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Romance takes center stage...if she can avoid the backstage diva drama.Danielle Lefontaine, an orphaned actress raised to the lullaby of Broadway, searches for her long-lost brother and her place on the stage. After a successful audition lands her a part in the same city his adoptive family had moved to, Dani believes she's finally close to finding her place to belong. Meanwhile, Alex Sheridan is living his dream playing the trumpet at his family's dinner theater. He's got everything he ever wanted...except someone special to share it with. When Dani dances into his life, he hopes she's the missing piece to his heart but fears the bright lights of a bigger stage could steal her away. However, after a jealous cast member's vicious rumors threaten to drop the curtain on Dani's career, everything they've worked to build may end up for nothing. Will the rhythm of dancing feet usher in their deepest desires or leave them stranded in the wings? If you like tap dancing musical theater, adoption-reunion stories, and faith-based romance with authentic characters, then you'll love the first book in The Wardrobe series from Candee Fick. Get Dance Over Me and grab a front row seat for this musical adventure today.

His love healed her broken heart, but now her love could set him free. Free-spirited Elizabeth Foster turned her back on her father's photography business-and her faith-to pursue musical theater instead. Now, with a one-show contract, Liz is a few weeks away from unemployment forcing her back home until a chance encounter in the theater lobby resurrects her childhood dream of a life behind the camera. Meanwhile, sought-after photographer Ryan Callahan has put his freelance career on hold to help his sister's family while her husband is deployed. While looking for seasonal income, he discovers a spunky actress with a talent for capturing faces and her quick-shutter enthusiasm ignites more than his dormant creative spark. After another heart-breaking rejection by her father, Ryan is there to pick up the pieces, however the promise of a bigger assignment could lure him away. With two career opportunities unfolding before her, Liz faces her biggest challenge yet-listening to her heart. What dream would develop if they could only focus on love? If you like photography, musical theater, and sweet, faith-based romance, you'll love this second installment in The Wardrobe series by Candee Fick. Get Focus On Love and experience the life-changing journey toward love today.

Do faith and football have anything in common? As the wife of a high school football coach, author Candee Fick has climbed metal bleachers in all kinds of weather to see firsthand the battle for field position and points. In addition to discovering the benefits of a comfortable stadium chair, she has seen many lessons about life illustrated on the playing field including coaching, preparation, strategy, teamwork, protection, criticism, rules and consequences, perseverance, time-outs, and rewards. This 11-week devotional journey is an updated and reformatted version of an earlier book. It combines aspects of the game of football, personal anecdotes, practical examples, and Scripture to illustrate biblical truths about life. Each week includes an introduction, five daily readings, application drills, and a topic review.

When life gives you lemons, you need hope. And a way to handle them. Because how you approach, process, and transform life's difficulties makes all the difference, especially for parents facing the sometimes sour experiences of raising special needs children with developmental, behavioral, and/or health needs. Structured around the steps of a recipe for making lemonade, emotional stories from special needs parents, including the author, are woven together with practical strategies from a Christian world view. The result is a transformational, uplifting, virtual support group that will encourage you to face whatever lemons you face in the kitchen of life. MAKING LEMONADE is a must read for not only parents but for professionals who work with children with special needs. (Specific issues covered include autism, mosaic Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, tuberous sclerosis, Cornelia de Lange syndrome, cancers, and ADHD.)

Discover the keys to a fruitful life.Embrace the Biblical promise to "...be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." Jeremiah 17:8 Within the pages of this practical devotional, unpack the essence of what it means to truly be like a tree. Learn how to: Put down deep roots and survive the drought. Identify and prevent the things that hinder spiritual growth. Let personal growth become a support for others. Be attractive, scatter seed, and grow fruit. Embrace your unique potential. After all, who doesn't want to live a fruitful life?

The pampered diva is about to meet her match.Songbird Gloria Houghton has always needed to be the center of attention, but the spotlight has shifted. Seeking fame and a fresh start, she finds a new stage in Branson, Missouri...only to risk being replaced by a manipulative rival. If Gloria can't be the star, who is she?Jack-of-all-trades Nick Sherwood is just one leaf on a vast family tree that includes a restaurant chef, hotel owners, and even the headline act at a family-owned theater. He's seen how fame can blind a person with jealousy and is more than content to stay in the background thank you very much. If only he wasn't so fascinated--and irritated--by the newest addition to the staff.After a disaster of a first impression and financial difficulties land Gloria in the humblest of jobs-with Nick as her boss-it might be time for her to learn to sing a new song.If you like strong families, country music, and redeemed villains, then you'll love this next chapter in The Wardrobe series by Candee Fick. Pick up Sing a New Song and step into the spotlight for yourself.

Football is his life, but she thinks athletes can get away with murder. After a tragedy involving a football player destroyed her family, graduate student athletic trainer Cassie Parker moves across the country looking for a fresh start, but a surprise change in financial aid lands her in the middle of her worst nightmare. Meanwhile, rookie college coach Reed Worthington worries his dream career will slip away as injuries plague his players and his star receiver teeters on the brink of ineligibility. As the two work together to salvage the season, they struggle to keep their budding romance a secret from the team. However, after a scandal erupts, Reed must choose between the game he loves and the woman who just might be the catch of a lifetime. If you like college football, clean romance, and faith-based fiction with authentic characters, then you'll love this standalone debut from Candee Fick. Get Catch of a Lifetime and kick-off the action-packed adventure today.

Life is like the game of football. Teammates preparing for battle. Mentors coaching from the sidelines. Opportunities to persevere through trials, recover from injuries, regroup during a timeout, adjust after penalties, and celebrate the victories. This short collection of devotional readings includes lessons about faith and life as illustrated on the football field. If you like this book, you'll enjoy the 11-week version of Pigskin Parables: Exploring Faith and Football.

Grace Mitchell's dream of creating music derailed when she saw firsthand how fame could change a person. After choosing a more stable career, she's content to build her future in backwoods Missouri until the reminder of her broken heart walks in the door of her father's bait shop. Tyler Sherwood left it all behind for a chance at the national spotlight, but a backstage revelation changed everything. Embarrassed to face his family after his failure, he retreats to a rustic cabin to regroup...and comes face to face with an intriguing young woman and an old guitar. When sparks fly, will they leave her singing or singed? Can the message and the music reignite dormant dreams and bring him home for Christmas? If you like prodigals, faith-filled romance, and country music, then you'll love this final chapter from the Wardrobe series by Candee Fick.

From disowned to daughter to "I do?" Freelance photographers Liz Foster and Ryan Callahan are finally making plans for their future. And what better time to get married than during the festive holiday season that brought them together? If only Liz's parents weren't standing in the way of a picture-perfect wedding. Spurred on by the ghosts of Christmases past, Dan Foster has already written Liz out of his will, so even attending the wedding-let alone walking his daughter down the aisle-is out of the question. However, this is the season for miracles and Ryan will do anything to make his bride smile. What will it take to bring this family back together in time for the wedding? If you like Christmas weddings, family reunions, and happily-ever-afters, then you'll love this next chapter in The Wardrobe series by Candee Fick. Pick up Picture Perfect Christmas and start celebrating the season today. (NOTE: This book is a follow-up to Focus On Love and is best understood if read in that order.)

Let this be your year for personal growth! Life is like a garden. Complete with seasons of dormancy and growth, preparation and harvest. A winter, spring, summer, and fall of the soul. Devotions from the Garden is a collection of short faith devotional readings covering topics such as tilling the hard soil, composting, planting, watering, weeding, thinning, insects, harvesting, and blooming as they relate to life. If you are a gardener or are looking for inspiration to face life's seasons, this devotional guide will plant seeds of hope in your soul. Readers of this first installment of the With All Creation series might also enjoy Be Like a Tree, a longer devotional inspired the words of Psalms and Jeremiah that focuses on deep roots and personal growth despite times of drought or Creation Declares, which explores God's fingerprints on creation.

Ever feel overwhelmed as a writer? Wonder how you will get it all done?Becoming an author in today's publishing world involves so much more than simply dreaming up an idea, putting words on a page, and then polishing it to perfection. There is also a website to build, a blog to write, a social media presence to build, a fan base to email, taxes to file, book launches to plan, and ongoing marketing campaigns to maintain...all while trying to write that next book and the one after that.The Author Toolbox is filled with over 100 practical tools to help today's author build a book, a platform, a business, and a career. Why? So we can get it all done while freeing up both time and mental energy to do the one thing we really desire...write.

Two hearts longing for home.A memorable first encounter brought them together, but then Susannah Stanley and Nicholas Pennington were torn apart by circumstances beyond their control. From the Lake District in Northern England to a Moroccan port along the African coast and the Napoleonic Wars in between, they struggle to hold onto hope they will someday be reunited.After being supplanted by her stepmother's schemes and the betrayal of a friend, they finally meet again in the most unlikely of places. Now the battle is on to reclaim their rightful inheritance.Nicholas has saved hundreds of lives, but can he save their future and restore their home?If you like faith-filled romance, Regency era intrigue, and fairy-tale endings, then you'll love this emotional tale from the Within the Castle Gates series by Candee Fick. Get Finding Home today and be immersed in another time.

In Regency England, news travels slowly. Especially in Yorkshire.Overnight, Kathleen Harris, a foundling raised by a vicar and his wife, becomes the ward of the Earl of Wiltshire and is set on a direct path to a London season. Now miles from home, will her heart outgrow her small Yorkshire village and the love of her childhood friend?Reuben Cooke, a quality weaver in a region where the woolen industry thrives, supports his widowed mother and hopes to marry soon. However, after the local vicar dies, his dreams of a quiet life with Kathleen at his side quickly unravel as they are ripped apart by societal conventions.Can true love survive the distance when the road back to happily-ever-after is littered with secrets, a scandal, and a shocking revelation?If you like faith-based fiction, sweet romance, and satisfying emotional reunions, then you'll love this Regency era tale from the Within the Castle Gates series by Candee Fick. Get The Lost Heir and be spun into another world.

A deathbed promise puts one man at odds with the desire of his heart while one woman's duty to family may cost her everything she'd ever dreamed of. Despite Emma Richards's fanciful dreams growing up in the shadow of King Arthur's castle and the manor on the cliff, the orphan is now trapped inland serving her wealthy cousins with no hope for her own future. Sir Grayson Wentworth spent his years at Cambridge dreaming of the Cornwall coast and wishing he could return to the happy days of his youth. Called home to his father's deathbed, the young baron soon learns he has inherited a title, a neglected estate, and a betrothal agreement he knew nothing about. When the new Lord Danvers travels to execute the last matters of his father's will, he finds himself promised to one woman and falling for another. Can he keep his vow to find a wife and win her heart? Or will honor be sacrificed in the name of love? If you like historical romance set in the pre-Regency era and rooting for the underdog in a love triangle, then you'll love this next installment of the Within the Castle Gates series by Candee Fick. Get it today and start your journey to the Cornwall coast in the height of the smuggler's reign.

Sometimes the most heroic live in plain sight. Tragedy stalks Gunn Castle, most recently when the heir to the Gunn chiefdom died, leaving the land vulnerable to attack. But security has come in the promise of a marriage alliance with the Clan Sinclair, the Gunns' powerful northern neighbors. The search is on to gather the eligible maidens...except mysterious accidents befall all who join the laird's widow at the castle. Meanwhile, messengers have been spotted along the southern border, and Clan Sinclair may be walking into a trap. With war looming and a madwoman in their midst, the only hope for a peaceful future may lie in the hands of a disfigured Gunn recluse and the overlooked second son of Clan Sinclair. If you like clean medieval romance, the Scottish Highlands, and cheering for the underdog, then you'll love the first installment of this new series from Candee Fick.