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Please select a category below to view books available. Be sure to also read about our new Book Club!
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Calling All Book Clubs & Bible Studies!
If your group or book club is reading one of Allison's books, she would love to join you for a few moments at one of your meetings via speakerphone. Please email Allison to make these arrangements at ab@allisonbottke.com
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Boomer Babe Fiction
Fun, Fashionable, Sassy and Smart!
"Contemporary Women's Fiction with an Attitude!"
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You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Releasing June, 2009
The first book in the Va-Va-Va Boom series, Susan Anderson owns and operates a hip hair salon on the Las Vegas strip, decorated with her collection of disco memorabilia accumulated decades ago when she was one of the beautiful people on New York's disco scene. Now happily married, Susan is known for her business savvy, her fabulous vintage ensembles, her faith, her big heart - and the impromptu disco dance numbers salon staff and clients join in when the spirit moves. If life is a dance, Susan's mastered all the moves.
But an exciting business opportunity, her husband's impending retirement, and her fiftieth birthday, rock her world, shaking Susan's foundation and revealing regrets and painful memories she thought she'd dealt with. Will Susan be able to face her past, reinvent her marriage, launch a new dream... and keep on dancing?
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One Little Secret
Released August 1, 2007
For Ursula Rhoades, her ONE LITTLE SECRET is about to become her one big problem! ONE LITTLE SECRET fits seamlessly into a culture obsessed with reality TV and celebrity lives (think American Idol and E! channel). Delving into the life of a fictional rock star, ONE LITTLE SECRET grabs readers from the start and takes them on a fun-loving ride through Hollywood and the famous GRAMMY awards.
In a land of glitz and glamour, Ursula Rhoades isn't fazed in the least by the constant parade of Prada and Tiffany's or the high-profile celebrity sightings. A beautiful home, a loving family, and fulfilling volunteer opportunities leave this fashionable and loving Bel-Air housewife completely content, even if she did have to give up her dreams. Nikolai Prevelakis, or Nik Prevel to his fans, is the hottest young music star in the country. But it isn't enough. Handsome, famous, and living the life of a rock star, Nik isn't content. When his path crosses Ursula's, he sees the opportunity he's been waiting for.but what seems like a harmless little secret changes their lives forever-and becomes one big secret everyone's trying to figure out!
Ursula is a fun and hip main character-a baby boomer quite different from most heroines you see in today's inspirational fiction. Offset by a male protagonist who is captivating and gets more likable and "deeper" as the story goes on, it's just plain fun to watch these characters interact. A Hollywood fairy tale with all the pleasures of escapist literature mixed with gentle lessons on using the talents God has given you, the power of sacrifice, self-esteem, and the value of being "just a housewife."
Find out why folks are saying that Allison writes "women's fiction with an attitude!"
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A Stitch in Time
Allison's Debut Novel!
As a successful fundraising executive in Southern California, Dee Decker works in a world populated by impossibly thin, designer-outfitted women. Dee has never felt like she fits in, but nonetheless enjoys a well-earned reputation as being cool, calm, and collected. When she discovers that her husband is having an affair, Dee embarks on a journey of self-discovery (and plastic surgery) that will transform her inside and out. But it is Dee's spiritual transformation that will bring real change to her life and the lives of her family.
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Boomer Babe Non-Fiction
Christian Inspirational
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I Can't Do It All
by Tracie Peterson, Allison Bottke, Dianne O'Brian
Writing from their hearts, this trio of writers, led by bestselling fiction author Tracie Peterson, brings women face-to-face with the lies women believe. In a refreshingly transparent and vulnerable style, they address the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of life common to women.
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Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children
Six Steps to Hope & Healing for Struggling Parents
by Allison Bottke
Setting Boundaries brings us face-to-face with a crippling plague sweeping our nation, and through six steps to freedom, invites readers to begin living a life of hope and renewal. In an era when personal accountability has become more and more scarce, it's often the parents who have spent years enabling their children who are now suffering. Feelings of guilt, shame, fear, anger, frustration, and the inability to trust our adult children invade our existence. How do these feelings play into the dynamic of not only accepting, but in some cases encouraging negative behavior in adult children? How can parents and grandparents define boundaries with adult children? In this important book, parents will learn not only to recognize the negative behavior of their adult children, but more important, their own negative responses to it as well. Responses that will need to be altered before change can occur.
CLICK HERE to read more about this powerful resource to help parent and grandparents who have challenging adult children.
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God Allows U-Turns Anthologies
From Bethany House Publishers
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God Allows U-Turns for Women
Do you feel like you're headed down a road that shouldn't be traveled? You're not alone. Sometimes it's too easy to find the wrong path. Sometimes you just feel lost. This powerful collection of stories from real women will offer you the encouragement you need to make your own U-Turn.
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God Allows U-Turns for Teens
This powerful collection of stories from real-life teens offers encouragement and support as you overcome poor relationships with your parents, physical or sexual abuse, drug addiction, or painful consequences. With God all things are possible. Are you ready for U-turn?
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God Answers Prayers Anthologies
From Harvest House Publishers
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God Answers Military Prayers
True Stories From People Who Serve And Those Who Love Them
This special military volume will release in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Protestant Women of the Chapel (PWOC) in Fall 2005. The PWOC is an international resource network that unites, trains and encourages women in the military chapel community in their spiritual growth. A portion of proceeds will be contributed to the PWOC from the God Allows U-Turns Foundation®.
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God Answers Mom's Prayers
Inspiring True Stories of Faith and Hope
Few emotions run as deep as a mother's love for her children. This collection of brief, touching narratives inspires women to combine their love with faith and hope, praying with confidence and thankfulness. Readers will be reminded that whether moms offer prayers of praise and thanksgiving or desperate cries for help during trial and tribulation, God often answers in profound and poignant ways.
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God Answers Prayers
Inspiring True Stories of Faith and Hope
Offering practical guidance and emotional support, these moving narratives highlight God's faithfulness in every circumstance. Readers will meet people who learn to put their confidence in God, call on Him to calm their storms, and find peace in His presence. Some stories describe God at work in everyday experiences, and others describe His intervention in once-in-a-lifetime situations.
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Interactive Adventure Books For Youth (Ages 8-12)
From Cook Communications
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Pastrami Project
This is a test! The good kind of test. Here it is. You (yes, you!) are the main character in this story about how you live and relate to your four best friends. As you read, you'll make choices, and those choices determine whether you get caught up in your own world, or if you'll remember how your choices affect others, especially the group you hang out with - Five Alive.
Can you and your friends make it through middle school and still live out 1 Corinthians 13? Can you figure out how to handle friendships and your faith without messing up? It's a challenge, but the good news is, even if you do mess up, God allows U-turns!
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Get Real
This is a test! The good kind of test. Here it is. You (yes, you!) are the main character in this story about trust.
It's about trusting your four best friends, helping them make good decisions, and being the kind of friend others trust.
As you read, you'll make choices, and those choices determine what happens.
Can you and the friends you hang out with -Five Alive- make it through middle school and still live out 1 Corinthians 13?
Can you figure out how to handle friendships and your faith without messing up?
It's a challenge, but the good news is, even if you do mess up, God allows U-turns!
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Friend or Freak
This is a test! The good kind of test. Here it is. You (yes, you!) are the main character in this story about friendships. It's about how honest you are with your friends and how willing you are to share the real you.
As you read, you'll make choices, and those choices determine what happens. Can you and the friends you hang out with -Five Alive-make it through middle school and still live out 1 Corinthians 13?
Can you figure out how to handle friendships and your faith without messing up? It's a challenge, but the good news is, even if you do mess up, God allows U-turns!
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Illustrated Picture Books for Children (Ages 4-7)
From Cook Communications
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Laughter and Love
When the kids are fighting over the cereal box, yelling at the top of their lungs, and hogging the remote control, it's time for them to read Laughter and Love!
This cleverly written book is an interactive story about an anthropomorphic little dog who struggles as he learns to love his sister through every situation. Illustrations by former Disney artist and Christian author Matt Whitlock create an endearing character universe and Heather Gemmen's limerick rhymes lend a captivating style that will capture your child's attention.
Faith Kidz has created a series to help parents cultivate the fruits of the Spirit in their young children--God Allows U-Turns for Kids. Based on the God Allows U-Turns ministry of Allison Gappa Bottke, these nine adorably illustrated books teach kids that they can make U-Turns toward positive attitudes and behavior! This series teaches the Fruits of the Spirit, one by one, through great rhyming stories, all built around puppy siblings Jessie and Tyler.
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Jingles and Joy
Naturally, your kids never act like it's the end of the world when they don't get the toys, candy or money they demand. Okay, let's have a reality check. We know that every child is born with the tendency to want stuff and to think that they have to have it to be happy. But thankfully--they don't have to stay that way!
God Allows U-Turns for Kids books help kids make a real U-turn away from the negative behaviors like needing things to be happy toward Spirit-filled living and allowing Jesus to be the joy of their lives.
In Jingles and Joy, kids will appreciate Jessie's revelation as she learns the value of toys. Parents will love the interactive storytelling and being able to effectively communicate the second fruit of the Spirit: Joy! The limerick-style rhyming story tells about a cute puppy named Jessie and her brother Tyler as Jessie makes her U-turn choice to live in joy! The rhythms and rhymes make the story fun for parents to read! The interactive story is illustrated by former Disney artist, Christian author/illustrator Matt Whitlock.
Faith Kidz has created a series to help parents cultivate the fruits of the Spirit in their young children--God Allows U-Turns for Kids. Based on the God Allows U-Turns ministry of Allison Gappa Bottke, these nine adorably illustrated books teach kids that they can make U-Turns toward positive attitudes and behavior! This series teaches the Fruits of the Spirit, one by one, through great rhyming stories, all built around puppy siblings Jessie and Tyler.
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Picnics and Peace
Naturally your kids would never become jealous or insecure around others who are different from them. Okay, let's have a reality check. We know that every kid is born iwth a natural tendency to be judgmental sometimes about people who are different. But thankfully--they don't have to stay that way.
God allows U-turns for Kids books help kids make a real U-turn away from negative behaviors like seeking security only within thier own comfort zone toward Spirit-filled living and a life of encompassing love for His people.
In Picnics and Peace, kids will relate to Jessie's efforts to reach beyond her own comfort to learn to play with her brother's new friend. Parents will love the interactive storytelling and being able to effectively communicate the third fruit of the Spirit: Peace!
Faith Kidz has created a series to help parents cultivate the fruits of the Spirit in their young children--God Allows U-Turns for Kids. Based on the God Allows U-Turns ministry of Allison Gappa Bottke, these nine adorably illustrated books teach kids that they can make U-Turns toward positive attitudes and behavior! This series teaches the Fruits of the Spirit, one by one, through great rhyming stories, all built around puppy siblings Jessie and Tyler.
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Journey Anthology Series
From Barbour Publishing
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Journeys of Hope - 30 True Stories of Faith in Adversity
Many people will tell you that the very best things in life are love, friendship, hope, and joy. But sometimes the trials of life-tragic losses, bad decisions-can make those treasures feel distant and out of reach.
In this encouraging series of four books, God Allows U-Turns Project founder Allison Gappa Bottke offers true stories of life-changing experiences-those that open hearts to life's captivating joy and surprising hope.
These beautifully woven life stories align our longing to connect and be understood with God's deepest desire to gather us together as brothers, sisters, and families, revealing truth and beauty.
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Journeys of Love - 30 True Stories of Undeniable Devotion
Many people will tell you that the very best things in life are love, friendship, hope, and joy. But sometimes the trials of life-tragic losses, bad decisions-can make those treasures feel distant and out of reach.
In this encouraging series of four books, God Allows U-Turns Project founder Allison Gappa Bottke offers true stories of life-changing experiences-those that open hearts to life's captivating joy and surprising hope.
These beautifully woven life stories align our longing to connect and be understood with God's deepest desire to gather us together as brothers, sisters, and families, revealing truth and beauty.
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Journeys of Joy - 30 True Stories of Abundant Living
Many people will tell you that the very best things in life are love, friendship, hope, and joy. But sometimes the trials of life-tragic losses, bad decisions-can make those treasures feel distant and out of reach.
In this encouraging series of four books, God Allows U-Turns Project founder Allison Gappa Bottke offers true stories of life-changing experiences-those that open hearts to life's captivating joy and surprising hope.
These beautifully woven life stories align our longing to connect and be understood with God's deepest desire to gather us together as brothers, sisters, and families, revealing truth and beauty.
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Journeys of Friendship - 30 True Stories of Kindred Connection
Many people will tell you that the very best things in life are love, friendship, hope, and joy. But sometimes the trials of life-tragic losses, bad decisions-can make those treasures feel distant and out of reach.
In this encouraging series of four books, God Allows U-Turns Project founder Allison Gappa Bottke offers true stories of life-changing experiences-those that open hearts to life's captivating joy and surprising hope.
These beautifully woven life stories align our longing to connect and be understood with God's deepest desire to gather us together as brothers, sisters, and families, revealing truth and beauty.
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Gift Books
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Silver and Gold: Stories of Special Friendships
Some friendships have the radiance of silver. Others prove solid like gold. And these relationships grow in value as the years pass. In this heartwarming book, women honor their endearing and enduring friendships. Most recall good times together. Some remember shared difficulties. All express love and gratitude for friends, the remarkable women in our lives who are as priceless as "apples of silver in settings of gold." They’re the people, quite simply, we couldn’t live without. So come, join them. Share this book with your treasured friends. Celebrate the friendships as true and timeless as silver and gold.
Compiled by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson
Allison's story: "Lord, Send me a Linda" appears on page 5
Price: $10.00 USD Plus Shipping
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Intimate Moments With God (Inspire the Heart)
Personal Stories from Women Sharing the Scriptures that Changed Their Lives
Compiled by Linda Evans Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson
Allison's God Allows U-Turns testimony appears on page 142
Price: $12.99 USD Plus Shipping
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Weight Loss Surgery
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The Truth About Weight Loss Surgery - Before and After
A downloadable e-book available now from Jubilant Press
BUY NOW - This e-book must be purchased directly from Jubilant Press. Thank you.
More details of Allison's remarkable weight loss journey here: Weight Loss U-Turn
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