Books published by Ckn Christian Publishing

New owner Carli Jameson is left in charge of the Wild Cow Ranch for a week. All she has to do is keep the livestock fed and tend to the ranch herd until everyone returns. How hard can it be? Carli wants to prove to everyone that she can run the ranch she owns, but it seems that everything that can go wrong, does. When a wicked Texas norther storm descends on Carli while she's out riding her horse, her life is suddenly in danger and she becomes stranded in a barn. Hungry, freezing, and full of doubt, she must rely on her growing faith to believe that she'll make it out alive. The entire community comes together to find Carli - teaching her that sometimes you need a helping hand to find your way out of a desperate situation...sometimes you need God."An emotional story of courage and learning to rely on newfound faith."Publisher's Note: This is a newly revised, longer edition of Wild Cow Winter.

Wes Wasson, a known troublemaker, comes to Branson to visit his Sister and brother in law. While out with his nephew Bruce, Wes hears that a local Indian named Chusi Yellowbear was a survivor of the Bear River Massacre in 1863.

It's the beginning of a gorgeous September in the City that Never Sleeps. Summer may be officially over, but Labor Day Weekend means ethnic festivals and dancing the streets and lots of overtime for police officer Tony Cavalucci. When crowd control gets unusually dangerous, Tony starts to wonder why he even does this kind of work. And going home doesn't bring him any more respect. His neurotic and dramatic family disapproves of both Tony's fiancé and his new-found faith. All this foreshadows what's about to come to the people of New York on September 11, 2001. Normal day-to-day events and fantastic weather lead up to the most difficult day in the city's history. Now Tony finds himself in brand new territory. As he fights to survive and help others survive as well, Tony learns all over what faith means, what family means, and what life itself means. The author of this highly compelling novel is an ex-cop who survived the World Trade Center rescue efforts. Consequently, the storytelling throughout the book rings with authenticity. All of this makes for a fast-paced and deeply moving page-turner that is at times funny, at times horrible, and always full of humanity, compassion, and the presence of God. The Liones offer their very best work in Clear Blue Sky.

The NYPD has a name for the perps who live on the streets. They are called skells, people who cause trouble for cops trying to keep the peace. Night after night of run-ins with the skells takes its toll on NYPD cop Tony Cavalucci, who's just trying to see them as people who need compassion. But with his co-workers mocking his newfound caring attitude, Tony is finding it hard to keep up with a job that too often drags him down. Meanwhile, Tony finds little solace from his family, which is at war with itself, creating wounds that will be hard to heal. Seeing the mess his family has become, Tony's determined not to make the same mistakes. But after he learns of events from his father's past, will Tony change his perspective? Book 3 in the Midtown Blue series, Skells combines grit with an unexpectedly engaging vulnerability to make this story of a rugged cop a captivating read.

In New York City, Times Square is known as the crossroads of the world. It's where everyone comes to ring in the New Year-the good and the bad, the beautiful and the gritty . . . and the NYPD. But for Tony Cavalucci, an NYPD cop, the holiday season means long hours and little sleep. Instead of joining the countdown, Tony finds himself trapped between his feuding family and his new girlfriend, Michele. After a terrible family fight, Tony runs head on into his struggle against alcohol and wonders if taking a drink would solve all his problems. Or is there another way? Will his family come around or does continuing his relationship with Michele mean giving up on the people he loves? As edgy as life on the streets, The Crossroads, book two in the Midtown Blue series, follows the continuing struggle of one rugged cop.

WELCOME TO BRANSON, OREGON WHERE NOT EVERYTHING IS AS IT SEEMS.U.S. Marshal Matt Bannister has returned to identify two dead bodies burned in a cabin as Catherine Eckman and her husband Nathan Webster. However, Pick Lawson does not trust Matt and is on a mission to prove he is lying for his own personal gain…Matt Bannister is looking forward to a spending a weekend with Felisha Conway who is coming to town for a wedding. His weekend is turned upside down when his dear friend Christine goes missing, and he finds himself under investigation by a Pinkerton Detective for intentionally misleading the missing persons case of Catherine Eckman.Death, kidnapping and lies are just the start in book five of the best-selling western series by Ken Pratt!

Getting lost is easy. Finding your way home's the tricky part.Burned out Jesse McKlintock has nowhere left to go except right back to the place he cut loose from ten years ago in a blind rage. In those ten years, he stayed blind drunk. Now he hates himself as passionately as those who betrayed him. He is an old thirty-six needing to winter somewhere. And the chip on his shoulder from years of being hated for his skin is getting mighty heavy.Getting There reveals Jesse's rich Scot-Wichita heritage while trekking up north to winter in Wyoming, simultaneously traveling back in time to his roots, carried by his Native American grandmother's tales spanning over eighty years across pre-Indian Territory linking his past, present, and future generations.Time may not heal all wounds, Jesse will learn. It will, however, do its part when we at least show up for ours.

Welcome to Bella's Dance HallWelcome to Bella's Dance Hall, where Christine Knapp found a career dancing and singing after her husband and child died along the Oregon trail. Three years after this devastating loss, Christine is ready to find love again and is drawn to Matt Bannister at first sight. After being heartbroken by Travis, Christine meets Kyle Lenning, Matt Bannister's brother-in-law. During a group date, tragedy struck and Kyle is killed. In the fall out of the tragedy, Christine's reputation is stained, and the immoral town sheriff and his friend take the opportunity to accuse Christine of murder to blackmail her into doing their wicked will.With no hope, no escape and no way out of it, Christine is about to sell her very soul to three of the most powerful men in Branson when Matt Bannister comes to her door. Will he demand justice for the death of his sister's husband or rescue her from a horrible fate?

Paradoxically, Jacob's horrific circumstances dynamically unfold through a compelling love story of many dimensions. Jacob Zen ambitiously climbs toward a top position within the US government, only to have his plans explode into chaos. He reacts through computer technology with INterface, human-kind's ultimately evolved beast-state government of absolute control. Drug-induced flashbacks plunge him into that past time when there was yet hope--while life with Karen promised a future filled with great hope and expectation. When Jacob's life flies apart in one terrifying instant, events viciously sweep him toward a savage era beyond comprehension or endurance. He struggles mightily through his nightmarish world while powerful forces push and pull at him as he tries desperately to find Karen, the love of his life, who has been taken from him by the monstrous dictatorship. Yet other forces even more powerful influence his every thought, his every action, and propel him unerringly through the vortex of history toward some seemingly predetermined destination.A novel for those who want a fascinating look into the dawning millennium and beyond. A deeply intertwined mystery of international intrigue, clandestine geopolitical manipulations and murderous betrayals

Best-selling author Reg Quist brings you book three of the Christian western series - Mac's Way.Mac McTavish is called upon to assist the Federal Marshal in dealing with a murder case in a remote corner of the state. Not only have there been murders, but rustlers have also been working in the area, which Mac takes a personal interest in.In order to unravel the crimes, Mac recruits his deputy sheriff brothers, Bobby and Jeremiah.When the crimes are finally solved, everyone is surprised to learn who is behind it all.Mac's Law is a captivating page-turner that has something for everyone - action, humor and romance!

Welcome to Willow Falls. The town young Matthew Bannister ran away from fifteen years before. Now famed U.S. Deputy Marshal Matt Bannister is coming home to reconcile with his family. He prayed he wouldn't see his ex-best friend Tom Smith nor the only girl he ever loved, Tom's wife, Elizabeth. However, old feuds unsettled never die and spark a powder keg of action when the desperate Moskin Gang kidnap Elizabeth and leave a murderous trail behind them. In anguish, Tom, the Willow Falls sheriff, turns to his despised old-friend to help get the woman they both love back alive, if they can. Sometimes God's greatest blessing is unanswered prayer.

Welcome to Windsor Ridge, where Adam Bannister is led by a huge wolf - straight into the blurred battle lines. Nathan Peirce is hiding from an unjust bounty in Loveland, a small logging community in the treacherous Wallowa Mountains of Oregon. When the bank is robbed, Nathan is asked to join the local posse being led by their incompetent sheriff and a brooding stranger forced by the sheriff to help track the robbers.Adam Bannister is elk hunting in the southern Wallowa's when he sees the largest wolf he's ever seen. Determined to hunt the wolf, he follows it over Windsor Ridge and into the direct path of the bank robbers and what's left of the doomed posse. One man is a serial killer, another is one of the most wanted men in the west. A gang of bank robbers and the brother of the U.S. Marshal Matt Bannister, who finds himself in the middle of a battle between some of the best and worst of mankind.Sometimes, it's safer to trust a pack of wolves than a man.

Welcome to Sweethome, a town owned by the cruel Thacker family. The second Matt Banister Western exposes town corruption to religious persecution. From the world of professional boxing to the farthest northern logging camps and the human suffering and tragedies in between.Sweethome is written to answer the age-old question: Can any good come out of tragedy? There is hope for those who believe.

What does the new millennium hold for planet earth? Your future has been foretold thousands of years in advance. There is, however, only one source to be relied on as one-hundred percent accurate in foretelling things to come. Piercing the Future examines that source and its many predictions while we move into and through this most exciting time in human history. Will there be war or peace? Will there be prosperity or depression? Can you know your future and the futures of those you love? Your future and your money. Your future and technology. Your future and religion. Your future living conditions. Your ultimate destiny foretold. Nineteen authorities in the field carefully examine prophecies: past, present and future, and how those will most likely impact your life. They help you pierce the future to gain a thought-provoking comprehension about what lies ahead for you and those you love in this dawning millennium and beyond.

"Mr. Stocker said if I could make my way here by this evening there would be a job waiting. I'm here."On his first full day of work on the Lazy-S, Terry was led to the horse stable by Big Mike. "I spect you know what a shovel is, and that over there is a wheelbarrow. Spect you know that too. Your job, for now, is to keep this barn clean and the horses fed, watered and groomed. You ever been around horses before?"Terry nodded, but Mike wasn't looking his way, so he simply followed the nod with "some."Terry needed two things that summer. One was to put away a few dollars towards the cost of college, the other was a rest from his chaotic home life. If the path to his future started in the stable, he would make the best of it.Cattle, cowboys, a brush with a cougar, and, of course, a beautiful rancher's daughter, all lead the young and inexperienced Terry on an adventurous path into adulthood, all in the shadow of the magnificent snow topped Rockies.

Zack Quilici was a prideful, egotistical, selfish, addicted to pornography frat guy. A tantrum throwing brat of a child. He was put in handcuffs by throwing too many punches in bars. Women and partying made it easy to throw away his talents as a college football player. He was dumped by his dream girl and decided to drink and snort his whole business down the drain. On the verge of suicide he found Jesus Christ. These are his stories.