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The Key to Everything by Valerie Fraser Luesse Book Review

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ABOUT THE BOOK Be transported into a unique coming-of-age story you won’t soon forget. Peyton Cabot’s fifteenth year will be a painful and transformative one. His father, the heroic but reluctant head of a moneyed Savannah family, has come home from WWII a troubled vet, drowning his demons in bourbon and distancing himself from his son. A tragic accident shows Peyton the depths of his parents’ devotion to each other but interrupts his own budding romance with the girl of his dreams.  Struggling to cope with a young life upended, Peyton makes a daring decision: He will retrace a journey his father took at fifteen, riding his bicycle all the way to Key West, Florida. Part declaration of independence, part search for self, Peyton’s journey will bring him more than he ever could have imagined—namely, the key to his unknowable father, a longed-for reunion, and a calling that will shape the rest of his life. BOOK REVIEW "The Key to Everything"  starts out in Georg

Star of Persia by Jill Eileen Smith Book Review

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  ABOUT THE BOOK In an effort to complete a war his father had planned to win, King Xerxes calls every governor, satrap, and official in his vast kingdom to his palace in Susa to strategize and feast. When they finally leave, he decides on one more week of frivolity, which ends in the banishment of his favorite wife, something he never intended to do. But when he discovers Esther, Xerxes is sure he has a second chance at happiness. In her wildest dreams, Esther could never have imagined that she would end up as queen of Persia. Yet she knows better than to become complacent. Another of Xerxes's wives is vying for position, and his closest advisor has a deep and dangerous grudge against Esther's adoptive father. Caught in the middle of palace politics, Esther will find herself in an impossible position: risk her life or consign her people to annihilation. With her impeccable research and her imaginative flair, Jill Eileen Smith brings to life the romantic, suspenseful, a

The Key to Dreaming Again by Rick Unruh - Book Review and Giveaway

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  ABOUT THE BOOK “We parked our car in fr ont of Yankton’s Federal Prison Camp and walked through the doors of the control center.  ‘I’m Rick Unruh, and I’m here to self-surrender,’ I told the corrections officer. There is no way I could comprehend what those words would mean over the course of the next year, as God would begin a new work in me.” Born and raised in a small town in Kansas, Rick Unruh was called to be in the ministry. But when he lost his mother to cancer despite her unw avering faith that God would heal her, it planted seeds of doubt in his heart. He served as a traveling evangelist for years but later faded away from the ministry. He and his wife lost their house in a fire, but a year later, far worse pain was ahead when they  [dori1]  , lost their twelve-year-old son in an ATV accident. Just when it seemed there was hope and recovery ahead, Rick was blindsided by a federal investigation into a mortgage consulting group he’d been involved with. He was eventu

Hagar by Shadia Hrichi Book Review and Giveaway

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ABOUT THE BOOK You are ”The God Who Sees Me.” Discover a close relationship with God–no matter the pain or suffering in your life. Witness the depths of God’s compassion through the eyes of Hagar, a runaway slave who meets the living God in a desert of despair, where she gives Him the name El Roi, ”The God Who Sees Me.” Through this seven-week study, you will find that when you surrender your life into God’s hands, your trials and triumphs serve a magnificent purpose: to draw you into the arms of the faithful God Who Sees Me. ”Deep and packed with surprising insights!” Francine Rivers Click  here  to grab your copy.  Click  here  to download a free sample, explore Shadia’s video teaching sessions, or sign up for the online Bible study. Book:  Hagar Shadia Hrichi  Author:  Shadia Hrichi Genre:  Religion / Bible Study  Release Date:  October 10, 2017 BOOK REVIEW I was surprised to have found this to be more of a Bible-Study material than a story.  This book launch