Böcker av Allyson Kennedy

Does the quality of a yearbook picture have the power to predict how a school year will turn out?Riley Houston, once deemed an ugly duckling and social pariah among her classmates, makes a splash in the big pond of Linwood Whaley High her freshman year. Gone are her braceface and haircut of doom as Riley faces her long-awaited chance at love with Brett Harvey: the school's swoon-worthy quarterback and her next-door neighbor who she's admired over the backyard fence for years.Riley's convinced she's about to score her first boyfriend, but when she recites a poem she wrote about Brett for her English assignment, her cousin's adorably awkward best friend takes the bait instead.Her plan of winning over Brett falls to the wayside as Riley tries to suppress her unintended yet budding crush on Carter Pickett. In a battle of heart and soul, Riley faces the decision to either fight for what she's always wanted, or be vulnerable and loved for the side of her she's always tried to hide.Lighthearted and full of southern sass, Can't Beat the Heart of a Carolina Girl is a clean young adult romance that may convince you having a high school sweetheart is still a possibility.

When you've lost all you've desperately sought to keep, why bother hoping for a second chance? With her pent up faith in love unraveling, former hopeless romantic Emery Brooks is a shell of the girl who once craved a love story that mirrored her grandparents' fifty-year marriage. Taking all efforts to guard her heart, she isolates herself from everything she's ever loved, including her music and faith, now battling the same cynicism she worked so hard to protect Sawyer from. When Emery is asked to post the video for the song she and Sawyer wrote online, her first instinct is to resist. No one understands their story. No one can relate to what they've gone through. Grief should not be publicized. Resistance proves to be futile, as the video plunges Emery into a world of new possibilities. Will Emery succumb to her stubborn tendencies and avoid all risks, or learn to leap again into the comfort of God's arms, despite uncertainty? Nicholas Sparks meets contemporary YA in this tear-jerking continuation of The Ballad of Emery Brooks trilogy. Fans of A Walk to Remember will appreciate this throwback to timeless romance, along with the themes of overcoming hardships and learning the basis of faith.

Is writing your spiritual gift? Do you feel as if God has placed the calling on your life to write and publish books for Him?Fantastic. Because Writing by Faith is the exact book you need to get started.In Writing by Faith, Christian author Allyson Kennedy shares her testimony of the ups and downs of her author career thus far. Covering twelve aspects of Christian authorship, Allyson explores how to: Create and maintain a faith-based mindset for writingCombat seeds of doubt and discontentment sown by the EnemyAllow God to lead the way to fulfilling His purpose for youWriting by Faith is not a get-rich-quick scheme for Christian authors, teaching you how to make millions in the Christian book market. Instead, this book guides Christian authors, whether you are just starting out, or have published several books, in how to align your mindset and goals with God's and make Him known in the book community.Complete with reflection questions at the end of each chapter, by the end of the book, you will have cultivated a fresh, God-centered attitude toward your purpose of being a Christian author, and will be spiritually charged to take it on, with God by your side.