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Christian Fiction July 2020
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Before I Called You Mine by Nicole Deese After dating for years and not finding a mate, first-grade teacher Lauren Bailey works to adopt a child on her own. But to satisfy the adoption agency's requirements, she must remain single throughout the process and for a period afterward. No problem, right? Joshua Avery, the charming new teacher at Lauren's school, whom she can't help but fall for. | | On a Coastal Breeze by Suzanne Woods Fisher Maddie starts a therapy office on small Three Sisters Island, Maine, where her family runs a rustic resort. But her dreams for a new life are tested by the arrival of her childhood nemesis, who's the island's new minister.This is the 2nd in the evocative Three Sisters Island trilogy; fans of these books might try Denise Hunter's novels, especially her Bluebell Inn series featuring siblings running a B&B.
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Hadley Beckett's Next Dish
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Bethany Turner
"Months ago, hot-tempered celebrity chef Max Cavanagh publicly fell from grace, leaving southern belle celebrity chef Hadley Beckett at the center of the drama. Now forced to work together again, these polar opposites will either fall in love or burn down the kitchen"
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Carolina Breeze by Denise Hunter Rising Hollywood star Mia Emerson is looking for a safe place to land in the wake of a public breakup and celebrity scandal, and she finds it in the lake town of Bluebell, North Carolina; the location of her canceled honeymoon. She wants nothing more than to hide and wait for the tabloids to die down. Soon after her arrival at the Bluebell Inn, Mia meets Levi Bennett, who runs the inn along with his two younger sisters. Drawn to one another from the start, Mia trusts Levi to keep her location from the press, and Levi confides in Mia about the precarious financial state of the inn; a secret he's been keeping from his sisters. When Mia and Levi discover an old journal that hints at a rare diamond necklace hidden in the inn, they set off on a treasure hunt to find the long-lost heirloom. What they don't expect to surface are feelings they thought were safely locked away. Mia and Levi must decide if falling in love again is too big a risk or if it will uncover a treasure of its own instead.
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Starfish Pier by Irene Hannon New to Hope Harbor, Oregon, young teacher Holly Miller, who has spina bifida, meets Steven, a take-charge former Army Delta Force operator working as a charter boat captain, and he challenges both her perspectives and her heart. Deftly mixing romance, faith, and serious topics (like alcoholism and assisted suicide), this appealing 6th in the Hope Harbor series can be enjoyed by newcomers, though fans will be pleased to see familiar friends like town sage Charley Lopez. | |
The Joy of Falling by Lindsay Harrel Eva and Angela must learn to live again. One step at a time. It has been fifteen months since Eva and Angela lost their thrill-seeking husbands in a scuba diving accident. Both women are trying to navigate their way through the grief, but neither one is making much progress. Angela is barely making ends meet, angry at her husband for leaving her to raise three children on her own. Meanwhile, Eva is stuck, unable to move forward after losing the love of her life and her source of inspiration. But then Eva gets a life-changing phone call. Before Brent and Wes died, they had signed up for a race of a lifetime; an ultra-marathon in beautiful New Zealand. Eva begs Angela to run the race with her in their husban place, and Angela finally agrees, hoping to finally understand her husband's choices. Training is exhausting, and the race is even more demanding. Their journey grows more complicated by the presence of two men. Marc is Brent's best friend who is running the race with Eva and Angela, and Simon King is a writer who is covering their inspiring story. With every step, Eva and Angela must ask themselves questions that they haven't had the courage to ask before. As the women literally put one foot in front of the other, they wonder: Is it possible to find their way forward in hope?
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Of Literature and Lattes by Katherine Reay Alyssa Harrison, who's come home to Winsome, Illinois, after the Silicon Valley medical startup she worked for was shut down by the Feds; Jeremy Mitchell, who's moved to the charming small town in order to be near his daughter and open the coffee shop of his dreams. Alyssa works on her estranged relationship with her mom, and Jeremy's shop struggles, leading him to turn to Alyssa for help.
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Once Upon a Caribbean Summer by Lisa Bergren Sometimes your greatest treasure can't be counted...Christina Alvarez grew up on stories of her Spanish ancestor's missing treasure ship, La Canción. Now a nautical archaeologist, she's determined to discover the final resting place of the fabled ship, and there's only one man who can help her. Mitch Crawford stumbled across his first find as a college student and together with his partner, went on to earn worldwide fame as they discovered, and salvaged, a dozen more treasure ships. But Mitch crossed the wrong man at the wrong time, and now that man is out to bring Treasure Seekers to its knees. He's managed to steal their last three treasure finds right out from under them...and brought them to the brink of bankruptcy. Christina arrives on Robert's Foe--a tiny Caribbean island and Mitch's home--ready to convince him to help her find La Canción. But Mitch is in crisis and the two of them get off to a rocky start. In time, they travel from the turquoise seas of the Caribbean, to the historical center of Seville, Spain, and spend many a romantic eve on Robert's Foe. But can they find their way to the most important treasure of all--their love--in the midst of fending off an enemy willing to do anything it takes to beat them? It all happens Once Upon a Caribbean Summer...
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If You Like: Karen Kingsbury |
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Someone Like You : A Novel
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Karen Kingsbury
Shattered by the discovery that she is not the biological daughter of her parents, Maddie abruptly ends an engagement and moves away before connecting with the grieving friend of a sister and family she never knew existed. (religious fiction). Simultaneous.
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The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers Artist Roman Velasco (who secretly indulges in the street graffiti that gave him solace as a foster kid), and cash-strapped single mother Grace Moore (who had her own troubled childhood).Grace becomes Roman's personal assistant, enabling her to support her infant son (and put distance between the baby and the family that almost adopted him). But she finds Roman's worldly ways as challenging as he finds her faith. | | The Second Half by Lauraine Snelling With his retirement only days away, university dean Ken and his wife Mona's plans for part-time work and travel are upended.Their son, who serves in the Army's Special Forces, is being deployed in less than a week, and since his wife abandoned the family, he needs his parents to watch their two kids...for up to a year.
| | The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate An intricate story-within-a-story about Jen Gibbs, a New York book editor who finds a captivating unfinished manuscript about Sarra, a Melungeon girl in early-20th century Appalachia.Lisa Wingate's acclaimed Before We Were Yours sold over two million copies. Her latest novel is The Book of Lost Friends.
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