Rebellious Heart

Jody Hedlund Brings History to Life Like Few Others In 1763 Massachusetts, Susanna Smith has grown up with everything she's ever wanted, except one thing: an education. Because she's a female, higher learning has been closed to her, but her quick mind and quicker tongue never back down from a challenge. She's determined to put her status to good use, reaching out to the poor and deprived. And she knows when she marries well, she will be able to continue her work with the less fortunate. Ben Ross grew up a farmer's son and has nothing to his name but his Harvard education. A poor country lawyer, he doesn't see how he'll be able to fulfill his promise to make his father proud of him. When family friends introduce him to the Smith family, he's drawn to quick-witted Susanna but knows her family expects her to marry well. When Susanna's decision to help an innocent woman no matter the cost crosses with Ben's growing disillusionment with their British rulers, the two find themselves bound together in what quickly becomes a very dangerous fight for justice.

I was reaching to turn off the light when I heard a knock at the front door. It was loud, especially for this late at night. I went over and looked through the curtain next to the double doors. Two men were standing at the top of the steps. They appeared to be paramedics. One was carrying what looked like medical toolkits. The other had a large clipboard in one hand and an oxygen tank in the other. I noticed an ambulance parked on the street in front of the house. I thought they must be lost, so I opened the door. Professor Brent Wilkins was an intelligent man who didn't believe in God. So when two men claiming to be angels with a message sent from God appeared on his doorstep, he wasn't buying it-until they took him on the road to truth. Michelle Wilkins was on a retreat, discouraged by her husband's years of rejection toward anything even remotely spiritual. On the verge of losing all hope, she was awakened in the night by a voice saying, 'Pray for your husband's heart.' As far as she knew, Brent's health was in perfect condition. But in only a few hours, she found herself in the hospital, staring at her unconscious husband with an unknown heart condition. Through their stories weave the mystery of what happened to Brent and Michelle's daughter, Drea, on a tragic missionary trip to Central Africa. Can Michelle find the faith to trust God with saving her husband's life? Will Brent put aside his anger to discover the truth? Is this truth worth dying for?

This pathbreaking collection engages in the important new work of rediscovering the hundreds of British women writing during the Romantic period, women who we now realize were central, not marginal, to the poetics and ideologies of Romanticism. Yet no previous volume has focused on British women's responses to the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars, or on their participation in the social, economic, religious, and poetic debates surrounding these political conflicts. As the first book to represent the full spectrum of women's participation in the Revolutionary debates, Rebellious Hearts uncovers a rich new field of literary and historical scholarship.

A Lady's Vengeance Fiery Princess Shana will have her revenge on the man responsible for her father's death. To this dark end, she lures her enemy—Thorne de Wilde, Earl of Weston—into the forest to have him killed. But, mesmerized by his breathtaking masculinity, she spares him instead and takes the rogue prisoner. It is a decision she quickly regrets . . . A Lord's Desire Weston's powerful presence has been known to strip even the bravest men of their courage and will, but this bold Welsh beauty greets him with proud defiance, accusing him of foul crimes he never committed. Turning the tables on his brazen captor, the handsome giant of a man manages to escape and take Shana as his hostage—igniting her even greater fury . . . and a passion neither anticipates. And suddenly two sensuous enemies find themselves bound together in a searing alliance that will either destroy them both . . . or unite them in love for all time.

What does it mean to love God with all your heart? Is that even possible? Why do Christians struggle with relationships and experience divorce? Why are anger, fear, control, addictions, and other sins so much a part of our lives? What does it really look like to live in Christ and for Christ to live in us? Take a journey with author Sherilyn Cook, and discover the answers to these and other relationship questions. As Sherilyn tells her personal story, she also draws deeply from the Bible for truth and insight, and uses creative object lessons to reveal how God can heal hearts and restore damaged relationships. Discover the importance of engaging your mind, will, and emotions. See how the enemy deceives you and moves you toward isolation. Learn what it means to die to self and live for Christ victoriously in every area of your life.

Bringing together an extraordinary range of international scholars and practitioners that include contemporary visual artists, poets, choreographers, activists, film-makers, theatre-makers, magicians, and circus artists, the contributors situate their rebellious practices of knowledge production and upheaval in the academy and in society.