Elizabeth Bristol grew up certain something was missing inside. Bouncing from a controlling family to a series of codependent relationships, she attempted to fill the void with drugs, booze, and a long string of adventures. But when a 1990 cross-country trip through Africa ended in tragedy and a broken back, the twenty-six-year-old limped home spiritually bereft.

Frustrated by the pressure to get married, have children, and work a conventional job, Elizabeth soon grabbed her backpack and headed off to sea. Yet when the fun-filled Caribbean voyage turned into a life-and-death fight against nature, she cried out with little hope of salvation and was floored when Jesus answered.

Had she at last found the answer to unconditional love and peace for her soul?

In this raw and extraordinary story, Elizabeth B. Bristol takes you on her wild journey in search of acceptance, redemption, and her place in the cosmos. As her exploration around the world shows how God resides in each experience, you will discover that a relationship with Him is never too late and always cool.

Mary Me: One Woman’s Incredible Adventure with God is a no-holds-barred account full of deep reflection and unique insight. If you like laughing at your mistakes, forging your own path, and experiencing complete freedom, then you’ll adore Elizabeth B. Bristol’s radical epiphany.

Joining forces with a beautiful cop who runs Hope with a cool hand, Reacher goes up against Despair—against the deputies who try to break him and the rich man who tries to scare him—and starts to crack open the secrets, starts to expose the terrifying connection to a distant war that’s killing Americans by the thousand.

Now, between a town and the man who owns it, between Reacher and his conscience, something has to give. And Reacher never gives an inch.

It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,� including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book� her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.