She avoids relationships, but this family challenges her view of God. For years, Amber traipsed around the Northwest avoiding the skeletons in her closet. Job-hopping every few weeks, she refuses to let anyone get close to her, protecting herself from the pain that relationships bring. As winter plants itself firmly across the Rockies, though, she decides to take a chance on a job at a logging company with a family different from any she's ever known. But is this family genuine? Watching the family interact creates more questions than answers for Amber. The adults love to spend time with each other and dote on the little ones. Even more mysterious, the parents treat the married spouses like their own children and carefully keep watch on employees and friends. Feeling like she's entered the happily-ever-after written at the end of fairytales, Amber watches for cracks in the façade. Surely as the days pass, the play-acting will cease and the real family will emerge. Or could she be wrong? Could this family hold the key to what she's seeking?

Crossing Values (Crossing Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Daws, Carrie

Christian Books & Bibles

Immeasurable Works

Changes are coming, but what if he doesn’t like God’s plan. After ten years, Ryan’s parents found his runaway sister, Amber. Now, as he drives to meet up with her and his parents before her wedding, his mind fills with all that’s ahead of him. Besides figuring out where she will fit into his life, a job change is on the horizon. But should he stick with small town life or move to the city where he’ll have more opportunities? Meeting the family his sister is marrying into only brings more questions. Maybe moving to nearby Portland is the better choice. But something about the town of Crossing calls to him. Is it the friendly people who openly accept him as Amber’s brother or the cute brunette who happens to be sister of the groom? As Ryan weighs the pros and cons, He decides to put God to the test. Will He answer? And what if Ryan doesn’t like the answer?

Ryan's Crossing (Crossing Series)

A Readers' Favorite Award Finalist! 
"The Warrior's Bride is a must read! While Carrie and Kathy have not sugar-coated the many challenges of military life, they have generously shared the hope they have found and the road map for thriving!" ~Kathleen Dees, wife of Major General (Army Retired) Robert F. Dees 
The call came down from Command, and your warrior husband is out the door, leaving you behind to handle whatever he has left undone. 
 Whether it's the day-to-day monotony, the inevitable appliance that breaks, or the months without his presence beside you, being a military spouse brings challenges few appreciate. 
 Yet God sees you and longs for you to boldly step into His plan. 
 He purposely chose you for this moment—for your man. He wants to give you abundantly more than what you have right now and desires you to thrive as your warrior's bride. 
 Join authors and military brides Kathy Barnett and Carrie Daws in The Warrior's Bride as they use their combined thirty-five years of military experience to boldly discuss some of the most common issues in military families, including: 
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<li>The Calling of the Warrior 
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<li>The Healthcare System</li>
<li>Extended Family</li>
<li>Parenting</li>
<li>The Fear of Divorce</li>
<li>The Fear of Death</li>
<li>Pornography</li>
<li>Infidelity</li>
<li>Living with a Wounded Soul 
</li>
</ul>
And don't miss the continued ebook series, Beyond Warrior's Bride!
"By choosing to tell their own stories with complete candor and by relating each chapter to specific, time-tested verses of scripture, Barnett and Daws establish a solid 'you can trust me' foundation which allows the text to read like a privileged conversation rather than a run-of-the-mill self-help treatise. . . .The Warrior's Bride is filled with the particular warmth and caring that only a manuscript written as a gift can engender. From first word to last, it is clear that the authors earnestly wish to bring hope and comfort to their readers."~Rich Follett

The Warrior's Bride: Biblical Strategies to Help the Military Spouse Thrive

Parenting & Relationships

Barnett, Kathy

Family Relationships

Emerald House Group, Incorporated

A New Home for Allie

A New Home for Allie strikes a chord for constantly-relocating military families and is a must-have for any child's library! Kellie Artis, Director of Communications, MILLIE-Bringing Military Families Home Allie loves her home in Kenya. But her dad works for the Animal Jungle Patrol, and he just got orders to move their family to Somalia. She has many questions, and the journey will be long. Will the new place be like what she knows? Will she find friends in her new home? And will she ever see her best friend again? What awaits her in A New Home for Allie? Additional Endorsements: This sweet and heart-touching lovely picture book has a bibliotherapy aspect, too, for children who face relocation. Highly recommend. Carrie Fancett Pagels, Ph.D., Award-winning and ECPA bestselling author Moving is never easy for a child but it is so much harder for military kids. I live close to an air force base and every spring houses go up for sale and families move. A New Home for Allie is a sweet story that can help a child with the fear of leaving behind everything you know for a new adventure. Diana Lesire Brandmeyer, CBA best-selling author of Mind of Her Own As a 47-year military spouse, I'm so familiar with the angst of Dad receiving orders to move to another location and the effect this news has on the entire family - including pets! Carrie does a superb job of bringing the reader right into the story by sharing the many questions Allie has for her parents about their new home, and what it's like in comparison to the only home she's ever known up to this point. . . . this book is deep in meaningful life lessons for all of us - young and old alike - about change and the personal growth that occurs when we open our minds and hearts and move outside our comfort zone. Dr. Dorothy Guy Bonvillain, Founder and CEO, Warrior Wives Academy, LLC Author Carrie Daws has given us a gift with A New Home for Allie. The characters are engaging and the illustrations beautiful. Moving to a new place can be difficult for children, especially those with a parent in the military. This book presents the process in a positive and encouraging manner. Definitely a book I'm adding to resources I recommend. Edie Melson, award-winning author With lush illustrations and a heartfelt story, A New Home for Allie is sure to ease the transitioning child. A wonderful tool for parents and caregivers. Kids and adults alike will savor each beautiful page. Jocelyn Green, author of Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives A New Home for Allie is a delightful picture book for children encountering a big life change. . . . A New Home for Allie is a lovely book and will make a very nice addition to the library of any family, but particularly well-suited to those in military families. Kate Kessler, Product Reviews Director, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, LLC What a fun story! I wasn't ready for it to end. I hope to go on more adventures with Allie and the Animal Patrol in the future. Patricia Beal, author of A Season to Dance and mom of two Army Brats

Children's Books

Animals

Ambassador International

The moment you accepted Jesus as your Savior, you became a member of God’s family. The apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter 1 that through our faith in Jesus we were adopted as sons and daughters. That means you now have a huge family cheering you on, including me! Perhaps that’s a bit overwhelming. Maybe family hasn’t been something good in your life, or you fear the expectations other Christians will place upon you. Take a moment and breathe. One of the key pieces of information God wants to give you is this: Only His opinion matters. Yes, God will use other people and circumstances to help you along the way, but they should never take precedence over what God says. That is why hearing God clearly is critical, and that is why I wrote this book. Join me in learning more about what it means to be part of God’s family. Don’t worry. You don’t have to do this perfectly or know the answer to every question. Just take a step forward and turn the page. We’ll get through these first steps together.

I've Got Jesus ... Now What?

Kindling Embers She never thought she'd be raising her daughters alone. But when Deputy Fire Marshal Cassandra McCarthy's husband died unexpectedly, she was forced to find a career. Now working beside a retired Special Operations soldier and veteran fireman, she serves her small North Carolina town, protecting them from hazards they don't understand. But things must change. First, a paramedic starts to work at one of her firehouses, irritating her with the most ridiculous names. And then the evidence in a series of unexplained fires points in a direction she doesn't like. Can she continue to do her job with integrity and passion when she doesn't like where it leads her? Igniting Embers She thought life would settle down. Nature had a different plan. Cassandra breathed a sigh of relief once the teenagers who had been starting nuisance fires around her small town were caught. But life is rarely so simple. A hurricane rages up the eastern coastline, damaging homes and feeding floods as it goes. But evidence is mounting that the teens weren't the only ones playing with fire. Can she prepare the town for the looming emergency and protect them from the danger living in their midst? Extinguishing Embers The danger grows. Will God protect her? Hurricane Matthew left millions of dollars of destruction, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency invaded to help the community clean up and move forward. Yet in the midst of recovery, the unexplained fires grow more menacing. Cassandra works closely with FEMA to help the community and with the sheriff's office to follow the small pieces of evidence left at each fire scene. But what will it cost her to capture the arsonist? Is he closer than she wants him to be? And will she have to give up the one relationship she's wanted since the death of her husband?

The Embers Series

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