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Christian Fiction March 2020
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Smoke Screen
by Terri Blackstock
Starring: recently divorced Brenna, who's in an ugly custody battle with her wealthy ex and has turned to alcohol to cope; her high school sweetheart, injured fire jumper Nate, who's come home to recover.
What it's about: Nate's dad went to prison for murdering Brenna's pastor father 14 years ago. Now, Nate's dad has been pardoned, shocking Brenna's family. As Nate tries to help Brenna keep her kids, he also reluctantly works with his dad, who wants to prove he's innocent.
For fans of: twisty romantic suspense stories, realistically flawed characters, and novels with themes of grace and redemption.
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The Happy Camper
by Melody Carlson
Receiving a vintage camp trailer in need of restoration, heartbroken Dillon finds renewal in the work and a new relationship until her progress is turned upside-down by the return of her ex. By the award-winning author of Finding Alice.
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The Fifth Avenue Story Society: A Novel
by Rachel Hauck
Executive assistant Lexa is eager for a much-deserved promotion, but her boss is determined to keep her underemployed. Literature professor Jett is dealing with a broken heart, as well as a nagging suspicion his literary idol might be a fraud. Uber driver Chuck just wants a second chance with his kids. Aging widower Ed is eager to write the true story of his incredible marriage. Coral, queen of the cosmetics industry, has broken her engagement and is on the verge of losing her great grandmother’s multimillion-dollar empire. When all five New Yorkers receive an anonymous, mysterious invitation to the Fifth Avenue Story Society, no one is prepared to reveal their deepest secrets to a roomful of strangers. Yet curiosity and loneliness bring them back week after week to the old library.
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Under the Midnight Sun
by Tracie Peterson
Tayler Hale is ahead of her time as one of the first women naturalists. She has always loved adventure and the great outdoors, and her remote job location also helps keep her away from the clutches of the man to whom she once made a foolish promise. It seems she must keep running, however, and in secret, her boss from Yellowstone arranges for a new job in Alaska. The popular Curry Hotel continues to thrive in 1929 as more visitors come to Alaska and venture into the massive national park surrounding Denali. Recent graduate Thomas Smith has returned to the hotel and the people he considers family. But when a woman naturalist comes to fill the open position and he must work with her, everything becomes complicated.
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| In the Shadow of Denali by Tracie Peterson and Kimberley WoodhouseThe prologue: In 1917, led by local John Ivanoff, Henry Brennan dies while climbing Alaska's Denali with his greedy business partner Frank.
Six years later: Cook's assistant Cassidy Ivanoff and her recreational guide father John, who's not been himself since Henry's death, work at the luxurious Curry Hotel at the base of Denali. Meanwhile, Allan Brennan makes his way to the hotel seeking the truth about his father in this well-researched 1st in the Heart of Alaska trilogy.
Read this next: any of Tracie Peterson's other Alaska-set novels; Karen Barnett's Vintage National Park series, which combine historical romance and mystery in richly detailed western U.S locations. |
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Jacob's Bell: A Christmas Story
by John Snyder
Historical Fiction. Set in Chicago and Baltimore in 1944 with flashbacks to the 1920s, Jacob's Bell follows Jacob MacCallum on his arduous journey to redemption. At one time, Jacob had it all: wealth, a wonderful family and a position as one of the most respected businessmen in Chicago. Then he made some bad decisions and all that changed. For the past twenty years he lived in an alcohol-induced haze, riddled with guilt for the dreadful things he had done to his family and his role in the untimely death of his wife. Realizing he needed a drastic change, Jacob embarked on a journey to find his children, seek their forgiveness, and restore his relationship with them.
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