After decades of living on the edge, Heather King settled into sobriety, marriage, and a financially lucrative but unfulfilling career as an upwardly mobile lawyer. As someone who had reached middle age "never believing in much of anything,"she found herself in the last place she thought she'd end up: the Catholic Church. An unforgettable, fervent, darkly funny tale of an ongoing, stumbling conversion, Redeemed will appeal to fans of Lauren Winner's Girl Meets God and Ann...

This is a short story, one of many. But, it is very precious to me, very close, and although not biographical,has some important issues that I have at last dealt with.Please read this, it may not be comfortable, but it is life.

2019 International Book Awards, Finalist: Christianity2018 Catholic Press Association Book Awards, Third Place: Prayer, Books about Prayer2018 Association of Catholic Publishers’ “Excellence in Publishing Awards,” First Place: Inspiration2018 Association of Catholic Publishers’ “Excellence in Publishing Awards,” BOOK OF THE YEARWhen life has driven you to your knees, the only thing that works is prayer.Desperation has many faces: the ad...

Forty-Thought-provoking reflections on select Gospel readings, Feast days, and notable women in the Bible - Suited for individual meditation or as a resource for group discussion - A convenient compilation of texts from one of Magnificat readers’ favorite contributors - A perfect Christmas gift providing year-round inspiration In her down-to-earth style, Heather brings a convert’s fresh perspective to passages often glossed over by cradle Catholics.

Many books have been written about infidelity but when mistresses are mentioned they are, at best, pitied and, at worst, condemned. Contrary to popular opinion, long-standing affairs are seldom about sex alone and the complexity of such relationships is understood better from the inside rather than from the outside. This book takes a realistic, and sometimes uncomfortable, look at the issues such women face with genuine understanding and will give everyone who reads it a new perspective on...

I sent a psychopath to prison. Now, he's out and back for revenge.They call me Kayla "The Ruthless" King. The Queen of the North Shore and leader of the Kings' Crew.Because of the sacrifices I've made and the merciless way I run my crew, the North Shore belongs to me.In our town, you can only thrive if you're the worst of the worst. But that all ended when the psychopath I put away returned with a target on my back.If I'm The Ruthless King, ...

Having trusted the wrong man, bluestocking Miss Amelia Burcott is forced to seek employment as a governess in order to support herself and hide from the polite world. Little does she suspect, when she joins the household of the Earl of Raftesbury, that her new employer has a secret as great as her own and has need of a special woman to help him conquer his past.Hugo Marchbanks, son of the Earl of Raftesbury, had never expected to succeed to his father's title with two hale and hear...

Legends are made, not born, and I carved mine on ice...They call me The Hitman. The NHL's dirtiest player. The ender of careers.On the ice, I'm unapologetically ruthless. Off the ice, I'm worse.All it takes is one pissed-off message from a stunningly beautiful fan after a brutal game and I'm knocked off balance.Suddenly, I'm stalking. Watching. Obsessed.Cassidy thinks she knows danger? She hasn't met me yet.Her ties to Roman ...

An angsty, best-friends-to-lovers, dark romance from bestselling author Lola King.He waited years for her to choose him. His patience has run out.Welcome back to Silver Falls University. There is a murderer among us.I've been best friends with Wren Hunter for sixteen years. The boy who chased me in our schoolyard, kissed my scraped knees, and always swore to protect me grew into the god of Silver Falls University: admired by his peers, desired by ev...

He is everything she's been warned against. She is everything he hates.I'm from a place where you eat or get eaten. Two gangs are at war, and I'm hungry for survival.Growing up in a broken town doesn't make you a good man. In fact, the North Shore of the Falls has made me merciless.I survive because I'm a good soldier for the North Shore Crew. I'm cool-headed, I never lose sight of my goals, and my only obsession is to wrench our town from the clutc...

She betrayed them and ran away. Now they want their revenge.In a town where all that matters is loyalty to your gang, I've been labeled a traitor.A death sentence.I ran away from the North Shore the day I knew I wasn't safe there anymore. I left behind the people I thought were my family: My crew, the Kings.More importantly, I turned my back on the two men who once meant everything to me.The hardest thing I've ever done.I mig...

She only wants one thing: to leave their broken town. He only wants one thing: her.When you were born on the North Shore of the Falls, that's where you stay. There is no way out, no fairy-tale-like escape, no hope. Our broken town has always been at war. Two gangs fighting to take over the shithole we're all stuck in. I only know one girl who wants to leave this place: me.I've always been a tough North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA...