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ABOUT THE BOOK Book:  Shut the Front Door Author:  L.M. Karen Genre:  Contemporary Christian Fiction Release date:  July 15, 2021 The zany story of an alpha male pursuing a headstrong woman and the hilarious entanglements that follow. Maddy’s dating profile couldn’t be more together. Maddy, however, feels utterly not together when Derek is in the room. She thought living next to her best friend Brittany, (who happens to be married to her brother, Matt) would be the best move of her life; not realizing it came with the complication of Brittany’s older brother Derek. Their undeniable chemistry and passionate personalities make it hard for Maddy to continue ignoring his determined pursuit. This is a feel-good romantic comedy with a hint of excitement.   Click here to get your copy! BOOK REVIEW LM Karen's contemporary romance, "Shut the Front Door" is the second book in the series. I really wished I read the first one first because it made it hard to follow at times since I

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  ABOUT THE BOOK Classically trained pianist and singer Natalie Curtis isolated herself for five years after a breakdown just before she was to debut with the New York Philharmonic. Guilt-ridden and songless, Natalie can't seem to recapture the joy music once brought her. In 1902, her brother invites her to join him in the West to search for healing. What she finds are songs she'd never before encountered--the haunting melodies, rhythms, and stories of Native Americans. But their music is under attack. The US government's Code of Offenses prohibits American's indigenous people from singing, dancing, or speaking their own languages as the powers that be insist on assimilation. Natalie makes it her mission not only to document these songs before they disappear but to appeal to President Teddy Roosevelt himself, who is the only man with the power to repeal the unjust law. Will she succeed and step into a new song . . . and a new future? Award-winning author Jane Kirkpatric

ABOUT THE BOOK Present Day. After tragedy plunges her into grief and unresolved anger, Sarah Ashby returns to her childhood home determined to finally follow her long-denied dream of running Old Depot Grocery alongside her mother and grandmother. But when she arrives, her mother, Rosemary, announces to her that the store is closing. Sarah and her grandmother, Glory Ann, make a pact to save the store, but Rosemary has worked her entire life to make sure her daughter never follows in her footsteps. She has her reasons--but she'll certainly never reveal the real one. 1965. Glory Ann confesses to her family that she's pregnant with her deceased fiancé's baby. Pressured into a marriage of convenience with a shopkeeper to preserve the family reputation, Glory Ann vows never to love again. But some promises are not as easily kept as she imagined. This dual-timeline story from Amanda Cox deftly explores the complexity of a mother-daughter dynamic, the way the secrets we keep shape

I wasn't sure if I wanted to post this or not but I decided to share my experience.   pictures are by Robert Clark  I was 15 years old when 9/11 happened. My mom and I just got back from Disney World. We were even thinking about staying another night. Thank God we didn't because we would have been stuck down there. Even though we would have been stuck in the magical place everything was closed down so we would have been stuck in Disney's Pop Resort with no fun and full of worries.  Friday, Sept 11, I was watching Good Morning America while eating my breakfast. I was getting ready to start working on my schoolwork. (I was homeschooled at this point in my life). Diana Sawyer and Charlie Gibson. They thought it was just an accident. At 8:46 am an airplane hit the North Trade Center building.  At 9:00 am Regis and Kelly started their show when all of a sudden their cameras shook. You could see the fear in both Regis and Kelly's eyes. They didn't know what happened. The