Finding Joy in All Circumstances In a world chasing happiness, how does one find true joy? In a faith that promises joy as one of its benefits (Galatians 5:22), Christians should have the market cornered on joy, but do we? What is the original meaning of joy and what is the use of it? In this issue, contributors share examples of joy, some hard won and at the end of a trial. We hope these pieces will help you find the definition of joy in your own...

"Poor Richard's women describes Deborah's common-law marriage to Ben Franklin and his romances with other women"-- Benjamin Franklin: thrifty inventor, statesman of the Revolutionary era... lover of women. The most prominent among them was Deborah Read Franklin, his common-law wife and partner for 44 years. An independent, politically savvy woman and devoted wife, she raised their children, managed his finances, and fought off angry mobs at gunpoint...

"When Ava Laine's dying treasure-hunter father entrusts to her his mission to find a missing Fabergé egg, she has no idea how high the stakes will climb--or how her allegiances will be tested. Join the hunt in this lavish, dual-time narrative that plunges you into the 1917 Russian Revolution, the fall of the Romanovs, and long-buried Soviet secrets"--

Ali Reynolds tries to figure out who was the real target and who was the collateral damage after her husband is forced off the road in an airport limo while preparing to fly to a ransomware conference in London. ":After spending twenty years behind bars, Frank Muñoz, a disgraced former cop, is out on parole and focused on just one thing: revenge. The wife who abandoned him after his arrest, the mistress who ratted him out for abetting a money-laundering...

Angelenos Doug Billings and Tracy Garner are about to get married. Two days before the wedding, Doug and his groomsmen hop into Tracy's father's Mercedes for a 24-hour stag party in Las Vegas. The morning after their arrival in Vegas, they awaken in their Caesars Palace hotel suite each with the worst hangover. No one remembers what happened in the past twelve or so hours. The suite is in shambles and Doug is missing. Phil, Stu and Alan try to find...

The life and works of the father of American portraiture.

The father of two wealthy, free spirited teens puts them to work to teach them about the responsibility of running a business. When someone empties the company's bank accounts, the sisters must put aside their pampered existence to save the business.

A self-involved young man is shocked to discover that his millionaire father left most of his estate to an unknown beneficiary. The man tracks down said beneficiary, who turns out to be his brother and an autistic savant.

The perfect housewife and mother, Donna Stone helps her husband and children solve daily problems in their midwestern town of Hilldale.

"As Fig's friends struggle to start new lives outside of the House, and as her father, brother, and lover search for her in world after world, Fig will learn the shocking truth about the Conception: who they are, how thay came to be, what they want, and what will happen to all of reality if she can't stop them from getting it"--P. [4] of cover.