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In the winter of 1850, the mountain closed, and a girl was left to decide what could be burned to stay alive. Fifteen-year-old Ruthie Upton is alone in a remote cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains, snowed in with her younger brother as a brutal storm seals the pass. Their father has gone for help. Their mother is already gone. Her little brother is sick, and food is scarce. Along with sickness and hunger, their firewood is running out. Survival demands choices Ruthie never expected to make. When a stranger enters the cabin in the night—silent, watchful, and dangerous by every story she has ...

Beware of the night, for it shows no mercy. Anxieties run rampant as the last sprinklings of light twinkle out on the inky horizon. The shadows dance their choreography in the damp, dusky air. Night is taking over, and it knows how to keep a dark and deadly secret, for it allows no witnesses. And that screaming you hear nearby? Watch out, because you might be next. The Sinister Supernatural Stories series brings you delicious horror that focuses on elements of the supernatural. Pull up a chair and dig in, but never after dark—everyone knows bad things always happen after dark.

Ginny: The Resilience of Ginny Ginny believed that leaving meant freedom. Instead, the road ahead demanded more strength than she had ever imagined. Still haunted by the voices that once called her “Dumb ol’ Ginny,” she struggles to build a life of her own in a world that offers little protection to a young woman alone. Hard work and determination begin to shape a future she was never meant to have, yet the past continues to follow close behind. When a chance encounter reveals a truth she was never meant to know — her given name and the existence of sisters she has never met — ...

A sweeping historical romance of love, courage, and the spirit that binds two worlds, set in 1835. When Luella Carter escapes a cruel betrothal in the rugged wilderness of the Blue Ridge Mountains, she becomes both hunter and hunted — until she crosses paths with Tayané, a Cherokee warrior bound by honor and haunted by loss. Taken from all she has known, Luella becomes Adohi — “the one who comes from the woods” — a name born of survival, strength, and destiny. As the two journey deeper into the mountains, the boundary between captor and captive begins to fade. Through storm and ...

1836, Blue Ridge Mountains. As the shadow of removal falls across the Cherokee homeland, two hearts stand against the storm. Adohi, a young woman once caught between two worlds, and Tayané, a proud Cherokee leader, have fought to protect their people through hunger, exile, and loss. Now, as soldiers close in and the threat of the Trail of Tears looms, they lead a hidden band deep into the mountains — where faith, love, and the land itself become their only refuge. Through the harsh winter and uncertain spring, Adohi and Tayané cling to hope, guided by the old ways and the whisper of the...

Book One of the Dream and Fire series A slow-burn historical fantasy romance best enjoyed in order. Bound by Dream and Fire Book One of the Dream and Fire Trilogy Savannah, Georgia, 1899. Lauren Fullerton has always walked freely in her dreams—running, leaping, crossing impossible distances she cannot cross while awake. Confined to a wheelchair since childhood, she has learned to live within the limits of her waking world. But her nights tell a different story. Her dreams are vivid, deliberate… and growing dangerously real. When Lauren encounters a young man inside a dream—a boy who ...

Ginny: A Promise of Home Ginny has built a life through hard work and determination, but the questions of her past remain unfinished. Now working as a nurse in Savannah, she has learned to depend on her own strength, yet the discovery of her true name and the existence of sisters she never knew has opened a door she can no longer close. As long-separated family ties begin to mend, Ginny must find the courage to face the father she once believed had abandoned her and decide what belonging truly means. But the past is never entirely silent. When an unexpected encounter forces her to confront ...

Unlocking the final book of the Bible can feel overwhelming—especially for new believers. This accessible guide was born out of years of teaching, research, sermons, and study, drawing from the wisdom of many respected commentators while offering clear and concise insights of its own. Designed as a companion to your Bible and other study resources, this guide doesn’t claim originality or exhaustiveness. Instead, it provides a thoughtful overview of Revelation’s structure, themes, and message, along with essential keys to understanding its prophetic imagery. Whether you're opening ...

Alone in the mountains, hunted by men and fate, a fifteen-year-old boy must keep his sister alive. When Zach Walker’s parents disappear in the unforgiving Appalachian wilderness after the Civil War, survival becomes a daily reckoning. With only his six-year-old sister depending on him, Zach is forced onto a brutal frontier trail where hunger, cold, and violence press in from every side—and two relentless pursuers follow close behind, one driven by blood, the other by secrets Zach cannot yet understand. Each mile strips away what remains of boyhood. The mountains demand choices no child ...

It has been a year and a half since the ordeal in the mountains, and Zach Walker has thought of nothing but returning and reuniting with the girl he met. Seizing an opportunity, Zach sets out to make the journey alone, only to be sidetracked by someone needing his help; a young Mexican girl desperately searching for her younger sister, who was kidnapped. Her request brings back Zach’s memories of when he faced a similar ordeal of fighting for his family on the mountain. Determined to help the girl, Zach plunges into a new adventure dealing with child abduction and slavery that takes him ...

Most lives do not resolve. Work remains unfinished. Ambitions soften but do not disappear. Time narrows, even as responsibility deepens. For those who have lived long enough to feel the weight of what was begun but not completed, the question is no longer how to finish everything, but how to remain faithful within limits. This collection of essays reflects on aging, legacy, and the work that must sometimes be laid down. Drawing quietly from Scripture, it resists tidy conclusions and easy consolation. Instead, it attends to endurance, obedience, and the discipline of stopping without despair...

A Kiss in the Ashes: Where Love Defied the Gallows Georgia, 1865. The war is over, but its shadows still linger. Abigale McKinley has already buried too much—her brother lost to the battlefield, her family clinging to survival on a ravaged farm, her heart worn thin by grief. The last thing she expects is a stranger to ride into her life bearing both devastating news…and a fragile spark of hope. Joseph Brennan was once a Union soldier who refused to fire on men who didn’t know the war had ended. Branded a deserter for choosing mercy over murder, he carries scars no battlefield ever ...

She was the mountain’s secret. He was its spirit. Together, they would fight for the heart of freedom—and for each other. The Blue Ridge Mountains, 1834. After escaping captivity and loss, Adohi finds sanctuary among the Cherokee people—and in the quiet strength of Tayané, the warrior who risked everything to save her. But as the white towns below prepare to seize the land and erase its people, peace becomes a dream fading like mist at dawn. Bound by love and fate, Adohi and Tayané must face the world that would tear them apart and discover what it truly means to live free.

The Merchant’s Daughter: A Story of the Ashes of War and Love’s Return 1876, Georgia. The Civil War is over, but its shadows linger in the burned fields and broken lives it left behind. When Benjamin returns to his hometown, he finds only ashes—his family murdered, his home destroyed, and his future uncertain. With nothing left, he drifts into the struggling town of Clyde, sleeping on the steps of the mercantile and looking like a vagrant. Arabella, who owns the store after her father’s untimely death, drives him off that first day—only to discover that the boy she once knew has ...

He sent her husband to war. Now, with the fighting over and a promise to keep, Nathan rides home to deliver a letter—and face the love and guilt he’s carried for years. When the guns fall silent after the Civil War, Nathan returns home carrying more than his own wounds. He carries a promise — and a letter. A letter for Amelia Proctor, the childhood friend he once adored, now the grieving widow of the man he persuaded to march off to war. Amelia has survived loss by hardening her heart. She wants nothing from the man who brought her sorrow — especially not help. But when Nathan ...

Hearts Beneath Black Water Where secrets drown and danger stalks, only love can keep them afloat. Savannah, 1860. Joseph “Tru” McCormack never intended to return home. A year at law school in New York promised him a different life, far from the shadow of his family’s lawman legacy. But when duty calls him back to Georgia, Tru finds himself entangled once more in the past—hauling freight, repairing fences, and crossing paths with the one woman he thought he’d left behind. Beth Roundtree has changed since their childhood quarrels. Lovely, sharp, and fiercely loyal, she carries her ...