Portraits Books

A fledgling artist and a single mother, Irene Delany has had her share of hardships, and the shocking news of her ex-husband's mysterious death threatens to crumple her newly found contentment in suburban San Francisco. As the events surrounding Greg's death unfold, Irene discovers a shadowed past that includes Joel Costain a successful attorney who is deeply intent on finding Greg's murderer. Chasing the thread of a mystery, two very different lives unwittingly weave together. Struggling to see beyond their differences and beyond the challenge Joel must face daily Irene soon realizes that Joel is just as intent on whittling away the walls around her heart. Can she find love again a love she can trust? A veteran of the bestseller charts, Judith Pella spins a tale that begins with heart-rending anguish and ends with a portrait of redemption and unconditional love.

Journalist Danni St. John returns to her hometown of Red Oak, Alabama, only to find herself trapped in a terrifying maelstrom of bizarre and deadly events. To complete her assignment and get out alive, she must join forces with Logan McGarey, the dark and menacing sheriff whose shadowed past seems as much a mystery as that of the sinister cult leader she is investigating. With her hometown falling captive to the corrupt power of the cult, and her own heart threatening to surrender to Sheriff McGarey's disarming appeal, Danni risks her life to uncover the truth about he evil menacing Red Oak-and the lawman intent on capturing her heart.

Her co-worker has disappeared and the threads of deception have begun to unravel-. Against the backdrop of the exotic and enchanting city of Hong Kong, Kylie Austin, a highly successful porcelain buyer, uncovers a dark web of greed and deceit threatening to shatter her world. Despite her better judgment, Kylie teams up with corporate vice president Jack Sullivan, a man who is both everything she admires and everything she fears. Before another life is lost, they must join forces in the race to find the culprit. With a typhoon looming on the horizon and the smuggler alert to their pursuit, Kylie and Jack find themselves thrown into the eye of the storm where danger threatens and love lingers just beyond their grasp-.

Sable Dunsmoor's love for Kenya brings her home to Africa to aid her recently widowed father in his government job on a game reserve, but the impending civil war and the dangers of poachers force Sable to seek the aid of Kash Hallet, an adventurer she had determined to forget

When Jacquelyn is diagnosed with breast cancer, she turns to Dr. Martin and her Christian faith for support

When Johnnie James, a successful accountant with a prestigious Atlanta firm, comes to Taino Castle, an island fortress once the stronghold of an infamous pirate and now a luxury hotel, she longs to learn the truth behind the hotel and its owner, Esteban Ventura

When a riding accident leaves former Olympic hopeful Sabrina Mayhew terrified to ride again, it takes two crippled creatures--one a man and one a horse--to help Sabrina mend her broken spirit

Nick Meyers, a single father and doctoral student, and Cassie McCormick both need time to recover from upsetting pasts, but their lives are destined to come together when a murder, child abuse allegations, and falsified data bring them under investigation

Esther Branson, a broadcast news anchor, questions her role in the stories she reports, and when Jon Shepherd, a local teacher is asked to resign for teaching creation science instead of evolution, both Esther and Jon must decide between standing up for truth or settling for compromise

Amanda Kelly, an antique dealer, the mother of two daughters, and the wife of a man with more interest in his work than in her, has a chance meeting in New York City that causes her to revisit Walker's Point, where she had spent her childhood summers, and to face a decision that could drasticly change her life

Emma Davis breaks out of her isolation as the sole caretaker for her grandmother and takes off on a cruise to Papua, New Guinea, where she cares for three motherless children, and befriends their father, Josh Daniels, who is haunted by painful memories

Shanna O'Brian's life falls apart when she loses her mother and the man who fashioned her country music career, and when she returns to the town of Morningsong, her distress is heightened when she is confronted by the husband who left her six years earlier

Marissa Tomsen finds her world collapsing when her brother disappears after joining a sinister cult, and she finds herself heading to the Hawaiian islands following a trail of deceit

Morgan Carruthers' investigation of her sister's death leads her to the Internet where she discovers sinister powers and finds herself in danger as she gets closer to the truth

Claire Anderson, a schoolteacher in Hanover Falls, and Michael Meredith, a nursing home administrator, develop a unique friendship that is threatened by an agonizing secret

When journalist Gabrielle Fleming goes to England to write a series of travel articles, she finds herself saddled with photographer Jarod Walls, whose methods clash with her own, and her sister Janice, whose alliance with their tour director looks increasingly suspicious, but when both Gabrielle's and Janice's lives are threatened, the situation changes dramatically