Santa Dan's Stories Will Soothe Your Soul
Thirty years ago, Dan Short left the corporate world to follow a calling-to give the gift of God's love to children and adults alike. How did he do it? By becoming Santa Claus, of course!
These are "Santa Dan's" tales of hope and humor, collected from his three decades of playing Jolly Old Saint Nick. And as you might have guessed, Santa has his share of stories to tell-some tearful, some joyful, and all of them filled with heartwarming Christmas spirit.
You'll meet some of the unforgettable people Santa Dan has encountered…
Anna, a young cancer patient whose fulfillment of her dying wish becomes a life-changing experience for those around her.
Rose, an elderly woman with a longstanding grudge against Saint Nick.
Terry, a precocious boy with more moxie than clothing.
Front Yard Santa, a neighborhood icon whose passing prompts a poignant gesture from a fellow Santa.
Faith, Hope, and Grace, three enterprising young girls whose overwhelming generosity befits their virtuous names.
…and you'll be inspired to share the joy of Jesus with those around you!
There isn't a rule out there that love won't break. For better or worse.
Turning his back on his reckless lifestyle, former frat boy Clay Walsh has settled down to run an antique shop in a small Midwestern college town . . . and to pursue lofty and outdated theories on love and romance. But when Amber Hewson, a free-spirited woman with a gypsy soul, rents the apartment above his shop, Clay can't help being attracted to her spontaneous and passionate embrace of life. Amber also finds herself surprisingly drawn to Clay, but his ideas about relationships are unusual to say the least, and they bring to light her own deep wounds and fears about love.
They say opposites attract, but can Clay and Amber move beyond their differences and their pasts to attempt an "old fashioned" courtship?
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A novelization of the feature film Heart of the Country
Faith and Luke Carraday have it all. After taking his inheritance from his father’s stable, lucrative business to invest in a successful hedge fund with the Michov Brothers, Luke is on the fast track as a rising young executive. And Faith, a beautiful singer turned socialite, is settling comfortably into her role as his wife.
When rumors of the Michovs’ involvement in a Ponzi scheme reach Faith, she turns to Luke for confirmation, and he assures her that all is well. But when Luke is arrested, Faith can’t understand why he would lie to her, and she takes off for the farm and the family she turned her back on years ago. Meanwhile, Luke is forced to ask his own family for help as he desperately tries to untangle himself from his mistakes. Can two prodigals return to families they abandoned and hope to be met with open arms? Will a marriage survive betrayal when there is nowhere to run but home?
Don’t tell me it’s terrifying. Terrify me.
Filled with grief, Juliet Belleno rarely leaves the house since her husband’s death while on duty as a police officer. Other than the reviews Jules writes on her blog, she has little contact with the outside world.
But one day when she ventures out to the local grocery store, Jules bumps into a fellow customer . . . then recognizes him as her favorite author, Patrick Reagan.
And that’s the last thing she remembers — until she wakes up in a strange room with a splitting headache. Jules realizes she’s been kidnapped . . . but what she discovers about her abductor will change everything she believed about her husband’s death, her career, and her faith.
Since she was just a little girl, Jessie Stone has dreamed up hundreds of marriage proposals and fantasized about wedding dresses and falling in love. She's been a bridesmaid nearly a dozen times, waved numerous couples off to sunny honey-moons, and shopped in more department stores forhalf-price fondue pots than she cares to remember.
But shopping for one key component in her own happily ever after hasn't been as productive, a future husband. The man she thought she would marry cheated on her. The crush she has on her best friend Blake is at very best…well, crushing. And speed dating has only churned out memorable horror stories.
So when God shows up one day, in the flesh, and becomes a walking, talking part of her life, Jessie is skeptical. What will it take to convince her that the Almighty has a better plan than one she's already cooked up in her journals?
From the Compact Disc edition.
It\'s Christmastime in Skary, Indiana, but the holiday season has been hijacked by maverick director Lois Stepaphanopolis as she attempts to bring her horror-ific vision of A Christmas Carol to life. But the holly-decked path from page to stage is a thorny one.
Once known as the haunt of the world\'s most popular horror writer, Wolfe \"Boo\" Boone, Skary, Indiana, started losing tourist business after Boo abruptly abandoned his career.
