Hope For Healing From Domestic Abuse - When someone leaves an abusive marriage, life isn’t instantly fixed. In fact, the road to healing after domestic abuse is exhausting. But that exit is the first powerful step toward a future of strength and bravery. Karen DeArmond Gardner personally understands the difficulties and realities of this journey. She tackled heavy struggles when she left her own abusive marriage. Now she knows the liberating truth: domestic abuse doesn’t have to be a life sentence. This isn’t a how-to book with a few easy steps. Instead, it’s a biblically based map for your journey to healing. Karen’s vulnerable inside perspective, sure voice, and incredible story of deliverance from the bonds of abuse shows the faithfulness of God, as she walks beside you through the grueling times and into the wholeness and freedom that awaits.
At Love’s Command - Haunted by the horrors of war, ex-cavalry officer Matthew Hanger leads a band of mercenaries known as Hanger’s Horsemen who have become legends in 1890s Texas. They defend the innocent and obtain justice for the oppressed. But when a rustler’s bullet leaves one of them at death’s door, they’re the ones in need of saving. Dr. Josephine Burkett is used to men taking one at her skirts and discounting her medical skills. What she’s not used to is having a man change his mind in a heartbeat and offer to assist her in surgery. Matthew’s dedication to his friend during recovery earns Josephine’s respect, and when her brother is abducted, he becomes her only hope for rescue. When plans go awry and Josephine is caught in the crossfire, Matthew may have to sacrifice everything--even his team--to save her.
The Heart’s Charge - Members of the legendary Hanger’s Horsemen, Mark Wallace and Jonah Brooks arrive in Llano County, Texas, to deliver a steed, never expecting they’d help deliver a baby as well. Left with an infant to care for, they head to a nearby foundling home, where encounters the woman he nearly married a decade ago. After failing at love, Katherine Palmer has dedicated her life to caring for children, teaming up with Eliza Southerland to start Harmony House. Eliza understands the pain of not fitting society’s mold, being illegitimate and of mixed ancestry. Yet those are the very attributes that lead her to minister to outcast children. The taciturn Jonah intrigues her by defying all her stereotypes of men, but there are secrets behind his eyes--ghosts from wars past and others still being waged. When the Horsemen hear rumors of missing children, they stay to investigate, sticking close to Harmony House and its beautiful owners. As they work together to uncover the truth, love and danger grow hand in hand until a final sinister scheme threatens to destroy them all.
In a war, there are always so many things to be considered. How you're going to fight it, who your allies are, and who the enemy is. As you march onto the battlefield, the answers gradually become more clear over time. God will help you and he is your ally in any war you go through and Satan is and will always be your enemy. In these three stories, these people and characters face physical and emotional wars of their own. In Hope For Healing From Domestic Abuse Karen describes her physical and emotional battles and how she eventually got out and won. But her road to recovery started to look more like a cross country trip, as it does for thousands of women who undergo domestic abuse. Karen left a reminder for those women towards the end of Chapter 3, “God tells us not to be shocked or afraid, that He goes ahead of us, will fight for us, and cares for us as a father cares for His children.” In the Hanger’s Horsemen series we are introduced to a group of men who are ex-cavalry officers. And instead of leaving the battlefield completely, they decided to be a western version of Robin Hood and his Merry Men. They defend the innocent and obtain justice for the oppressed. If that doesn’t sound like Robin Hood, I don’t know what does. But by living with this responsibility, they find themselves running into a lot of outlaws. Of course Matthew and a couple of the other horsemen find romance on an unexpected journey through the old west. And an old western story comes with their fair share of damsels in distress. These damsels in particular try to make their mark on society, and for any woman of the 1890s time period, that was a battle within itself. Are you going through any tough battles right now? Come on into the Cross Reference Library check these books out. Discover how they fought their battles and won.