Marie Sandvik loved to preach, even as a child in Norway where she preached to sheep and imaginary people. In 1919, at the age of seventeen, she came to America to get an education, and worked her way through high school, college, and seminary. Her struggle against extreme poverty created in her a compassionate heart, and she vowed that someday she would help those who were penniless as she had been. In 1940, she converted a vacant skid row bar into a mission, moved in behind it, and ran it to help the poor, the homeless, and the hungry, and to bring God's word and love to them all. Four years later Marie was joined by Doris Nye, a young college graduate who was skilled in music and business administration. As a child, Doris daydreamed about growing up to help the poor. She learned compassion for those who were less fortunate as she accompanied her two aunts, who were medical doctors, on their rounds. Doris planned to become a missionary after she graduated from college, but circumstances put her in touch with Marie at the skid row mission. Doris quickly discovered that her calling was to work with Marie. The two women stayed together for the rest of Marie's life, and their work eventually received national acclaim.

From Cora Kenborn and Catherine Wiltcher comes Corrupt Gods, a brand new arranged marriage mafia duet. A Santiago is a lesson in ruin. A Carrera bleeds for revenge. Thalia Santiago is the daughter of my enemy. A beautiful rebel with a single cause. Impulsive. Fearless. And ripe for her father's undoing. I recognized her the moment she stepped into my casino. I watched her start the fires that burned her pretty fingers, and then I poured gasoline on the flames. Now she's in my debt, and her dues are a shiny gold ring and a vow of deception. I'll bend her. I'll break her. I'll turn our mockery of a marriage into a battlefield. And that river of bad blood that flows between our two families? I'll make it an ocean of hate. *This is book 1 of a new dark romance duet. Tainted Blood, book 2, releases June 9th. **Bad Blood is set in the Santiago and Carrera worlds, but it is not necessary to have read either trilogy beforehand.

During a dire battle against the fearsome Skinners, Daine and her mage teacher Numair are swept into the Divine Realms. Though happy to be alive, they are not where they want to be. They are desperately needed back home, where their old enemy, Ozorne, and his army of strange creatures are waging war against Tortall. Trapped in the mystical realms Daine discovers her mysterious parentage. And as these secrets of her past are revealed so is the treacherous way back to Tortall. So they embark on an extraordinary journey home, where the fate of all Tortall rests with Daine and her wild magic.

Chapter 29: Renewal of Her Spiritual Marriage -- Chapter 30: Wednesday: Spiritual Fertility -- Chapter 31: How Useful It Is to Entrust All One's Works to God -- Chapter 32: On the Octave Day of Easter: How She Received the Holy Spirit -- Chapter 33: The Greater Litany on the Feast of Mark -- Chapter 34: Saint John before the Latin Gate -- Chapter 35: Preparation before the Feast of the Ascension -- Chapter 36: The Solemn Day of the Lord's Ascension -- Chapter 37: Preparation for the Feast of Pentecost -- Chapter 38: The Honey-Sweet Feast of Pentecost -- Chapter 39: Compensation for Her Spiritual Attitude -- Chapter 40: The Grace of the Holy Spirit -- Chapter 41: The Feast of the Glorious Trinity -- Chapter 42: Saint John the Baptist -- Chapter 43: Saint Leo the Pope -- Chapter 44: The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul -- Chapter 45: Saint Margaret the Virgin -- Chapter 46: Saint Mary Magdalene -- Chapter 47: Saint James the Apostle -- Chapter 48: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin -- Chapter 49: Saint Bernard the Abbot -- Chapter 50: The Worth of Saint Augustine, Saint Dominic, and Saint Francis -- Chapter 51: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Chapter 52: The Dignity of the Holy Cross -- Chapter 53: On Angels: The Feast of Michael the Archangel -- Chapter 54: The Feast of the Eleven Thousand Virgins -- Chapter 55: The Feast of All Saints -- Chapter 56: Saint Elizabeth -- Chapter 57: Saint Catherine, Virgin and Martyr -- Chapter 58: The Feast of the Dedication of the Church -- Chapter 59: The Consecration of the Chapel

She's seen slave dungeons in Ghana. Genocide in Rwanda. Systemic sexual abuse in Brazil. Child abuse and domestic violence in the US. After forty years of counseling abuse survivors around the world, Dr. Diane Langberg, a world renowned trauma expert, remains certain that what trauma destroys, Christ can and does restore. This book will convince you, too, of the healing heart of God. But it's not a fast process, instead much patience is required from family, friends, and counselors as they wisely and respectfully help victims unpack their traumatic suffering through talking, tears, and time. And it's not a process that can be separated from the work of God in both a counselor and counselee. Dr. Langberg calls all of those who wish to help sufferers to model Jesus's sacrificial love and care in how they listen, love, and guide. The heart of God is revealed to sufferers as they grow to understand the cross of Christ and how their God came to this earth and experienced such severe suffering that he too is "well-acquainted with grief." The cross of Christ is the lens that transforms and redeems traumatic suffering and its aftermath, not only for the sufferer, but it also transforms those who walk with the suffering. This book will be a great help to anyone who loves, listens to, and seeks to help someone impacted by trauma and abuse. There is no quick fix, but there is the hope for healing through the love of God in Christ.

No one messes with my princes... When The Lucaya Group kidnaps Drake Battle, it’s Marcello’s job as the leader of Alpha Command to find him. But he's not the same man when he returns. Marcello has always been my hero. My knight in shining armor. Now, it’s my turn to save him.

Kompozytorzy polscy: Fryderyk Chopin, Maurycy Moszkowski, wykonawcy: Ignacy Friedman, Józef Hofmann, Eustachy Horodyski, Wanda Landowska, Ignacy J. Paderewski, Artur Rubinstein.