Virginia Smith
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This bonus e-only short story is the perfect introduction to bestselling author Virginia Smith's latest series, Tales from the Goose Creek B&B. Set in the years before the Richardsons launch their bed-and-breakfast scheme, the quirky residents of the small Kentucky town are all in a tizzy over the upcoming Fall Festival. Alison, Al and Millie's headstrong daughter, astounds everyone with the news that she's getting married-in three weeks-to a Colombian!...
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Welcome to the quintessentially quirky town of Goose Creek, Kentucky!
In this exclusive, ebook-only bundle, fans of small-town, cozy fiction meet a colorful cast of characters and join in their day-to-day foibles.
Millie Richardson wants to open a B&B in a rundown Victorian "monstrosity," as her husband Al points out. Will they succeed in this golden years venture? And will Creek newcomers such as massage therapist Tuesday Love, veterinarian...
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Al's Goose Is Cooked! Forced into early retirement, Al Richardson knows what his wife will say when she hears the terrible news. Millie will insist that they open their B&B early. Where will that leave him? Carrying luggage and waiting tables? No way! He needs time to come up with another plan. With the help of an unlikely accomplice, Al spends his days scanning want ads and frequenting out-of-town coffee shops in an effort to hide his secret from...
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Men of Lancaster County volume 4
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After the devastating loss of his second wife, Seth Hostetler believes a lasting love is beyond all hope. A year has passed, and his mamm and sister are determined to see him happily married once again. But how can he open his heart to another woman when their relationship could end in tragedy? On an outing with his family, Seth comes across an Amish potter hard at work and jumps at the chance to take a seat at the wheel. He takes quickly to this...
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"Excitement is in the air in Goose Creek, Kentucky, as the small town prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary and the veterinarian's upcoming wedding. But trouble is brewing in this provincial paradise. Al Richardson agreed to open a B&B with his wife after his retirement in two years, but Millie secretly invites some guests to stay for the wedding. She plans to be the most gracious Southern hostess until a tumble down the stairs leaves her...
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"Things are finally starting to click in the small town of Goose Creek, Kentucky. Millie Richardson is hard at work renovating a drafty Victorian house into a B&B. Her husband, Al, is busy writing checks for the renovations. But Goose Creek never stays quiet for long. The intra-county softball game is coming up, and Millie volunteers Al as team manager. The team is a disaster. Are they going to embarrass themselves in front of the whole county? As...
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Approaching retirement, Al and Millie Richardson are at odds about what they want to do with their golden years. For Al, it's all about relaxation and travel. Millie, however, wants to open a bed-and-breakfast in their quiet Kentucky town. Meanwhile, the locals are boycotting the new and young female veterinarian after her predecessor's retirement. More trouble is brewing over who will paint the town's water tower after the son of a longtime "Creeker"...
8) Dark Reality
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The world is packed with people who don't have your best interests at heart and who never will. The skeezy ex who leeches your time, energy, and bank account… The coworker who will do anything to bring you down… The charismatic devil who will kiss your face and rob you blind behind your back… The self-absorbed acquaintance who mopes at your good fortune and is delighted by your misery…
This book about these stories and many more. People are...
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Raised in the 1950's by a father who showed love and a mother who rarely did, Virginia A. Smith has experienced her share of dysfunction, fear, pain and disappointment. Her journey has taken her from hell and high waters to being completely delivered, healed and transformed, and she owes it all to God and a select few, who have inspired her along the way. This "must read" book is personal, written by Virginia A. Smith herself, and contains the very...
10) Fat Talk
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'Fearless and game-changing.' - Emily Oster
'Hard recommend.' - Pandora Sykes
'A must-read.' - Aubrey Gordon
'Essential.' - Laura Thomas, PhD
'Revolutionary!' - Bethany Rutter
'Pivotal.' - Anita Bhagwandas
Change the way you talk about food, weight, and self-worth, forever.
We live in a world designed to make us hate our bodies. By the time children start school, most have learned that 'fat' is bad. As they get...
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Guideposts
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[2018]
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When Marla Still surprises the Inn Crowd with news of engagement, she recruits Janice Eastman to help her plan her dream wedding-and Janice has only two weeks to do it. Marla, who had nearly given up on falling in love, dreams of hearing church bells tolled for decades, not since the belfry became a catch-all storage area for the belongings of some church members-including Marla-when the Ohio River flooded their homes. When Janice, Tess, and LuAnn...
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Henry Holt and Company
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2018.
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Food is supposed to sustain and nourish us. Eating well, any doctor will tell you, is the best way to take care of yourself. Feeding well, any human will tell you, is the most important job a parent has. But for too many of us, food now feels dangerous. We parse every bite we eat as good or bad and judge our own worth accordingly. When her newborn daughter stopped eating after a medical crisis, Virginia Sole-Smith spent two years teaching her how...
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Henry Holt and Company
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2023.
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By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids have learned that fat is bad. As they get older, kids learn to pursue thinness in order to survive in a world that ties our body size to our value. Multibillion-dollar industries thrive on consumers believing that we don't want to be fat. Our weight-centric medical system pushes weight loss as a prescription, while ignoring social determinants of health and reinforcing negative stereotypes about the motives...
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Thorndike Press
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2008
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Serving up murderous munchies at a church potluck social wouldn't win any popularity contests, as Jackie Hoffner discovered. Someone had laced Jackie's casserole with poisonous mushrooms, and now her fellow churchgoer and town fussbudget is pushing up daisies. Suspected of foul play, Jackie decided to prove her innocence by conducting her own murder investigation. And Trooper Dennis Walsh's helpful efforts and boy-next -door charm were welcome. Meanwhile,...
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The Amish of Apple Grove volume 3
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Jesse Montgomery is beginning to feel restless. Though he's grateful to his friends Colin and Emma for helping him get on his feet again after a few bad choices and some hard living, surely the Lord doesn't want him to stay in Apple Grove forever. Doesn't the Almighty have plans for this reformed rowdy cowboy to build a life of his own? When an unscrupulous cattle baron tries to steal Amish land, Jesse intervenes and is wounded. Lovely Kate Miller,...
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The Amish of Apple Grove volume 1
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Kansas,1881. On a trip to visit relatives, Emma's Amish family is robbed of all their possessions, leaving them destitute and stranded on the prairie. Walking into the nearest trading settlement, they pray to the Lord for someone to help. When a man lands in the dust at her feet, Emma looks down at him and thinks, The Lord might have cleaned him up first. Luke Carson, heading up his first cattle drive, is not planning on being the answer to anyone's...
17) Rainy day dreams
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Seattle brides volume 2
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Beloved Christian fiction authors Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith team up once more in the second volume of the Seattle Brides series.
When the Burgert family moves to Seattle in 1852, Kathryn is convinced her father has destroyed her life. The backwoods settlement offers none of the comforts and culture she loves in San Francisco. She cares nothing for the new sawmill the townsfolk are so excited about. That is, until she meets Jason, a lumberjack...
18) A bride for Noah
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Seattle brides volume 1
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Penniless and desperate for an adventure, Evie Lawrence moves to the Oregon Territory in 1851, intending to build a restaurant in one of the new settlements there.
19) Lost melody
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The beautiful piano sitting in the corner of Jill King's apartment begs to be played. For over a year, it has sat untouched, ever since a terrible accident shattered Jill's ambition of becoming a concert pianist. The ragged scar on her left hand is a cruel and constant reminder of the death of her dream. But another dream is about to come to life-an unexpected, horrifying dream that will present Jill with a responsibility she never wanted. And choices...
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The Amish of Apple Grove volume 2
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"Kansas, 1884 -- When she was just a girl, young Rebecca Switzer lost her heart to Jesse Montgomery, a rugged but dissolute cowboy on a dusty cattle trail near the Amish settlement of Apple Grove. Now she is all grown up, and when she hears that her one true love has been spotted nearby, Rebecca's desire is plain and simple: She must see him" --P. [4] of cover.