検索キーワード： ナレーター "Natalie" すべてのカテゴリー

A teenager longs for perfect skin. A scientist tends to fragile alien flora. A young man takes the night into his own hands. Each of these characters has a desperate desire. Can any of them be sated? Unsettling, revelatory, and laced with her signature dark humour, Eliza Clark's debut short story collection plumbs the depths of that most basic human feeling: hunger.

I thought we had won, that the worlds were safe. Then I had one final vision, and I saw the truth. The Abhorrent, the eldritch, evil force behind Pestilence, was undefeated and still intent on devouring the light of everything good.

Aliens have invaded Earth… And I'm pretty sure it's my fault. I needed power to protect myself and those I care about. So I took it. But all power comes with a price, and this one will be paid by innocents. To save the people I care about (and everyone else who happens to live on either world), I must fulfill an ancient prophecy.

My name is Eve Redding. You may have heard of me. Since curing the Sickness, my team and I were in high demand. That's why we were in a remote, smoke-filled desert attending a tournament-style Trial to honor the local goddess. Then, some idiot thief with an agenda beyond simple treasure decided to steal the Oracle's third gift, a puzzle band that would grant prophetic visions when solved.

I thought I could trust my allies. I was wrong. Now we all have to pay the price. A new, seemingly impossible quest from the Oracle has seared itself into my brain. Enemies are watching our every move. NIX is experimenting on my brother. And my new power is eating me alive. Literally.

They injected me with a VR chip, a GPS tracker, and my first Seed. They gave me unbelievable powers. Then they sent me to fight. The monsters here are alien and vicious. There is a second moon in the sky. I watched a tree start moving and kill someone. And the other Players…? They're even worse.

This tale of star-crossed lovers weaves through poignant turns, travelling from a South Africa entrenched in Apartheid, through the jagged edges of class barriers in Bombay, India, to Montreal, Canada. More than a love story, Ava’s journey is one of determination to live life on her own terms, surviving cultural obstacles with her own ‘toolbox of coping strategies.’

“Dr. Black Widow” is a gripping memoir by Mike Cromwell, unveiling a tale of love, betrayal, and the daunting quest to reclaim personal sovereignty from the clutches of manipulation and injustice. Within this narrative, listeners are introduced to Mike, a protagonist who navigates the dangerous waters of a lengthy marriage only to confront the stark reality of infidelity. Despite this betrayal, Mike’s unwavering commitment to his daughter leads to a unique living arrangement with his estranged wife.

In this powerful and anointed book, Jeanie Traub opens up her personal spiritual journey through a diagnosis of terminal cancer. Her faith, relationship with Jesus, and determination brought her to her healing. This book will impact and change your life. It is written to set God's people free from the devastating pain and loss that cancer, sickness, and disease cause. Jeanie explains the life-changing lessons she learned while walking out her healing.

Shattered by her sister's murder, Princess Ophir's gift for fire magic spirals in her grief, threatening to incinerate the castle. That is until mysterious siren Dwyn arrives from the sea, pledging both assistance and something more. They work to quench Ophir's flames, all the while Dwyn's longtime rival watches from the shadows. Tyr, who has tracked Dwyn's abilities across the continent now finds himself embroiled in a sinister competition with her for Ophir's heart.

Wild and uncompromising, Tanya, a veteran hotshot on an elite New Mexico wildfire crew, is fighting for her livelihood. Blacklisted from her job, estranged from her family, and threatened with the loss of her home, Tanya must prove herself to battle-hardened Bronson, the crew’s superintendent. Yet when Tanya discovers Bronson’s disturbing secret, she must find a way to save the crew without betraying his trust. As wildfire closes in on the crew and the only home she’s ever known, Tanya must find the courage to face what she most fears. Their survival depends on it.

When your life goes off-piste how do you climb back up the mountain? After a difficult heartbreak, Holly Roberts takes the unlikely step of relocating to the Swiss Alps for the winter. Working as a sous-chef for the affluent twins, Genevieve and irresistible Luca, she's plunged into an unfamiliar world of millionaires, après-ski, and fondue. Thankfully new friends, chalet girl Liv and chef Xavier, are there to be her guide in this snowy wonderland - and to teach her how to get off chair lifts!

June and Levi were best friends as teenagers—until the day they weren’t. Now June is struggling to make rent on her beachside tea shop, Levi is living a New York cliché as a disillusioned hedge fund manager and failed novelist, and they've barely spoken in years. But after they both experience public, humiliating break-ups with their exes that spread like wildfire across TikTok rabbit holes and daytime talk shows alike, they accidentally make some juicy gossip of their own—a photo of them together has the internet convinced they're a couple.

In The Sermon of Loss, power is gifted by food, its use tightly controlled by the Masked Ones, state sorcerers who never show their faces – and pay an enormous price as they slowly starve to death, unable to eat the foods they once burned for magic. The story follows Teros, a gifted young magician attempting to keep himself free of the palace. Unfortunately, the High Priest is determined to capture him and sends 732, his most lethal magician, in pursuit. 732 has spent her life in service of the crown, taken from her family at five years old.

In September 2023, I found myself at the lowest point in my life. I had attempted suicide and was admitted to the hospital. But little did I know, this was just the beginning of my journey towards healing and redemption.

Through personal experience as a caregiver to my parents, I gained first-hand knowledge of the responsibilities family caregivers carry on their shoulders. It became important for me to find out what other family caregivers say they need to help sustain their spirit during the journey of caring for someone they love. The outcome of this inquiry is a devotional developed in direct response to family caregiver interviews and their answers to survey questions.

In recent years, we’ve seen the “great resignation” in Church leadership and attendance, the devastation of spiritual abuse, and the breakdown of faith within our culture. In The House That Jesus Built, Natalie encourages all of us to recognize our role as Jesus’ disciples in rebuilding our churches, brick by brick. The House That Jesus Built will stir your heart to see God’s churches realigned with the Great Commission and the Great Command. As Natalie reminds us, we are the Church. We are the ones who can partner with Jesus to build something beautiful out of the rubble—and back on the Rock.

Despite being raised in a loving family, life had left Ellen Busch traumatized and at her wit's end. Busch had no home, no job, no relationship, and no hope of having a family. Even though Ellen escaped from an abusive husband, she was controlled by the unshakable stigma of dyslexia that erased any shred of self-worth. Busch couldn’t see that she was a victim of trauma until one fateful day, on a crowded highway, when she had a moment of realization that would change the trajectory of her life.

New York heiress Catherine Sloper accepted the sad truth that her lover Morris Townsend cared only for her fortune. Morris jilted her after learning she was to be disinherited by her cold, unbending father. Twenty years later, Catherine is a confirmed spinster. Her life is centered on her charities and gardening. She has no intention of letting Morris Townsend or any other despicable rake into her life or her heart. Morris is back in antebellum War New York. His presence will test her resolve.

This book is an event that proves beyond any shadow of a doubt for me that God is indeed alive and well and living within each of us. Every day, we are given a choice, before our feet hit the floor in the morning, to plug into our awareness of God's Spirit and goodness. I think we all have days when we lose sight of that gift of Spirit by the pressing elements that life throws at us. When you enter or are pulled into His realm of love and grace, the impossible happens--unconditional love.