping her kidnapper risks his life, but losing Sara...

Luke Turner has always been an outcast—known as "bad blood" from his boyhood in a tarpaper shack, to his nights in a prison cell. Sarah McGowan’s roots are deep in the Texas soil. But her secret, shameful love for her sister's husband has kept her from happiness. Pride and their love of Texas throw Luke and Sarah together in an unlikely marriage. Then, as unexpectedly as a spring flood, long pent-up passion explodes in a storm that consumes them both.