Wednesday

Bible Verses Encourgement

Philippians 4:6-7 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations

Psalm 27:1   The LORD is my light and my salvation;    whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life;  of whom shall I be afraid?

Matthew 17:20  He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”


Christian Kindle Books Free/cheap Author Ruth Ann Nordin

These are books by Ruth Ann Nordin.

I really enjoyed her books and a lot of her books are free which is a great way to sample an author writing style.


A Bride for Tom- Free Ebook
This is the first e-book I read from her and thought it was a cute and sweet romantic Christian book.

Having trouble with any and all females that Tom encounters; the town's beauty decides to help Tom find his one true love. Jessica Reynolds is engaged and feel bad for Tom because he can't find any woman that can overlook his shyness and clumsiness.


A Husband for Margaret- Free E-book
Follow up to A Bride for Tom

 When spunky Margaret posts an ad for a husband, she expects to find Paul Connealy  waiting for her at the station, instead she finds Paul's older brother, Joseph meets her with his 4 kids in toll. He is looking for a wife for his 4 kids but, can Margaret marry a man with 4 kids???



Loving Eliza- Free E-book
This was my Favorite book by Ruth Ann Nordin.

Ex-prostitute Eliza wants is to leave Omaha and became a real lady. John Evan unable to speak has never fit in with anyone in his town and when Eliza shows she treats him as a man not someone with a disability unable to learn. John hires Eliza as his housekeeper and is determined that he will one day make her his wife. Eliza never wants to get married and doesn't want anyone to find out her secret but, when someone from her past shows up, Eliza is in trouble.


Restoring Hope- Free Ebook
Book One- Can be read as a stand alone book.

Fleeing from a marriage she didn't want, Woape is caught by a Sioux Indian who abuses her. One night, she manages to escape and nearly loses her life when Gary Milton shows up and rescues her. Not knowing where else to go, she follows him home. In their time together, she falls in love with him and is determined that he will be her husband. But the Sioux Indian is not far behind, and he's going to claim her as his, even if he has to kill Gary to get her.


Brave Beginnings- $0.99
Book 2- You need to read book one first. Even though this one isn't free I loved it and would highly recommend it.

Julia Milton has said good-bye to two men in her life. Ernest who was a part of her safe and familiar world, a childhood friend who shared her background. Then there was Chogan who stirred her passion but came from the Mandan tribe—a man who lived a life foreign to her own. Will she choose the safe and familiar or embrace her passions?




The Wrong Husband- $0.99
Cute and Light Read

Owen Russell is in deep trouble. In order to save his aunt from poverty due to a bad gambling problem his uncle had, he wins back the money from the group of gamblers and returns it to her. Realizing that they want to kill him, he flees from Louisiana to Nebraska where he runs into the sheriff who mistakes him for Irving Spencer who signed up to be his deputy. 

Owen decides that this beats death because there are Wanted posters all over the place seeking his arrest. So he plays along and pretends to be Irving. What he doesn't realize is that Irving agreed to marry Jenny Larson. One look at her tells him that she is beautiful, so he agrees to marry her. But what will he do when the real Irving shows up?

Cheap Easter Crafts for Kids

Easter Egg Ornaments: 

What You'll Need: 
  • 2 Clear Easter Eggs
  • 1 Silver Glitter Pen
  • 1 Gold Glitter Pen 
  • 2 Six inch Strings 
  • 1 Glue Gun 
Steps: 
  1.  Plug in your glue gun making sure your younger children can't reach it. 
  2. Take 1 of your Easter eggs and one of your pens and start my making designs with the pen. I made a straight line all around the egg and then made  loops around the egg. Be Creative!!
  3. Take your string and turn it into a loop.
  4. Put a small dot of glue on your egg.
  5. Take your looped string ends on the glue and let dry 
  6. Once it is dry you can now hang your ornament. 

Painted Cardboard Crosses: 

Print out 

What you'll need: 

  • Print out the cross or trace one free handed.
  • Brown Paint 
  • Paint Brush
  • Scissors
  •  4" String
  • Glue
  • Cardboard

Steps: 

  1. Print out cross, trace it onto the cardboard. 
  2. Cut out cross.
  3. Paint cross brown you can add lines to make it look more realistic.
  4. Let pain dry.
  5. Once dry flip over cardboard and put glue on each side of the cross to hang.
  6. Put string on each side of cross on the glue. Let Dry 
  7. Enjoy!!!


Tuesday

Free Christian Kindle Books


Paper Roses (Texas Dreams Book #1): A Novel
This is a free kindle ebook and a great read.

Mail-order bride Sarah Dobbs arrives in San Antonio ready to greet her groom--a man she has never met but whose letters, her paper roses, have won her heart from afar. But there is a problem--Austin Canfield is dead, and Sarah cannot go back East. As Sarah tries to reconcile herself to a future that is drastically changed, Austin's brother Clay wants nothing more than to shake the Texas dust from his boots, but first he must find his brother's killer.


Book 2 and 3 are not free however, they are worth reading. Books can be read as stand alone books.


Scattered Petals: A Novel (Texas Dreams)

Longing for adventure, Priscilla Morton leaves Boston and heads for Texas, never dreaming that the adventure she seeks will leave her badly injured and her parents dead. Priscilla is determined to rebuild her life and make a home for herself in the beautiful Hill Country. But the bandits who took her parents' lives also destroyed her hope for the future.

Tomorrow's Garden (Texas Dreams Book #3): A Novel

Harriet Kirk is certain that becoming Ladreville's schoolteacher is just what she needs--a chance to put the past behind her and give her younger siblings a brighter tomorrow. What she didn't count on was the presence of handsome former Texas Ranger Lawrence Wood--or the way he slowly but surely claims her fragile heart. But can Harriet and Lawrence ever truly put the past behind them in order to find happiness?

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Ireland Rose
Baltimore-born Ireland Rose, daughter of Irish immigrants, must be married by her seventeenth birthday. Rose's father finds a suitable husband, Captain Camden Lovell, twenty-seven years her senior. Captain Lovell takes his bride to Charleston, provides her with a beautiful home on the Battery and good standing in Charleston Society. Three years later Rose is a widow. Captain Wyatt, her husband's trusted employee is now in charge of her affairs. Rose senses he does not like her. One day he brings a young woman with child to her - and a secret that must be kept. A little girl is born, and Rose becomes a mother. Captain Wyatt offers to marry her in name only to protect her from Charleston society gossip, but she is determined she will not marry a second time for protection. She will marry for love or live alone. 
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Heiress (Daughters of Fortune)
Book One in the Daughters of Fortune series The beautiful heiress daughters of newspaper magnate August Price have been given everything their hearts desire. But what if they want only to be loved--without an enormous price tag attached? When one daughter pursues a desirable marriage, she secures for herself a comfortable and glamorous life. But among the duties of privilege, will she also find the happily-ever-after she seeks? Her sister rejects the trappings of wealth, choosing instead to build a new life on the still-untamed frontier. Will she find happiness in independence or discover that she's left her heart behind in New York's glittering society? Set in the opulent world of the Gilded Age, each woman discovers that being an heiress just might cost her everything--including the chance for true love.

I haven't read the other books in this series so, I can not recommend them and will not put their links in the page :)

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All About Grace
Celia, a law student in Philadelphia, discovers unconditional love as she works her way through her past. No father and a promiscuous mother lead her toward self-destruction, but a man's love and his mother's unselfishness give rise to a real future. Everything changes when she discovers she must make a decision that will change the course of her life.