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Christian Fiction January 2017
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| Waves of Mercy by Lynn AustinHistorical Fiction. Dutch immigrants came to the United States seeking religious freedom and settled near Lake Michigan in 1847. In this multi-generational tale detailing their struggles, fifty years have passed and the leaders of Holland, the town they founded, ask elderly Geesje de Jonge to write a memoir about the events that happened when she was a teen. As Geesje grudgingly recalls the past (including deaths and tragedies), Chicago socialite Anna Nicholson visits the area searching for respite after a broken engagement. As both women face a crossroads, a handsome young seminary student helps them decipher God's will for their lives. |
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The Ringmaster's Wife
by Kristy Cambron
Historical Fiction. Juggling two story lines, author Kristy Cambron tells how two very different women leave their regular worlds behind and their journeys take them to the Big Top. First, farm girl Mabel meets and marries John Ringling and becomes the queen of the circus. Years later, England's Lady Rosamund Easling travels to America, following the beloved horse that her father, needing money, has sold to the Ringlings. Once at the circus, Rosamund becomes a bareback rider and falls in love, but there are serious challenges she must face along the way. Blending fact and fiction with subtle religious themes, this lyrical look at circus life during the jazz age is sure to please historical fiction fans.
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| Long Way Gone by Charles MartinGeneral Fiction. In this imaginative modern version of the prodigal son story, musician Cooper O’Connor wants all that the world has to offer. The son of a tent preacher, he leaves home at 18, taking the guitar he's stolen from his father and his dreams of making it big in Nashville. While Cooper has success and meets Daley, a talented singer he falls in love with, it all falls apart, leaving him injured, spiritually and physically. Covering Cooper's childhood, absence, and return, Long Way Gone reminds readers that it's never too late to come home again. This satisfying, melodic book will have fans reaching for tissues; they should also mark their calendars: a film version of author Charles Martin's bestselling book The Mountain Between Us comes out this autumn. |
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A worthy heart
by Susan Anne Mason
Historical Fiction. Maggie Montgomery's long-held wish to see America is finally coming true. She'll visit her beloved brother Rylan and his wife, Colleen, and at the same time, escape Neill Fitzgerald's unwanted attention. In addition, Maggie has a secret- she plans to remain in America to seek her fortune and to hopefully find love. While visiting Irish Meadows, she meets an intriguing man whom she thinks is a stable hand. Only when Rylan demands she stay away from Adam O'Leary does she realize he's Colleen's brother, recently released from prison. Nonetheless, Maggie can't seem to make her heart conform to her brother's request. Adam O'Leary has never felt worthy of his place in the family. Spending time in jail only reinforces his belief. Now that he's free, Adam hopes to make amends and earn back his family's trust. Falling in love with Maggie Montgomery, however, was never in his plans. Despite everyone's effort to keep them apart, the two develop a bond nothing can break--but has Adam truly changed, or will the sins of his past prove too much for Maggie to overcome?
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No other will do
by Karen Witemeyer
Historical Fiction. Men are optional. That's the credo Emma Chandler's suffragette aunts preached and why she started a successful women's colony in Harper's Station, Texas. But when an unknown assailant tries repeatedly to drive them out, Emma admits they might need a man after all. A man who can fight--and she knows just the one. Malachi Shaw finally earned the respect he craved by becoming an explosives expert for the railroad. Yet when Emma's plea arrives, he bolts to Harper's Station to repay the girl who once saved his life. Only she's not a girl any longer. She's a woman with a mind of her own and a smile that makes a man imagine a future he doesn't deserve. As the danger intensifies, old feelings grow and deepen, but Emma and Mal will need more than love to survive.
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Great Books You May Have Missed |
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The love letters
by Beverly Lewis
Amish Fiction. Marlena needed time to let things sink in. It was beyond her how all this could possibly work out--adding the care of an infant to her daily routine. Fortunately, it would just be until Luella returned home from the hospital and was stronger. No more than a couple weeks, surely. Marlena Wenger's life takes an unexpected turn on the day she learns she must care for her estranged sister's baby. Spending the summer in Brownstown, Pennsylvania, to assist her Mennonite grandmother, and miles from Marlena's Old Order Amish beau, she feels out of her element in nearly every respect. Yet Marlena determines to do her best and stay focused on her future, even as those hopes become drastically altered. By the best-selling author of Child of Mine.
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Tiffany girl : a novel
by Deeanne Gist
Historical Fiction. As preparations for the 1893 World's Fair set Chicago and the nation on fire, Louis Tiffany--heir to the exclusive Fifth Avenue jewelry empire--seizes the opportunity to unveil his state-of-the-art, stained glass, mosaic chapel, the likes of which the world has never seen. But when Louis's dream is threatened by a glassworkers' strike months before the Fair opens, he turns to an unforeseen source for help: the female students at the Art Students League of New York. Eager for adventure, the young women pick up their skirts, move to boarding houses, take up steel cutters, and assume new identities as the "Tiffany Girls." Tiffany Girl is the heartwarming story of the impetuous Flossie Jayne, a beautiful, budding artist who is handpicked by Louis to help complete the Tiffany chapel. Though excited to live in a boarding house when most women stayed home, she quickly finds the world is less welcoming than anticipated. From a Casanova male, to an unconventional married couple, and a condescending singing master, she takes on a colorful cast of characters to transform the boarding house into a home while racing to complete the Tiffany chapel and make a name for herself in the art world.
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