Publisher: Bethany House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780764208386
ISBN-10: 0764208381

Historical Fiction. Caleb Bender, father of an Amish family in 1920s Ohio, sees other fathers like him thrown in jail for refusing to send their children to public school. When government authorities begin taking Amish children and placing them with non-Amish families--who make them dress like outsiders and send them to public school--Caleb decides to move his household to Mexico. There, they face new challenges and dangers--including bandits! This is the 1st in a planned series, The Daughters of Caleb Bender, inspired in part by the author's great-grandfather's experiences in Mexico.

Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/04/2011
ISBN-13: 9781595544902
ISBN-10: 1595544909

General Fiction. Boutique owner Jade Benson has a successful life, but there's an undercurrent of sadness. When her family and friends suffer a series of illnesses and disasters, she feels overwhelmed. Looking for a space where she can breathe and think, she goes off to the Iowa farmhouse where she grew up. There, she asks herself some hard questions and begins to see a future different from what she had expected. This is the 2nd in the Songbird series by singer-songwriter Sara Evans and Christian fiction author Rachel Hauck. The Sweet By and By is the 1st.

Publisher: Kensington
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/28/2010
ISBN-13: 9780758259608
ISBN-10: 0758259603

General Fiction. In this novel inspired by the Biblical story of Rahab, Lenora Nichols sends her daughters, Crystal and Sahara, to their strict grandmother Ma Ray for the summer, hoping Ma Ray can tame their out-of-control behavior. Ma Ray is up to the task, as she immerses them in country life--minimal cell phone service and no high-speed internet, but plenty of church folks and nice boys. Before summer's end, grandmother and granddaughters bond in ways the teens never would have predicted. Author Vanessa Davis Griggs has written a number of engaging and inspiring stories featuring African-Americans, including Blessed Trinity, which is the 1st in the series of the same name.

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Publisher: Bethany House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780764205583
ISBN-10: 0764205587

Biblical Fiction. In this story set in the time when Saul of Tarsus was campaigning to destroy the early followers of Jesus, two young people experience adventure while traveling to Damascus. Julia, the spoiled daughter of a rich merchant, has just discovered some disturbing family secrets; Jacob is a guard in her father's caravan. Both are Christians whose lives are at risk if their beliefs are betrayed. Bestselling authors Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn wrap up their Acts of Faith trilogy in this 3rd volume, following The Centurion's Wife and The Hidden Flame.

Publisher: Zondervan
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780310269045
ISBN-10: 0310269040

Thriller. Liz Towne becomes crazed with greed after she and her husband, Arty, find a dead body and a bagful of diamonds; her sister-in-law Roxane, an insurance investigator, realizes she has to stop Liz on her destructive path. Roxane enlists a war veteran and reformed ex-con named Mac to help her--but all three are headed for a deadly trap. Christy-winning author and former trial lawyer James Scott Bell serves up another gripping series of plot twists in this "heart-whamming read" (Publishers Weekly). For more of Bell's standalone thrillers, take a look at Deadlock or Presumed Guilty.

Publisher: Zondervan
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/18/2010
ISBN-13: 9780310276449
ISBN-10: 0310276446

Mystery/Suspense. Joanne Weeks knows that her best friend was murdered six years earlier by her husband, Baxter Johnson, but doesn't have any evidence. When Baxter's second wife turns up dead, Joanne realizes she must prove he's a killer. As she tries to locate a witness, more questions pop up, along with a mysterious stranger who jumps in front of her car at night. Booklist calls this a "solidly constructed" mystery about truth, lies, and power. For more thrilling mysteries that feature women sleuths, read author Brandilyn Collins' Kanner Lake series--Violet Dawn is the 1st.

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Publisher: Revell
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780800733025
ISBN-10: 0800733029

Thriller. FBI agent Patrick Bowers must investigate a grisly murder that puts him on the trail of two serial killers whose methods are unusually twisted. The pace of this complicated story never lets up, as the "punchy dialogue but gruesome scenes" reveal the "darkest side of humanity" (Publishers Weekly). This is the 4th in author Steven James' popular Patrick Bowers series--The Bishop was named to Suspense Magazine's Best of 2010 List. To read this chess-themed series from the beginning, start with The Pawn.

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Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/16/2008
ISBN-13: 9781414311616
ISBN-10: 1414311613

Thriller. After terrorists turn Times Square into rubble and reduce a large section of Washington, D.C., to dust, the Vice President, fearing that the President is dead, calls on presidential advisor Jon Bennet to stop the mayhem. Meanwhile, Bennet's wife, Erin, is in a refugee camp in Jordan, suffering from a potentially fatal illness. With his usual compelling characters, skillfully plotted non-stop action, and political commentary, author Joel C. Rosenberg brings in a grand finale (the 5th volume) to his Erin McCoy and Jon Bennet series. If you want to read the rest of the series, start with the 1st, The Last Jihad.

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Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/06/2010
ISBN-13: 9781595547064
ISBN-10: 1595547061

Mystery/Suspense. When radio talk-show host Jim Fate dies from sarin gas that came in a package he received in the mail, downtown Portland is thrown into chaos. TV crime reporter Cassidy Shaw reports from the scene, while Federal prosecutor Allison Pierce rescues a toddler separated from her parents in the crowds and FBI agent Nicole Hedges is trapped in a high-rise building--and that's just the beginning! The "very real women" (Publishers Weekly) of the Triple Threat Club then combine forces as they did in Face of Betrayal to identify and track down the criminals. Popular authors Lis Wiehl, a legal commentator for Fox News, and mystery writer April Henry collaborate on this ongoing series; Hand of Fate is the 2nd volume.

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