Founded in 2010, CrossRiver Media started with a dream of helping Christian women grow in their faith. The business quickly grew and this small company has become a powerhouse in the Christian publishing world. It has produced several award-winning books including Christian Small Publishers Books of the Year and SELAH Award winners. CrossRiver Media Group is based in St. Joseph, Mo., and publishes fiction, Bible study, devotionals, and Christian living books.
For her it was a marriage of convenience. He prayed she'd grow to love him. But their tragic pasts threaten to destroy any hope for their future together. A tragic accident changed Rusty Sava's life, and he battles daily with the consequences. Love wasn't something he bargained for, but once he met Jane his heart was lost, and her little boy was an unexpected blessing. The last thing Army...
Do you have the marriage you have always dreamed of! Are you cherished in a marriage that's off the charts or co-existing in a fragile one? What we all really want is intimacy and tingling excitement. Author Cathy Krafve shares the personal stories and conversations she first created to help inspire success for her own kids' marriages. Marriage takes serious communication. So, we turn to the...
Amber Graham has no siblings, no parents, no roots. And to her, that means no future. As she seeks to create the family tree she's always longed for, Amber gets caught up in a cold Pinkerton case – never suspecting that the mysteries of her past are about to collide with the future she so desperately desires. Will Amber blaze her own path toward the man who beckons or trust God to give her a...
"We were doing okay until my dad bought us a woman. "Oh, wait. I'm not supposed to use the word bought. He hired us a woman. Her name was Maggie, and I knew we were in trouble from the beginning because, first-off, she accused Dad of feeding us cement, then started doing things like moving the motorcycle to a different room in the house." Ants Across the Page focuses on a motherless family's...
Robbed of the only family she has left, Justine Davidson escapes to America to outrun her pain and loneliness. Penniless and homeless, both fortune and misfortune, love and terror twist Justine's road in new and unexpected ways. In the midst of finding herself surrounded by new friends and being pursued by two very different men, Justine's heart is torn between trusting a sovereign God and...
Would you like to read a devotional that coincides with the needs of your heart? Discover Big Steps, Little Steps, a topical devotional that allows you to turn to any page you like on any day you like. We're often jostled about by the demands and worries of life; we're pushed and shoved by the world around us and our walk becomes one of big steps and little steps. That's often a good...
You know it. They know it. Everyone in the store knows it. You've got your hands full. It's an inescapable reality. A universal truth. It is the nature of life with little ones. And full hands, as we all know, can get a little overwhelming. If you struggle... to find time to read your Bible, or your minivan is carpeted with cracker crumbs and soggy fries, or you feel inadequately equipped for...
Live full of faith, joy, peace, and power! In these unsettling times, it's easy to be overwhelmed and feel a bit lost—to forget who and Whose you are. And you're not alone. At our soul's core, we know we're made for more. So we ask, "God, who am I and what do You want me to do?" Somewhere on this zig-zaggy journey, our pain and our people defined us. We formed toxic mindsets and habits that...
Hesed, agape, love… whatever you call it, you can't escape it, even if you don't feel it. The Bible is clear: God loves you! It doesn't matter what we've done. It doesn't matter who we are. It doesn't matter what our backstory is…God loves us with an unending love, because that is who He is. He is love. In this 31-day devotional, you'll find story after story to encourage you with the knowledge...
Once the huntress, she is now the hunted. New Yorker Ruth Jessup and Amish-bred Joshua Stutzman live in different worlds. But their lives collide in catastrophic proportions as they battle wits against a psychopath and the New World Order. After Ruth wakes from one of her reoccurring nightmares, she prepares for the day's fox hunt, rides down a lonely stretch of road in Owenson, Michigan, and...
The complete 3-book set of historical fiction romance mystery novels by award-winning author Tracy Michelle Sellars. Robbed of the only family she has left, Justine Davidson escapes to America to outrun her pain and loneliness. Penniless and homeless, both fortune and misfortune, love and terror twist Justine's road in new and unexpected ways. High-society belle Summer Edwards is the only...
Do you fear God doesn't care about your prayers? Take heart. He cares about every detail of our lives! No prayer is too small or too big for God to answer. Through these thirty personal stories of answered prayer, you will Find encouragement for today Grow and refresh your faith Ignite your relationship with God. Your heavenly Father delights to answer your prayers! Renew and strengthen your...
A high-society belle. A Pinkerton agent. Their own subterfuge an obstacle to their growing love for one another. The only witness to a framed murder, Summer Edwards is suddenly sorry she defied her parents' wishes to visit her beloved aunt Elizabeth. She wanted freedom and adventure but soon finds all of the truth from her past is a lie to protect her future. Caught in uncovering the...
How can love blossom when dating is forbidden? Setting aside broken dreams of love and marriage, Samantha "Brooke" Cooper-Sanchez is determined to complete Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, so she can be a nurse in the Army Medical Corps. She wasn't looking for love. Then surprise Christmas gifts begin showing up. Who is sending them and how does this person know her so well...
Let go of your perception of holiness. Holiness is not an endless list of "thou shalt nots." It's not how we behave, what we think, or how we react or respond to life and the people around us. A frequent retreat and conference speaker with over thirty years of ministry experience, M. Esther Lovejoy leads us back to the scriptural understanding of holiness. In An Unnatural Beauty, you'll...
Love, redemption, mercy, provision, revelation and healing... In Psalm 103, David listed just a few of the good things God did for him. These thirty devotionals, based on his list, will remind you of all the amazing things our heavenly Father does for you. The stories share how... A simple letter brings forgiveness to a mother and daughter. A little girl, bullied at school, finds justice in an...
Where do you run when your world implodes? "Mom?" Ashley's shakes can be heard in that single, whispery word. "Mom, what happened?" I take a breath, unable to turn my head. Unable to move at all. "I don't know, Ash." But somehow I do know, beneath skin chilled by the breath of demons, that whatever just happened will change everything. It was Josie's hands on the wheel, her foot on the pedal...
Start your day with a dose of faith. These true stories will cure your fear and doubts. When trouble strikes, we can find ourselves doubting God's Word. But from our smallest to our biggest need, Abba Father promised to provide. The testimony of how God works in our lives is a powerful weapon against our doubts. In Abba's Promise, you'll find thirty-three personal stories of God's provision...
Answers, gifts, love, and promises…they're all part of Abba's devotion to His children. They're also the subjects of our newly expanded devotional series…Abba's Devotion. Abba's Answers describes how there is no question too big or too small for God to answer. He cares about every detail of our lives. Abba's Gifts shares the gifts of love, redemption, mercy, healing, and so much more that God...
Murder, intrigue, and treachery in ancient Ephesus. Sinister forces are at work to destroy the fledgling Christian faith in Ephesus, and Sabina is in their way. A young scribe is murdered during a covert Christian worship service. Sabina, a member of this outlawed religion, can't believe a member of this new faith could be the killer. But when her Roman magistrate father arrests the church...
She was an ordinary girl, in extraordinary circumstancesIf you feel like your life is boring, not very important, and God would never use you, you have a lot in common with a girl named Esther. That's her story. A girl just like you and me who knew what it was like to be alone, afraid, and stuck. A girl who didn't think she could make a difference. Esther's story is one of courage, faith, and...
A serious diagnosis took Lori Ann Wood on a faith detour she never saw coming. As a lifelong believer, she felt profound disappointment in the God she thought she knew. Divine Detour is the result of Lori Ann's risky decision to embrace difficult questions.