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Christian Fiction March 2024 |
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| All My Secrets by Lynn AustinWhen businessman Arthur Stanhope III dies and leaves his fortune to a male relation, his widow, Sylvia, seeks a wealthy husband for their 19-year-old daughter, Adelaide, in the hope of maintaining their opulent Gilded Age lifestyle. But Junietta, Sylvia's mother-in-law and Adelaide's grandmother, who understands the price of society's approval, encourages Adelaide to follow her heart. Read-alikes: Susan May Warren's Daughters of Fortune series. |
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| The Seamstress of Acadie by Laura FrantzForcibly removed from her Acadian home by British soldiers during Le Grand Dérangement, seamstress Sylvie Galant finds safe haven in Virginia. There, she encounters Will "Le Loup" Blackburn, the former British Ranger who played a role in her family's displacement, and who now wishes to make amends. Read-alike: Jocelyn Green's Between Two Shores. |
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| Amish Love Letters by Shelley Shepard Gray, Charlotte Hubbard, and Rosalind LauerCorrespondence leads to love in this sweet Valentine's Day-themed anthology of Amish romance novellas, which offers "plenty of clean, slow-burning romance for readers to savor" (Publishers Weekly). For fans of: An Amish Heirloom by Amy Clipston, Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Kelly Irvin. |
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| The Gardins of Edin by Rosey LeeMeet the Gardin family of Edin, Georgia: sisters Mary and Martha, their widowed aunt Ruth, who runs the family business, and Ruth's mother-in-law, Naomi, who cares for everyone and tries to hold the family together. Well-drawn characters and their complex relationships anchor this debut novel inspired by the lives of Biblical women. You might also like: Vanessa Miller's What We Found in Hallelujah. |
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| The American Queen by Vanessa MillerIn 1865, formerly enslaved Louella Bobo and her pastor husband, William, leave Mississippi with a group of other newly free people and settle in North Carolina, where they found a utopian community known as The Kingdom of the Happy Land. Inspired by true events, this novel by Vanessa Miller (The Light on Halsey Street) illuminates a fascinating chapter of Black history. |
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Books You Might Have Missed
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| In the Shadow of the River by Ann H. GabhartTwenty-year-old Jacci Reed loves her life aboard the Kingston Floating Palace, her grandfather's Ohio River showboat. But when long-buried family secrets threaten everyone on board, Jacci, with the help of handsome actor Gabe Kingston, must seek the truth about her own, barely remembered past. An atmospheric setting full of well-researched historical details enhances this uplifting novel by the author of When the Meadow Blooms. |
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| The Heirloom by Beverly LewisUnsure of what her future holds, 19-year-old Clara Bender visits her widowed great-aunt, Ella May Zook, in Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania and bonds with the older woman as they work together to restore an antique wedding quilt. Although this prequel to The Shunning stands easily on its own, readers of Beverly Lewis' other Heritage of Lancaster County books will recognize a number of series characters. |
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| What Happens Next by Christina Suzann NelsonFaith Byrne's podcast What Happens Next features stories of people moving on with their lives after tragedy -- something she herself has not been able to do since the disappearance of Heather, her childhood best friend. When Heather's sister asks Faith to investigate Heather's disappearance for the podcast, Faith revisits the past and finds closure along with new possibilities for the future. Read-alikes: Erin Bartels' The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water; Kim Vogel Sawyer's Bringing Maggie Home. |
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| The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass by Katie PownerDecades after he left, Pete Ryman returns to his hometown of Sleeping Grass, Montana, where his self-imposed solitude is shattered by the unexpected arrival of his long-lost sister and her young son. Meanwhile, elderly Wilma Jacobsen seeks forgiveness for her role in separating the siblings. This novel by the author of The Sowing Season tells a moving story about a prodigal son and second chances. You might also like: Charles Martin's Long Way Gone; Linda MacKillop's The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon. |
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| The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo WrightIn 1870, orphan Daisy François becomes a housemaid at Castle Moreau, home of reclusive Gothic novelist Ora Tremblay, where she stumbles upon a mystery. In the present day, home organizer Cleo Clemmons arrives at the Castle to help its elderly inhabitant with a hoarding issue and uncovers its chilling secrets. Redolent with eerie Gothic atmosphere, this quietly suspenseful novel features Christy Award-winning author Jaime Jo Wright's signature blend of intrigue and inspiration. |
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