Francine Rivers

Having been abandoned as a newborn and found and raised by Pastor Ezekiel Freeman in the small California town of Haven, Abra Matthews feels like she doesn't belong and at the age of seventeen runs off to Hollywood, becoming starlet Lena Scott.

1875. When Kathryn Walsh arrives in tiny Calvada, a mining town nestled in the Sierra Nevadas, falling in love is the farthest thing from her mind. Banished from Boston by her wealthy stepfather, she has come to claim an inheritance from the uncle she never knew: a defunct newspaper office on a main street overflowing with brothels and saloons, and a seemingly worthless mine. Moved by the oppression of the local miners and their families, Kathryn...

The holy city of Jerusalem has fallen. By the mercy of God, Hadassah, a young Christian girl survives famine, the deaths of her entire family, and unspeakable atrocities. And in Germania, a heroic young chieftain named Atretes battles the Romans with unmatched fury. It is prophesied tha Atretes will drive the Romans from his lands, and someday meet a dark complexioned woman from an exotic land whom he will come to love.

Through the courageous faith of the Christian slave girl Hadassah and the troubled lives of the Roman masters, An Echo in the Darkness continues this moving tale of first-century Rome. Having narrowly escaped death, Hadassah conceals her scars-and identity-with veils. But it is her God-given ability to heal others that brings her to perhaps her greatest trial. God's forgiveness and redemption triumph as this young woman, assumed to be dead, is called...

"Die Hoffnung ihrer Tochter" ist der zweite Band einer zweiteiligen Familien-Saga und dreht sich in der Zeit des Kalten Krieges um Hildemara Rose, der Tochter von Marta, und die Hindernisse, die ihre Familie überwinden muss, um zu einer heilen Beziehung zueinander zu finden. Francine Rivers verarbeitet Teile ihrer eigenen Geschichte zu einem bewegenden Drama über Glaube und Träume und die Unbezwingbarkeit der Liebe zwischen Müttern und Töchtern....

"Die Sehnsucht ihrer Mutter" ist der erste Band einer zweiteiligen Familien-Saga, die Kontinente und Generationen umspannt. Die Geschichte beginnt 1901 in der Schweiz und führt die junge Marta Schneider durch halb Europa und schließlich nach Kanada, wo sie dem gutaussehenden Niclas Waltert begegnet und mit ihm eine eigene Familie gründet - bis der Zweite Weltkrieg ihre Familie auseinanderreißt ... Francine Rivers verarbeitet Teile ihrer eigenen...

This Christmas novella tells the unforgettable story of little Timmy, a foster child with a very special and mysterious shoe box. Designed for gift-giving, this heartwarming book features new illustrations, updated content--including Francine Rivers' favorite holiday recipes and Christmas traditions--and the complete Christmas story from the New Living Translation.

Bible stories that listeners will want to share with the growing kids in their lives. Meet thirty important people from the Old and New testaments such as Abraham and Paul, and other unsung heroes like Amos and Priscilla. The stories will capture kids hearts and minds, and the Growing Time sections will help them apply the lessons of each story so they can live for God today.

Five women whom God chose. Each was faced with extraordinary - even scandalous - challenges. Each took great personal risk to fulfill her calling. Each was destined to play a key role in the lineage of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. In Unveiled, you'll meet Tamar, who risked her life to be the woman she was called to be the woman she was called to be. Learn along with her the overwhelming truth that God uses our circumstances and our steps...