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Christian Fiction July 2024
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| The Proposal Plot by Kathleen FullerSparks fly when grumpy Nelson Bontrager opens a butcher shop next door to spirited Ella Yoder's family's grocery store in this 2nd upbeat installment of the Amish of Marigold series, following The Courtship Plan. For fans of: Jennifer Beckstrand's Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series; Amy Clipston's Amish Marketplace books; or Beth Wiseman's Amish Bookstore series. |
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| Love on a Whim by Suzanne Woods FisherShortly after her impulsive Las Vegas wedding to a stranger, Brynn Haywood panics and flees to Cape Cod, where her best friend Dawn Dixon Collins runs an artisan ice cream shop. But can she really escape the consequences of her actions? Love on a Whim is the 3rd book in the Cape Cod Creamery series, which begins with The Sweet Life. For fans of: Deborah Raney's Chandler Sisters novels; Denise Hunter's Nantucket Love Stories; or Courtney Walsh's Harbor Pointe romances. |
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The British Booksellers
by Kristy Cambron
Rival booksellers Amos and Charlotte, as Coventry is devastated by Luftwaffe's local blitz, must put aside their differences and fight together to help Coventry survive, in this exploration of the unbreakable bonds that unite us through love, loss and the enduring solace that can be found between the pages of a book.
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| The Roads We Follow by Nicole DeeseIn this 2nd Fog Harbor Romance, aspiring author Raegan Farrow, youngest daughter of country music legend Luella Farrow, joins her mother and sisters on a cross-country road trip in Luella's old tour bus. Along the way, she bonds with their driver, Micah Davenport, and uncovers his personal connection to her family. For fans of: Rachel Hauck's The Best Summer of Our Lives; Janine Rosch's The Road Before Us. |
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| The Song of Sourwood Mountain by Ann H. GabhartIn 1910, schoolteacher Mira Dean accepts her childhood friend Gordon Covington's marriage proposal and finds her life transformed when she accompanies her new husband from her home in Louisville, Kentucky to the tiny mountain hamlet of Sourwood, the site of Gordon's planned mission school. You might also like: Pepper Basham's The Heart of the Mountains; Jane Kirkpatrick's Beneath the Bending Skies. |
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| Unforgiven by Shelley Shepard GrayIn this suspenseful series opener, loosely connected to the author's Secrets of Crittenden County series, a strong bond forms between two former Amish: Seth Zimmerman, released from prison after serving his sentence for involuntary manslaughter, and Tabitha Yoder, who left their community after divorcing her abusive husband. But the return of Tabitha's vengeful ex threatens any future they might have together. You might also like: Wanda E. Brunstetter's Sisters of Holmes County series; Colleen Coble's Where Shadows Meet. |
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| The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple by Joanna Davidson PolitanoBrought together by a sapphire known as the Briarwood Teardrop, actress Lily Temple and private investigator Peter Driscoll discover that they must rely on each other and God if they want to survive the dangers closing in on them. Set in Edwardian England, this novel offers "a fascinating look at silent film, the power of story, and God's pursuit of lost children" (Library Journal). You might also like: Amanda Dykes' All the Lost Places. |
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Mary's Calico Hope
by Anne Blackburne
If God wills it, Mary Yoder will do it, even if that means using crutches for the rest of her life. She was badly injured in a buggy accident as a child. Still, she is content living in the Dawdi Haus connected to her parents' farmhouse and with her work weaving baskets and raising specialty roosters whose feathers she uses to make excellent trout lures. She is truly happy at twenty-nine, but. . .she wouldn't mind finding a husband--if the Lord wills it. Along comes Reuben King, a Mennonite doctor. They are attracted to one another, but how could they ever be together? She's a baptized Amish woman, so it seems impossible.
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| Night Falls on Predicament Avenue by Jaime Jo WrightIn 1901, Shepherd, Iowa, local residents Effie James and her sister, Polly, witness a murder at 322 Predicament Avenue. Over a century later, Norah Richman inherits the house, now a bed and breakfast, and teams up with true crime podcaster Sebastian Blaine to investigate the property's chilling history in this dual-timeline Gothic inspirational novel by the author of The Vanishing at Castle Moreau. |
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