Does what you hear at church on Sunday affect the rest of your week? Maybe you let your beliefs remain at surface level, never letting them really change who you are. But when you read and study the words of Jesus, you can’t help but grow in your faith.

Always offers you 90 short devotions that help you encounter Jesus’s words for yourself. Popular author Melody Carlson unpacks the message that Jesus wanted his followers to understand. Then she shows you how it applies to your life during the highs and lows of school, family life, relationships, and more.

If you want to read the Bible for all it’s worth, check out this final book in the Words from the Rock series.

Melody shares tips and gives advice for aspiring authors. She also shares how she is able to keep writing several books without missing a beat. Also, find out what she is working on next.

Melody is a wealth of knowledge and I enjoyed interviewing her.

To learn more about Melody visit www.MelodyCarlson.com.

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In this final installment in the 86 Bloomberg Place series, Three Weddings & a Bar Mitzvah, follow the four roommates through the high drama of their romantic relationships.

Newly engaged Lelani has returned from Maui with her toddler anticipating a simple, beautiful wedding to Gil, but his Latina mama has other ideas–and the willpower to make them happen. Kendall, who accepts her “Maui Man’s” proposal of marriage, finds her wedding plans turned upside down by her absentee parents and cruel sisters, who don’t think she’s capable of making a single smart decision on her own. Marcus takes a trip to Africa, leaving Megan uncertain about the future of their relationship, and Anna risks losing Edmond to a flirty young intern at their office. An to complicate matters, Mefan and Anna have just a few months to find a new place to live.

With only two months to pull off both weddings (on the same day!), the pressure is on, and the stress just might kill any promise of happily ever after. Are their friendships strong enough to weather the hassles and heartaches?

Claudette Fioré used to turn heads and break hearts. She relished the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle because she had what it takes: money, youth, fame, and above all, beauty. But age has withered that beauty, and a crooked accountant has taken her wealth, leaving the proud widow penniless and alone.

Armed with stubbornness and sarcasm, Claudette returns to her shabby little hometown and her estranged sister. Slowly, she makes friends. She begins to see her old life in a new light. For the first time, Claudette Fioré questions her own values and finds herself wondering if it’s too late to change.

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What Matters Most is book number 3 in the Diary of a Teenage Girl series.

Maya’s Green Tip for the Day: Recycled fashion is one of the most fun ways to go green. A pair of jeans could be transformed into a denim skirt. A sweater into a vest. A bunch of old ties into a dress. A blanket into a poncho. Accessorize it in new way–with beads, buttons, appliqués, buckles, stencils, or ribbons…your imagination is only the limit. (65 words)

Sixteen-year-old Maya Stark has a lot to sort through. She could graduate from high school early if she wants to. She’s considering it, especially when popular cheerleader Vanessa Hartman decides to make her life miserable–and Maya’s ex-boyfriend Dominic gets the wrong idea about everything.

To complicate matters even more, Maya’s mother will be released from prison soon, and she’ll want Maya to live with her again. That’s a disaster waiting to happen. And when Maya plays her dad’s old acoustic guitar in front of an audience, she discovers talents and opportunities she never expected. Faced with new options, Maya must choose between a “normal” life and a glamorous one. Ultimately, she has to figure out what matters most.

To learn more about Melody Carlson and her books visit www.MelodyCarlson.com.

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In this final installment in the 86 Bloomberg Place series, Three Weddings & a Bar Mitzvah, follow four roommates through the high drama of their romantic relationships.

Newly engaged Lelani has returned from Maui with her toddler anticipating a simple, beautiful wedding to Gil, but his Latina mama has other ideas – and the willpower to make them happen. Kendal, who accepts her “Maui Man’s” proposal of marriage, finds her wedding plans turned upside down by her absentee parents and cruel sisters, who don’t think she’s capable of making a single smart decision on her own. Marcus takes a trip to Africa, leaving Megan uncertain about the future of their relationship, and Anna risks losing Edmond to a flirty young intern at their office. And to complicate matters, Megan and Anna have just a few months to find a new place to live.

With only two months to pull off both weddings (on the same day!), the pressure is on, and the stress just might kill any promise of happily ever after. Are their friendships strong enough to weather the hassles and heartache?

Author bio: Melody Carlson has published more than one hundred books for adults, children, and teens, with many on the best-seller lists. Several books have been finalists for, and winners of, various writing awards, including the Gold Medallion and the RITA Award. She and her husband live in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and have two adult sons. To learn more about her visit www.MelodyCarlson.com.

Raising a teen daughter can be like trying to chart a course underwater. You can drown i an ocean of one-word answers, defensive conversations, and unpredictable outbursts, and never get anywhere. Popular teen girls’ novelist Melody Carlson helps you cut through murky, deep, uncharted and seemingly unsafe waters so you can hear what you daughter’s really trying to tell you through her anger, silence, and mixed messages:

“I need you, but i wont admit it.”

“I’m not as confident as i appear.”

“I have friends. I need a mother.”

Instead of focusing on outward behaviors, Dear Mom captures your daughter’s heart and soul. You can know your daughter’s hopes and fears, and her doubts and dreans about her identity, guys, friendships, and even you. And you can connect on a deeper, more intimate level that will carry both you and your daughter throught the stormy seas of life.