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Valeria's Cross
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In the 3rd century, pampered Roman princess Valeria falls in love with Mauritius, captain of the Theban Legion. She sends him off to battle, where he suffers under the schemes of a notorious pagan general with an ambition for power and a lust for Valeria. In a scene based on true events, the evil Galerius kills Mauritius and his entire legion for their Christian faith. And in a shocking turn of events, the grieving Valeria is forced to become Galerius’ wife against her will. Never has a marriage been set up for such failure. Valeria loathes her new husband, but he seems to undergo a change of heart, adopting a child for her and giving her power and authority, and even love. She struggles with the commitment she knows she must keep, and the love she knows she will never find again.
No Greater Love
Forbidden romance, an unlikely martyr, and an even more unlikely hero. Orphaned four years earlier when their parents, active in the African National Congress ANC movement against Apartheid, were murdered, 16-year-old Chioma and her 15-year-old brother Masozi now live and work on an Afrikaner family’s farm. When Chioma and Andrew, the farm owner’s son, find themselves attracted to one another, tragedy revisits their lives. Chioma escapes to join an ANC rebel band in her effort to survive and gain revenge for her family and culture. When cultures clash in life-or-death struggles, Chioma must choose between violence and revenge or forgiveness and selfless love. Loosely based on historical events and set near Pretoria, South Africa, in the violent upheaval prior to ANC leader Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990 and his ascendance to the presidency of South Africa, this story of forbidden romance produces an unlikely martyr who is replaced by one even more unlikely.
"…Kathi Macias has created a sweeping epic about a land alien to too many, but more important is the crucial nature of the story and its monumental implications. You’ll feel as if you were there." Jerry B. Jenkins, bestselling author of the Left Behind series
More than Conquerors
True love ignites their passionate pursuit of His call With violent crime on the rise and the political climate changing throughout certain parts of Mexico, the opportunity for open Christian witness, particularly in some areas of Chiapas State, is rapidly decreasing. Hector Rodriguez pastors a small church in the tourist-popular border town of Tijuana. He also routinely carries Bibles deeper into the hostile areas of Mexico, where he ministers despite increasing difficulty and persecution. Hectors mother accompanied him on one of those trips and felt God called her to stay in the little village of San Juan Chamula, where she uses the Scriptures to teach reading to the families who are open to it. In retaliation for Hectors bringing the Bibles into areas hostile to Christians and in an effort to dissuade him from continuing to expand his ministry there, Hectors mother is murdered. Hector must decide if he will continue his work despite his worries about protecting his wife and children.
Mothers of the Bible Speak to Mothers Today (New Hope Publishers 2009)
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The Spanish version of the book is available for order HERE
Challenges that mothers face day in and day out are not unique to this time, and modern-day moms have much wisdom to gain from true examples recorded in Scripture.
In Mothers of the Bible Speak to Mothers of Today, readers meet ordinary women of their day who, by God’s incomparable grace, were used for extraordinary purposes. Readers will journey through the lives of such mothers—like Eve, Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Salome, Mary, and others. Exploring heart issues like fear, discontentment, grief, and gratitude, readers will discover solutions through biblical models of prayer, sacrifice, and faithfulness. Each chapter ends with personal application and prayer.
Beautifully designed, this book makes the perfect gift for a mother on any occasion.
Release Date: April 2009
ISBN-10: 1-59669-215-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-59669-215-2
Retail Price: $19.99
Format: Hard Cover
How Can I Run a Tight Ship when I’m Surrounded by Loose Cannons
The perfect woman—excellent wife, cherished mother, impeccable housekeeper,thriving entrepreneur—all rolled into one. The Proverbs 31 woman looms large for Christian women today. Getting it all together. Keeping everything under control. Running a tight ship. But despite our best efforts it seems there are always loose cannons rolling around the deck.
With humor and relevance, Kathi Macias shares her journey and struggle
with Proverbs 31, ultimately discovered that there is natural progression of growing in grace. The course of our lives and growth in grace may very well lead to a different destination than originally planned. But in the process, we can finally relinquish the dream of perfection and give up trying to control every aspect of our lives—all those loose cannons that threaten the tight ship we are determined to run, but can’t—and instead learn to trust the Captain of our ship to steer us safely home.
Format: Trade Paper
Release Date: February 2009
ISBN-10: 1-59669-204-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-59669-204-6
Retail Price: $13.99
Train-of-Thought
If you want to know how best to put your thoughts and dreams into a clear, compelling, readable manuscript, this is the must-have book for you!
Sample chapters available at:
www.authorhouse.com and www.christianauthorsnetwork.com.
"My first published article came as a result of what I learned using Kathi Macias' train-of-thought method!"
—Julie Carobini, Ventura, CA
Writer of more than 100 published articles
Author of Chocolate Beach, from Bethany House 2007
www.juliecarobini.com
Hi Kathi! I wanted to let you know, I've just finished my second complete novel written using the Train of Thought method. That stuff really works!
Rick Austinson (Ventura County, CA)
My Son, John (Sheaf House -April 2009)
My Son, John has also been chosen number one in favorite fiction books for 2009 by The Book Connection (http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/).
Murder. Could there be a more chilling word? Could it be any more horrible than to have a loved one killed, brutally and heartlessly, without obvious reason or motive? When Liz Peterson’s elderly mother is found viciously beaten to death in her home, Liz and her husband, Charles, along with their grown son, John, and teenage daughter, Sarah, are horrified beyond words. Their previously predictable, respectable lives seem to have vanished without a trace, as they struggle to make sense of a senseless act.
And then a second blow—more devastating, if possible, than the first—rocks them to their core. John is arrested for his grandmother’s murder. As what’s left of the Peterson family begins to crumble under the weight of loss and accusation, the Petersons’ longstanding Christian faith is put to the test in a way they could never have imagined, and unconditional love is stretched to its limits. Will family ties and relationships withstand such a crushing blow, or will evil succeed in dividing and conquering this once close and inseparable family?
ISBN 978-0-9797485-4-7
Trade paperback with study guide and resources list $12.99
Obsession
In this first book of the Matthews detective series, Toni Matthews believes she has a firm grasp on her life and destiny—until she receives a mysterious phone call that stirs up questions regarding the connection between her father’s recent death and the disappearance of a teenage girl, and ultimately leads to dark discoveries of secrets long kept hidden. Sample chapter available at www.christianauthorsnetwork.com.
The Price
When a former student opens fire in the high school, killing and wounding several students and teachers, Toni and Abe Matthews can’t accept the theory that the young man acted alone. Their search for the truth leads them to discoveries that could cost Toni her life. Book two of the Matthews detective series. Sample chapter available at www.christianauthorsnetwork.com
The Ransom
In this third book of the Matthews detective series, a seemingly routine missing person’s case quickly draws Abe and Toni into the dangerous underworld of drugs, violence, murder, and a prison hostage situation, which can only be resolved when someone is willing to pay the ultimate ransom. Sample chapter available at www.christianauthorsnetwork.com
Coming in the fall 2010!
Red Ink
A young Chinese woman, Zhen-Li raised to observe the party line, including its one-child-per-family doctrine falls in love with and marries a Christian, and adopts his faith. Though the couple downplays their Christianity in an effort to survive, Zhen-Li's family is appalled, and she and her husband are ostracized. When she becomes pregnant for the second time and refuses to have an abortion, the persecution begins in earnest. Zhen-Lis parents, under pressure from the government, pay to have Zhen-Li kidnapped and the baby aborted. It is then Zhen-Li decides she must live up to her name Truth and take a firm stand for her faith, regardless of the consequences, and so she begins to regularly teach children about Zhu Yesu Lord Jesus and to distribute Christian literature every chance she gets. Based loosely on the life of Christian magazine editor Li Ying, currently serving a ten-year prison sentence in China, the story of Yang Zhen-Li tells the desperate tale of her incarceration and separation from her family, as she continues to minister to other prisoners, and even to her guards.
People of the Book is the last book in the Extreme Devotion series. A link and description will follow as soon as it becomes available.
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