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Christian Fiction May 2021
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The Stone Wall
by Beverly Lewis
Starring: Anna, who's part of the Beachy Amish (they drive and use electricity), who spends the summer with her more-strict Lancaster County Amish relatives, like her grandmother did decades ago.
What happens: Anna works with a handsome Mennonite giving tours and looks for a stone wall her grandmother, who has Alzheimer's, cryptically mentioned. She also volunteers at a horse-riding therapy barn and makes friends with a young Amish widower there.
Reviewers say: "a resplendent tale of love, loss, and faith" (Publishers Weekly).
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Destined for you
by Tracie Peterson
Starring: A smallpox survivor who would protect her family and a railroad manager whose reunion with a brother is shattered by an act of vengeance find comfort and support in each other.
What Happens: When tragedy brings Gloriana and Luke together, they help each other through their grief and soon find their lives inextricably linked. If they survive the trials ahead, could it be possible they've been destined for each other all along?
Reviewers say: By the award-winning author of the Willamette Brides series.
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An unlikely proposal
by Toni Shiloh
Starring: Firefighter Omar Young, a handsome young widower. Trinity Davis, his best friend.
What Happens: Omar needs a mom for his adorable little girls, and it'll fix Trinity's financial woes. But saying "I do" isn't just business. Especially when the only vow they're in danger of breaking is their promise to not fall in love...
Reviewers say: "Toni Shiloh continues to bring a needed diversity to Christian fiction, and her writing style is very appealing to readers of contemporary romance."
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| When Twilight Breaks by Sarah SundinStarring: Evelyn Brand, a spirited American journalist who's determined to write about the troubling things she sees in 1938 Germany; Peter Lang, a Harvard PhD student studying German and teaching at the University of Munich.
What happens: After Evelyn interviews Peter for a story, they become close, but find themselves pulled into danger -- especially Evelyn, whose grandfather was Jewish -- as Germany heads toward war.
Reviewers say: Sarah Sundin's "most brilliant and important work to date" (Booklist); "positively crackles with tension" (Library Journal). |
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Focus on: Mothers and Fathers
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Every closed eye ain't 'sleep
by MaRita Teague
Starring: Isabella, recovering from a broken marriage, and her daughter Desiree who has her own issues.
What Happens: Isabella deals with a devastating diagnosis, and revelations from her daughter Desiree, who is turning to online dating in order to put her love life back on track.
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Sing a new song
by Michelle Lindo-Rice
Starring: Tiffany, who just discovered she is dying of cancer, a singer and native New Yorker
What happens: Tiffany returns home to New York, where she must discover which one of the four men she slept with fifteen years ago, after she was raped by her stepfather, fathered her daughter
Reviewers say: "This is a wonderful Christian story of redemption and relying on the Lord to make a way."
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Finding Father Christmas : Engaging Father Christmas
by Robin Jones Gunn
Starring: A Christmas novella about a woman, desperate for a place to belong, who finds herself in London a few days before Christmas, looking for the father she never knew.
What Happens: Unexpectedly welcomed into a family that doesn't recognize her, and whom she's quickly coming to love, she faces a terrible decision. Should she reveal her true identity and destroy their idyllic image of her father? Or should she carry the truth home with her to San Francisco and remain alone in this world?
Reviewers say: "I really enjoyed this super sweet Christmas read. This little novella had a wonderful amount of Spiritual Content."
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| Someone Like You by Karen KingsburyWhat it's about: Dawson Gage is devastated when the best friend he's in love with dies. When he learns that she may have a sister thanks to a donated embryo, he searches out Maddie Baxter West. Stunned by Dawson's news and her parents' lack of honesty, Maddie meets her biological parents and grows ever closer to Dawson.
Series alert: This faith-filled 8th standalone book in the bestselling Baxter family series is followed by Truly, Madly, Deeply. (Those wanting Karen Kingsbury's latest novel should look for the just-released A Distant Shore, which is not part of the Baxter series.) |
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