Kiss Your Mommy Goodbye

Mike DiSanto and his wife, Lisa, are sinking in quicksand - unwilling and unable to reach out to the other, powerless to reverse the inevitable. Their four-year marriage ends in a courtroom, with full custody of their two-year old daughter, Maddy, awarded to Lisa. Mike is devastated, but Lisa stands tall like a princess, though she lost her kingdom. In his desperate quest to provide love and stability as a part-time father to Maddy, Mike does the unthinkable. His actions net far more disastrous and heart-wrenching results than he could have ever imagined. He took a risk and lost, and the very one he tried to protect would suffer the repercussions of his poor decisions. In this riveting tale based on true events, a man learns that every choice has consequences as he struggles to reconcile and rebuild broken relationships with those he loves. It is a story of hope for forgiveness, healing, and peace with God and one another.

Kiss Your Mother Goodbye The true story of Kathy Walkup and her family Imagine your children going to the movies with a babysitter and not coming home. Imagine losing three of your four children at the hands of a drunk driver. This is the 1979 story of the Walkup family. This is the story of how the parents of four beautiful children lost almost everything and found a way back from the brink of despair and went on to have two more children in spite of their unbelievable loss. The one surviving child made them live for each other and their future. A future that involved reversing a vasectomy while caring for their surviving injured son. Their unshakable faith prevailed. If you must drink and drive, please kiss your mother goodbye.

Now in trade paperback for the first time from Anchor Canada, Joy Fielding's first thriller! Those goodbye kisses Donna received from her children when ex-husband Victor picked them up for their day's outing with him were for all time . . . forever. Only Donna did not know that, and the memory of her children's kisses on the day they disappeared come back to haunt her, for Victor did not return. Instead, this handsome, twisted man, who had destroyed their marriage and almost destroyed Donna's sanity, vanished with her little boy and girl. And Donna was left with a lover whose love was no longer enough, a new life that had suddenly turned agonizingly empty, and a terror-filled quest to find her children that would take her across the country and beyond the law . . .

ONE -- C̜ould you be a little more specific when you say e︣rratic behavior'?" -- S̜pecific?" -- The lawyer smiled with well-practiced patience, perfectly pitched understanding in his voice as he elaborated. -- Y̜es. Could you give us some examples of what you describe as your wife's erratic behavior over the last few years." -- O̜h, yes. Certainly," the man nodded. -- Donna Cressy sat in the straight hard-backed chair, her back rigid, not touching the wood, and watched the man in the witness stand, the man to whom she had been married for six years, Victor Cressy, age thirty-eight and five years her senior, continue to grind what was left of her self-image into fine flecks of ash (human remains from the cremator's oven), to dissect every phrase she had uttered during their life together, every tone, every nuance until there was nothing left but his interpretation of how it had been. She almost smiled -- why should their divorce be any different than their marriage? -- She looked at his face and wished she could be like some of those women she had often read about who, when they looked at a lost or former lover, wondered what they could have seen in him in the first place. But it was all still there to see -- the conventionally handsome, even kind face, with its brooding blue eyes and almost black hair, the sensitive yet commanding set of his features, his full mouth, the imperious yet curiously respectful tone of his voice. -- S̜he stopped driving the car," Victor said, almost wondrously. Obviously something beyond his comprehension. -- W̜hat do you mean? She just stopped?" the lawyer probed. H̜ad she had an accident?" -- His lawyer was good, Donna admitted to herself. Victor had said he was the best in Florida, which hadn't surprised her. Victor had to have the best. It was a qua ...

Inside each of these 10 new books children's educators will find twenty-six creative activities to engage kids with fantastic Bible-focused, high-energy fun! Correlated with Bible-in-Life and Echoes curriculum and covering ages preschool to middle school, these books are loaded with innovative ideas including scripture references and teacher tips and provide a great resource for alternative Step 3 activities. Or teachers can use it with their own lesson plans this handy resource fits well with any curriculum or can be used as a stand-alone activity. In Action! Cool Theater you'll find skits, monologues, and morality plays that are geared to middle school kids exactly the type of drama that appeals to this age group. Kids act out game shows, film festivals, award shows, crazy commercials, interactive plays, and pantomimes highlighting such characters as Crimson la Rouge, King J-Dogg, even butterflies! Creativity is what it's all about, yet it's all Bible-based so middle-schoolers engage with the Word while they're having fun. There's even a bonus section of prompts and guidelines for writing prayers and plays kids can write their own scripts too!

Moving is hard on everyone, but especially children. Chester Racoon, whom readers have come to know and love through the New York Times bestseller The Kissing Hand, and its sequel, A Pocket Full of Kisses, is facing another dilemma common to the lives of many children; he and his family are moving. Young readers will love the way Chester says goodbye to his old home and learns that there are some exciting aspects to his new home.

Genesis: The Novel highlights God’s history and interaction with human beings. Targeted to curious agnostics and believers alike of all age levels, the prime age group is young adults. The Biblical book of Genesis is related in the form of a fiction novel. Stories feature the human doubts, fears, and weaknesses of biblical characters making them more relatable. This is the path to the reader identifying with their humanity and hopefully being inspired. The Biblical narratives are primarily from a male perspective but for a more balanced account, female experiences are also emphasized. The story of Jacob’s daughter Dinah is an example of bringing forth a female perspective from the era. The book introduces God in a fresh way to inspire people to dig deeper into their faith and seek out the Lord.

A sexy sheik finds forbidden love in C.J. Miller's tale of international intrigue After an uncharacteristic night of passion, event coordinator Sarah Parker learns her mystery lover is Sheik Saafir, her new client—and the target of an assassination plot. But the darkly handsome royal has an appeal the sensible Sarah can't ignore, even when she's caught in the cross fire. Honor bound, Saafir has agreed to an arranged marriage to unite the feuding factions in his country…and then he kisses the surprising American. Now, dodging bullets is nowhere near as dangerous as the attraction that puts his sense of duty at war with his heart. But can he walk away from Sarah even to save his life…and hers?