Melody Carlson

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  • Bibliography:
    215 Books (29 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1996
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Full Series List in Order

86 Bloomberg Place

1 - I Heart Bloomberg (Apr-2008)
2 - Let Them Eat Fruitcake (Sep-2008)
3 - Spring Broke (Mar-2009)
4 - Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah (Sep-2009)

The Allison Chronicles

1 - On Hope's Wings (Feb-1998)
2 - Cherished Wish (Feb-1998)
3 - Autumn Secrets (Jul-1998)
4 - Dreams of Promise (Feb-1999)

Being Zoey

1 - Meet the Misfits (Apr-2019)
2 - Odd Girl Out (Aug-2019)
3 - Broken Promises (Dec-2019)
4 - Taking Chances (Apr-2020)

Carter House Girls

1 - Mixed Bags (Apr-2008)
2 - Stealing Bradford (May-2008)
3 - Homecoming Queen (Sep-2008)
4 - Viva Vermont! (Oct-2008)
5 - Lost in Las Vegas (Feb-2009)
6 - New York Debut (Apr-2009)
7 - Spring Breakdown (Jan-2010)
8 - The Last Dance (Mar-2010)

The Dating Games

1 - First Date (Oct-2013)
2 - Blind Date (Jun-2014)
3 - Double Date (Jan-2015)
4 - Prom Date (Jul-2015)

Dear Daphne

1 - Lock, Stock, and Over a Barrel (Jun-2013)
2 - Dating, Dining, and Desperation (Mar-2014)
3 - Home, Hearth, and the Holidays (Oct-2015)
4 - A Will, a Way, and a Wedding (Apr-2016)

Diary of a Teenage Girl

Becoming Me (Aug-2000)
Who I Am (Mar-2002)
It's My Life (Jul-2002)
On My Own (Jul-2002)
My Name is Chloe (Jan-2003)
Sold Out (Jun-2003)
Road Trip (Dec-2003)
Face the Music (May-2004)
I Do (Jan-2005)
Just Ask! (Jul-2005)
Meant to Be (Oct-2005)
Falling Up (Jan-2006)
That Was Then (May-2006)
A Not-So-Simple Life (Jul-2008)
It's a Green Thing (Feb-2009)
What Matters Most (Sep-2009)

Diary of a Teenage Girl - Caitlin

1 - Becoming Me (Aug-2000)
2 - It's My Life (Jul-2002)
3 - Who I Am (Mar-2002)
4 - On My Own (Jul-2002)
5 - I Do (Jan-2005)

Diary of a Teenage Girl - Chloe

1 - My Name is Chloe (Jan-2003)
2 - Sold Out (Jun-2003)
3 - Road Trip (Dec-2003)
4 - Face the Music (May-2004)

Diary of a Teenage Girl - Kim

1 - Just Ask! (Jul-2005)
2 - Meant to Be (Oct-2005)
3 - Falling Up (Jan-2006)
4 - That Was Then (May-2006)

Diary of a Teenage Girl - Maya

1 - A Not-So-Simple Life (Jul-2008)
2 - It's a Green Thing (Feb-2009)
3 - What Matters Most (Sep-2009)

Follow Your Heart

1 - Once Upon a Summertime (Jun-2015)
2 - All Summer Long (Jun-2016)
3 - Under a Summer Sky (Jun-2017)

The Four Lindas

1 - As Young As We Feel (Mar-2010)
2 - Hometown Ties (Sep-2010)
3 - All for One (Mar-2011)
4 - Here's to Friends (Sep-2011)

The Girls of 622 Harbor View

1 - Project: Girl Power (Sep-2007)
2 - Project: Mystery Bus (Sep-2007)
3 - Project: Rescue Chelsea (Sep-2007)
4 - Project: Take Charge (Sep-2007)
5 - Project: Rasing Faith (Apr-2008)
6 - Project: Run Away (Apr-2008)
7 - Project: Ski Trip (Sep-2008)
8 - Project: Secret Admirer (Sep-2008)

Homeward on the Oregon Trail

1 - Westward Hearts (Sep-2012)
2 - A Dream for Tomorrow (Feb-2013)
3 - A Home at Trail's End (Jul-2013)

The Inn at Shining Waters

1 - River's Song (Aug-2011)
2 - River's Call (Feb-2012)
3 - River's End (Sep-2012)

The Legacy of Sunset Cove

1 - Harbor Secrets (Aug-2018)
2 - Riptide Rumors (Feb-2019)
3 - Surf Smugglers (Aug-2019)
4 - Turning Tide (Feb-2020)

Life at Kingston High

1 - The Jerk Magnet (Jan-2012)
2 - The Best Friend (Jun-2012)
3 - The Prom Queen (Jan-2013)

The Mulligan Sisters

1 - I'll Be Seeing You (Oct-2016)
2 - As Time Goes by (Apr-2017)
3 - String of Pearls (Oct-2017)
4 - We'll Meet Again (Apr-2018)

Notes from a Spinning Planet

1 - Notes from a Spinning Planet -- Ireland (Nov-2006)
2 - Notes from a Spinning Planet -- Papua, New Guinea (Feb-2007)
3 - Notes from a Spinning Planet -- Mexico (Aug-2007)

On the Runway

Catwalk (May-2010)
Premiere (May-2010)
Rendezvous (Aug-2010)
Spotlight (Oct-2010)
Glamour (Feb-2011)
Ciao (Jul-2011)

The Princess Wars

1 - A Royal Quest (Apr-2023)

Second Chances

1 - Heartland Skies (Mar-1998)
2 - Built With Love (Apr-2013)
3 - Shades of Light (Aug-1998)
4 - Thursday's Child (Jan-2017)
5 - Looking for Cassandra Jane (May-2002)
6 - Armando's Treasure (Jan-2004)

The Secret Life of Samantha McGregor

1 - Bad Connection (Aug-2006)
2 - Beyond Reach (Apr-2007)
3 - Payback (Feb-2008)
4 - Playing with Fire (Aug-2007)

Secrets

Damaged (Oct-2011)
Trapped (Mar-2012)

TrueColors

1 - Dark Blue: Color Me Lonely (Dec-2003)
2 - Deep Green: Color Me Jealous (Apr-2004)
3 - Torch Red: Color Me Torn (Jul-2004)
4 - Pitch Black: Color Me Lost (Dec-2004)
5 - Burnt Orange: Color Me Wasted (Dec-2004)
6 - Fool's Gold: Color Me Consumed (Aug-2005)
7 - Blade Silver: Color Me Scarred (Oct-2005)
8 - Bitter Rose: Color Me Crushed (Jan-2006)
9 - Faded Denim: Color Me Trapped (Jul-2006)
10 - Bright Purple: Color Me Confused (Sep-2006)
11 - Moon White: Color Me Enchanted (Feb-2007)
12 - Harsh Pink: Color Me Burned (Jun-2007)

Westward to Home

1 - Delia and the Drifter (Feb-2021)
2 - Miranda and the Miner (Aug-2021)
3 - Julianne and the Judge (May-2022)

Whispering Pines

1 - A Place to Come Home to (Jul-1999)
2 - Everything I Long for (Jan-2000)
3 - Looking for You All My Life (Jul-2000)
4 - Someone to Belong To (Jan-2001)

Multi-Author Series List

Degrees of Betrayal

3 - Kenzie's Story (Jun-2004)

Degrees of Guilt

2 - Miranda's Story (Oct-2003)

The Eli Diaries

2 - Skin Deep (Sep-2017)
6 - Daily Grind (Dec-2017)
9 - With The Tide (Jun-2018)

Faithgirlz!

Project: Ski Trip (Sep-2008)
Girl Power (Apr-2012)
Raising Faith (Apr-2012)
Secret Admirer (Apr-2012)
Take Charge (Apr-2012)

Portraits

Awakening Heart (May-1998)

Springsong

Jessica (Aug-1996)

Tales From Grace Chapel Inn

Memories from Acorn Hill (Feb-2011)
Hope from Acorn Hill (Oct-2011)
1 - Back Home Again (Oct-2006)
4 - Hidden History (Feb-2007)
6 - Winter Wonders (Jun-2008)
12 - All in the Timing (Jun-2008)
39 - Ready to Wed (Oct-2007)

Book List in Order: 215 titles

  • Jessica

    Springsong

    JESSICA JOHNSON is bored and frustrated with her humdrum farm-girl existence until she starts hanging out at the town's new coffeehouse. Its trend-setting crowd and sophisticated atmosphere seem to offer the change of pace she is looking for -- espec...

  • Homeward

    After almost twenty years of burned bridges, Meg Lancaster goes home to the sleepy, southern Oregon coast town of Crandon, leaving behind the fast-paced life in San Francisco, as well as a broken relationship with the boss's son. In Crandon, she find...

  • Tupsu: The Squirrel Who Was Afraid

  • Wise Man's House

  • Sea Hag's Treasure

  • The Greatest Gift

  • On Hope's Wings

    The Allison Chronicles - 1

    A promise from the past... a hope for today... Fourteen-year-old Allison O'Brian has never known what it's like to, have a real family. Her mother, a popular and glamorous movie star, is more interested in her soaring career than in her daughter, hi...

  • Cherished Wish

    The Allison Chronicles - 2

    Fourteen-year-old Allison finds herself the center of a custody battle between her glamorous, but neglectful, movie star mother and her long-absent artist father who wants her to live with him in a small Oregon town...

  • Heartland Skies

    Second Chances - 1

    All is not well in Paradise. In fact, when Jayne's fiance dumps her for his high school sweetheart, the eastern Oregon town doesn't feel a bit like paradise. But Jayne has a teaching contract, and she's never been a quitter. Besides, the kids in her ...



  • The War of the Weeds

    As weeds take over Fruitville, three villagers insist that they are pretty flowers, while the others remind them that the Gardener wants them to get rid of the bad things in their lives in this story based on Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares...

  • Awakening Heart

    Portraits

    Emma Davis is determined to break out of the isolation she's created for herself as the sole caretaker for her elderly grandmother. Although she's always been the "practical" one, a spur-of-the-moment visit to a travel agency sets her on a journey fa...

  • Autumn Secrets

    The Allison Chronicles - 3

    Allison O'Brian returns to Oregon, where she copes with her newcomer's jitters before starting high school, but as she's beginning to adjust, her father tells her a terrible secret that could destroy their future...

  • Shades of Light

    Second Chances - 3

    Widowed Gwen Sullivan has never worked outside the home and isn't sure she's ready to. But faced with an empty house when her daughter leaves for college, she reluctantly takes a job for an interior designer. The characters who hang around the crimin...

  • King of the Stable

  • What Nick and Holly Found in Grandpa's Attic

    Looking for ornaments in Grandpa's attic, Nick and Holly find the true meaning of Christmas. When Nick and his twin sister Holly follow Grandpa up the attic stairs, they expect to find a box of Christmas tree decorations. Instead they discover treasu...

  • Dreams of Promise

    The Allison Chronicles - 4

    In 1948, while her mother is off making yet another movie, fourteen-year-old Allison O'Brian has settled in to a new life in Tamaqua Point, Oregon and is eagerly looking forward to her first traditional family-style Christmas until a phone call from ...

  • A Place to Come Home to

    Whispering Pines - 1

    Maggie Carpenter, hardworking and successful news reporter for the Los Angeles Times, laughs when she first spots the quaint job posting on the Internet. But when the violence of gang activity hits her neighborhood and her teenage son begins to withd...

  • The Wonder of Christmas

    Gather your family for a journey to the true meaning of Christmas. Along the way you'll unwrap the many layers of God's wondrous gift and discover afresh His saving love. Thirty-one captivating readings, written just for kids, share the full Chris...

  • Everything I Long for

    Whispering Pines - 2

    Maggie Carpenter and her son, Spencer, are finally beginning to feel settled in their new community. Then one day Spencer discovers a runaway girl. Leah has been looking for her biological father and has come to a deadâ€"end in Pine Mountain. In t...



  • Looking for You All My Life

    Whispering Pines - 3

    Awardâ€"winning author Melody Carlson offers another heartwarming story of love new and renewed and of God’s redemptive tenderness.

    The small town of Pine Mountain has much to offer a bigâ€"city girl: clean air, beautiful scenery, a marve...

  • Becoming Me

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Caitlin - 1

    In the fictional Diary of a Teenage Girl, sixteen-year-old Caitlin O'Conner reveals the inner workings of a girl caught between childhood and womanhood ... an empty life without Christ and a meaningful one with Him. Through Caitlin's candid journal e...

  • Someone to Belong To

    Whispering Pines - 4

    Wrapping up her popular Whispering Pines series, awardâ€"winning author Melody Carlson presents a delightful, standâ€"alone romance.

    Maggie and her son have settled in Pine Mountain, where she has found love again. But trouble lurks as she ...

  • The Most Beautiful Tree

    A tree that has bragged about being the most beautiful in the forest becomes a Christmas tree fit for a king, but a barefoot little boy named Leo helps him find the inner beauty that comes from giving....

  • Storytellers' Collection

    At last! Short works by some of CBA's best-loved fiction authors-including Jerry Jenkins, Randy Alcorn, Terri Blackstock, Deborah Raney, and Angela Elwell Hunt-are compiled in one gripping volume (now available in this paperback version)! These maste...

  • Blood Sisters

    “We’ll always be best friends!†"That afternoon Mr. Jones read to them from Torn Sawyer, and when he reached the part about blood brothers, Judith knew just what she and Jasmine should do. Hidden behind an oak tree, the little girls jabbed the...

  • Who I Am

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Caitlin - 3

    It's challenging enough to be a normal high school senior -- but Caitlin O'Conner has a host of new difficulties to deal with in the third book of Melody Carlson's widely popular and fascinating teen series. Time is critical to help the orphans in Me...

  • Looking for Cassandra Jane

    Second Chances - 5

    Written in first-person, memoir style, this is the heart-touching story of Cass Maxwell, a girl struggling to find her identity during the turbulent sixties and seventies. Forced to make her own way from childhood, Cass's strength of spirit lifts her...

  • It's My Life

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Caitlin - 2

    In this emotional sequel to Diary of a Teenage Girl, Caitlin O'Conner faces new trials as she grows in her faith and strives to maintain the recent commitments she's made to God. As a new believer, Caitlin begins her summer job and makes preparations...

  • On My Own

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Caitlin - 4

    October 5, 6:45 a.m. "I wonder if people can actually undergo a complete personality change without even knowing it. It’s like I’m suddenly turning into someone else. Okay, not really. But sort of...like I’ve been cut loose and set adrift amid...



  • Angels in the Snow

    Themes of grief, love, and renewed faith intertwine in this winsome novella by best-selling author Melody Carlson.  The recently widowed Claire Andrews is mourning the deaths of her husband and young son who were killed in a boating accident. Gr...

  • My Name is Chloe

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Chloe - 1

    Chloe, Josh Miller's younger sister, is a free spirit with funky clothes and dramatic hair. She struggles with her own identity, classmates, parents, boys, and -- her biggest question -- whether or not God is for real. But this unconventional high sc...

  • Sold Out

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Chloe - 2

    Chloe Miller and her fellow band members must sort out their lives as they become a hit in the local community. Accustomed only to being scorned and marginalized, Chloe suddenly has to decide who her real friends are, and who's just along for the rid...

  • Finding Alice

    Sliding into the Rabbit Hole… Would She Ever Return?On the surface, Alice Laxton seems no different from any other college girl: bright, inquisitive, excited about the life ahead of her. But for years, a genetic time bomb has been ticking away. Bec...

  • Miranda's Story

    Degrees of Guilt - 2

    This new trilogy from three best-selling authors explores the differing perspectives of three high school seniors on the events and choices leading up to the death of a classmate, Sammy. All feel a measure of guilt for their role in the loss of their...

  • Dark Blue: Color Me Lonely

    TrueColors - 1

    Kara Hendricks and Jordan Ferguson have been best friends since kindergarten. By now--sophomore year--they're more like sisters, really. Jordan has always been the leader in the friendship, but still she's the perfect friend. That is, until she start...

  • Road Trip

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Chloe - 3

    After signing a contract with a major recording company, Redemption's dreams are coming true. Chloe, Allie, and Laura begin their concert tour with the good-looking guys in the popular band Iron Cross. Allie's mom and her brother with Down's syndrome...

  • Armando's Treasure

    Second Chances - 6

    HE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE. HE HAD EVERYTHING TO LOSE. When Armando Garcia wanders onto Dora Chase's property, he has no idea how his life will change. What could this twenty-year-old Hispanic man on the run from a troubled past possibly have in common ...

  • The Easterville Miracle

    Just as a little boy named Sam and an old man named Henry remind the town of Easterville, best-selling author Melody Carlson reminds us as well that the true meaning of Easter is not Easter bonnets, baskets, colored eggs, candy, or decorations, but t...

  • Deep Green: Color Me Jealous

    TrueColors - 2

    Jordan Ferguson and Shawna Frye became good friends when Jordan made cheerleader. But when Timothy suddenly dumps Shawna to start seeing Jordan, rumors fly.
    Shawna gets her revenge, first by smearing Jordan's reputation, then by tempting Timothy w...



  • Face the Music

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Chloe - 4

    Redemption has made it to the bestseller chart, but what Chloe and the girls need most is some downtime to sift through the usual high school stress with grades, friends, guys, and the prom. Chloe struggles to recover from a serious crush on the band...

  • Kenzie's Story

    Degrees of Betrayal - 3

    When Sierra lands in the hospital following a car accident, she thinks it's her own fault. What she doesn't know is that her two friends, Ryun and Kenzie, are about to let her take the fall for their mistakes. When she discovers their betrayal, Sierr...

  • Torch Red: Color Me Torn

    TrueColors - 3

    When jock-boy Justin Clark asks Zoe out, she wonders if he could finally be The One. Nate, a diehard Christian and real friend, encourages Zoe to consider exactly what it all means before she makes a life-defining decision.
    But will Zoe learn befo...

  • The Gift of Christmas Present

    College student Christine Bradley grew up in a loving and honest family. So she couldn't have been more surprised when, shortly after her mother's death, her father revealed the startling truth that Christine had been adopted at birth. In search of c...

  • 'Twas the Night: The Nativity Story

  • Bitsy's Harvest Party

  • Crystal Lies

    A Son’s Addiction. A Mother’s Heartbreak. A Family’s Crisis. As the wife of a prominent city attorney and the mother of two teenage children on the brink of adulthood, Glennis Harmon lives the kind of successful, high-profile life that many pe...

  • Burnt Orange: Color Me Wasted

    TrueColors - 5

    Up until her senior year, Amber has been the model of perfection--just like her dad, Pastor Conrad, taught her to be. But when Claire Phillips invites her to more and more parties, Amber's little white lies about her drinking spark a raging wildfire ...

  • Pitch Black: Color Me Lost

    TrueColors - 4

    If Morgan thought her life was tough before -- what with a drug-addicted, klepto brother and a cradle-robbing mother -- it just got worse. Last night, her close friend Jason took his own life. Smart, funny, a good listener, and perfect in just about ...

  • I Do

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Caitlin - 5

    Saturday, October 22 My life changed today. It’s as if I got up this morning as one person and will go to bed as someone else. Okay, maybe it’s not THAT drastic. But I’m so excited I’m not sure I’ll ever go to sleep tonight. Josh Miller ...



  • On This Day

    As One Marriage Begins,Five Others Are Put to the Test.Drawn to Lakeside Inn from a variety of locations as diverse as they are, Elizabeth Anderson, Suzette Burke, Ingrid Campbell, Margaret Simpson, and Laura Fairbanksâ€"the bride’s aunt, family fr...

  • Three Days

    Have you ever wondered what it was like for Mary? How did she feel about being the mother of Christ? What was she thinking as she fixed his childhood wounds, listened to him address hundreds on a hillside, and watched him turn water to wine? And wha...

  • Just Ask!

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Kim - 1

    Thursday, September 1 I've been saving for my own car, but my parents decided that I can only get a car if I keep a clean driving record. That means absolutely NO tickets -- period -- nada. And the policeman said he'd clocked me going 72 in a 55 mil...

  • Fool's Gold: Color Me Consumed

    TrueColors - 6

    Hannah Johnson is pretty happy as a missionary kid in Papua New Guinea. But when she visits her cousin Vanessa for a summer in America, everything changes.
    Vanessa and her friends try to catch Hannah up on all the latest fashions, but in the end, ...

  • Blade Silver: Color Me Scarred

    TrueColors - 7

    Ruth Wallace knows she can only hide the scars on her arms for so long. Cutting herself doesn't make her problems disappear, but at least it helps her cope.Ruth needs to find someway, any way, to heal her scars--the ones she hides and the ones she ca...

  • Meant to Be

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Kim - 2

    Thursday, December 29 My dad and I are both feeling a little torn about Mom right now. On one hand, we all act like everything is just peachy, perfectly normal. But at the same time, it's like we're walking on eggshells too. Like we're all thinking ...

  • Bitter Rose: Color Me Crushed

    TrueColors - 8

    Maggie blames her mom for the family's disintegration. "She’s driven him away with her constant nagging and complaining and arguing. Honestly, who could stand to live with that woman?" she vents to her friend Claire.
    However, there's more to the...

  • Falling Up

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Kim - 3

    Answer Girl Has a Zillion Questions. And Zero Answers Kim Peterson, the Just Ask Jamie “answer girl†is about plum out of them. As if losing her mother to cancer wasn’t enough, the hits just keep coming. Now living with Kim and her father, her...

  • That Was Then

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Kim - 4

    This Is Now It’s Kim’s senior year and, while everyone’s looking forward to graduation, she’s got so much going on she can barely make it through the day. Natalie, pregnant with Benjamin O’Conner’s baby, believes it’s God’s will for ...

  • Faded Denim: Color Me Trapped

    TrueColors - 9

    All of Emily's friends seem so perfect. They're skinny and pretty and, of course, are fun and flirty to boot. Especially Leah, who, as Emily remembers it, used to be the chubby girl in school. Now Leah is on her way toward becoming America's next top...

  • Bad Connection

    The Secret Life of Samantha McGregor - 1

    Meet Samantha McGregor She seems like your average teen, but Samantha is unusually gifted. God gives her visions and dreams that offer unconventional glimpses into other people’s lives and problems. It’s a powerful gift with a lot of responsibili...

  • Bright Purple: Color Me Confused

    TrueColors - 10

    Jessica LeCroix drops a bomb on her best friend, Ramie: “I’m a lesbian.†Ramie Grant cannot believe her ears. Jess!? Her best friend, her teammate . . . a homosexual? Before long other girls on the basketball team find out, and little jokes bec...

  • Back Home Again

    Tales From Grace Chapel Inn - 1

    The sleepy town of Acorn Hill is in for a surprise when the three Howard sisters reunite after the death of their father. Each has inherited a share of his worn-down Victorian house, and they dream of turning the family home into a bed-and-breakfast....

  • The Christmas Bus

    The people of Christmas Valley always celebrate Christmas to the fullest extent. The mayor plays Santa, every business is holiday themed, and there's a nativity for the kids each Christmas Eve. This town knows Christmas. But this year nothing goes ac...

  • Notes from a Spinning Planet -- Ireland

    Notes from a Spinning Planet - 1

    It's pretty humiliating to admit, but I've never flown in a plane before today. So wouldn't you think that I'd be feeling pretty jazzed right now? Instead I keep grabbing onto these armrests as I ask myself why on earth I ever agreed to come on this ...

  • Hidden History

    Tales From Grace Chapel Inn - 4

    While giving the laundry room of Grace Chapel Inn a thorough cleaning, Alice Howard finds an old hatbox containing her father's teenage journal dating back to the early 1900s. As Alice reads it aloud each evening to her sisters, Louise and Jane, the ...

  • Moon White: Color Me Enchanted

    TrueColors - 11

    Heather's curiosity in Wicca brings new confidence and reassurance but alienates her from others. Even so, this enchanting path seems harmless, even helpful.
    But when terrifying things begin to happen that Heather can't explain, it becomes clear t...

  • My Son, the Savior

    "My Son, the Savior" captures Mary's story as she grew from a young, vulnerable girl to a grown woman witnessing Jesus's agonizing death and then, miraculously, his resurrection. It imagines Mary's deepest emotions and richest experiences as the moth...

  • Notes from a Spinning Planet -- Papua, New Guinea

    Notes from a Spinning Planet - 2

    I have to wonder -- if the AIDS crisis in Papua New Guinea is so hopeless, what difference will it make whether Aunt Sid writes a good story about it or not? What difference will it make that I'm here with her? I ask God to do something miraculous fo...

  • Beyond Reach

    The Secret Life of Samantha McGregor - 2

    If You Thought You Needed Vision, Would You Ask God For It? Exhausted by her role in the dramatic rescue of Kayla Henderson, Samantha McGregor is ready for a vacation from her God-given visions. But when Sam gets her wish and the visions actually ...

  • Truecolors

  • Harsh Pink: Color Me Burned

    TrueColors - 12

    Kendra, the most popular girl in school, decides to make Reagan part of her elite crew. But Reagan finds that acceptance has a steep price, as her new friends make life miserable for anyone who gets in their way.
    And after a tragic accident and pa...

  • These Boots Weren't Made for Walking

    Why do bad things happen to girls with good fashion sense? Certain she's paid her corporate dues, thirty one-year-old Cassidy Cantrell struts through the office in her chic Valentino boots to turn in her latest project. She's confident she'll make...

  • Notes from a Spinning Planet -- Mexico

    Notes from a Spinning Planet - 3

    Madison Chase's holiday break is drawing to a close and she's eager to leave the gray Washington winter and join her Aunt Sid on a warm vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Maddie is pleasantly surprised when her good friend Ryan McIntire shows up to ...

  • Playing with Fire

    The Secret Life of Samantha McGregor - 4

    If your vision led you straight into the fire,would you follow it anyway?Samantha’s brother, Zach, is finally home after a ninety-day rehab for his meth addiction, and life seems to be getting back to normal. That is, until Sam starts having dreams...

  • An Irish Christmas

    For Colleen, life is spinning out of control. She just lost her husband, and her relationship with her young adult son Jamie is crumbling. Should she confess to him the secret that has been haunting her for twenty years? Jamie has a few secrets of hi...

  • Project: Girl Power

    The Girls of 622 Harbor View - 1

    Written by bestselling author melody carlson. Meet Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily. They all live in the trailer park at 622 Harbor View in tiny Boscoe Bay, Oregon. Proximity made them friends, but a desire to make the world a better place -- and a wi...

  • Project: Mystery Bus

    The Girls of 622 Harbor View - 2

    Written by bestselling author melody carlson. Meet Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily. They all live in the trailer park at 622 Harbor View in tiny Boscoe Bay, Oregon. Proximity made them friends, but a desire to make the world a better place -- and a wi...

  • Project: Rescue Chelsea

    The Girls of 622 Harbor View - 3

    Written by bestselling author melody carlson. Meet Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily. They all live in the trailer park at 622 Harbor View in tiny Boscoe Bay, Oregon. Proximity made them friends, but a desire to make the world a better place -- and a wi...

  • Project: Take Charge

    The Girls of 622 Harbor View - 4

    Written by bestselling author melody carlson. Meet Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily. They all live in the trailer park at 622 Harbor View in tiny Boscoe Bay, Oregon. Proximity made them friends, but a desire to make the world a better place -- and a wi...

  • Ready to Wed

    Tales From Grace Chapel Inn - 39

    When Belle Bannister, a real Georgia peach, checks into Grace Chapel Inn on a mission to find a husband among the eligible bachelors of Acorn Hill, the Howard sisters teeter between disbelief and awe. Belle sets off to plan her wedding, trusting God ...

  • Payback

    The Secret Life of Samantha McGregor - 3

    If your vision asked you to risk your life to save others, would you have the courage?When Samantha McGregor tells her friend Detective Ebony Hamilton of her disturbing visions of a brutal murder at a high school, Ebony asks her to go undercover to h...

  • Benjamin's Box: The Story of the Resurrection Eggs

    Are you looking for the perfect Easter picture book and a way to engage your children with the biblical story of Holy Week in a way they’ll remember? Learn about Jesus along with Benjamin as he follows Jesus through Jerusalem to find out who this m...

  • I Heart Bloomberg

    86 Bloomberg Place - 1

    Kendall’s managed to wrangle her grandmother’s house -- free and clear -- except for the rules. No male roommates. But that’s ok, with the right ad she’ll pull in some girls, their rent and if she’s lucky, she won’t have to go to work any...

  • Mixed Bags

    Carter House Girls - 1

    When her mom died, DJ had to move in with her grandmother, internationally famous ’60s fashion model Katherine Carter. Now Mrs. Carter’s opened a boarding home for young ladies, and DJ -- who would rather wear her basketball team uniform than hau...

  • Project: Rasing Faith

    The Girls of 622 Harbor View - 5

    When the girls set out to raise the money to go on a 3-day ski trip with the church youth group, Morgan is confident that God will provide the funds. But while everyone else finds a way to afford the trip, Morgan's plans are derailed by her grandmoth...

  • Project: Run Away

    The Girls of 622 Harbor View - 6

    The miraculous power of prayer -- to protect, guide, and heal -- plays an important role in the sixth adventure of the Girls of 622 Harbor View. Fleeing her abusive ex-husband, Emily’s mother packs up her two children and disappears down a rainy Or...

  • Stealing Bradford

    Carter House Girls - 2

    The Carter House girls are just getting to know one another when the subject of boys comes up. Rhiannon’s dating Bradford, the most popular jock in school, Eliza’s seeing Harry, and even DJ has dated Conner, although now he acts as if he doesn’...

  • A Mile in My Flip-Flops

    Thirty-something Gretchen Hanover is stuck. Seeking solace from a broken heart, she traded her wedding plans for home improvement shows and ice cream--but she knows she can't live on Ben and Jerry's forever. She also knows that her enthusiastic Lab p...

  • All in the Timing

    Tales From Grace Chapel Inn - 12

  • Winter Wonders

    Tales From Grace Chapel Inn - 6

  • A Not-So-Simple Life

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Maya - 1

    Fifteen-year-old Maya Stark seems to have it all -- fame, fortune, a Beverly Hills lifestyle, and an eighties pop star dad who's making a comeback. But looks can be deceiving, and on the inside, Maya is miserable. Her parents are divorced, her dad is...

  • All I Have to Give

    Anna and Michael have been trying for years without success to have a baby. Now in her late thirties, Anna has given up on the hope of motherhood after heartbreaking miscarriages and shattered dreams. As Christmas nears, she has to consider the possi...

  • Homecoming Queen

    Carter House Girls - 3

    Taylor returns from her disappearing act. Tthe girls are still at odds over boyfriends and drama roles, as well as the upcoming event where Taylor, Eliza, and a reluctant DJ compete for homecoming queen. Will the best girl win?...

  • Let Them Eat Fruitcake

    86 Bloomberg Place - 2

    It's the holiday season, and each of the roommates at 86 Bloomberg Place is a little blue.  Megan's got the boss from hell, and now her mom is going on a cruise, leaving Megan alone for Christmas for the first time ever. Lelani can't afford to f...

  • The Other Side of Darkness

    Once again, I have kept the demons at bay. As a wife and mother, Ruth knows her prayers are crucial to her family's spiritual welfare. She stands between her precious children and the evil one, doing battle in prayer. She can't afford to be carele...

  • Project: Secret Admirer

    The Girls of 622 Harbor View - 8

    What happens when the boy you like doesn’t like you back? Meet Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily. They all live in the trailer park at 622 Harbor View in tiny Boscoe Bay, Oregon. Proximity made them friends, but a desire to make the world a better pla...

  • Project: Ski Trip

    The Girls of 622 Harbor View - 7
    Faithgirlz!

    Carlie’s mad! Can she forgive her friends -- and will they forgive her? Meet Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily. They all live in the trailer park at 622 Harbor View in tiny Boscoe Bay, Oregon. Proximity made them friends, but a desire to make the worl...

  • Viva Vermont!

    Carter House Girls - 4

    Mrs. Carter takes the girls on a weekend trip to General Harding's luxurious mountain getaway in Vermont. Naturally, she's unaware that some girls have invited boys to come up to the ski lodge too. And, distracted by the general, Mrs. Carter leaves t...

  • Just Another Girl

    Aster Flynn is stuck. She has to spend all of her "free" time with her younger sister, Lily, who, though fifteen, is mentally handicapped. At age seventeen, Aster should be hanging out with friends, dating boys, and working at a fun job. But her dad'...

  • It's a Green Thing

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Maya - 2

    For the first time that she can remember, Maya Stark is beginning to feel like a “normal†teenager. Even with her mother in jail for drug possession and her pop-star father away on his comeback tour, Maya’s new life with her uncle Allen and cou...

  • Lost in Las Vegas

    Carter House Girls - 5

    Mix six teenaged girls and one ’60s fashion icon (retired, of course) in an old Victorian-era boarding home. Add boys and dating, a little high-school angst, and throw in a Kate Spade bag or two … and you’ve got The Carter House Girls, Melody C...

  • Spring Broke

    86 Bloomberg Place - 3

    In the 86 Bloomberg Place series, four diverse young women with varying levels of faith, differing interests, and unique personal issues share a four-bedroom bungalow in an energetic college town. In spring broke, Kendall's housemates help her plan ...

  • New York Debut

    Carter House Girls - 6

    The girls return from the holidays in time for a New Year's party, and Mrs. Carter announces that it's time to get ready for Spring Fashion Week. A designer friend has invited the girls to participate in the big New York event and they have one month...

  • The Christmas Dog

    Betty Kowalski isn't looking forward to the holidays. She just can't seem to find Christmas in her heart. There's church, of course. But who can she bake for these days? And who would care whether or not she pulled out the Christmas decorations? Her ...

  • Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah

    86 Bloomberg Place - 4

    In the final installment in the 86 Bloomberg Place series, Melody Carlson follows the girls in a crazed competition for bridesmaids, wedding locations, and showers. Newly engaged Lelani has returned from Maui to Bloomberg Place and is trying to book ...

  • What Matters Most

    Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Diary of a Teenage Girl - Maya - 3

    Maya’s Green Tip for the Day: Recycled fashion is one of the most fun ways to go green. A pair of jeans could be transformed into a denim skirt. A sweater into a vest. A bunch of old ties into a dress. A blanket into a poncho. Accessorize it in new...

  • Love Finds You in Sisters, Oregon

    Love Finds You

    Hope Bartolli has avoided Sisters for years -- both her hometown of Sisters, Oregon and her two sisters who live there. But when the 32-year-old corporate lawyer returns home to attend her beloved grandmother’s funeral, she’s surprised to learn t...

  • Limelight

    "I used to be a beauty...too good for our dusty little town...destined for greatness." Claudette Fiore used to turn heads and break hearts. She relished the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle because she had what it takes: money, youth, fame, and above a...

  • Anything but Normal

    Sophie is starting a new school year. Shopping for it with her best friend should be fun, but nothing seems to fit, which is a major issue to a high school girl. But her biggest problem is the secret she's keeping. And she's about to find out that sh...

  • Spring Breakdown

    Carter House Girls - 7

    Mrs. Carter takes the girls to Florida for a "quiet" spring break, but forget about quiet when boyfriends from Crescent Cove enter the scene. Taylor's still committed to sobriety, but Eliza goes wild. And then she goes missing. Vacationing comes to a...

  • As Young As We Feel

    The Four Lindas - 1

    Once upon a time in the little town on the Oregon coast, there were four Lindas -- all in the same first-grade classroom. So they decided to go by their middle names. And form a club. And be friends forever. But that was 47 years and four lives ago. ...

  • The Last Dance

    Carter House Girls - 8

    With graduation looming, the Carter House girls are struggling with college visits, prom dress warfare, and boyfriend situations that are going from bad to worse. Mrs. Carter ups the stress level by planning a typical over-the-top Mother's Day fashio...

  • Love Finds You in Pendleton, Oregon

    Love Finds You

    Native American beauty Sunny Westcott is not one to let her hair down. But her friend Aubrey manages to drag her to Pendleton, Oregon, and the pair arrives just as the hundredth annual Pendleton Round-Up begins. Sunny is surprised by how much she enj...

  • Catwalk

    On the Runway

    Big Apple. Bigger Problems. The success of the Forrester sisters' On the Runway TV show lands them a hot ticket to Fashion Week in New York City. Paige is determined to garner the attention of New York's top designers, but her newfound fame threatens...

  • Premiere

    On the Runway

    A recipe for success or a design for disaster? Although they're sisters, Paige and Erin Forrester are like oil and water, night and day, denim and silk. Paige is an outgoing fashionista who loves to be the center of attention, while Erin is more comf...

  • Forgotten

    With absent parents, overdue rent, and no one to turn to, Adele is forced into the hard, cold world of homelessness. While striving to maintain the pretense of a “normal†life, Adele attempts to finish high school, all the while concealing her se...

  • Rendezvous

    On the Runway

    Lost in translation? Having learned some hard lessons about the costs of recklessness and fame, sisters Paige and Erin Forrester feel ready to take their fashion-focused TV show on location to Paris. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for many of th...

  • Hometown Ties

    The Four Lindas - 2

    In this second installment of Melody Carlson's engaging Four Lindas series, four fifty-something women discover you really can go home again ... but it's not always easy! Once upon a time in a little town on the Oregon coast lived four Lindas -- a...

  • Christmas at Harrington's

    Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand ...

  • Spotlight

    On the Runway

    Feeling the heat. On the Runway has become a global phenomenon, and when Paige and Erin Forrester take their reality show to London, they get a reception to remember. Bombarded by crazed fans and the flashbulbs and interrogations of the infamous ...

  • Never Been Kissed

    All Elise wants is to have her first kiss before she turns 16. But when a friend's poor advice and the powers of electronic technology combine, Elise heads down a dangerous road. This powerful and realistic story shows teen girls the impact of their ...

  • Glamour

    On the Runway

    Sink or swim? Paige's engagement to designer Dylan Marceau shocks the fashion world. Although Paige appears to be happy, Erin wonders if it's true love or just a desire for attention and publicity. As Paige's love life takes off, Erin is feeling p...

  • Memories from Acorn Hill

    Tales From Grace Chapel Inn

    Two Tales from Grace Chapel Inn favorites in one volume! In Ready to Wed, Belle Bannister, a real Georgia peach, checks into Grace Chapel Inn to find a husband among the eligible bachelors of Acorn Hill. She blatantly attempts to woo the Howard s...

  • All for One

    The Four Lindas - 3

    Life is heating up for the four Lindas -- and it's not just hot flashes! Abby's losing sleep over her husband's health and neglecting her bed-and-breakfast dreams. Caroline may have waited too long to put her Alzheimer's-afflicted mom in a care facil...

  • Shattered: A Daughter's Regret

    Cleo Neilson is the only one who knows why her mother was in a seedy part of town that one night, but she’s determined to keep the secret that’s breaking her heart. Walk through this teen fiction novel of grief, guilt, faith, and forgiveness.You ...

  • Love Finds You in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

    Love Finds You

    Love Finds You Artist Waverly Brennan wants a fresh start. She gets her chance when her ever-quirky mother calls to say she's purchased a gallery in Martha's Vineyard and would love Waverly's help setting it up. Enticed by visions of running a cla...

  • Allison O'Brian on Her Own: Volume 1

    Fourteen-year-old Allison O'Brian has never known what it's like to have a real family. She knows nothing about her father, and her mother is a glamorous movie star who has little time for her. But when Allison stumbles upon a long-lost letter, she l...

  • Allison O'Brian on Her Own: Volume 2

    Fourteen-year-old Allison O'Brian has never known what it's like to have a real family. She knows nothing about her father, and her mother is a glamorous movie star who has little time for her. But when Allison stumbles upon a long-lost letter, she l...

  • Double Take

    It's spring break of her senior year and Madison Van Buren is fed up. Stressed over Ivy League pressure, her parents' marital problems, and her boyfriend's neglect, Madison gets in her car and drives west. Meanwhile, eighteen-year-old Anna Bronner wa...

  • Ciao

    On the Runway

    The sweet life might just turn sour. After the events in the Bahamas, Paige's engagement to designer Dylan Marceau is about to fall apart---and so is Paige. Erin's state of mind isn't much better. In addition to keeping Paige in check, Erin is dealin...

  • River's Song

    The Inn at Shining Waters - 1

    Sometimes when we look back, we are able to see ahead Following her mother's funeral, and on the verge of her own midlife crisis, widow Anna Larson returns to the home of her youth to sort out her parents' belongings, as well as her own turbulent ...

  • The Christmas Shoppe

    The small town of Parrish Springs is not ready for Matilda Honeycutt. A strange older woman with scraggly gray hair and jewelry that jangles as she walks, Matilda is certainly not the most likely person to buy the old Barton Building on the town's qu...

  • Here's to Friends

    The Four Lindas - 4

    Once upon a time in a little town on the Oregon coast lived four Lindas -- all in the same first-grade classroom. So they decided to go by their middle names. And form a club. And be friends forever. Decades later, they're all back home in Clifden...

  • Damaged

    Secrets

    Sixteen-year-old Haley's life is about to change. With divorced parents, she's allowed to choose who to live with. Tired of Mom's restrictions (like no dating), she picks laid-back Dad, although that means she'll have to go to a new school. But even ...

  • Goodnight, Angels

    Goodnight, rubber duckie. Thank you for the scrub. Goodnight to the bubbles, Sliding down the tub. As a little boy says goodnight to the things and people in his world, he remembers to offer a thankful nighttime prayer to God. Goodnight Angels gently...

  • The Jerk Magnet

    Life at Kingston High - 1

    When Chelsea Martin's future stepmother helps her transform from gawky and geeky into the hottest girl at her new school, Chelsea is pretty sure it's the best thing that ever happened to her. But her hot new look has a downside. She's attracting lots...

  • River's Call

    The Inn at Shining Waters - 2

    Anna Larson's daughter, Lauren, is confused, brokenhearted, and misguided. It's the turbulent 1960s and, feeling alienated from her mother, Lauren chooses to stay with her paternal grandmother. However, repelled by the woman's manipulative and spitef...

  • Trapped

    Secrets

    As straight-A student GraceAnn enters her senior year, the stakes feel higher, the stress is mounting, and after bad breakup with her boyfriend, her grades begin to slip. And grades that are less than perfect just aren’t acceptable.She knows that o...

  • The Best Friend

    Life at Kingston High - 2

    Lishia Vance is flummoxed. One day she has friends. The next day everyone has turned against her. No explanation. Just complete social isolation. Even her best friend Janelle isn't giving her the time of day. When she makes a connection with Riley At...

  • The Christmas Pony

    Eight-year-old Lucy Turnbull knew better than to wish for a pony that Christmas in 1937. Her mother had assured her in no uncertain terms that asking for a pony was the same as asking for the moon. Besides, the only extra mouths they needed at their ...

  • River's End

    The Inn at Shining Waters - 3

    In the final story of The Inn at Shining Waters, Anna Larson's granddaughter Sarah is beginning to find her independence. But her relationship with her parents suffers as a result and she travels away from all that is familiar. While the solace o...

  • Westward Hearts

    Homeward on the Oregon Trail - 1

    Bestselling author Melody Carlson begins an inspiring new series of adventure and romance on the Oregon Trail. Kentucky, 1854--Elizabeth Martin has mourned her husband's death for three years, but now she feels ready to fulfill the dream they had...

  • Deceived

    Seventeen-year-old Rachel is longing for a bit of normalcy. After taking a summer job away from home, she meets a good-looking Australian boy with a similar appreciation for church, family, and a more conservative lifestyle. But before she knows it, ...

  • The Prom Queen

    Life at Kingston High - 3

    Megan Bernard would sell her soul to be prom queen. Okay, maybe not her soul. But her popular older sister Belinda was prom queen last year, and Megan is certain that the only thing that would make her truly happy would be to attain the same honor. H...

  • A Dream for Tomorrow

    Homeward on the Oregon Trail - 2

    Bestselling author Melody Carlson (more than 5 million books sold) continues her Homeward on the Oregon Trail series with this second romantic adventure. Elizabeth Martin and her two children have made it through the easy part of their journey, bu...

  • Enticed: A Dangerous Connection

    Sixteen-year-old Simi Fremont thinks she’s found her dream job and the solution to her family’s money problems. But the modeling agency she found online is not what it seems. It’ll take every bit of her faith for her to escape the dangerous sch...

  • Built With Love

    Second Chances - 2

    For a young widow, the stone mansion she once dreamed of owning offers the promise of a new beginning. After the death of her husband, Kestra returns to her hometown of Port Star. With the purchase of her childhood dream house a stone mansion along ...

  • A Simple Song

    Katrina Yoder loves to sing, but her Amish parents view singing as vainglory and a sin. Katrina's best friend, Bekka, is convinced Katrina should try out for American Star, a televised singing competition that Bekka has been secretly watching. Katrin...

  • Lock, Stock, and Over a Barrel

    Dear Daphne - 1

    Aunt Dee has a secret. In fact, she had a lot of secrets. With high hopes, Daphne Ballinger lands her dream job at The New York Times. But it's not long until writing about weddings becomes a painful reminder of her own failed romance, and her lov...

  • A Home at Trail's End

    Homeward on the Oregon Trail - 3

    Elizabeth Martin and her two children have finally reached the Oregon Country. But Eli Kincade, the wagon train scout who captured her heart, has chosen to continue life on the trail. As other pioneer families begin building new homes, Elizabeth has ...

  • Grace Unplugged

    Grace Trey is an eighteen-year-old singer as passionate about her Christian faith as she is her phenomenal, God-given musical talent. Both traits come from her father, one-hit wonder Johnny Tray who found Jesus after losing his chart success two deca...

  • A Simple Christmas Wish

    Rachel Milligan is caring for her seven-year-old niece, Holly, at her home in Chicago when she receives devastating news: Holly's parents have been killed in a plane crash. Because Rachel is Holly's only known relative, she assumes that she will be h...

  • First Date

    The Dating Games - 1

    Five high school friends have one thing in common as they start their sophomore year: none of them have ever been on a "real" date. With homecoming looming, they make a pact and start a secret club they call the Dg (Dating Game). They're sworn to sec...

  • Once Upon a Winter's Heart

    Emma Burcelli has suffered over a decade of dating disasters. But she concludes that love is officially dead when her grandfather Poppi suddenly passes, leaving her grandmother Nona devastated. To help out, Emma works in the family bookstore, which N...

  • My Amish Boyfriend

    Sixteen-year-old Shannon McNamara has exciting plans for the summer, and she can't wait to get to them. Unbeknownst to her, however, her widowed and ailing mother has plans of her own--to relocate them both to the heart of Amish country in Ohio where...

  • The Long Road Home

    Disenchanted with her humdrum Kansas farm life, Jessica Johnson is swept away by handsome Barry Bartowski’s poetry and music. Naturally, her family can’t stand the guy. But when Jessica makes a startling discovery, she chooses to run away with Ba...

  • The Princess Wars

    The twin princesses of Raspen Kingdom have been at odds for their entire lives. Firstborn Heather is a no-frills girl who grew up riding horses, fencing, and dreaming of great adventures. Meanwhile her twin sister Rose loves ornate jewels, silk gowns...

  • Dating, Dining, and Desperation

    Dear Daphne - 2

    Daphne Ballinger has learned to accept her deceased, eccentric aunt’s strange request that she marry in order to inherit her estate, along with taking over her aunt’s hometown paper’s advice column. But knowing and accepting that God’s wil...

  • The Waiting Room

    Prepare for take-off. You're in for quite a ride. Melody Carlson's The Waiting Room is a profoundly moving tale full of wit and wisdom and wonder. Recommended! Anita Higman, Best-selling Author of Winter in Full Bloom The Waiting Room is a no...

  • Blind Date

    The Dating Games - 2

    The girls of the Dating Games club are at it again, setting each other up on five blind dates for the upcoming masquerade ball. Trouble is, some of the girls are wondering if the others can be trusted to deliver on their promises. In fact, there's a ...

  • The Christmas Cat

    After years abroad, Garrison Brown returns home to Vancouver to build a new life. When his beloved grandmother passes away a few weeks before Christmas, Garrison goes to her house to sort out her belongings, including six cats who need new homes. Whi...

  • Trading Secrets

    Back in fifth grade, Micah Knight got an Amish pen pal, and over the years, they've exchanged many letters--and many secrets. At age seventeen, Micah finally has the chance to meet her pen pal face-to-face. The only problem is that because of confusi...

  • Love Gently Falling

    Rita Jansen is living her dream as a hairstylist in Hollywood when her father calls with news that her mother has suffered a stroke. When she gets home to Chicago, Rita finds her mother is healing but facing a long recovery. Worse, without being able...

  • Double Date

    The Dating Games - 3

    The girls of the DG have found that through the club, both their friendships and their dating savvy have grown. But all that is about to be put to the test. Despite their promises of secrecy, word has somehow gotten out, and new girls want to join th...

  • Once Upon a Summertime

    Follow Your Heart - 1

    Managing the Value Lodge in her hometown was not what Anna Gordon had in mind when she set out in the hospitality industry. But it's a safe choice for a woman whose childhood was anything but stable. Out of the blue, she gets a once-in-a-lifetime cha...

  • Prom Date

    The Dating Games - 4

    The girls of the Dating Games club have learned a lot this year--about boys, dating, friendship, and themselves. Now the school year is wrapping up, and the biggest date of all looms on the horizon: prom. With this new challenge comes a lot of extra ...

  • The Christmas Joy Ride

    Miranda did not put adventure on her Christmas list, but thanks to her eighty-five-year-old neighbor Joy, that's exactly what she's getting this year. When Joy tells Miranda that she plans to drive an old RV decked out in Christmas decorations from t...

  • Home, Hearth, and the Holidays

    Dear Daphne - 3

    With holidays approaching in the charming town of Appleton, and Daphne Ballinger's deadline to "get hitched" drawing closer, Daphne finds herself happily distracted with the unexpected tasks of "motherhood" Young Mabl is enjoying the attention, but t...

  • Perfect Alibi

    Love Inspired Suspense - 490
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 490

    SEEKING REFUGE When her friend is murdered, journalist Mallory Myers knows the killer is coming for her next. The problem is no one believes her -- in fact, she's considered a suspect. Her news anchor ex-boyfriend has everyone fooled, but Mallory...

  • Your Heart's Desire

    It's almost New Year's 1946, a perfect time for Caroline Marshall to start a new chapter in her life. Widowed three years ago when she lost her husband in the war, she has decided to move with her nine-year-old son to join her sister's family in sunn...

  • No One to Trust

    Love Inspired Suspense - 519
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 519

    DANGER IN THE DUNES In a deserted area of a beach town, Leah Hampton is helpless against the stranger trying to drag her away at gunpoint. But a handsome man comes to her rescue, risking his life for her. Suddenly, she and Jon Wilson are being hu...

  • A Will, a Way, and a Wedding

    Dear Daphne - 4

    As Daphne begins making reluctant plans to let Aunt Dee's house and life go and pick up the pieces of her fractured life, the guy she's been dreaming about begins to change his tune. Of course, another huge obstacle pops up at about the same time, th...

  • Friends Forever

    From bestselling author Melody Carlson comes a series about four friends determined to change their lives … and their world: Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily -- The Girls of Harbor View. Each of the eight ebooks in this complete collection contains u...

  • All Summer Long

    Follow Your Heart - 2

    Tia Gets a Second Chance at Love When an Old Crush Suddenly Reappears Tia D'Amico is thrilled to move to San Francisco to help her aunt transform an old luxury yacht into an upscale floating restaurant. What's not to love? Sunset dinner cruises, u...

  • The Christmas Angel Project

    Five women from different walks of life have become close friends through their book club--enjoying one another's company even more than they enjoy the books. So when the leader of the book club unexpectedly passes away on the cusp of the Christmas s...

  • Against the Tide

    Love Inspired Suspense - 556
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 556

    EXPOSING THE TRUTHN Returning home for her father's funeral, big-city reporter Megan McCallister is brutally attacked -- confirming her suspicions that her father's mysterious death was no accident. But only her childhood friend, Garret Larsson, ...

  • I'll Be Seeing You

    The Mulligan Sisters - 1

    December 7, 1941, San Francisco is on high alert following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Mulligan family is grappling with the news that Peter, beloved son and brother, is among the missing.

    Each of the Mulligan sisters Bridget, Margaret, Co...

  • Thursday's Child

    Second Chances - 4

    Emma has always been "the practical one" in the family. But that is about to change as she embarks on the adventure of her life. Emma Davis wants a new life now that she no longer needs to care for her grandmother. A spur-of-the-moment visit to a tra...

  • As Time Goes by

    The Mulligan Sisters - 2

    In 1942 San Francisco, war has touched every part of the Mulligans lives. With their brother killed at Pearl Harbor, their father recovering from tuberculosis, and their eldest sister a nurse in the Army, those at home are left to keep on, wondering ...

  • Under a Summer Sky

    Follow Your Heart - 3

    High school art teacher Nicole Anderson is looking forward to a relaxing summer in Savannah, house-sitting and managing an art gallery for a family friend. The house is luxurious in a way that only old money could make it, and the gallery promises in...

  • The Christmas Blessing

    When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby's father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant's paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don't...

  • Skin Deep

    The Eli Diaries - 2

    What if Jesus were in high school today? What would he say? What would he do? Maggie's reputation as the school sleep-around is hard to live with, but escaping her past is even tougher. And a strange guy named Eli just complicates matters. It doesn't...

  • String of Pearls

    The Mulligan Sisters - 3

    By 1943 the world is in the thick of war and the home-front continues to play a vital role. The Mulligans of San Francisco do their part in the war effort, but hardships and deprivations are taking a toll and each the four Mulligan sisters are tested...

  • Daily Grind

    The Eli Diaries - 6

    What if Jesus were in high school today? Who would he hang out with? What would he say? What would he do? Maggie hopes to put her reputation behind her when she's hired as a barista at Surfer Joe's. But the haters keep hating, and Eli's words on forg...

  • We'll Meet Again

    The Mulligan Sisters - 4

    Now in its third year, World War II still rages, taking its toll on everyone. On the home-front, the Mulligans continue to face war-related challenges . . . and patience wears thin.

    Margaret is pulled in various directions as she attempts to care...

  • With The Tide

    The Eli Diaries - 9

    What if Jesus were in high school today? Who would he hang out with? What would he say? What would he do? Maggie is really in love this time. With the ocean. But just when she thinks her life is finally going somewhere, the ocean (like all her previo...

  • Harbor Secrets

    The Legacy of Sunset Cove - 1

    A Peaceful Coastal Town...Threatened by a Storm of Secrets

    It's 1916 when newspaper woman Anna McDowell learns her estranged father has suffered a stroke. Deciding it's time to repair bridges, Anna packs up her precocious adolescent daughter and ...

  • A Christmas by the Sea

    When Wendy Harper inherits her family's beachside cottage in Seaside, Maine, she sees it as a way to finally pay off the debts that have mounted since her husband died. But before it can be sold, the neglected property must be renovated. She and her ...

  • Gone Too Soon

    An icy road. A car crash.A family changed forever.Hannah Josephson had always been the “perfect†daughter. Kiera couldn’t live up to her before, and she certainly can’t now that her older sister has died in a car accident. But the image she c...

  • Riptide Rumors

    The Legacy of Sunset Cove - 2

    If the Tide Doesn't Change, Who Will Pay the Price?

    As autumn of 1916 descends upon the once-peaceful town of Sunset Cove, Anna McDowell has great hopes that the excitement of the summer will be over, now that a few of the key players in the rum-...

  • Courting Mr. Emerson

    When the fun-loving and spontaneous artist Willow West meets buttoned-up, retired English teacher George Emerson, it's not exactly love at first sight. Though she does find the obsessive-compulsive man intriguing. Making it her mission to get him to ...

  • Meet the Misfits

    Being Zoey - 1

    Zoey's pretty sure her life is over when her wannaba-rockstar mother uproots her from from their home in Seattle and deposits her in Nowheresville, Oregon to live with her whackadoodle grandparents. Things start to look up, though, when she reconnect...

  • What If?

    What if I were a ladybug? Or a polar bear? Or a creature from outer space?

    This fun, whimsical story takes us through some of the amazing creations in our world, and how wonderful it is to be who God made us to be....

  • Good Morning, God

    It's time to wake up and say hello to all your favorite things! Children and adults alike will enjoy this fun and fanciful glimpse into one little girl's morning as she greets each of the things that make up her world, from her teddy bear to ...

  • Odd Girl Out

    Being Zoey - 2

    Zoey's school year is beginning...without her new BFF. Louisa is out with a bad case of the flu, and that leaves Zoey to fend for herself in the first days of middle school.

    She thinks maybe it won't be so bad when she strikes up a conversat...

  • Surf Smugglers

    The Legacy of Sunset Cove - 3

    In the summer of 1917, US troops join the allied forces in the Great War. Back in Sunset Cove, Oregon, other battles wage. Anna McDowell continues to fight old fashioned stereotypes as she runs a newspaper committed to truth. Despite opposition, sheâ...

  • Land of Lies

    Follow along on the adventure as one little boy travels in his dreams to the Land of Lies...where nothing's what it claims it is and he soon learns the value of telling the truth. Bestelling author Melody Carlson weaves a whimsical story brought a...

  • Christmas in Winter Hill

    Krista Galloway is not a fan of Christmas. After her rough childhood in multiple foster homes, the holiday season just brings too many bad memories to the surface. But when she accepts a job as a city manager in the mountain town of Winter Hill, Wash...

  • Broken Promises

    Being Zoey - 3

    A school play sounds like fun...for some.As she settles into life in the middle school of her new hometown, Zoey agrees to audition for the school play to encourage Louisa. Isn’t that what a BFF does? But she’s none too sure it’ll a...

  • Turning Tide

    The Legacy of Sunset Cove - 4

    As the Great War rages on, Sunset Cove continues to feel its impact. Running the small town newspaper, Anna McDowell can't escape the grim reports from the other side of the world, but home-front challenges abound as well. Dr. Daniel is serving the w...

  • The Happy Camper

    Home is the place to heal, right? At least, that's what Dillon Michaels is hoping as she leaves her disappointing career and nonstarter love life behind to help her grieving and aging grandfather on his small Oregon farm. The only problem? Her ec...

  • Taking Chances

    Being Zoey - 4

    Zoey knows her days are numbered. At least when it comes to remaining in Cedarville. So when Louisa coaxes her to be part of a garage band, Zoey tosses her insecurities aside to make music with her friends. And she even goes out for the basketball te...

  • The Christmas Swap

    All Emma Daley wants this holiday season is a white Christmas. But the young teacher and struggling musician sure can't find that in sunny Arizona. Luckily, there's someone living in a perfect mountain home in the Colorado Rockies looking to ...

  • Delia and the Drifter

    Westward to Home - 1

    An arranged marriage to save the family from ruin?Delia Blackstone knows what her mother is up to—she intends to marry her off to an older man who is all fortune and no future. And Delia's having none of it.When a mysterious visitor appears on...

  • Home Sweet Tiny Home

    Kate Burrows has a life many would envy-a good job at a design firm, a huge house, beautiful memories of the late husband who gave her everything, and two grown kids doing well for themselves. But it's all begun to ring hollow as she wanders around a...

  • Miranda and the Miner

    Westward to Home - 2

    An education back East? That's the last thing Miranda Williams wants, but since her stepfather had noted it in his will, her stepsister Delia is determined to see it through. But Miranda doesn't want to go East, and she certainly doesn't want to be s...

  • A Christmas in the Alps

    After a time of heartache and loss, Simone Winthrop discovers a tantalizing letter from her French great-grandmother, which seems to suggest that she is heir to a family treasure. Ever practical, Simone assumes the claim is baseless, but her best fri...

  • Looking for Leroy

    It's official: Brynna Phillips is done with men. They only break your heart. But just when she makes this declaration, her friend Jan convinces Brynna to join her on a camping vacation in Sonoma Wine Country. As they wind their way toward their d...

  • Julianne and the Judge

    Westward to Home - 3

    Fresh out of finishing school, Julianne Blackstone is eager to return to her sister's ranch in Colorado, but her parents have other plans. Plans that involve money, matrimony...and mayhem. While helping in her mother's chic dress shop, Julianne rekin...

  • A Quilt for Christmas

    Christmas should be celebrated with family. But for Vera Swanson, that's not an option this year. Widowed and recently relocated, she is lonely in her condo-for-one--until little Fiona Albright knocks on her door needing help. With her mother serious...

  • Second Time Around

    Who doesn't love a second chance? When empty nester Mallory Farrell inherits her grandmother's run-down tourist shop in Seaport, Oregon, it seems the only sensible thing to do is to sell it. But when her former secret crush, Grayson Matthews, wants t...

  • A Royal Quest

    The Princess Wars - 1

    Two princesses...one crown.The royal twins have battled it out for almost eighteen years, but Princess Heather is firstborn and her ailing father's first choice to inherit his throne. Princess Rose is not a bit pleased, and the Kingdom of Raspen is n...

  • A Royal Christmas

    Adelaide Smith is too busy for fairy tales. She's been working hard to put herself through law school and now that the end is in sight, she's determined to stay focused on her goals. Then she receives a letter notifying her that she has been found th...

  • Just for the Summer

    Ginny Masters manages a popular boutique hotel in Seattle and manages it with aplomb. But the daily challenges and irritations of a fast-paced job and a demanding boss are starting to get to her. Jacqueline Potter manages her grandfather's fishing lo...

  • The Christmas Tree Farm

    When Madison McDowell returns from several years teaching overseas, she has high hopes of picking up where she left off at her family's Christmas tree farm in Oregon. But between damage from a recent wildfire and the neglect due to her sister Addie's...

Award-Winning Books by Melody Carlson

Anything but Normal
2011 Carol Award -- Young Adult
Grace Unplugged
2014 Christian Retailing's Best -- Contemporary Fiction
Homeward
1998 Rita Award -- Inspirational Romance
A Simple Song
2014 Carol Award -- Young Adult


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