Search query: growing season by melanie lageschulte

Product: Turning Season: a novel (Book 7) (Melinda Foster Series)
Description: Autumn’s reds and golds make tiny Prosper picture-perfect, but under the surface lies a startling truth: Not everything is what it seems.

Melinda throws herself into plans for the rural community’s first-ever fall festival, and embraces the seasonal chores cropping up around her small farm. But her sun-dappled days are disrupted when Prosper is suddenly thrust into the spotlight. An unexpected windfall gives new life to a long-held hope, then a mysterious discovery puts everyone on edge. And as the mayor’s race heats up, Melinda discovers small-town politics can be more frightening than anything that goes bump in the night.

As the leaves change color and drift away, Melinda’s personal life is also evolving. Her new relationship appears to be on solid ground, but will clashing perspectives and shifting priorities cloud its future? Don’t miss the next installment in this heartwarming series!
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Product: The Bright Season: a novel (Book 6) (Melinda Foster Series)
Description: A new romance, a stash of old love letters … a season she won’t soon forget.

Moving to the country has given Melinda a new set of skills, but does she have what it takes to fix matters of the heart? It’s hard enough to let the past go, and let a new love in. But when a mysterious box is pulled from her farmhouse’s crawlspace, she’s torn between protecting the former owner’s privacy and tracking down the woman he once loved.

Prosper’s Main Street may appear deserted on these sleepy summer afternoons, but there’s plenty happening behind the scenes. One resident is ruffling feathers with her grand plans for the tiny town, and a new Fourth of July contest sparks a competitive spirit that’s as American as apple pie.

But as the temperature climbs, the shadow of hard times falls over the rural community. Can Melinda make the tough choices that will keep her dreams from turning to dust?
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Product: The Waiting Season: What to Do When God Has You in a Holding Pattern
Description: Have you ever felt that God is wasting your life with inexplicable waiting?

God has put a dream in your heart—for your future, your family, your finances, or a dynamic ministry—and now you are ready to step forward in faith to bring that dream to fruition.

Or, are you? Inexplicably, God gave you a divine call and then seemed to disappear, leaving you in a holding pattern. You may be wondering what’s next as you wait for Him to come through on His promises.

After serving faithfully in various ministries in his native Natchez, Mississippi, Pastor Erick W. Hoskin sensed God’s call to a preaching ministry. He served as Assistant Pastor at the Fellowship of Redeeming Truth Church before founding the Word of God Christian Fellowship in Cypress, Texas. “Pastor E” is also the founder of the Real Men Standing Up ministry and a popular guest speaker at churches, schools, and conferences.

In this book, Pastor Hoskin shares lessons from the waiting seasons in his own life. You will discover how to:

– Identify and eliminate obstacles blocking your blessing

– Cut loose the relationships that are holding you back from God’s plan

– Grasp the beauty of God’s perfect timing

– Embrace your identity in Christ as a new creation

Plus, each chapter includes application-focused questions and action steps that will help you focus on serving God as you prepare to experience the blessings He has in store for you.

Far from being wasted time, a season of waiting is an opportunity to put your faith into practice in anticipation of God’s future plans for your life. Begin reading The Waiting Season today and challenge yourself to become your best now—so you can be ready for God’s best when it comes!
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Product: Songbird Season: a novel (Book 5) (Melinda Foster Series)
Description: When you get everything you wanted, where do you go from there?

The first blush of spring finds Melinda filled with great expectations and high-flying goals. She's officially taking the reins of her charming farm, the lambs and rescue kittens are thriving, and new life is popping up in unexpected places.

But as the songbirds return and the garden’s soil is turned, not everything’s coming up roses: A no-nonsense housing inspector claims Melinda’s sweet deal with Horace could come at a high cost, and a plan to help the cats in her rural community draws skepticism from some of the locals.

When Uncle Frank makes a shocking discovery in the town’s archives, the fallout threatens to dim Prosper Hardware’s bright future. As friendships are tested and family ties begin to fray, can Melinda restore the harmony in her life?
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Product: Stones in the Garden
Description: Move over George Orwell (“1984” - Radical Socialism) and Salmon Rushdie (The Satanic Verses’ - Radical Islam): Gregory Thomas Jeffers’ "Stones in the Garden", the mind-blowing follow-up to "Seven Years of Famine," takes on Radical Feminism—and takes no prisoners. Once a bullet is fired it has no friends. Stones in the Garden is an incoming nuclear missile. The only question now—is the fallout.

An unflinching examination of the politics of deviance, sexuality, and desire; the beauty that passion plays in providing humanity with a path to the future, and; the role that the emotion of "disgust" plays in people who would prefer to see Mankind perish rather than enjoy the rewards and endure the challenges of creating new life and raising children.

In the aftermath of the greatest catastrophe in the history of humanity—a famine—a small, cooperative, and interdependent community are forming in the rural Tennessee-Kentucky border region. "Stones" wastes no time on the juvenile roving gang fantasies of Hollywood as the author re-constructs the challenges facing real men and women who are trying to recast civilization from the ground on up.

There is no unringing the bell. The battle lines are clear. The message from Stones in the Garden: The strategy of shame and censorship to further authoritarianism must be met and destroyed. Your family line and the future of Western civilization hang in the balance.
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Product: Waiting Season: a novel (Book 4) (Melinda Foster Series)
Description: A new year brings new challenges … and the chance to make a dream come true.

Melinda expects to spend January lounging by her farmhouse's fireplace, paging through the seed catalogs’ promises of spring. After all, the slower pace of rural life was one of the reasons she’d left the city behind.

Instead, she must face her fears when the worst of winter’s threats arrive at her door. Braving blizzards to care for her animals, thawing her acreage’s water lines, and anxiously watching over the pregnant sheep in her barn fill her shorter days and longer nights. She trudges on because Horace’s offer stands firm: He’ll sell her the farm in the spring if she still wants to stay.

But as winter tightens its grip on the heartland, Melinda's biggest challenges are still to come. When a series of events threatens to break her heart and shatter her hopes, can she find the courage to see the season through?
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Product: The Peaceful Season: a novel (Book 3) (Melinda Foster Series)
Description: In the little town of Prosper, the holidays are merry and bright!

As a reflective hush falls over the harvested fields surrounding her farm, Melinda packs away her memories of city life and turns her thoughts toward Thanksgiving and Christmas. She’s not only home for the holidays, but truly home at last.

She has a list of projects that will make the season perfect, and she’s checked it more than twice: Insulate her acreage and animals against the coming winter, fill her farmhouse with festive decorations, and plan the perfect menu for her family’s Christmas dinner. And her calendar is full off the farm, too. Melinda can’t wait to use her marketing smarts to upgrade Prosper’s charming holiday festival, and bake holiday cookies with her neighbors.

But when a mysterious visitor arrives, she is reminded there is more to the holidays than elaborate celebrations and expensive decorations. As Christmas draws near, can she set her lofty expectations aside and focus on the true spirit of the season?
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Product: A Tin Train Christmas: (short fiction) (Melinda Foster Series)
Description: The author of the heartwarming "Growing Season" novels brings you this old-fashioned story of family and faith to brighten your holidays! The toy train in the catalog was everything two young boys could wish for: colorful, shiny, and the perfect vehicle for their wild imaginations. But was it meant to be theirs? As the Great Depression's shadows deepen over the Midwest, Horace and Wilbur begin to worry that Santa might not stop at their farm. But with a little faith and their parents’ love, the boys just might discover the true spirit of Christmas. And there's more: At the end of the story, you'll discover three holiday recipes handed down in the author's family!
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Product: Harvest Season: a novel (Book 2) (Melinda Foster Series)
Description: The right road will always lead you home. But how do you know which path to choose?

As late summer fades into fall, Melinda’s efforts at her rented farmhouse are starting to bear fruit. She’s learned to preserve produce, outsmart some stubborn chickens and wrangle a flock of spoiled sheep.

She revels in the peace she's found in the country, where time is marked by morning-fresh eggs and stunning sunsets. But even in the small town of Prosper, nothing stays the same. One member of the hardware store’s coffee group shares a startling announcement, and a trip back to the city makes Melinda realize how deep her roots run in rural Iowa.

When autumn's changing winds bring new opportunities, will she seek the security of her old life or take a chance on an uncertain future? Escape to the heartland with this refreshing rural series!
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Product: Growing Season: a novel (Book 1) (Melinda Foster Series)
Description: A faded farmhouse, a devoted dog. One special season.
Melinda is already at a crossroads when the “for rent” sign beckons her down a dusty gravel lane. Facing forty, single and downsized from her stellar career at a big-city ad agency, she’s struggling to start over when a phone call brings her home to rural Iowa.
It's not long before she moves to the country, takes on a rundown farm and its headstrong animals, and lands behind the counter of her family’s hardware store in the community of Prosper, whose motto is “The Great Little Town That Didn’t.” And just like the sprawling garden she tends under the summer sun, Melinda begins to thrive. But when storm clouds arrive on her horizon, can she hold on to the new life she's worked so hard to create?
Filled with memorable characters, from a big-hearted farm dog to the weather-obsessed owner of the local co-op, “Growing Season” celebrates the twists and turns of small-town life. Discover the heartwarming series that’s filled with new friends, fresh starts and second chances.
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Product: Growing Season
Brand: Sterling Children's Books
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Product: The Growing Season
Description: What if anyone could have a baby? A thought-provoking and unforgettable novel from a rising star.

Now anyone can have a baby. With FullLife’s safe and affordable health-care plan, the brave new world is here. Without the pouch, Eva might not have been born. And yet she has sacrificed her career, and maybe even her relationship, campaigning against FullLife’s biotech baby pouches. Despite her efforts, everyone prefers a world where women are liberated from danger and constraint and all can share the joy of childbearing. Perhaps FullLife has helped transform society for the better? But just as Eva decides to accept this, she discovers that something strange is happening at FullLife.

Piotr hasn’t seen Eva in years. Not since their life together dissolved in tragedy. But Piotr’s a journalist who has also uncovered something sinister about FullLife. What drove him and Eva apart may just bring them back together as they search for the truth behind FullLife’s closed doors and face a truth of their own.

A beautiful story about family, loss and what our future might hold, The Growing Season is an original and powerful novel by a rising talent.
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