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Francis of Assisi saw the thousands of lives transformed by his call for deep repentance and radical simplicity of life. For Francis, Advent and Christmastide take us to the heart of the Gospel. Francis elevated this season as he saw that God entering into creation in the person of Jesus was the central fact of human history. The Incarnation changed everything. So while he loved Easter-the Charity of the Passion, he called it-he proclaimed Chr...

A princess and her eclectic companions must split up to continue their quest to collect 13 mythical treasures in this epic-fantasy sequel. The Questers must disguise their identities in order to travel to the far reaches of the Thirteen Kingdoms. Even a divinely inspired quest may require some of the group to give their lives to restore peace. Death's Dark Shadows is Book III of the Hallowed Treasures Saga by the author of Redemption.

A voodoo curse haunts a family in the low country of North Carolina. Ben Porter, a psychologically wounded veteran and reluctant hero, returns from the war to find he has a young daughter. Rachel was born to Olive Mills, from whom Ben is estranged. As teenagers, Ben and Olive discovered the mutilated body of Yolinda, a young black girl. Ben's deformed cousin, Luther, was convicted of the murder. As he was led from the courtroom, Luther threate...

Redemption sweeps through the centuries of history and from California to Berlin, Rome, Turkey, and the Carpathian Mountains of Romania in tracing the journey of evil back to its source to tell the entwined stories of the notorious Vlad the Impaler and the reluctant vampire he made. The story of Wolfdietrich Nachttier, a vampire seeking not only meaning, but also humanity as he struggles to destroy the evil within himself by killing Vlad. His ...

Centuries after an apocalypse, Princess Eluned leaves her father's kingdom in search of adventure and romance. Instead, she finds herself accumulating a band of compatriots for a divinely-led quest to reunite the Thirteen Hallowed Treasures in an effort to bring peace to the Thirteen Kingdoms. With the help of this eclectic group of companions, the Princess strives to overcome the evil that hangs over the court of the Crimson King. In the proc...

Tasked with sorting through her great-grandmother's research into family history, 19-year-old Linn reads a will from 1762 that starts her wondering about her ancestors and their lives. Home from her freshman year at a prestigious college, she tries to cope with a near-rape she fended off, and with decisions about her future. She considers the darker parts of her family story and imagines a past as conflicted as her own life. Alongside Linn's c...

Bound by duty and honor to her father, the beautiful Helen matters her cousin, Philip Felmere, in hopes that love will follow. That same dedication to duty and honor prevent Helen from following her heart as she meets Felix Gordon. The genuine goodness of Felix brings a spark of life to Helen and inspires her own creativity. Having been raised with logic and reason in an age of faith, Helen is yet attracted to strong faith in others, like Feli...

Duel for honor or sue for damages? Lynch the accused or drag him off to face the Law? Marry the cousin you don't love or find your own way in the world? These are the dilemmas faced as the Old South gives way to modernity at the turn of the 20th century in this novella and six short stories by the once noted, now all but forgotten Sarah Barnwell Elliott. Sada, as she preferred to be called, made her reputation in portraying the local color and...

The Hallowed Treasures Saga continues with the eyes of the Thirteen Kingdoms on 18-year-old Princess Eluned and her Questers. Narrowly escaping death as a human sacrifice, the stakes are higher for Eluned. Reuniting the Thirteen Treasures promises to bring peace, but the Awen Alliance will do whatever it takes to stop the Quest.