Lorna Seilstad tops today’s Buffet with When Love Calls, the first installment in her “Gregory Sisters” series of Christian historical romance stories. With historic details that bring to life the exciting first decade of the 20th century, Lorna weaves a charming tale of camaraderie and companionship that blossoms into love.
Lorna grew up in Iowa, attending antique auctions nearly every weekend, so history was as much a part of her life as chores on the farm, reading books, and playing with Barbies. She taught high school English until her oldest child was born, then she focused on fiction writing. After joining American Christian Fiction Writers, Lorna found a critique group and began studying the craft of writing.
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When Love Calls (The Gregory Sisters Book #1)
Christian Fiction > Romance > Historical
Author: Lorna Seilstad
Hannah Gregory is good at many things, but that list doesn’t include following rules. So when she is forced to apply for a job as a telephone switchboard operator to support her two sisters, she knows it won’t be easy. “Hello Girls” must conduct themselves according to strict–and often bewildering–rules. No talking to the other girls. No chatting with callers. No blowing your nose without first raising your hand. And absolutely no consorting with gentlemen while in training.
Meanwhile, young lawyer Lincoln Cole finds himself in the unfortunate position of having to enforce the bank’s eviction of the three Gregory girls from their parents’ home. He tries to soften the blow by supporting them in small ways as they settle into another home. But fiery Hannah refuses his overtures and insists on paying back every cent of his charity.
When one of Hannah’s friends finds himself on the wrong side of a jail cell, Hannah is forced to look to Lincoln for help. Will it be her chance to return to her dreams of studying law? And could she be falling in love?
Secrets In The Shadows (Shadows Collection)
Romantic Suspense
Author: T. L. Haddix
Life can go on after tragedy…
After surviving a traumatic attack as a teenager, as well as a disastrous first marriage, Lauren Taylor Grant is content with her life. So what if she gets lonely from time to time? With a healthy, beautiful daughter, and a successful coffee shop-cafe, the divorced single mother convinces herself she doesn’t have time for love. When she gets her first glimpse at her parents’ handsome new neighbor, though, she starts reconsidering her stance. Once Charlie Clark begins breaking through her defensive walls, Lauren finds him hard to resist.
Nothing stays hidden forever…
Just as Lauren is learning to let go of the past and embrace the future, her personal demons rear their ugly heads in the guise of a vandal hell-bent on destroying Lauren’s happiness. When another local businesswoman is brutally murdered, the investigation into the crime reveals an unexpected connection to Lauren’s past. The message is clear–the past has come calling, and it’s out for blood.
Roanoke Vanishing (The Vanishing Series)
Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban
Author: Auburn Seal
Avery Lane is driven to discover the fate of the 117 missing colonists of Roanoke. When she encounters a mysterious group called the Descendants, who are determined to keep the colony’s secret hidden, Avery must choose between her obsession for the past and her own survival. Will solving this mystery cost her everything? Is there more to this secret than what is buried at Roanoke? Haunted by visions of the past, she must find answers before the Descendants stop her and forever banish the truth.
Rain and Revelation
Contemporary Fiction
Author: Therese Pautz
On the rugged, rain and windswept coast of Ireland, twenty-year-old Eliza Conroy’s predictable life is shattered when she returns home to find her mother bathing in her own blood. Eliza sets out to understand the events leading up to that fateful day and discovers that she has been deceived her entire life by those she loves and trusts the most. What she uncovers threatens to destroy her family and tight knit community and Eliza is forced to choose between the cost of speaking the truth and remaining silent.
The Clockwork Cathedral (The Time Corps Chronicles, Book 1)
Science Fiction > Time Travel
Author: Heather Blackwood
Medical student Felicia Sanchez is only trying to help an injured man when she slips through a time rip and into 19th century New Orleans, one very different than the one she knows from history books.
The only person who can get her home is Professor Seamus Connor, a former convict seeking a quiet life of obscurity. But even the “mad Irishman” knows that recreating a freak accident is next to impossible.
With the help of a local street urchin, they discover that their problems run deeper than solely getting Felicia back to her own time. The three of them must unravel the secrets of a steam engine that operates upon a scientific impossibility and the mysteries of a grand cathedral at the center of town, where clockwork automatons perform for rapt audiences.
But can a convict, a guttersnipe and an accidental time traveler prevent the destruction of a city and the death of thousands? Others are watching, and Felicia may not be the only time traveler in New Orleans.
He Said, She Said, I Said – 7 Keys to Relationship Success
Relationships > Marriage
Author: Barbara J. Peters
When it comes to relationships, couples often run into similar challenges. Do any of these sound familiar to you? She Said: I want to talk with him about issues like the kids, his mother, and the frustration I feel about balancing my career with being a good mom. But every time I try to bring up these subjects, he either closes down or gets angry. I don’t want him to fix the problems, I just want to be able to talk with him about our lives. He Said: I stopped feeling connected in my marriage many years ago, but I just don’t trust myself to make the right decision about staying or leaving, so I just stay stuck. She Said: Sure, I love him as a person, but I’m just not “in love” with him anymore.
If these challenges sound familiar, this book is for you! Couples Counselor, Barbara J. Peters, offers simple ideas and approaches for re-framing the way you look at the interactions and situations in your relationship. As Norman Vincent Peale once said,”Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
ESSIE’S HOUSE
Horror > Occult
Author: Robert Meyerson
A terrifying journey to the edge of madness.
Brenda and Gary Wallach are the new owners of the Blue Ridge Antiques and Salvage Company. It’s a hoarders’ paradise filled with junk and treasure… and so much more.
Strange spirits and negative energy attached to objects in the building become aroused by Brenda’s long-abandoned psychic ability. One evening the couple uncovers a Ouija board. As they move the pointer, a frightened child named Essie comes through. Brenda is soon obsessed with the young girl and driven to the point of madness. Voices in the night turn dreams to nightmares, unlocking Brenda’s hidden past.
Searching for the truth about Essie, she comes face to face with her own demons as a portal to unspeakable evil opens around her.
MALICIOUS
Thrillers > Crime
Author: JAMES RAVEN
‘Cover up your webcams…or suffer the consequences.’
He calls himself the Slave Master. He spies on women through their computer webcams. Then he blackmails those who unknowingly reveal their secrets to him. His last victim was brutally murdered. Now he’s targeting the cop in charge of the investigation. To him she’s the perfect prey – because she has secrets of her own.
TODAY’S BARGAINS……………What’s this?
The Dirty Duck
Contemporary Fiction
Author: Martha Grimes
Regularly $9.99, Today $2.99
The Dirty Duck is a pub in Shakespeare’s beloved Stratford, and in this pub Miss Gwendolyn Bracegirdle of Sarasota, Florida, fresh from a performance of As You Like It, takes her last drink. A few minutes later she is slashed ear to ear, the only clue: two lines from an unknown poem printed across a theater program. The razor-happy murderer, it seems is stalking a group of rich American tourists. And Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury, just passing through Stratford for a glimpse of the intriguing Lady Kennington, instead takes a crash course in the bloodier side of Elizabethan verse.
Sketchy (The Bea Catcher Chronicles)
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author: Olivia Samms
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99
Bea’s life has been a mess ever since she got kicked out of private school and sent to rehab. Now clean, Bea is starting over at Packard High School, in a city shaken from two assaults on young women. The latest victim, Willa Pressman-the one who survived-doesn’t remember a thing. But Bea has a disturbing new “skill”: she can see-and then draw-images from other people’s minds. And when she looks at Willa, Bea is shocked by what she sketches. Bea might be the only one who knows Willa’s secrets-and who can take down the killer before he strikes again.
Who Is This Man?: The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus
Theology > Christology
Author: John Ortberg
Regularly $9.99, Today $3.99
Jesus’ impact on our world is highly unlikely, widely inescapable, largely unknown, and decidedly double-edged. It is unlikely in light of the severe limitations of his earthly life; it is inescapable because of the range of impact; it is unknown because history doesn’t connect dots; and it is doubled-edged because his followers have wreaked so much havoc, often in his name.
He is history’s most familiar figure, yet he is the man no one knows. His impact on the world is immense and non-accidental. From the Dark Ages to Post-Modernity he is the Man who won’t go away.
And yet . . .you can miss him in historical lists for many reasons, maybe the most obvious being the way he lived his life. He did not loudly and demonstrably defend his movement in the spirit of a rising political or military leader. He did not lay out a case that history would judge his brand of belief superior in all future books.
His life and teaching simply drew people to follow him. He made history by starting in a humble place, in a spirit of love and acceptance, and allowing each person space to respond.
His vision of life continues to haunt and challenge humanity. His influence has swept over history bringing inspiration to what has happened in art, science, government, medicine, and education; he has taught humans about dignity, compassion, forgiveness, and hope.
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
Sports & Outdoors > Motor Sports
Author: A.J. Baime
Regularly $14.99, Today $1.99
By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort, and Ford didn’t offer what these young drivers wanted. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari lorded over the European racing scene, crafting beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomized style.
Baime tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer named Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game, at the most prestigious and dangerous race in the world, the 24 Hours of LeMans.
Go Like Hell transports readers to a golden era in racing when Ford’s innovative strategy led to victories on the track and renewed respect for the American automobile.
Midnight Exposure
Romance > Mystery & Suspense
Author: Melinda Leigh
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99
2013 Daphne du Maurier Award Finalist
Point, click, die.
When two hikers disappear, their hometown in Maine blames the blinding storms. But the truth is far more sinister. Unaware of the danger, tabloid photographer Jayne Sullivan follows an anonymous tip to find the most reclusive sculptor in the art world. Instead, she finds sexy handyman Reed Kimball—and a small town full of fatal secrets.
Five years ago, Reed buried his homicide detective career along with his wife. But when a hiker is found dead, the local police chief asks Reed for help. Why was a Celtic coin found under the body? And where is the second hiker? Avoiding the media, Reed doesn’t need a murder, a missing person, or a nosey photographer. Then Jayne is attacked, and her courage is his undoing. Reed must risk everything to protect her and find a cunning killer.
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