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Will the Real Gospel Please Stand Up

June 6, 2026
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Will the Real Gospel Please Stand Up

Are you kidding? Not in this weather!

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Christmas Bride (Hiatt Regency Classics Book 5)

June 5, 2026
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Christmas Bride (Hiatt Regency Classics Book 5)

I’ve seen a lot of big-deal romances recently with very obviously transplanted faces.  Is the general public seriously becoming inured to this?

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The Price of Freedom (The Price of Trilogy Book 3)

June 5, 2026
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The Price of Freedom (The Price of Trilogy Book 3)

And nothing was left over to pay for a good cover.

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God’s Nature: Sonlight Sunlight (Christian Concepts)

June 5, 2026
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God’s Nature: Sonlight Sunlight (Christian Concepts)

What’s doubly funny is that this is the revised edition a decade after the original which was the same, but better:

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Smiling at Heaven (The Laramie Series Book 6)

June 4, 2026
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Smiling at Heaven (The Laramie Series Book 6)

[Heaven pointedly ignores you]

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Hellfire

June 4, 2026
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Hellfire

“I left my bifocals right over there!”

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Of Their Own Free Will: Fort Mims to New Orleans

June 4, 2026
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Of Their Own Free Will: Fort Mims to New Orleans

…kicking and screaming.

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Miracles of the Season: Love For the Holidays

June 3, 2026
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Miracles of the Season: Love For the Holidays

“Is your butt cold too?”

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