Everything is legal – if you can get away with it.Billy Crawford is a hero. The star of the Rose City Rounders, the baseball player has been thrilling fans of the city for years. But Billy’s not as young as he used to be and his tendency to play hard is catching up with him. A string of losses for the Rounders puts his position at risk as the team’s owner, local developer Carroll Miller, doesn’t like being associated with anything that loses. Miller’s thinking of m...

She was chosen to bear the Son of God — but what did it cost her?In a world ruled by men and empires, Mary of Nazareth is a quiet force of faith and courage.From her humble beginnings to the harrowing flight to Egypt, the return to Nazareth and the agony of watching her son's crucifixion, this is her story — told not just as a mother, but as a woman of unshakable strength.Blending Biblical and historical details with spiritual insight, Mariam's Memoirs invites you i...

**** A delight from paddock to finish line." --Booklist (STARRED REVIEW) **Brad Smith “rivals Elmore Leonard at his best” (Publishers Weekly). His latest novel, f****or fans of Richard Russo and Jane Smiley, is a terrific novel about a thirty-something single woman, the untried colt she inherits, a horse crazy little girl, and their band of misfits and has-beens who stick it to the establishment in the cutthroat world of horse racing.**Billie Masterson is ...

The Advent is a 24-day devotional that walks us through a Biblical calendar of prophecies and events in the lead up to Christmas Day.Use each chapter of The Advent to enter into a time of reflection and spiritual growth in preparation for the most widely recognised day in the Christian calender: the birth of Jesus Christ.Brother Brad Smith brings together Biblical research, historical facts and other stories to present the promises given by God about the com...

Via Crucis Via Lucis is a 28-day devotional that walks us through the 14 Stations of the Cross and the 14 Stations of the Light during the Easter period. Use each chapter of the Via Crucis to enter into a time of reflection, repentance and spiritual growth during the season of Lent.Applying countless hours of research, Brother Brad Smith has brought together Biblical and historical facts,...

Revealing what the Bible says about a man's position, priorities, and practices, Living as a Man of Valor gives men worldwide the truth of biblical manhood. It is a radical truth, told first to a nobody - Gideon - and applicable to all men who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.When men build from this position of strength in the Lord - when they hear, believe, and act on these truths - men, women, children, community leaders, and pastors report changed lives, re...

Back in the Garden, work was fun. Yet, in today’s fallen world, joy and work are rarely used in the same sentence. But God really does intend for us to find joy in our work. Join Raymond Bakke, Brad Smith, and Bill Hendricks as they explore what the Bible says about the purpose of business and our right to a joyful workplace. No matter where you spend those 50 or 60 hours during the week-whether it’s in business, government, or the nonprofit sector; in church, at home, or anywhere else-God...

When a deranged loner kills twenty-six people in a Pennsylvania schoolyard, the country is stunned and devastated. Among those catatonic with grief is Jo Matheson, an organic farmer who has lost her goddaughter in the shooting. Sam Jackson, an egotistical right-wing TV talking head, has sliding ratings and faces imminent cancellation. He arrives in Pennsylvania and during a rant, he blames the parents of the dead children. He intends the tirade to be his last salvo but, incredibly, his rat...

****WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA 2019 SPUR AWARDS WINNER!**"[A] first-rate novel."**—**True West magazine"Smith has written tight, fast-paced novels his entire career…and reading one is like riding a thoroughbred."--The Chronicle HeraldIn the style of Cormac McCarthy, a gritty tale of justice and revenge in the Wild West.**The year is 1910.Nate Cooper is an old-school cowboy. He sees the change brought by the turn of the century—horse...

Brad Smith, a “funny, poignant, evocative” (Dennis Lehane) crime novelist, debuts a new series set in upstate New York featuring jack-of-all trades, Virgil Cain, who must clear his name of two murders while on the run from the law in this spirited country noir.Mickey Dupree is one of the most successful criminal attorneys in upstate New York, having never lost a capital murder case. That is the upside of being Mickey. The downside: Mickey has a lot of enemies and o...

Jack-of-all-trades Virgil Cain gets tangled up in an old crime surfacing from the waters of the Hudson River, in this second novel in a rip-roaring series that started with Red Means Run.Trouble always finds Virgil Cain. Brad smith’s second Virgil Cain novel is fast, funny country-noir action at its best.For Virgil Cain, a day of fishing on the Hudson River yields more than he bargained for when, while pulling up anchor, he hooks on to a mysterious...

Storming the Gap First Strike reveals the explosive origins of the Third World War and delves into the opening salvos of the conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in a world where the Cold War turns hot in 1985.This epic story is told from a range of viewpoints - through the eyes of the decision-makers in Washington as well as the tankers and infantry fighting through hills and towns of southern Germany.Based partly on the scenarios from the smash-hit game by Lock ‘n Lo...