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Love takes an international detour...to Paris Nikki Mancini, a high school teacher in New York, has loved Mike for as long as she can remember, though she was never more to him than his best friend's little sister. She claims to be a homebody but secretly fears moving beyond her comfort zone. Mike Branagan has his own emotional wounds to resolve, having lost his parents in an accident when he was fourteen. He's tried to escape painful memories by leaving New York and starting a new life on the West Coast, but years later, new facts indicate that his parents' deaths might not have been an accident. At Christmas, Mike returns to New York for the first time in three years to visit and to chase down a lead in his parents' case. When he sees Nikki again, romantic sparks fly, but their mutual attraction takes an unexpected detour. Nikki is shattered. She impulsively takes a one-year teaching opportunity in Paris to face her own fears and get over Mike. Too late, Mike realizes what Nikki means to him. Time and distance should be obstacles, but are they? "One December sizzles with romantic tension, taking the reader on a roller-coaster ride from New York to San Francisco, with a delightful detour in Paris. I couldn't put it down " - Elizabeth Musser, author of The Secrets of the Cross trilogy and The Swan House.

How do your thoughts flow when you aren't paying attention? Our thoughts can influence our emotions, our approach to life, and our futures. In Mental Habits for Believers, 28 daily readings complete with reflection questions give you essential tools to redirect your thinking. You'll see that in a short time, you can build helpful and Biblical mental habits, which will improve your whole life: spiritual, emotional, goals, and relationships. You can: Identify negative mental habits in your own lifeLearn positive habits, one at a timeSee how God's truth can change the way you live Feel better about your life and futureBe better able to apply Biblical principles to your life by developing healthier thought habits Don't risk your future to random, unguided thought habits that may take you off track. Decide now to invest in mental habits that can change your future.

Tourists, seekers, prodigals... All paths come together in Provence. Bree Sorensen is living her dream as co-owner of a travel company that specializes in tours to Provence, France. But the latest trip isn't fully booked, adding financial strain to her already fragile business. In the land of idyllic lavender fields and cliffside villages, Bree wonders if she'll ever find peace from her troubled childhood, let alone save her career. Travis Jeffries hides his romantic scars under the glitz of TV travel documentaries. A beloved public figure who often sniffs out travel scams, his smiling persona barely covers the pain of his failed marriage and missionary career years earlier. With his spiritual life a wasteland, Travis fears it's too late for God to welcome him back. Travis seems like Bree's worst nightmare when she finds he has registered for her latest tour of Provence. One false move and her business could be ruined by his critique. But when attraction blossoms, will these two wounded believers find common ground ?

Going home isn't easy, but sometimes it changes everything. Hailey Anderson's job at the family textile mill is simply frustrating. During a time when mills are closing all around them, her father won't listen to her ideas for saving the business. Finally, she leaves North Carolina and moves to Colorado, to be near her sister. But when a health crisis strikes her father only months later, he asks Hailey to return and take over as acting president of the mill. Maybe she'll be able to save the mill and finally gain her father's approval. Hailey returns home but things aren't what they seem at Anderson Mill. She and the assistant manager clash and buried family secrets simmer just below the surface-secrets no one will talk about, especially her father. Her only spark of joy is her budding romance with her neighbor, Alex Moreno, but is it for real? When events grow darker, she no longer fears only for their livelihood, but also for her life. Can Hailey overcome challenges that seem too strong and many to handle?

Nikki has loved Mike for as long as she can remember (as early as age seven ) Mike has his own past hurts to resolve, having lost both parents in an accident when he was fourteen. He's tried to escape those painful memories by leaving New York and starting a new life on the West Coast. New facts indicate, years later, that his parents' deaths might not have been an accident.At Christmas Mike comes back to New York for the first time in three years. He and Nikki rekindle the friendship they had as children and share their newfound faith. Under a Christmas moon, romantic sparks fly . . . but their mutual attraction takes an unexpected detour.Nikki is devastated, believing her one chance for a relationship with Mike is over. She impulsively takes a one-year teaching opportunity in Paris, so that she can face her own fears and get over Mike.If Mike and Nikki run away, how can they find each other again?

(Book 2 Second Chance Series) Can a stack of letters provide clues to an age-old conflict and a doorway to a new family? For the last three years, Julia De Luca has juggled her successful interior design business with caring for her elderly mother. Following her mother's death, Julia finds old letters from distant relatives in Italy. They remind her of visits she and her mother made when Julia was a child. Could these letters hold the answer to why their trips to Italy ended abruptly when she was ten years old? These people whose names she's forgotten are the only family Julia has left on earth. How can she reconnect with them after so many years? Would it be crazy to try? Her compelling desire to locate her distant family leads Julia on an impulsive trip to Florence, Italy. Along with savoring the sights and flavors of Florence, Julia discovers that families can be messy, that it's not too late to fall in love, and that there's more to Julia De Luca than she ever knew. Second Chance Series In The Second Chance Series, you'll meet Marissa, Julia, Sydney, and Eden, four college friends who, twenty-five years later, renew their friendships as they find themselves empty nesters and single again. You'll love getting to know these women and following each one in her own book.

Author Marissa Thompson has had writer's block since her husband died almost two years earlier. Her three closest friends are a comfort. Despite this, things are getting urgent as her career hangs by a thread, and repairs on her historic home mount up. Prodded by desperation, Marissa heads to Wilmington, North Carolina for a Civil War research trip. She hopes for inspiration but receives support from a surprising source, a feisty character from her last novel. Jarrod Lambert has already lost his wife. He's always been close with his only daughter, a college student, but she seems to be slipping further away from him. In an effort to reconnect with her, he makes an impulsive trip to see her in Wilmington. Through an accident, Marissa and Jarrod meet and discover common ground. Will it be enough to overcome the obstacles standing between them? (Book I of Second Chance Series) In The Second Chance Series, you'll meet Marissa, Julia, Sydney, and Eden, four college friends who, twenty-five years later, renew their friendships as they find themselves empty nesters and single again. You'll love getting to know these women and following each one in her own book.

Can a crisis lead to the revealing of an old secret and a second chance at love? Sydney Bennett's life is anything but calm. She's a high-school teacher and the single parent of a teenager. An unexpected event shakes her pressured but predictable routine. As she tries to regain her balance, she's drawn to a secret that even her daughter doesn't know. Nor do her three best friends.Her private quest leads her to the beach town where she grew up, and her strained relationship with her mother. The last thing she expects is to cross paths with the man who once upended her life, a man she's never forgotten.As Sydney's past collides with her present, she's forced to reveal her secrets and encounters the surprising power of letting go.