A MAN SURVIVES A FIREWORKS EXPLOSION, BUT IT'S THE CHARM OF A DEAF INTERPRETER THAT MIGHT KILL HIM.

(St. Louis, Missouri, September 21, 2014) Previously released in paperback only, Talk to Me was recognized as the top twenty "2008 Books That Changed Lives."
Pat Simmons weaves an unique story line, highlighting the ever-popular world of interpreters. In Talk to Me, Noel Richardson is perfect, but degrees, wealth, and good genes don't

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Eighteen for the three hundred twenty-seventh time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.

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"She can't be dead!" the young pastor cried as he looked down at the still, white face of his new bride. Blinded by bitterness, Paul Cameron leaves his church and flees to a logging camp deep in the north woods of Wisconsin. There he wrestles with his loss—unable to get Corrine out of his mind and unwilling to make peace with God. When a falling tree crushes his legs, Paul can run no further. Broken now in body as well as spirit, he must face

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