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At first, Lanny Hooch thinks the sign at the gas station is a practical joke: "Unleaded $0.12 per gallon for the Redeemed--$6.66 for everyone else." At McDonald's, he notices crosses on the employees' lapels and french fries--renamed McScriptures--embossed with Bible verses. And he wonders why everyone calls him 'Mr. P." But when he detects changed lyrics in the oldies tunes blaring from his car radio, he realizes something is seriously wrong. The Beatles never sang about wanting to hold someone's tithe! And then there's the huge reward for his capture and conversion.

Theresa Hopson is the successful owner of one of the hottest new stores in Durham, North Carolina: Miss Thang's Holy Ghost Corner and Church Women's Boutique. But success isn't enough without someone to share it with. Theresa needs a God-fearing, intelligent, hard-working and loving man. Unfortunately, the pickings are slim. Reverend Parvell Sykes is the assistant pastor at Theresa's church, but behind his public persona, he's greedy and conniving. The only other single, successful man in town is attractive Lamont Green, who hasn't seen the inside of a church in years.

Minister Francine Amen dismissed a young woman's claim of sexual abuse by her pastor. When the young woman commits suicide, Francine returns home to face up to her past mistakes and all of the people she has betrayed, including her sister Dawn. But will Dawn ever trust Francine again?

Mark Reynolds is an up-and-coming minister in an affluent Houston church and Amanda is the girl of his dreams. The outlook for his future is extremely bright until Amanda tells him that she is pregnant. The newlyweds are tormented with one tragedy after another. But hope lies in a quiet town in the Texas panhandle.

Margo King fears for her son fighting on the North African front and tries to hide her painful past. Dotty King searches for forgiveness from her mother and God after committing a single ardent mistake. Lucy Anderson struggles to resist temptation while her husband is away in England. And Penelope Maxfield longs for a new life free from her husband and children.

Sales executive Chantell Meyers has life all figured out. "People treat you better when they think you have money, or are beautiful." Chantell has it all, too--a great career, beautiful clothes, lots of spending money, a cool car, and a picture-perfect fiancée. So why is she so unhappy? She promises God that she will become a better person as her father lays on his deathbed. But, keeping that promise unravels Chantell's seemingly perfect life.

Trouble is brewing in the sleepy hamlet of Morning Shade. Multiple chain letters are circulating throughout town, and a local resident is to blame. Little old ladies are being victimized by empty promises of vast riches and rejuvenated health. Fortunately, the plucky Stella Diamond is on the case.

Continuing the theme, "Red is the color of giving," Maggie's Miracle focuses on the power of a young child to change two people's lives.

Gabriel has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for a murder he did not commit. While jailed, he reads about a man who has been cured of cancer, supposedly proving God's existence. Gabriel is unimpressed. If God exists, why doesn't He make Himself known in a vile place like prison? With nothing but time on his hands, Gabriel begins filing away any and all evidence he can find that God might be real.

A Case of Bad Taste, set in a small Arkansas town, brims with homespun humor and unforgettable characters. When a series of break-ins shakes up the town, novelist Maude Diamond spots fresh material for her next book. A crook is sneaking into people's houses -- and redecorating them!