This story deals with sensitive issues that may be triggering for some readers. Please read the Note to the Reader right before the start of Chapter One for more information. A single night changed everything for her. One man's choices robbed her of her sense of security. She is powerless. Held captive by the fears in her mind. She feels like her dreams for her future-her hopes for a husband and a family-have been cruelly ripped away. Jillian Hall has returned to New Hope Falls, hoping to salvage some part of her future. It was a place she'd once felt safe, and she hopes it does that for her again as she begins to teach at the local elementary school. It's the only dream she has left. A single night changed everything for him. His own actions robbed him of the woman he loved and shattered their hopes and dreams for the future. It has been ten years since that night, but still the woman he'd hoped to spend the rest of his life with lies vegetative in a hospital bed. His guilt has kept him frozen in the past, unwilling to consider a future-one with a wife and a family-when she has no future beyond her hospital bed. Carter Ward moved to New Hope Falls from Seattle to appease the couple who would have been his in-laws if things had turned out differently. They love him, and they want him to move forward with his life. To begin to live again since nothing will change with their daughter's condition. But that is the last thing Carter wants. The last thing he feels he deserves. When Carter rescues Jillian from an awkward situation with a persistent guy who thinks she should date him, they discover that while neither of them is interested in a relationship with marriage as the goal, being able to say they are dating might solve a problem for both of them. But is there a chance for something more? Will they be willing to reach for previously abandoned dreams? Or will the things that have held them captive continue to chain them to their pasts? A Heart Renewed is book 4 of the Christian romance series, New Hope Falls. If you haven't read book 1 yet, be sure to check it out: A Love So Real (ASIN: B07T58NPDR). Welcome to the fictional town of New Hope Falls! A sanctuary for those needing refuge. A beacon for those who are lost. A place for the hurting to call home. Come for a visit and fall in love with New Hope Falls and its residents, both old and new. Books in the New Hope Falls series: A Love so Real Because of Him The Color of Love A Heart Renewed If you enjoy heartwarming Christian romance with a focus on love, faith, and family, be sure to check out these other series and books by Kimberly Rae Jordan: The Callaghans & McFaddens Fostered by Love BlackThorpe Security The McKinleys Home to Collingsworth Those Karlsson Boys Other Christian romance books by Kimberly Rae Jordan: Faith, Hope & Love Marrying Kate
The subsequent achievement of selfhood is then based on the interplay of individual and community identities. Connor suggests that the distinctiveness of African-American women's experiences and writings can transcend their immediate communities and be brought to bear on women's experiences in general, making their individual stories more accessible and meaningful to the whole of humankind.
Kimberly Rhodes's interdisciplinary book is the first to explore fully the complicated representational history of Shakespeare's Ophelia during the Victorian period. In nineteenth-century Britain, the shape, function and representation of women's bodies were typically regulated and interpreted by public and private institutions, while emblematic fictional female figures like Ophelia functioned as idealized templates of Victorian womanhood. Rhodes examines the widely disseminated representations of Ophelia, from works by visual artists and writers, to interpretations of her character in contemporary productions of Hamlet, revealing her as a nexus of the struggle for the female body's subjugation. By considering a broad range of materials, including works by Anna Lea Merritt, Elizabeth Siddal, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and John Everett Millais, and paying special attention to images women produced, Rhodes illuminates Ophelia as a figure whose importance crossed class and national boundaries. Her analysis yields fascinating insights into 'high' and mass culture and enables transnational comparisons that reveal the compelling associations among Ophelia, gender roles, body image and national identity.
Content analysis is a complex research methodology. This book provides an accessible text for upper level undergraduates and graduate students, comprising step-by-step instructions and practical advice.
This Christian romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan will warm your heart!She has loved him for years, so when Jared asks her to marry him for the sake of the orphaned children of his brother and her sister, Kate says yes. The foundation of their marriage is a mutual love for their nieces and nephew, but Kate hopes for more.As they learn about God's ideal for marriage and how it works for them, danger from Jared's past threatens their family. Will they have the chance to see if respect and affection can blossom into love before it's too late? Or will a man's need to protect his secrets rob them of the marriage Kate dreams of?Be sure to check out other inspirational Christian romances by Kimberly Rae Jordan: Faith, Hope & Love
In this subtle and illuminating study, Kimberly Rae Connor surveys examples of contemporary literature, drama, art, and music that extend the literary tradition of African-American slave narratives. Revealing the powerful creative links between this tradition and liberation theology's search for grace, she shows how these artworks profess a liberating theology of racial empathy and reconciliation, even if not in traditionally Christian or sacred language. From Frederick Douglass's autobiographical writings through Richard Wright's imaginative reconstruction of slavery to Ernest Gaines's Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the candescent novels of Toni Morrison, slave narratives exhort the reader to step into the experience of the dispossessed. Connor underscores the broad influence of the slave narrative by considering nonliterary as well as literary works, including Glenn Ligon's introspective art, Anna Deavere Smith's one-woman performance pieces, and Charlie Haden's politically engaged Liberation Music Orchestra. Through these works, readers, listeners, and viewers imagine grace on two levels: as the liberation of the enslaved from oppression and as their own liberation from prejudice and "willed innocence." Calling to task a complacent white society that turns a blind eye to deep-seated and continuing racial inequalities, Imagining Grace shows how these creative endeavors embody the search for grace, seeking to expose racism in all its guises and lay claim to political, intellectual, and spiritual freedom.
She is ready to fall in love, but heartbreak seems inevitable when the first man that captures her attention is one who cannot stay. Sarah McNamara knows better than to fall for a guest at the lodge. So why is she even remotely drawn to the new resident at the lodge? He isn't overly friendly-aloof being a better description-and he doesn't smile much. But whenever she sees the man, her fingers itch to paint him, and everything within her wants to get past the walls he clearly has in place. Banished to New Hope Falls after the spectacular implosion of his engagement to a socialite in Houston, Charles Beaumont Allerton is way out of his comfort zone and not thrilled about it. With his trust fund on the line, however, Beau knows that if he ever wants to have any sort of control over his life, he has to follow through on what his father has demanded of him. Meeting his maternal grandfather for the first time, Beau is introduced to a different way of life in New Hope Falls. One without people at his beck and call. One without all the trappings he's used to. And one that includes a woman with a warm smile, a friendly personality, and a faith that is foreign to him. Sarah is different from the women in Beau's social circle in Houston, which makes her intriguing to him. He won't follow through on the draw he feels toward her, however, because his exile to New Hope is only for a month. Beau still has a year until he can claim his trust fund, and he can't let anything deter him from that goal. Not even the beautiful woman who makes him want to smile more than he ever has before. The Color of Love is book 3 of the Christian romance series, New Hope Falls. If you haven't read book 1 yet, be sure to check it out: A Love So Real (ASIN: B07T58NPDR). Welcome to the fictional town of New Hope Falls! A sanctuary for those needing refuge. A beacon for those who are lost. A place for the hurting to call home. Come for a visit and fall in love with New Hope Falls and its residents, both old and new. Books in the New Hope Falls series: A Love so Real Because of Him The Color of Love If you enjoy heartwarming Christian romance with a focus on love, faith, and family, be sure to check out these other series and books by Kimberly Rae Jordan: The Callaghans & McFaddens Fostered by Love BlackThorpe Security The McKinleys Home to Collingsworth Those Karlsson Boys Other Christian romance books by Kimberly Rae Jordan: Faith, Hope & Love Marrying Kate
Helping those less fortunate than him shouldn't have come at such a high cost. Ryker Bennet thought he had the world by the tail. A beautiful fiancée. A promising career as a pediatrician. Plenty of money. Everything was perfect and on track for the life he'd planned for himself. But then, while volunteering as part of a medical mission in the Middle East, he was caught up in a horrific attack that left its indelible mark on him. Memories of that time have plagued him, invading his dreams and making it impossible for him to continue in his relationship and his career. Life is different now, but he's fine...most of the time. Wanting a quiet, peaceful, safe life shouldn't have been too much to ask. It has taken far longer than it should have, but Sophia Haldorson has finally managed to escape a life that was supposed to have been happy and safe. Being back in New Hope Falls is a relief, if a bit uncertain for her and her young son. But with a place to live and a way to earn some money, they're hopefully at the start of the safe and peaceful life that she's always longed for. After tragedy and heartache, is life to simply be endured? When they both step in to help someone out, their paths cross. But will that be all it is? Or will the twists and turns their lives have already taken, take a couple more that might bring them to a place of healing and love? But trust is a hard thing to come by for people who've become wary of the world around them. ***This book deals with some events that certain readers might find difficult to read. Please check the Look Inside for the warnings about these events in more detail or read the warning at the start of the book.*** Part of this book runs concurrent to When I'm With You, so you'll be seeing some of those events from Ryker and Sophia's perspective. Healing Hearts is book 6 of the Christian romance series, New Hope Falls. If you haven't read book 1 yet, be sure to check it out: A Love So Real (ASIN: B07T58NPDR). Welcome to the fictional town of New Hope Falls! A sanctuary for those needing refuge. A beacon for those who are lost. A place for the hurting to call home. Come for a visit and fall in love with New Hope Falls and its residents, both old and new. Books in the New Hope Falls series: A Love so Real Because of Him The Color of Love A Heart Renewed Once Upon a Silent Night When I'm With You Healing Hearts The Harmony of Love If you enjoy heartwarming Christian romance with a focus on love, faith, and family, be sure to check out these other series and books by Kimberly Rae Jordan: The Callaghans & McFaddens Fostered by Love BlackThorpe Security The McKinleys Home to Collingsworth Those Karlsson Boys Other Christian romance books by Kimberly Rae Jordan: Faith, Hope & Love Marrying Kate
To those around her, her life plays like a simple melody. But she hears the whole song, complete with the harsh sounds of discordant notes. Along with everything else she does at the family's lodge, Leah McNamara also finds the time to write music, using it as an outlet for the things she's experiencing in her life. Leah would be perfectly content with her life at the lodge and her music if she wasn't worried about the secrets she's kept hidden from her family that are now threatening to be revealed. If that were to happen, the betrayal her mom and siblings would feel could damage everything. The realization of his dream had been like a beautiful song, until someone else's actions brings it all to an end. Gavin Colley is unsettled, set adrift when the popular contemporary Christian music group he'd founded crashes and burns in a fiery scandal. When he hears a song being sung by a woman whose voice resonates with him, he sets off to convince her to write and record a song with him. He hopes it might help to give him the direction he needs to move forward. As he bides his time, waiting for the right moment to ask her to collaborate with him, Gavin finds himself intrigued by the prickly woman. Being around her is the perfect distraction from the mess his career is in. But there's also something more there that he hadn't expected to find when he'd made his way to New Hope Falls. When Gavin shows up at the lodge, Leah knows who he is and what's happened. She has long admired his talent as a fellow musician, so she finds herself getting closer to him than she would normally with a guest at the lodge. But even as they draw closer, Leah knows that anything beyond friendship is impossible. Their lives don't harmonize since Gavin's life is on the other side of the country and he's frequently on tour, while Leah prefers being behind the scenes and helping at her family's lodge. But when love finds its way into their hearts, will they try to bring their lives into harmony? Or will they be left with heartache? The Harmony of Love is book 7 of the Christian romance series, New Hope Falls. If you haven't read book 1 yet, be sure to check it out: A Love So Real (ASIN: B07T58NPDR). Welcome to the fictional town of New Hope Falls! A sanctuary for those needing refuge. A beacon for those who are lost. A place for the hurting to call home. Come for a visit and fall in love with New Hope Falls and its residents, both old and new. Books in the New Hope Falls series: A Love so Real Because of Him The Color of Love A Heart Renewed Once Upon a Silent Night When I'm With You Healing Hearts The Harmony of Love If you enjoy heartwarming Christian romance with a focus on love, faith, and family, be sure to check out these other series and books by Kimberly Rae Jordan: The Callaghans & McFaddens Fostered by Love BlackThorpe Security The McKinleys Home to Collingsworth Those Karlsson Boys Other Christian romance books by Kimberly Rae Jordan: Faith, Hope & Love Marrying Kate
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