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Christian Fiction May 2020
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The Water Keeper
by Charles Martin
What happens: Tending the grounds of an island church with no parishioners, retired priest Murphy Shepherd voyages down the Intracoastal waterway to scatter a friend’s ashes before agreeing to help a woman whose daughter has been abducted into the world of trafficking.
Read it for: a compelling story crafted with skill and sensitivity. This is the first in a new series by Martin.
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| More Than We Remember by Christina Suzann NelsonWhat happens: A fatal car accident changes everything for three women.
Featuring: Addison, whose husband, the town's beloved coach, was driving one of the cars and appears to have been intoxicated; Emilia, the first cop on the scene, whose own husband hasn't been the same since another accident several years earlier; and Addison's helpful neighbor, Brianne, a therapist dealing with the loss of a patient to suicide.
Read it for: the moving, realistic story told by multiple narrators; the thought-provoking look at grief, memory, and grace. |
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The Farm Stand
by Amy Clipston
What happens: Salina Petersheim runs her own booth at the Amish market, where she's known for having the freshest and most delicious produce in the area. The conflict: Salina has been dating Josiah for almost a year now. Her parents approve of Josiah, who is a hardworking roofer. He's handsome and easy to talk to, but he just doesn't warm her heart the way she feels a boyfriend and future husband should. She secretly longs for more. Along comes Will Zimmerman, a Mennonite chef who runs a restaurant located next door to the Amish market. He wants Salina to supply the produce for his restaurant, and as they forge a business relationship, they both feel themselves falling in love. Salina especially tries to deny her feelings for Will since her father wants her to marry within the community. Both Salina and Will feel stuck in their current relationships, but they cannot deny what they feel for each other. Will they follow their hearts or bow to the pressure of family?
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| The Land Beneath Us by Sarah SundinTennessee, June 1943: New high school graduate and orphan Leah Jones arrives to work as a librarian at the U.S. Army's Camp Forrest. After being sexually assaulted, Leah's reputation is at stake, and she marries Private Clay Paxton, who believes he's destined to die in battle.
Series alert: Like the first two Sunrise at Normandy books, this final one culminates on D-Day. Earlier books feature Clay's estranged half-brothers and add to the overarching redemption tale, but all of them can be enjoyed on their own.
For fans of: well-researched World War II stories; slow-building romances with marriage-of-convenience themes. |
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Cherished
by Kimberly Cash Tate
Kelli London once dreamed of being a songwriter. As crazy as it seemed, she hoped that God would use the lyrics that came to her even while she slept. But choices that still haunt her destroyed those dreams.
Heather Anderson's life has spun out of control—first, an affair with a married man, then a one-night stand with the drummer of a popular Christian band has left her devastated.
As Kelli and Heather awaken to their true worth, they find the freedom to pursue their dreams—and relationships—based on the security of knowing God's unconditional love.
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| Because You're Mine by Colleen CobleWhat it is: a gothic-tinged romantic suspense story set in Charleston, South Carolina, featuring a rising-star Irish fiddler and singer.
What it's about: After her husband is killed while their Irish band is on tour in the U.S., pregnant Alanna is devastated when her in-laws threaten to fight for child custody. Quickly marrying her American manager to thwart them, Alanna is unnerved by her new husband's possessive behavior and odd occurrences at his decaying family estate. |
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| Long Way Gone by Charles MartinStarring: musician Cooper O’Connor, who wants all that the world has to offer, causing him to leave home at 18, taking the guitar he's stolen from his tent-preacher father.
What happens: Making it big in Nashville, Cooper falls in love with a talented singer, but events leave him injured, both spiritually and physically, which lead him home again.
What sets it apart: An imaginative, musical version of the prodigal son story that covers Cooper's childhood, absence, and return, Long Way Gone reminds readers that it's never too late to come home again. |
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| A Song Unheard by Roseanna M. WhiteStarring: Willa Forsythe, a musical prodigy and part of a family of thieves; renowned violinist Lukas De Wilde, a Belgian refugee in Wales, who's thought to have the cypher key created by his cryptologist father.
What happens: In 1915, barely a month after Germany has invaded Belgium, Willa is hired by the mysterious Mr. V to go undercover in Wales and steal the key. But she finds herself falling for Lukas, whose family is in danger in Belgium and who wonders who he can trust in Wales.
Series alert: The delightful 2nd in the Shadows over England series offers intriguing plotting and appealing characters plus fascinating musical and historical details. |
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