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Christian Fiction May 2019
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| Of Fire and Lions by Mesu AndrewsA well-researched, vividly told biblical novel featuring the story of the prophet Daniel and his (fictional) wife, Belili. Daniel faces fire and lions, and Belili, who survives captivity in Babylon for years alongside her husband and family, deals with secrets from her past when an army invades. |
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| Far Side of the Sea by Kate BreslinJohanna, a French woman with her country's Army Intelligence in 1918, and British Lieutenant Colin Mabry, who's decoding messages in England after losing his hand and almost dying in battle. Summoned to wartorn France, Colin finds Johanna desperate for help in finding her half-sister, Jewel, the woman who'd saved Colin's life, and whom he'd loved and thought had been killed.
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The Damascus Road : A Novel of Saint Paul
by Jay Parini
The best-selling author of The Last Station presents a historical novel inspired by the Apostle Paul, who at the side of gospel writer Luke becomes Christianity's most influential messenger in an ancient world on the brink of epochal change.
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| A Tender Hope by Amanda CabotWidowed midwife Thea Michener moves to Cimarron Creek, Texas, for a fresh start after her baby is stillborn. There, she meets a suspicious Texas Ranger who believes that her late husband was part of the murderous gang that killed his brother, and that Thea might be a member, too. |
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The Road Home
by Richard Paul Evans
A conclusion to the trilogy that includes, The Forgotten Road, finds Charles struggling with his ex-wife's engagement while continuing his pilgrimage toward Santa Monica along iconic Route 66. By the best-selling author of The Christmas Box.
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| The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay HarrelCounselor and abuse survivor Sophia Barrett, who moves to Cornwall, England seeking a change; and Ginny Rose, Sophia's new boss, who's an American in Cornwall running a bookstore that she co-owns with her husband...who's just left her. Sophia finds Victorian-era letters from a woman who was in love with her upper-class friend and tries to find out more about them with help from Ginny and Ginny's brother-in-law. |
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Hearts in Harmony
by Beth Wiseman
Music prodigy Levi Shetler, whose strict Amish community forbids playing music, and Mary Hershberger come together to realize that they have a shared love of music—and a shared confusion about whether their talents are God-given gifts or temptations.
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The Tinderbox
by Beverly Lewis
"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."
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The Persian Gamble
by Joel C. Rosenberg
Former Secret Service agent Marcus Ryker must track down nuclear weapons before they fall into the wrong hands by infiltrating enemy territory and forging an alliance with a Russian double agent.
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| A Lady in Disguise by Sandra ByrdGillian Young, the principal costume designer at the Drury Lane Theatre Royal in 1880s London, whose policeman father recently died in strange circumstances. The police say her father was crooked, but Gillian disagrees and wonders if he was murdered. Meanwhile, she meets Viscount Thomas Lockwood, who seems nice, but can she trust him. |
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| The Daughter's Walk: A Novel by Jane KirkpatrickIn 1896, in order to win money from the fashion industry, two women attempt to walk 3,500 miles alone from Spokane to New York City wearing new clothing that doesn't require corsets -- and it changes to course of their lives forever. Based on a true story, this atmospheric novel depicts Helga Estby and her 18-year-old daughter Clara's walk to save their family farm. |
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| Falling for You by Becky WadeFashion model Willow Bradford, who's taking a temporary break to run her family's small inn; her ex-boyfriend, NFL quarterback Corbin Stewart, who's home after a career-ending injury; and Corbin's niece, 12-year-old Charlotte Dixon, who's obsessed with the disappearance of her great-aunt decades earlier. Charlotte corrals both Willow and Corbin to help her investigate, which brings them closer to each other, and puts them in danger. |
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After A Fashion
by Jen Turano
"In 1882, Miss Harriet Peabody is a shop girl with high hopes in New York City, but her love of fashion isn't enough to smooth her launch into fashionable society on the arm of businessman Mr. Oliver Addleshaw, especially in light of their unusual arrangement"
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A Vintage Affair : A Novel
by Isabel Wolff
Opening a vintage clothing shop in London where she restores classic gowns, Phoebe Swift works to keep up with her unexpected immediate success while struggling with her best friend's death, a rivalry between two suitors and her mother's cosmetic surgery fixation.
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| A Tailor-Made Bride by Karen WitemeyerCoventry, Texas, dressmaker Hannah Richards, who feels her work follows God's pattern of bringing beauty to the world, and livery owner Jericho Tucker, who sees fashion as nothing more than vanity. Hannah and Jericho combine forces to play matchmaker for Jericho's sister and discover that love works miracles great and small.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Forsyth County Public Library 660 W 5th Street Winston Salem, North Carolina 27101 336-703-3030www.forsythlibrary.org |
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