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The hospital waiting room is crowded today, leaving a variety of mixed emotions to fill the stale air of the old, outdated room. Each patient is here for their own complicated reasons, be it love, shame, or disorders, but they all have two things in common: psychological torment and flowers. Azaleas. Julie, an old woman who's afraid her perfect moments in life are over, and her doctor's appointment so worrisome not even falling in love with the sweet,...
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We go to God, ask for the things we want and need, and just like that it's done right? Maybe it goes that way occasionally but more times than not, we must be patient as God does His work. Waiting doesn't have to feel like some never-ending purgatory. There is so much to be gained during those in between times. Patience and waiting require action. God gives some fantastic instructions on how to navigate through our seasons of hope and expectation....
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This is a book about longing. About waiting, the painful hours ticking by. About depression and anxiety so great they could crush you. It's set in a season of waiting, and the author's journey through that season. The ups, the downs, and everything she experiences along the way. The hope is that you'll be able to see yourself in these pages and find validation and belonging between the carefully thought-out words.
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THE WAITING ROOM II AND THE SAVED THIEF
"The Waiting Room II" delves deep into the tapestry of human emotions, cultural pride, traditional wisdom, and divine providence. Set in an African milieu, the narrative unfolds with a vibrancy that is both culturally rich and emotionally resonant.
Central to the narrative are the biblical characters of Isaac and Ishmael, sons of Abraham. The juxtaposition of these figures adds a layer of complexity to the...
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The inspiring true story of a four-year-old Chinese orphan who convinces her adoptive American family to return to China to rescue the little boy she couldn't forget.
Adopted by an American family at age four, Jaclyn traveled to her new home with a great burden. Her new family had to leave behind a little boy who had been under her charge at the Chinese orphanage where Jaclyn fought the odds against abandonment, institutionalization, and hunger,...
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Welcome to Pemberton Manor: A place where misfits fit in, where normal is overrated, and where hope - and love - spring eternal.
Book 4: The Waiting Woman
Stella Carnegie is waiting. For what, exactly, she's not quite sure. But for nearly a decade now, her life has felt on hold, as though there was something... more... just around the corner.
Stella, however, has grown comfortable, if not content, in her isolation, and the more she thinks about change,...
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The mansion of larger-than-life business magnate Titus McAvoy hums with the energy of his servants Nessa and Aoife, two Irish maids bonded through their journey to America, and a dream of escape. When preparation for one of Titus's famous parties sends the pair to the beach, Aoife stumbles upon a strange find on the shoreline. She instinctively pockets it, unaware that it is the key to her and Nessa's freedom. Ambergris holds more worth than silver...
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE
"Rich and swoony...an ambitious delight, with rich characters and some exceptionally lovely writing...This is the start of a major career." — The New York Times Book Review
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“A dark and heady dream of a book” (Alix E. Harrow) about a ruined mansion by the sea, the djinn that haunts it, and a curious girl who...
"Rich and swoony...an ambitious delight, with rich characters and some exceptionally lovely writing...This is the start of a major career." — The New York Times Book Review
AN INDIE NEXT PICK
A LIBRARY READS PICK
“A dark and heady dream of a book” (Alix E. Harrow) about a ruined mansion by the sea, the djinn that haunts it, and a curious girl who...
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On most days, teacher and librarian Luis Soriano Bohórquez packs his two burros, Alfa and Beto, with books and makes his way over mountains and through valleys to visit children in far-flung villages in rural Colombia--all for the sake of literacy and culture. Based on the work of a remarkable man and his intrepid burros, this bilingual English and Spanish edition celebrates the impact that a special mobile library--called the "biblioburro" has had...
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Summary of DeVon Franklin & Meagan Good with Tim Vandehey's The Wait describes the ways a celibate mindset can impact various facets of life, including a person's relationship with God.
The Wait is a self-improvement strategy that has its foundations in delayed gratification, a challenging concept in a culture dominated by instant gratification. While The Wait is centrally focused on remaining celibate until marriage, its lessons in delayed gratification...
11) Worth the Wait
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Ford Spears, star hockey player, is ready to grab the only goal he has ever wanted; a second chance with the mother of his child…
For our son. That's the explanation my hockey-playing ex gave as to why we needed to spend time as a family at his lake house in the small town where it all began. What I didn't expect was to show up and discover our son is spending another week at camp, and we are all alone. Oh, and fake a relationship to fulfill his...
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From the acclaimed author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL comes a deeply moving romance about losing the life you always thought would be yours...and finding something beautiful in the wreckage of the past.
Quietly heartbroken, Edwin Tully lives alone in the house he used to share with the man he once loved. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past. Then the weather turns, and the river spills into...
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In an atmospheric, propulsive novel of domestic suspense featuring seasoned Boston detective Rita Myers, a young woman finds her past unraveling when the body of a childhood friend is discovered in the woods behind her house. Perfect for fans of Megan Miranda and Shari Lapena.
When Esmé Foster left the Boston suburbs to become a professional ballerina, the future shimmered with promise. Eleven years later, her career has been derailed by an...
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One awesome rollercoaster ride packed with a plethora of suspense, a supremely EVIL spirit, and one flawed but irresistible to love hero! A defining gamechanger for not only the fiction category, but for MULTIPLE genres. In short, if you're an avid reader...you NEED THIS BOOK! ~ Larry Roy Harmon Waite has been tricked by the devil and fed to a dragon-Twice! The first time he got away by putting out the dragon's eye with his living blade. Now, he...
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The eccentric, and sometimes lovable, characters of Spookie have returned for another series of mysterious adventures. Frank Lester, ex-Chicago homicide detective and mystery author, after his and Abigail's long-awaited vacation is over, and they're home again, has once more come out of retirement this time to take the position of sheriff of Spookie, because of Sheriff Mearl's murder. In this ninth Spookie Town Murder Mystery story Sheriff Lester...
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Russia, 1943. Aldo Gardini, a conscripted soldier in Mussolini's army, has been taken prisoner. In the brutal Russian POW camp, he is consumed with a desire for vengeance-not against the Russian guards, but against his father's murderer back home. But then, he meets a girl from Leningrad through the barbed wire. When Katerina sees the starving prisoner, she reaches her hand through the wire to hand him a crust of bread. It is an unexpected kindness...
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An awesome rollercoaster ride packed with a plethora of suspense, a supremely EVIL spirit, and one flawed but irresistible-to-love hero! A defining gamechanger for not only the fiction category but for MULTIPLE genres. In short, if you're an avid reader...you NEED THIS BOOK! -Larry Roy 5 out of 5 stars! A true classic is born. This will be a movie one day! -Tank Angels and fallen angels, devils and demons, dwarves and elves, good and bad gods, misunderstood...
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Are you Ready for the Rapture?
It's near the end of the age. The Antichrist and the Mark of the Beast have burst onto the scene like a lightning bolt on a humid summer night. With the New World Order and One World religion in it's infancy, the world is reeling with wars and famines. In a remote town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, things seem relatively calm.
Jimmy Farmer, one of the first babies born into the new millennium, is a recent...
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