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Christian Fiction May 2024
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A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure: A Novel
by Angela Bell
Victorian socialite Clara Stanton strives to protect her eccentric family's reputation, but that proves to be difficult when her grandfather takes off on a flight of fancy. Thrown together with vagabond tinker Theodore Kingsley, Clara sets off to follow her grandfather's whimsical adventure and finds love along the way.
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The Irish Matchmaker: A Novel
by Jennifer Deibel
"Catriona Daly is no stranger to the business of love--even though personally she has yet to find it. Eager for a match of her own and a fresh start away from her sleepy village, she makes grand plans for the annual Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival. Shenever expects a shy, widowed sheep farmer to distract her from her goal"
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| A Love Discovered by Tracie PetersonTo retain custody of her younger sister, Marybeth Kruger agrees to a marriage of convenience with widower Edward Vogel. However, the dangers posed by Edward's new job as a frontier lawman strengthen their bond. This 1st book in the Heart of Cheyenne series offers "deeply felt meditations on letting go of grief and embracing unexpected love" (Publishers Weekly). For fans of: Mary Connealy's The Laws of Attraction; Amanda Cabot's Out of the Embers. |
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| The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire SwinarskiEsther Larson and her fellow "Funeral Ladies" have been providing home-cooked meals and support to the bereaved families of Ellerie County, Wisconsin for 70 years. But when Esther loses her life savings to an online scammer, she finds herself in a vulnerable position. Will she allow her granddaughter, Iris, and Iris' new friend, Cooper, to help? You might also like: Jane Myers Perrine's Tales from Butternut Creek series; Virginia Smith's Tales from the Goose Creek B&B novels; or Neta Jackson's Yada Yada Prayer Group books. |
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Summer by the Tides
by Denise Hunter
What it's about: Restaurant manager Maddy Monroe has just lost her boyfriend and her job. So, when handsome marina owner Connor Sullivan leaves a message saying Maddy's grandmother is missing, she immediately heads to Gram's North Carolina beach house, where her two sisters (who've barely spoken since a betrayal years earlier) also show up...a reunion that has Gram's fingerprints all over it.
For fans of: lighthearted women's fiction featuring charming beach locations, sisters, and sweet romances.
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Becoming the Talbot Sisters
by Rachel Linden
Twin sisters Waverly and Charlie Talbot have drifted far apart as they pursue opposite dreams of stardom and service to the poor. On an astonishing journey across Central Europe, they must come together to face their fears, find their courage and fight for what they love.
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Secrets of a Charmed Life
by Susan Meissner
Historical Fiction. Current day, Oxford, England: Young scholar Kendra Van Zant interviews 93-year-old artist Isabel MacFarland about her experience as a survivor of the London Blitz. She finds that Isabel is ready to share secrets she has kept for decades--beginning with who she really is. 1940s, England: As Hitler wages an unprecedented war against London’s civilian population, hundreds of thousands of children are evacuated to foster homes in the rural countryside. But even as fifteen-year-old Emmy Downtree and her much younger sister Julia find refuge in a charming Cotswold cottage, Emmy’s burning ambition to return to the city and apprentice with a fashion designer pits her against Julia’s profound need for her sister’s presence. Acting at cross-purposes just as the Luftwaffe rains down its terrible destruction, the sisters are cruelly separated, and their lives are transformed.
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| The Way It Should Be by Christina Suzann NelsonWhen her estranged twin sister, Eve, gets in trouble with the law, Zara Mahoney agrees to foster her niece and nephew while Eve struggles to get her life back on track. This ultimately hopeful book explores how faith can help people navigate challenges, but also doesn't shy away from depictions of the impact of substance abuse and violence on families. You might also like: Kelly Irvin's The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library 100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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