Donna VanLiere
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Denounced by her 1950 Tennessee community as an old maid, 30-something Ivorie Walker hides her loneliness and grief over her mother's death behind good-humored independence before advocating on behalf of a feral boy who has been stealing vegetables from her garden.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When struggling young single mother Christine Eisley saves the life of an elderly woman working in Wilson's department store, she sets into motion a series of events that will test her strength, loyalty, and determination, all the while setting her on the path to finding true love.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In June 1972, John Creighton determines to build his wife Joan a kitchen table. His largest project to date had been picture frames but he promises to have the table ready for Thanksgiving dinner. Inspired to put something delicious on the table, Joan turns to her mother's recipes she had given to Joan when she and John married. In June 2012, Lauren Mabrey discovers she's pregnant. Gloria, Miriam, and the rest of her friends at Glory's Place begin...
Author
Series
Christmas hope volume 3
Publisher
St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Description
Meeting a troubled five-year-old girl during the holiday season, social worker Patricia Addison and her husband, Mark, find themselves working through past sorrows and reevaluating their faith.
Author
Series
Christmas hope volume 10
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-two-year-old Amy Denison volunteers at Glory's Place, an after school program where she meets seven-year-old Maddie, a precocious young girl who has spent her childhood in foster care. Unbeknownst to Amy, Maddie is a mini-matchmaker, with her eye on just the right man for Amy at Grandon Elementary School, where she is a student. Amy is hesitant - she's been hurt before, and isn't sure she's ready to lose her heart again - but an unexpected...
Author
Series
End-time trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After his apparent resurrection, beloved leader Victor Quade is hailed internationally as God. Yet when Victor mandates that everything from purchasing groceries to seeing a doctor will require a mark of allegiance to him, Emma Grady and her friends in New York know they must flee. Meanwhile, in Israel, the Jewish people worship Victor as a messiah, not realizing he intends to seal their doom. As Jews and Jesus-followers around the globe lose their...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Relocating to an apartment with her two children to be closer to her mother, Gretchen offers to help clear out the home of a reclusive neighbor's recently deceased mother and discovers that the neighbor, Melissa, has two siblings and an identity that she never suspected.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Description
Taking what he hopes will be his first long-term job, lonely department store security officer Chaz McConnell reaches out to a four-year-old child, while Gloria Bailey, a charity worker who has taken in a single pregnant woman and a cantankerous senior, struggles with ensuing personality clashes.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In the small town of Grandon, five very different people discover the true meaning of Christmas. Jennifer and Ryan are both single parents, struggling with their own losses and heartache. Sixteen-year-old Kaylee is faced with a life-changing situation that has affected her whole family. Stephen and Lily are happily married and ready to start a family. All of them are facing their own struggles, and all are finding their way through the dark. When...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Follows Nathan Andrew's medical school education, an endeavor that helps him to learn unexpected lessons about faith, giving, and sacrifice and brings him to the side of a terminally ill young woman.
Author
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this gripping follow-up to The Time of Jacob's Trouble, bestselling author Donna VanLiere explores the end-times prophecies in the journeys of Emma, Zerah, and others who cling to hope even as danger closes in and civilization crumbles on an unprecedented scale"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Lauren Gabriel spent many years of her childhood in foster homes, wishing her mother would come back for her and be the family she needs. Now twenty-years-old, she still longs for a place that she can truly call home. Her work as a cashier is unfulfilling, and at Christmas it's unbearable with the songs and carols and chatter of Christmas that she hears throughout the day. When Lauren ends her shift one night, she finds herself driving aimlessly...
Author
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A typical day at the rehabilitation center turns into a nightmare for Emma Grady when her favorite physical therapy patient vanishes in front of her, along with several colleagues. Fear turns to chaos as Emma begins the frantic race from Brooklyn to Queens, anxious to discover if her boyfriend is safe. Subways are closed, graves are open, and countless people have inexplicably disappeared. Mayhem erupts as terror grips the residents of New York City....
Author
Series
Christmas Hope volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A beautifully illustrated, modern retelling of the Nativity Story.
Publisher
Gaiam Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When lives intertwine during Christmas, hope is the one unifying gift. Family comes in many forms. It's through the love of one little girl that the lives of many are brought together during what turns out to be a most joyful time of the year.