What does driftwood suggest to you? What did Peter think after he had betrayed Jesus? Why is Jesus The Amen? This is a collection of poetry and prose meditations inspired by scripture and written over forty years. Some are humourous, some theological, some challenging. They may be read just for enjoyment or as a basis for your own meditations.There are many people whom society counts as worthless, cast up like driftwood on the shores of life. This suggested the title meditation. The expression 'God's Handiwork' suggested a hobby. The paralytic man let down through the roof to be healed by Jesus may have been scared rather than hopeful. The biblical names of God all have deep meaning. This book is a collection of meditations on scripture written over a period of forty years. Some are humourous, some theological, some challenging. I trust you will find them enjoyable.

From the bestselling author of Lulu's CaféJosie Slater has allowed the circumstances anchoring her in Sunset Cove to become a life sentence. Since her mother's death years before, she's spent most of her waking hours helping her dad run the Driftwood Diner. As her best friends, Opal and Sophia, make their dreams come true, Josie watches her own art school aspirations drift on by. But when a French-speaking Southern gentleman from her past moves back from Europe, Josie is launched into a tizzy of what-ifs and I-sure-do-hope-sos.August Bradford left Sunset Cove six years ago to sow some life oats and conquer his ambitious career goals. Finally ready to lay down some roots, the successful artist is back in town and determined to win Josie's heart. When he enlists Josie's help in the preparations for a children's art camp, Josie finds herself unleashing her artistic side in a way she hasn't since before her mother's death. August hopes to convince Josie to...

Words would never be enough. He had to prove it. From a young age, Erin McKinney has been taught that there's only one man she can rely on—her older brother. The rest just aren't worth the trouble. The one time she opened her heart and took a chance, the man reaffirmed her belief that it's safer to be alone. It's lonely, though, and living vicariously through her brother's happiness isn't doing the trick anymore. Gideon St. Cloud might be the man to show her that good men still exist. He certainly made quite an impression the last time he was in town. Returning to Sea Glass Cove to cool off in the middle of a heated custody battle for his son, Gideon knows he should ignore his curiosity about Erin, but he can't get her out of his head. Quiet and reserved, she is a world away from his flaky ex-girlfriend and could be exactly what he wants in a woman. But she's wary. In the shelter of her driftwood forts, he'll find out why she...

Jack Driftwood is back for his 18th and most likely final season as a linebacker for the Buffalo Blizzard of the North American Football Association (NAFA). Perhaps the only reason Jack is back is to groom the Blizzard's top draft pick, a highly-prized, rookie linebacker, Steven Stark: Stark is Driftwood's rookie. The Blizzard's owner, Gerald Wainscott III, at the ripe old age of 92, gets his ducks in a row to take one more shot at winning the Mega Bowl Title and keeping the franchise in Buffalo after his demise. Mr. Wainscott convinces his sharp and beautiful, 38-year old daughter, Gerry Wainscott, to join him and grooms her to take over the franchise once he is gone. He also brings back his former coach, Howard Ivy, who led the Blizzard to four straight Mega Bowl losses back in the late '90's. Coach Ivy, at the age of 83, had thought the game had passed him by and is eternally grateful for a final shot at redemption. The Blizzard's General Manager, Donald Allen Fegel, Jr., has...

Harriet Abel never shows up for her appointment. Irritating as hell? Sure. It's hard enough to work as a private investigator without potential clients standing you up.Of course, it's difficult to show up when you're dead.A revered community figure in the Oregon coast town of Barnacle Bluffs, the teacher extraordinaire never gets a chance to explain why she wants to hire Garrison Gage before her body turns up in a sandy grave. Seldom deterred by the lack of a client, Gage barrels forward intent on discovering the woman's killer. Unfortunately, the professional curmudgeon stirs up a lot more trouble than he expects, putting innocent people in imminent danger.In the past, Gage always triumphed over whatever dark forces stood in his way, but this time he may have gone too far — and he won't be the only one paying the price.

TWO MISSING WOMEN. AN OCEAN FULL OF SECRETS . . .'A first-class mystery - perplexing and at times disturbing' i paper'Intelligence, imagination and lucid writing' The Times____________Kate and Flora have always been haunted by a mystery - their mother, Christine, vanished without trace when they were children.But now Kate has a more urgent problem: Flora has disappeared too.In desperation, she searches Flora's house, and finds a scrap of paper with a name scribbled on it: Cal McGill.Cal is a 'sea detective': an expert in the winds and the tides, and consequently adept at finding lost things - and lost people.Can Cal find Flora?And might he even know the secret of what happened to their mother, all those years ago . . . ?'I'm completely addicted to this series' Dermot...

Before she was betrayed and left for dead, Tenny was many things: prodigal daughter of the Driftwood City underworld. Leader of the Thorn Orphans, the gang fighting for a better tomorrow. City shaman, able to bend her home’s boroughs to her will. Partner-in-crime to Cole, the runaway rich boy with powers just like hers.

A private party. A remote island mansion. A much-deserved vacation. What could possibly go wrong? Jette Driftwood, Bleak prodigy and professional witch, is finally due for some rest and relaxation. Her partner, Nick Warren, is taking her to an atmospheric private island that's filled with vicious creatures and rare magical oddities. They wanted to investigate a new romance.Instead, they're investigating a murder. When the wealthy host dies in a brutal and mysterious fashion, Jette and Nick are left to investigate every secret that comes out of the woodwork and skeleton hiding in the closet. But even as everyone has an alibi, the body count continues to rise.Trapped with the suspects and surrounded by stormy seas and aggressive werewolves, they must stop the murders. Now. Before they find themselves next on the killer's list...

In this first novel set in award-winning author Marie Brennan's incomparable Driftwood fantasy universe, enter a post-apocalyptic realm where the apocalypse has not ended, where fragments of worlds cohere into shifting myths. Yet even as everything fades, Drifters gather to tell conflicting legends of Last, the guide—the one man who seemed immortal, but may have been a fraud.[STARRED REVIEW] "Exploring found family, adaptation, and hope in the face of apocalypse, Brennan imbues this high-concept fantasy with a strong emotional core. Fantasy fans will be thrilled." —Publishers WeeklyWho is Last?Fame is rare in Driftwood—it's hard to get famous if you don't stick around long enough for people to know you. But many know the guide, Last, a one-blooded survivor who has seen his world end many lifetimes ago. For Driftwood is a strange place of slow apocalypses, where continents eventually crumble into mere...

Jeannette Mason swore off relationships of any kind when she moved to Hope Harbor to start a new life—but a single dad with a grieving little girl and an unruly pup may test that resolve.

At seventeen, Cal and his mother move from the city to a remote island. His mother becomes withdrawn and Cal worries that she has found out that he is gay. His father, who is stationed overseas, has warned him that if she finds out about his sexuality, it will kill her.With no one to talk to and nowhere to go, Cal starts collecting driftwood to build himself a safe place, and while doing so, makes an unlikely friend. But when something terrible happens, will this friendship give him the strength he needs?

Single mom Heather Donovan's dreams of home and family are tantalizingly within reach when she settles in Chesapeake Shores. The welcoming arms of the boisterous, loving O'Brien clan embrace her and her son. But accepting their support seems to further alienate her son's father, Connor O'Brien. His parents' divorce and his career as a high-powered divorce attorney have left him jaded about marriage.Then everything changes. Will the possibility of a future without Heather make Connor look at love and his career differently? Heather's just about given up on her old dreams—of love, of family and especially of Driftwood Cottage, the home she secretly wishes were hers. It's going to take a lot of persuasion—and some help from the O'Brien family—to make Heather believe that some dreams are worth fighting for.

Meridith believes she is capable of weathering any storm. But she's never experienced a love powerful enough to uproot her...until now.Meridith Ward has crafted a carefully ordered life to make up for the chaos that plagued her childhood years. But one phone call upsets all that. Within the span of several minutes, Meredith learns that the father who abandoned her is dead and she's been named the sole guardian of his other three children. She nervously heads to Nantucket to care for the siblings she's never met with plans to stay until their uncle returns from his trip before relinquishing guardianship to him.She arrives to find the children living in Summer House, a Bed & Breakfast that's falling apart around them. Meridith wants to move on as soon as possible, but the inn will never sell in its dilapidated condition. Then an itinerant handyman, Jake, shows up with an offer she can't refuse.Much like the powerful ocean just a short walk from her deck, Jake appeals to...

TWO STORIES IN ONE: AN ALL-NEW DEBBIE MASON NOVEL PLUS A FAIRYTALE BRIDE NOVELLA BY USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR HOPE RAMSAY "Heartfelt and delightful!" -RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times bestselling author USA Today bestselling author Debbie Mason welcomes readers to Harmony Harbor, a charming New England town that's full of heart!True love deserves a second chance....FBI agent Michael Gallagher never dreamed that his job would bring him back to his hometown of Harmony Harbor. Or that one of his best leads would be the woman he once loved. Hell, the woman he still loves. He regrets the way they ended, and he'd do anything to make things right with her now. But first he needs to regain her trust...Shay Angel wants to leave the past behind her. And that includes Michael Gallagher, the only man she ever let close enough to break her heart. But she needs his help to find her uncle and clear his name....

A private party. A remote island mansion. A much-deserved vacation. What could possibly go wrong? Jette Driftwood, Bleak prodigy and professional witch, is finally due for some rest and relaxation. Her partner, Nick Warren, is taking her to an atmospheric private island that's filled with vicious creatures and rare magical oddities. They wanted to investigate a new romance.Instead, they're investigating a murder. When the wealthy host dies in a brutal and mysterious fashion, Jette and Nick are left to investigate every secret that comes out of the woodwork and skeleton hiding in the closet. But even as everyone has an alibi, the body count continues to rise.Trapped with the suspects and surrounded by stormy seas and aggressive werewolves, they must stop the murders. Now. Before they find themselves next on the killer's list...

Ten years ago, a man was imprisoned for crimes he didn't commit.Five years ago, Jette decided to steal ancient magic and break him out.One year ago, she discovered that the magic she stole was going to kill her...Jette Driftwood, talented witch with synesthesia and the Bleak's most wanted, is hiding in plain sight among humans and working in an evidence room at her local police station. After two years on the run from the cohort of thieves she cheated, things are finally starting to settle down. She can finally get back to her plan: using the magic she stole from the Bleak to free a wrongly imprisoned man.Then the killer shows up.When a man is murdered in the town where she's hiding, Jette is the prime suspect when an annoyingly attractive and accomplished vampire shows up to collect the bounty on her head. To save her life, she'll make a deal: use her unique talents to help bring down a killer and maybe win a chance to avoid her execution.But things aren't that simple, because the magic Jette stole is killing her faster than anticipated. She has unfinished business.  She's fighting the clock, and her time is running out...

Nestled among the forests and coves that dot the Oregon coast, Sanctuary Ranch is a home for strays—both human and animal—and the starting off point for second chances . . . After aging out of the California foster care system, Jamie Vaughn found her place in the world at Sanctuary Ranch in Sunset Bay. But other lost souls are not so lucky, so she's made it her mission to rescue those that cross her path—like the injured pup she just found. The man he belongs to is obviously an unfit owner, so she's just going to ignore the address on the dog's tag. She has more important things on her mind, like roping her handsome coworker, Gideon, out of the friend zone and into helping her . . . Head wrangler Gideon Low knows that Jamie's bark is worse than her bite, despite her rough exterior. In fact, he's determined to protect her from her too-tender heart, even if it means returning the not-so-homeless puppy—and putting some...

'Like the slow-moving river that flows through the story, this compelling mystery will creep up on you and pull you in.' Josephine MoonAn absorbing drama about broken dreams, first love and the mystery of a lost sister, for all fans of Hannah Richell and Kate Morton. 'A cracking read' Maggie AldersonIs it more dangerous to forget ... or to remember?Phoebe's life has fallen apart and there's only one place left to go. Alone and adrift after a failed marriage proposal, she flees Sydney to her family's abandoned holiday cottage.On the slow-moving river Phoebe is confronted with the legacy of her older sister's suicide, a year before. Why did Karin leave a note written in flowers and walk into the water?Phoebe's childhood love, Jez, has moved back to the beautiful old house, Driftwood, one jetty down. He's married now and the home has become a refuge for an unlikely little...

What the tide washes in, the past can sweep away.All Dr. Tom Penrose wants is his old life back. He's home in Cornwall after a hellish tour of duty in Afghanistan, but while the village is the same, he isn't. His grip on his control is fragile, and it slips dangerously when Flynn Summers explodes into his life. The vision in tight neoprene nearly wipes them both out in a surfing mishap—and shatters Tom's lonely peace.Flynn is a crash-and-burn in progress, one of only two survivors of a devastating rescue helicopter crash that killed his crew. His carefree charm is merely a cover for the messed-up soul within. The sparks between him and Tom are the first light he's seen in a long, dark tunnel of self-recrimination, which includes living in sexual thrall to fellow crash survivor and former co-pilot, Robert.As their attraction burns through spring and into summer, Tom must confront not only his own shadows, but Flynn's—before the past rises up to...

When the bushranger heritage of a family explodes into modern day, buried secrets are unearthed...with lasting consequences.To Taylor Whitworth, knowing that she'll never meet her biological father is devastating. All she knows is that before he died, he was a stockman. Taylor yearns to be like her father — and to become a jillaroo. So she packs her bags and hits the road, destination unknown, until she happens upon the country township of Driftwood.Life-burdened Jay Donnellson is a cowboy through and through. Both his passion for the outback and bad boy image have been inherited from his forefathers. The whole town whispers about him but Jay doesn't care...until his rough and tumble lifestyle is stopped dead in its tracks when he happens across Taylor on a deserted country road.When Jay offers Taylor a job as a jillaroo on his cattle station, their mutual love of horses helps to form a bond between them. It's not long before they find their wonderful friendship...

Can she heal from a tragedy too great to bear?When Michelle Lancaster flees her hometown of Spirit, Louisiana to spend time at a beach retreat in Driftwood Bay, Florida, she only wants to run from the tremendous pain of a tragedy that caused her perfect life to shatter into pieces.But on the day when the memories become too much, a man steps into her path on the beach and causes her beloved horse Coco to almost throw her. Not to mention this is the one man Michelle has tried to avoid. But laid-back boat captain and artist Brodie Stevenshas his eye on Michelle and soon, he is pursuing her with a strong-willed determination. He too is haunted, but believes that together they can heal each other. Now the driftwood cowboy must convince Michelle it’s possible to hope… and to love again.

On the heels of a close brush with death, Jette Driftwood has a new nemesis...A famous cat burglar and jewel thief has just arrived in town, and she has a bone to pick with Jette over something they have in common: an incredibly dangerous ex.An aristocrat has gone missing and there's a criminal out for revenge. With a fresh suspicion that her father may have been leading a double life, Jette will be drawn into a game of cat and mouse in the wilds of Wyoming as her past threatens to pull her back to the depths...

On the heels of a close brush with death, Jette Driftwood has a new nemesis...A famous cat burglar and jewel thief has just arrived in town, and she has a bone to pick with Jette over something they have in common: an incredibly dangerous ex.An aristocrat has gone missing and there's a criminal out for revenge. With a fresh suspicion that her father may have been leading a double life, Jette will be drawn into a game of cat and mouse in the wilds of Wyoming as her past threatens to pull her back to the depths...

The sun sets on the Chesapeake Diaries, New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart's cherished series based on Maryland's picturesque eastern shore, with this romantic tale of a man who takes a second chance on love with the high school crush who broke his heart.Up-and-coming artist Lisbeth Parker finally has a chance to show the folks back home what it means to leave Cannonball Island and make something of yourself. As a native whose stubborn father forbade her from befriending townies, Lis always felt like an outsider in St. Dennis. So while her work is on display in the local art gallery, she records her ailing centenarian great-grandmother's stories of the island's rich history and spearheads a fight for its survival. Lis was Alec Jansen's secret dream girl growing up, even after she flat-out refused to be his prom date. Now the handsome environmental engineer and the whip-smart beauty are on opposite sides of a debate over the island's future. Hired...

Ten years ago, a man was imprisoned for crimes he didn't commit.Five years ago, Jette decided to steal ancient magic and break him out.One year ago, she discovered that the magic she stole was going to kill her...Jette Driftwood, talented witch with synesthesia and the Bleak's most wanted, is hiding in plain sight among humans and working in an evidence room at her local police station. After two years on the run from the cohort of thieves she cheated, things are finally starting to settle down. She can finally get back to her plan: using the magic she stole from the Bleak to free a wrongly imprisoned man.Then the killer shows up.When a man is murdered in the town where she's hiding, Jette is the prime suspect when an annoyingly attractive and accomplished vampire shows up to collect the bounty on her head. To save her life, she'll make a deal: use her unique talents to help bring down a killer and maybe win a chance to avoid her execution.But things aren't that simple, because the magic Jette stole is killing her faster than anticipated. She has unfinished business.  She's fighting the clock, and her time is running out...

Adam's summer is off to a disappointing start. His so-called "best friend" has bailed on him, choosing to stay behind to care for a sick dog, instead of joining Adam and his family at the seaside campground as planned. Adam is furious with Billy for abandoning him, impatient with his mother for her artistic obsessions, and embarrassed by his dad's lame attempts at being funny. At least an ever-changing cast of new summer friends proves to be an entertaining distraction: Joey, the shoe-thief with the cute sister; the mischievous Linden twins; enigmatic Nevin; and Ethan, the adventurer. But it is Theo, the blind gentleman up on the hill, with his magical stories of driftwood, who helps Adam to see the true nature of friendship — and forgiveness.