Publisher: Bethany House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/2012
ISBN-13: 9780764209550
ISBN-10: 0764209558

Historical Mystery. In 1881, personal assistant Ellie Moore dreams of an upcoming trip to London with her actress boss. When she's fired for no reason right before the trip, she needs a job fast. Since she's resourceful and excellent at disguises, she's hired by Chicago's Pinkerton Detective Agency. They desperately need a female operative to head to Arizona, where someone's passing inside information on silver shipments to thieves. Ellie is up for the challenge, even if it means impersonating two (!) different characters -- a middle-aged woman and her vivacious young niece -- but love complicates things. Readers looking for a fresh, fun read will want to check out this "most delightful and engaging" (Publishers Weekly) book.

Publisher: Revell
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2012
ISBN-13: 9780800719883
ISBN-10: 0800719883

Amish Fiction. After spending several months in Ohio with her newlywed sister and brother-in-law, unmarried Sadie Lapp returns home to Pennsylvania...with a newborn in tow. Unfortunately, when she arrives at the family farm, there are people everywhere due to the sighting of a pair of nesting peregrine falcons. And many of those people assume the worst of Sadie, though all she did was fall asleep in a bus station and awake to find a baby in a basket at her feet. Though her beau, local schoolteacher Gideon Smucker, isn't sure what to think of Sadie and the infant, her new friend, Englisher Will Stoltz, who's observing the falcons, is keen on knowing Sadie better. This 2nd in a series, after The Keeper, should please anyone who enjoys Amish stories with romantic elements.

Publisher: Revell
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2012
ISBN-13: 9780800734589
ISBN-10: 0800734580

Romantic Suspense. Despite what the evidence indicates, Kelly Warren knows that her father didn't kill himself -- even if the St. Louis Police don't believe her. So, several months after the supposed suicide, when she finds a note that casts doubt on the official theory, she meets with attractive detective Cole Taylor, who agrees to take a fresh look at the case. The two quickly become embroiled in a dangerous investigation that reveals startling secrets about Kelly's father. If you like "compelling characters and edge-of-your-seat action" (Library Journal, starred review), Lethal Legacy should be on your stay-up-all-night-reading list. Though this is book 3 in Irene Hannon's Guardians of Justice series, readers can enjoy this fast-paced book on its own.

Publisher: FaithWords
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/17/2012
ISBN-13: 9780892969098
ISBN-10: 0892969091

General Fiction. When her husband surprises her with tickets to Norway, 50-year-old Keira Johnson couldn't be more excited. Now, she just needs to find her birth certificate in order to get a passport. But while searching her recently deceased mother's cluttered home, she unearths a long-buried secret that shocks her to her core. Meanwhile, her stressed-out niece, who's finishing up high school, has her own secret...one that her pastor father isn't going to like at all. How are they all going to get through their large Norwegian-American family's reunion without falling apart? An emotional read that's filled with good Christians dealing with life-changing events, Reunion might interest Karen Kingsbury fans.

Publisher: Bethany House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/01/2002
ISBN-13: 9781556614361
ISBN-10: 1556614365

Historical Fiction. When 12-year-old Caroline Fletcher awakes to the grief-stricken cries of her mammy one rainy morning in 1853, she learns the woman's 9-year-old son, Grady, has been sold. Caroline, who's the only child of a sickly, moody mother, had played with Grady since he was born. With her eyes opened to how slavery tears families apart, she enters her teen years, and later, when she lives with relatives in the north for a while, she embraces the abolitionist movement. Returning home to Richmond, she falls in love with a slave owner as civil war looms...and Caroline must decide if she has the courage to stand up for her conviction that slavery is against the Bible. This engrossing, thought-provoking 1st in a trilogy won a 2003 Christy Award.

Publisher: Zondervan
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2001
ISBN-13: 9780310243021
ISBN-10: 0310243025

Historical Fiction. Quentin Larribee has the skilled hands of a gifted surgeon -- but he's also plagued by horrible guilt. While serving as a doctor's assistant for the Union during the war, he accidentally killed a surrendering Confederate soldier, leaving the man's wife and children alone in the world. After speaking with his pastor, Larribee leaves New York and his well-to-do fiancée to journey south in order to help the man's family. What he finds there is love, danger, and a test of his faith. Prolific author Gilbert Morris has written many novels set during the American Civil War, but this 2001 Christy Award winner is one of his finest.

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Publisher: Bethany House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2012
ISBN-13: 9780764209512
ISBN-10: 0764209515

Historical Romance. Unmarried at 24, independent Hannah Dandridge spends her days caring for her young siblings and running a Texas ranch while hoping for her father's return from Vicksburg. When injured William Barnett (who doesn't know the state seized his family's ranch while he and his now-dead father and brother were fighting for the Union) finally makes it home, he finds a strong-willed young woman in charge. As the two sort things out and grow close, they face danger from Comanches, Confederate soldiers, and Hannah's father's partner. This 1st in the Land of the Lone Star trilogy (followed by Touching the Sky and the just-released Taming the Wind) is for readers who enjoy likeable characters and realistic storylines.

Publisher: Bethany House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/01/2002
ISBN-13: 9780764227004
ISBN-10: 0764227009

Historical Fiction. Two girls -- one white, one black -- born on different plantations outside the fictional town of Greens Crossing, North Carolina find their lives intersecting at the end of the Civil War when marauding soldiers cause death and destruction. As Mayme escapes her home, she ends up at Rosewood, Katie's family's plantation, where Katie is the only person left alive. Coming to an understanding and eventually becoming friends, the two teenage girls use their wits to hatch a plan: they'll run the plantation on their own until Katie is old enough to inherit the land. Can the two teens hide the truth from the townspeople? Read this 1st in the Shenandoah Sisters series, which features charming, memorable characters and fast-moving action, to find out.