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Christian Fiction September 2018
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| River to Redemption by Ann H. GabhartWhat happens: In 1833 Springfield, Kentucky, a cholera epidemic rages, leaving seven-year-old Adria an orphan. She's rescued by Louis, an enslaved Christian, who, instead of fleeing town like his owner and others, faithfully helps the sick and buries the dead. Twelve years later, when Louis is for sale, Adria, now an abolitionist, works for his freedom.
Did you know? This richly detailed, poignant novel is partially based on historical events and people, including real-life slave and hero Louis Sansbury. |
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| What Blooms from Dust by James MarkertWhat happens: During the 1930s Dust Bowl, "Coin-Flip Killer" Jeremiah Goodbye escapes death and prison after a devastating tornado damages the penitentiary while he's in the electric chair. Heading home to Nowhere, Oklahoma (where he plans to exact revenge on his twin brother), he meets an odd young boy and the two find Nowhere in need of help.
For fans of: author Billy Coffey, whose atmospheric novels also beautifully incorporate elements of magical realism. |
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| The Best of Intentions by Susan Anne MasonWhat happens: Grace Abernathy travels alone from Sussex, England to Toronto, Canada, in 1919, hoping to convince her war widow sister to bring her infant son and come home. But when she arrives, her sister has died from the Spanish flu and her uppity upper-crust in-laws have the baby. Hiding her identity, Grace is hired as her sweet nephew's nanny... and falls for his kind uncle.
Series alert: This is the uplifting 1st in the Canadian Crossings historical romance trilogy, which will follow three new friends who meet on the ship from England: Grace, Emmaline, and Quinten. |
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| Where Hope Begins by Catherine WestStarring: shocked 40-year-old empty nester Savannah Barrington, whose husband of two decades has just left her for another woman.
What happens: Retreating to her parents' lake house in the Berkshires, Savannah finds hope and healing in the form of her neighbors: a wise elderly woman and a handsome man and his little girl. Then Savannah's husband asks to reconcile, and she must decide where her future lies.
Who it's for: readers who appreciate moving, leisurely paced stories with themes of loss, hopelessness and hope, and recovery. |
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| More Than Meets the Eye by Karen WitemeyerStarring: Nineteen-year-old Evangeline Hamilton, an orphan with one blue eye and one brown (which causes some to think she's a witch or cursed), whose only family is the two other orphans she bonded with as a child, Zach and Seth.
What happens: In 1894 Texas, determined Logan Fowler arrives in town looking for revenge against Evangeline's gambling brother, Zach, whom he thinks ruined his father.
Series alert: Like Karen Witemeyer's other books, this delightful 1st in the Patchwork Family novels has wit, charm, and appealing characters. |
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Where the fire falls : a vintage national parks novel
by Karen Barnett
"Stunning Yosemite National Park sets the stage for this late 1920s historical romance with mystery, adventure, heart, and a sense of the place John Muir described as "pervaded with divine light." Watercolorist Olivia Rutherford has shet her humble beginnings to fashion her image as an avant-garde artist to appeal to the region's wealthy art-collectors. When she lands a lucrative contract painting illustrations of Yosemite National Park for a travel magazine, including its nightly one-of-a-kind Firefallevent, she hopes the money will lift Olivia and her sisters out of poverty. After false accusations cost him everything, former minister Clark Johnson has found purpose as a backcountry guide in this natural cathedral of granite and trees. Now he's faced with the opportunity to become a National Parks Ranger, but is it his true calling? As Clark opens Olivia's eyes to the wonders of Yosemite, she discovers the people are as vital to the park's story as its vistas--a revelation that may bring her charade to an end"
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The Best of Intentions
by Susan Anne Mason
What happens: Grace Abernathy travels alone from Sussex, England to Toronto, Canada, in 1919, hoping to convince her war widow sister to bring her infant son and come home. But when she arrives, her sister has died from the Spanish flu and her uppity upper-crust in-laws have the baby. Hiding her identity, Grace is hired as her sweet nephew's nanny... and falls for his kind uncle.
Series alert: This is the uplifting 1st in the Canadian Crossings historical romance trilogy, which will follow three new friends who meet on the ship from England: Grace, Emmaline, and Quinten.
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| Illusion: A Novel by Frank PerettiWhat happens: Dane's wife and magic partner of 40 years, Mandy, has just died in an accident...and she's also just awoken as her 19-year-old self, only in 2010 instead of 1970. Dane and Mandy (now known as Eloise) meet -- but with strange forces at work, both may be in danger.
Who it's for: fans of suspenseful, lengthy books (it's around 500 pages!).
Read this next: James Rubart's The Five Times I Met Myself, which also has time travel elements. |
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More Than Meets the Eye
by Karen Witemeyer
Starring: Nineteen-year-old Evangeline Hamilton, an orphan with one blue eye and one brown (which causes some to think she's a witch or cursed), whose only family is the two other orphans she bonded with as a child, Zach and Seth.
What happens: In 1894 Texas, determined Logan Fowler arrives in town looking for revenge against Evangeline's gambling brother, Zach, whom he thinks ruined his father.
Series alert: Like Karen Witemeyer's other books, this delightful 1st in the Patchwork Family novels has wit, charm, and appealing characters.
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Just let go
by Courtney Walsh
"For Quinn Collins, buying the flower shop in downtown Harbor Pointe fulfills a childhood dream. Completing renovations, while competing for a prestigious flower competition has Quinn in over her head. When Olympic skier Grady Benson is assigned to help her as a community service sentence, Quinn learns that to move forward she needs to just let go"
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