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Luck or Something Like It: A Memoir

Luck or Something Like It: A Memoir

Kenny Rogers
William Morrow
304 pages
$27.99


“Rogers is an exquisite storyteller, able to get across a range of ideas and emotions in songs like ‘Lucille’ and ‘The Gambler.’ That breezy, conversational tone comes across on the page.”

Entertainment Weekly

To Kill a Zombie: The Year I Came Back to Life – And Why

To Kill a Zombie: The Year I Came Back to Life - And Why

David W. Pierce
Leafwood Publishers
240 pages
$14.99


“Men need to feel alive! With the onslaught of responsibilities, it is easy to forget to experience all that life has to offer. To Kill a Zombie shows how one man was reborn by jumping in feet first.”

From the publisher

A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband "Master"

A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband "Master"

Rachel Held Evans
Thomas Nelson
352 pages
$15.99


“With just the right mixture of humor and insight, compassion and incredulity, A Year of Biblical Womanhood is an exercise in scriptural exploration and spiritual contemplation. What does God truly expect of women, and is there really a prescription for biblical womanhood? Come along with Evans as she looks for answers in the rich heritage of biblical heroines, models of grace, and all-around women of valor.”

From the publisher

Edge of Black

Edge of Black

J.T. Ellison
Harlequin MIRA
368 pages
$14.95


“Fans of intelligently written, intricately crafted thrillers should definitely check out J.T. Ellison’s latest Taylor Jackson novel, 14. Fusing gritty cop drama with dark psychological thriller, Ellison distinguishes herself with exceptional character development, consistently breakneck pacing and a sense of authenticity throughout.”

Chicago Tribune

To Whisper Her Name: A Belle Meade Plantation Novel

To Whisper Her Name: A Belle Meade Plantation Novel

Tamera Alexander
Zondervan
480 pages
$14.99


“Alexander writes a beautiful story of love, friendship and finding purpose. The passion the characters have for one another and their dreams will keep readers engaged to the very last word.”

Romantic Times Magazine

Thistle and Twigg

Thistle and Twigg

Mary Saums
Minotaur Books
304 pages
$6.99


“In this delightful first of an offbeat new series from Saums (Midnight Hour), recently widowed Jane Thistle, who has lived many places as the wife of a career military officer, moves to Tullulah, Ala., where she soon meets Phoebe Twigg, also a widow, who has lived in the small town all her life. The two women, despite their differences in outlook and personality, become close friends. When they find a dead body in the woods, and Jane’s neighbor Cal Prewitt is arrested for murder, they turn detective to exonerate him. Phoebe’s kitchen is firebombed, and Jane is subject to eerie happenings in her house. They persevere, despite the threats, and prove that two crafty widows are more than a match for the bad guys. Saums ably weaves humor, suspense and a dash of the supernatural in this winning twist on the Southern cozy.”

Publishers Weekly

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