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Christian Fiction July 2019
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| Whose Waves These Are by Amanda DykesWhat it is: a lyrical debut novel set in the 1940s and the 2000s.
Featuring: Annie Bliss, who goes to Ansel-by-the-Sea, Maine, when her great-uncle Bob becomes ill; Jeremiah, the handsome postman with a shirt that says, "Please go away;" and Bob, who lost his twin brother in World War II, is a key part of the tight-knit island community, and has unfinished promises to keep.
Who it's for: anyone who loves evocative soul-stirring reads with well-drawn romantic elements. |
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| Summer by the Tides by Denise HunterWhat it's about: Restaurant manager Maddy Monroe has just lost her boyfriend and her job. So, when handsome marina owner Connor Sullivan leaves a message saying Maddy's grandmother is missing, she immediately heads to Gram's North Carolina beach house, where her two sisters (who've barely spoken since a betrayal years earlier) also show up...a reunion that has Gram's fingerprints all over it.
For fans of: lighthearted women's fiction featuring charming beach locations, sisters, and sweet romances. |
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| Wooing Cadie McCaffrey by Bethany TurnerStarring: Cadie, who is tired of waiting for her boyfriend of four years to propose, and Will, who loves Cadie but is oblivious to her hopes for a ring.
What happens: Miscommunications cause the two to break up, but Will tries to win Cadie back using ideas pulled from her favorite rom-com movies and his former pro-athlete coworkers.
Don't miss: the adorable meet-cute at the beginning of the book; the thoughtful handling of regrets (including about premarital sex). |
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Brunch at Bittersweet Café by Carla Laureano What it is: Laureano ( The Saturday Night Supper Club) resumes her Supper Club series with the sumptuous tale of a pastry chef who dreams of starting her own patisserie. Now open: The best new bakery-café in Denver. Pastry chef Melody Johansson welcomes you to the bakery of her dreams--never mind that achieving one dream might cost her another. Melody and Justin display enough raw emotion and mistakes to keep the plot tense, even as perfect timing points toward God's familiar hand. In life, as in pastry, the choices can be bittersweet.
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Half Finished by Lauraine SnellingWhat it's about: Forming a group so that they can motivate each other to finish the projects they start, a craft circle discovers that their relationships with loved ones and with God are also unfinished. What happens: As life unexpectedly changes for one of the members, this ensemble of women in bestselling author Lauraine Snelling's new novel discovers that much of life is half-finished-projects, friendships, the raising of children, even our very relationship with the Lord. And that may be perfectly fine.
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What it is: From the highly acclaimed author of The Outcast and The Alliance, comes an engrossing novel about marriage and motherhood, loss and moving on.
What happens: When Ruth Neufeld's husband and father-in-law are killed working for a relief organization overseas, she travels to Wisconsin with her young daughters and mother-in-law Mabel to bury her husband. She hopes the Mennonite community will be a quiet place to grieve and piece together next steps. Reviewers say: With skillful plotting and vibrant characters, Petersheim reveals the pain of loss and the healing that comes from mercy and forgiveness.--Publishers Weekly
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The Tinderbox by Beverly LewisWhat happens: When Sylvia Miller finds the key to an old tinderbox of her father's, her curiosity is piqued. Shocked by the secrets it holds, Sylvia confronts her father. The truth about the tinderbox will forever change not only her own life, but also that of her family and her Amish community. About the author: Beverly Lewis penned her first story at age nine while living near Lancaster County Amish farmland, where she grew up. Lewis lives with her husband in Colorado near their family.
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| The House at Saltwater Point by Colleen CobleWhat happens: House flipper Ellie Blackmore goes to her sister Mackenzie's boat in Puget Sound for a birthday celebration -- and finds blood on the deck and Mackenzie missing.
Where could she be? Coast Guard intelligence officer Grayson Bradshaw thinks Mackenzie stole a cocaine shipment and faked her own death. Ellie believes her sister is innocent, but where is she?
Look for: Shauna from the 1st Lavender Tides book, The View from Rainshadow Bay, who reunites with her long-lost brother in this 2nd series entry. |
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| Sandpiper Cove: A Hope Harbor Novel by Irene HannonWhat happens: Police chief Lexie Graham stays busy raising her son and keeping Hope Harbor, Oregon safe, but finds herself intrigued by handsome church-going ex-con Adam Stone when the two try to stop the vandalism suddenly plaguing their small town.
Series alert: This is the heartwarming 3rd romance in veteran author Irene Hannon's Hope Harbor series. All of the books in the series feature themes of renewal and can be read on their own. The 5th book, Driftwood Bay, came out in April. |
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| Troubled Waters by Susan May WarrenStarring: controlling billionaire Ian Shaw, who is having money problems and desperately wants to find Esme, his runaway niece; and Sierra Rose, Ian's former assistant who now works with Montana's PEAK rescue group and knows where Esme is, but has promised not to tell.
What happens: When a charity boat trip ends in disaster, Ian and Sierra are stranded on a small island where they struggle to survive, reconnect, and trust God.
For fans of: adrenaline-fueled romantic suspense novels, like those by Dani Pettrey and Lynette Eason; previous books in Susan May Warren's Montana Rescue series (this is the 4th book of six). |
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