DEVOTIONAL: PRAISE THROUGH IT—DEPLOYMENT EDITION
Praise Through It: Deployment Edition
There are three major seasons in a deployment:
the beginning, where you’re getting used to everything;
the murky middle, where you have your sea legs under you but are in a weird balance of THIS IS FINE and THIS IS ALL GOING TO FALL APART;
and then—blessedly—the homestretch.
And in every season, there are four major themes for the journey: uncertainty, loneliness, weariness, and faith.
Through 54 devotionals focused on letting God work through periods of uncertainty, loneliness and weariness in order to grow your faith and sense of gratitude, seasoned military spouses Elisa Preston & Tori Evans wrote a devotional for the military spouse who is looking for encouragement in her deployment journey. It’s a season of life very few understand, and it’s one that offers the perfect ground for growing one’s faith.
The words inside will encourage, strengthen, and embolden the military spouse during her season of deployment, as the authors point back to the strongest certainty there is: the faithfulness of a loving God who never lets go of us, no matter the stage or season we’re in.
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Novels with family, friends, faith & a happy ending.
Brynley Stone is going about her simple life business when two bombshells drop in one day: her Devil Wears Prada-ish boss is leaving, making her in charge of the Savannah Historical Preservation Society; and she has a secret admirer, after not having a boyfriend for, oh, her entire adult life. Brynley is a woman who likes puzzles, but she also likes to know. So when she has to spend more than six weeks not knowing but merely guessing who her secret admirer is--through scavenger hunt clues he leaves her all around the city she loves--it drives her all kinds of crazy.
Is it Charles Linkley, the journalist who owns the local paper, goes to church, and has the good looks to match his impeccable manners?
Is it Henry Foley, the awkward but adorable lawyer who shows up at many a clue locations as she searches every Savannah Square?
Or is it someone else entirely?
Armed with support and weekly tea dates with her best friend Tyler, a pilot soldier who is finally home for good, Brynley will search every Savannah Square high and low until she finds what she's looking for -- a love as great as the history she works to celebrate.
Get it here: Spring in Savannah (A Year in Savannah, Book 3)
A grumpy hockey player. A determined journalist.
I, Missy Sheldon, don’t get stories out of people. I see stories in people. Big difference. So when grumpy Mr. Sam Bright, darling of the NHL, comes to Savannah expecting peace and quiet during his mandated timeout, he’s got another thing coming. I won’t be rude, but I won’t sit on the sidelines, either.
Because I know there’s a story behind the controversial remarks he made at that fated press conference that got him in trouble. I just don’t know what it is yet. But my parents taught me well, so I will be Sam Bright’s friend and I will be patient until he gives me that story.
In the meantime, my own story will get a bit of attention. This man will have me recovering pieces of myself I’d long since left behind.
Tragedy will do that to you, won’t it? It’ll steal precious jewels from your life. Can the journalist so used to telling other people’s stories, tell her own? And can the steel-trap of a hockey player release all that’s been holding him back? I guess if we let the puck fall where it may, telling our stories to just might make this summer in Savannah the best yet.
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Esther Hunt has left too much of herself where she didn't want to leave it, so she leaves the harsh, bustling streets of NYC where her fiancé embezzled oodles and oodles of funds--enough that her work died the day the FBI showed up to seize it. She finds a soft landing in the sweet folks of Savannah, GA.
Esther goes from being a partner-tracked lawyer to running a senior citizen complex called The Q-tip Complex (The Q for short). She thought she'd just be overseeing Silver Sneakers events and making sure dinner was served on time. But when the UGA Bulldogs win the National Championship for the first time in 40+ years, Esther is thrown into putting on the biggest and best Valentine's Day bash The Q has ever seen.
Just one problem. Well, maybe two.
Not only does she think Valentine's Day is a *ridiculous* holiday, but she trusts no one but herself (and even that is touch and go). So what happens when a long-time friend, a few new friends (including a handsome, *trustworthy* lawyer), and some of the sassiest, most direct senior citizens show Esther what it means to be a community? She has a really hard time sticking to herself, and she finds out she has another big choice to make: go all in on these quirky, beautiful people, or stick to herself.
Get it here: A Savannah Valentine (Year in Savannah, Book 2)
Christmas in Savannah
Professional tennis player Hannah swore she’d never return to her hometown of Savannah, Georgia. It broke her all those years ago and there was no reason to go back. Until this year, when she had to either play in the Savannah Open or face an early retirement.
Her plan? Stay hyper-focused on her game.
Reality? A lifelong friend whose open arms are a balm to her soul; an insanely handsome firefighter who feels immediately familiar; a storm that delays the tournament and thus her extrication from this city; and, dare she admit, an ignition of her love for America's Most Charming City.
She’s done all the work in her faith and in therapy. She just wants to make it through with her head in the game and her name in the ring.
But of course, best laid plans are never quite so simple...
Get it here: Christmas in Savannah (Year in Savannah, Book 1)
Behind the Scenes
Behind the scenes of planning the biggest event of the year for New York City elite, celebrity chef Levi Adams and event planner Virginia May Sharpe have two very different ideas of what the future of the Gala and their relationship should look like. Can they work through the planning and the meetings and the stolen glances--and one event-stopping snowstorm that threatens months of preparation--to learn that it’s the unplanned moments that mean the most?
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At the Corner of Summer & Harvest
Millie and Ben met at a country bar when they were very young, where they danced two nights in a row. They shared a million laughs, a thousand twirls, and one perfect, beautiful kiss. It wasn’t enough for a future together, but 18 years later, life’s own dance has brought them back together. Is 'too late actually' a thing when it comes to matters of the heart?
Making Room
Published through Ambassador International, Making Room tells the story of mid-20s Elizabeth who is trying to finish raising her three younger brothers. They have a great faith in a great God who has never left them, but she'd rather just go about her business. Until she meets Nathan, a man who challenges her to make room for more in her life than the heartache and stress she's always let dominate.
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