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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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Fragile Designs: A Novel
by Colleen Coble
After her police officer husband's mysterious murder, Carly Harris discovers what she believes to be a real Fabergé egg hidden in the walls of her family's house and recruits a homicide detective and neighbor to investigate.
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The Warsaw Sisters: A Novel of WWII Poland
by Amanda Barratt
In WWII Poland, two sisters fight against the darkness engulfing their homeland, one by entering a daring network of women sheltering Jewish children and the other by joining the ranks of Poland's secret army. As Warsaw buckles under German oppression, they must rely on the courage that calls the ordinary to resist.
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Against the Wind
by Amanda Cabot
Ready to leave town and start her life as a doctor-in-training, Louisa Vaughn finds herself stuck in Sweetwater Crossing saving a handsome stranger's life. Little does she know that he'll bring both love and danger into her life.
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A Season of Harvest
by Lauraine Snelling
Larkspur Nielsen is determined to keep the family homestead running, even if she must do it alone. When she discovers that Isaac McTavish has feelings for her, she pushes him away to protect her heart. But how can she build the life she's always dreamed of when unexpected dangers arrive?
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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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