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Sales executive Chantell Meyers has life all figured out. "People treat you better when they think you have money, or are beautiful." Chantell has it all, too--a great career, beautiful clothes, lots of spending money, a cool car, and a picture-perfect fiancée. So why is she so unhappy? She promises God that she will become a better person as her father lays on his deathbed. But, keeping that promise unravels Chantell's seemingly perfect life.

Trouble is brewing in the sleepy hamlet of Morning Shade. Multiple chain letters are circulating throughout town, and a local resident is to blame. Little old ladies are being victimized by empty promises of vast riches and rejuvenated health. Fortunately, the plucky Stella Diamond is on the case.

Continuing the theme, "Red is the color of giving," Maggie's Miracle focuses on the power of a young child to change two people's lives.

Gabriel has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for a murder he did not commit. While jailed, he reads about a man who has been cured of cancer, supposedly proving God's existence. Gabriel is unimpressed. If God exists, why doesn't He make Himself known in a vile place like prison? With nothing but time on his hands, Gabriel begins filing away any and all evidence he can find that God might be real.

A Case of Bad Taste, set in a small Arkansas town, brims with homespun humor and unforgettable characters. When a series of break-ins shakes up the town, novelist Maude Diamond spots fresh material for her next book. A crook is sneaking into people's houses -- and redecorating them!

Eight-year-old Gideon Mercer loves to help people, but she has leukemia. When her illness goes into remission at Christmas, she is sure this miracle is a gift from God. So to celebrate, she and her father volunteer to serve meals at a mission for the homeless. She meets dirty, sullen Earl Badgett there, and although he refuses her friendship, she gives him a small gift. This one act will lead to a series of miracles that will change the rest of Gideon's and Earl's lives, and affect countless others.

When the Rapture occurred, many young people were left behind. Four of these, orphaned teenagers Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan, have turned to Christ and are learning about the coming events from their spiritual teacher, Bruce Barnes. But they have many questions and want to know what signs they should look for.

A successful consultant, 47-year-old Josie Brooks follows the money, calls her own shots, and never needs to compromise. But her buttoned-down world begins to unravel when the compassion and loyalty she observes at one faltering company pierces her protective armor and touches her heart. As hot flashes and loneliness sweep over her, Josie wonders if her solitary existence has been as fulfilling as as she'd like to believe. And then her encounter with a mysterious snowglobe takes her on a life-changing journey she'll never forget.

When Sarah Perry loses her husband, she resolves that the best thing she can do for her young daughter Rebecca is send her off to a "proper" boarding school. And, years later, when Rebecca returns home, the distance between the two women can no longer be measured just in miles.

In 1640s Puritan Massachusetts, Susannah awaits an overdue marriage proposal, while a powerful villager takes a fancy to her. But after a dashing military captain comes to town, she's unprepared for the sinister turn her life soon takes.