Acorn imprint: 280 books

“A comic, uncorny update of the old fairy tale about the princess who marries a no-hope nerd.” SHE Magazine.     Your boyfriend has just announced that he’s buying a flat with his ex-lover. Your mother’s efforts to sweep you off the shelf and into the pocket of a prospective...

In a multicultural society Christians often feel uneasy about discussing Jesus with people from other religious backgrounds, fearing their efforts will come across as arrogant or offensive. In this completely revised edition, David Claydon describes ways that Christians can take the gospel across religious and cultural boundaries in loving, sensitive and respectful ways.

Evil wakes while the people sleep. Amongst the strip malls, concrete blocks and empty parking lots of the Southern town of Hokum, the American dream lies broken. A helpless immigrant the state has declared dead finds himself unable to prove otherwise. Abused Mexican kids abduct their schoolteacher...

Ten-year-old Chloe Sutton arrives on Prince Edward Island from her home in Ontario after the tragic loss of her parents in a car accident. Her Aunt Laverne is a doctor and her only relative able to take her in. Chloe isn’t sure what to make of her aunt’s big old house on the red cliff overlooking...

Have you been backpacking with your daughter in India? Been ripped off at the Zimbabwe border - or anywhere? Inadvertently become a hatchery for the African Putse-fly - with only a jar of Vaseline and a steady hand between you and blood poisoning? Kate Nivison caught the travel bug (sometimes too...

Patrice MacMillan finds herself at one of life’s crossroads, and reality demands she create a new beginning for herself.  Peter von Burke, widower and creator of the shop’s latest product line of handcrafted wooden music boxes understands her mindset.  Both desire to deepen their friendship. ...

     The magic of MacMillan’s Christmas Shoppe has brought Sophia Ward the greatest gift of all, her new fiancé Joe MacMillan.  The only problem now is that he lives in Seattle and she is rooted on the East Coast.  Can their new found love survive the choices...

Tennessee widow, Ella Brown, has been matriarch of her church’s women’s guild for the past ten years.  As director of their annual Christmas quilt project, she must guide four members and countless volunteers through the quilt production process from March to the raffle and presentation in...

The Christmas Shoppe Magic saga continues in this fourth story in the beloved series from internationally read, From Women’s Pens author Juliette Hill. This year, it’s Henry MacMillan’s turn to experience some Christmas Shoppe magic, as he finds himself all alone, now that those closest...

     Located in the town of Crystal Rock, Wisconsin, Crystal Visions is a school and residence for the physically and mentally impaired. Now, a wounded warrior facility is being built nearby, for the military heroes returning home from war.     What drives...

It is 2001 and the police constable’s girlfriend is murdered in a fit of jealous rage. When the constable realizes what he has done, he manages an elaborate cover-up. Only one person knows the truth. Flash forward to 2012. Anne Brown is still running her late uncle, Bill Darby’s, detective...

William Andrews’ first novel examines life in a small PEI community in the 1940s and 50s as changes, so common in the rest of the world, begin to take hold. Using a road as an allegory, he weaves a lyrical tale of simple country people, their struggles and their joys. The story is told through the...

“Are you two going to come inside or just stand there and freeze?” Grandpa poked his head out the front doorway.  Multicolored bulbs outlined the roof. Three lit angels guarded the porch, and a weathered wooden nativity scene, simple but elegant, held pride of place.  McKenzie...

“The sign says NO VACANCY, not VACANCY.” The innkeeper’s gruff reply belied his handsome face, and Angela Perkins took a step back. Heading north for the holidays, things certainly hadn’t gone as she had planned. A snowstorm, an apple pie, and an old friend, all conspire to bring her...