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At the tender age of 16, Hagar King falls in love. She is certain all will go perfectly with her 15-year-old beau, Enoch Yoder. But she is wrong—very wrong. Hagar falls pregnant and is shipped off in shame to give birth to a beautiful baby girl. Under protest, her child is snatched away. Enoch’s family leaves the state, and Hagar does not hear from him again. In the present day, Hagar lives with an empty gap in her heart and life—one that can never be filled. But everything turns upside down when Enoch returns to town. He never stopped loving Hagar.

Desperate to help her family, Elaine Rockmont agrees to marry Rodney Kingman, an ordinary bank teller in Fort Riggins, Montana. On the train west, she meets the handsome and entertaining Billy Warwick. The trip passes quickly in Billy’s company, yet she is promised to Rodney. Billy regrets leaving the beautiful and enticing Elaine at the hotel with Rodney. Later, when a pretty young lady shows off a nervous horse as a “wedding present” to Rodney and Elaine, she is thrown from the saddle. Rodney’s quick and intense response is puzzling. What is going on here?

Fern Weaver doesn’t set out to become a liar, but it happens. When her dear sister Joyce is shunned, Fern can’t abide the separation. What would it hurt to sneak off to see her? But one time turns into two, and into three, and into four...When her sister’s Englisch brother-in-law shows interest in her, Fern is caught off-guard and fears she’s made a terrible mistake. Fern’s lies also threaten her fledgling romance with Reuben Swarey. She can’t go on like this; she must decide.

Dorothy Bontrager has lived at her grandparents’ farm since she was orphaned as a young girl. Though it has been many years since then, she fears her current home with the older couple could be lost - for it happened once before. With the New Year fast approaching, Dorothy plans to start a business in a bid to feel more secure following her grandfather’s recent passing. She keeps her heart guarded, but the arrival of a young man in town catches her attention.

Fresh out of the academy with top marks, Agent Bradley Tennyson is expecting to have the pick of cases and investigations throughout the country. So he's shocked when instead he is assigned as the new partner to "The Crag", an agent well past his prime. He thinks the assignment is a punishment. It's anything but.

Fungi and human families are the threads that tie the fabric of all these tales together. In The Freaky Fungal Family Tree, there are few things that are as they appear to be. You’ve been duly warned. Now, from this point on - listen at your own risk!

What you don’t know about finding, training, and loving a new puppy lies in this guide by puppy training expert, Odin Alan. Informative, inspiring, and relatable, Alan covers everything from the right breeds for every type of household, to finding a breeder you can trust, and preparing for the day you bring a canine companion home. You can rely on this guide for tried and true tips on how to teach your dog to sit, stay, or heel, and for a confidence boost at the end of a long day as a pet parent.

There seems to be nothing strange with family Christmas Eve visits...or is there? From Barry T. KuKes' vibrant imagination comes an emotional, enigmatic tale of a magic house that brings the dead back to life every Christmas Eve, in The Christmas House and The Christmas House II: Martha's Return.