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Christian Fiction July 2017
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Love story : a novel
by Karen Kingsbury
Christian Romance. From the day they met, John and Elizabeth were destined to fall in love. Their whirlwind romance started when they were young college students and lasted nearly thirty years--until Elizabeth died of cancer. So when John Baxter is asked to relive his long-ago love story with Elizabeth for his grandson Cole's heritage project, he's not sure he can do it. The sadness might simply be too great. But he agrees and allows his heart and soul to go places they haven't gone in decades. Back to the breathless first moments, but also to the secret heartbreak that brought John and Elizabeth together.
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Beloved hope
by Tracie Peterson
Historical Romance. Hope Flanagan survived the massacre at the Whitman Mission, but at terrible personal cost. Safe now in Oregon City, she lives with her sisters, Grace and Mercy, and Grace's new husband, Alex. Hope's precarious new peace is shattered when those responsible for the massacre are captured and put on trial. She is asked to testify against them, but she's not sure she can bear to relive the events of those horrific days. As Hope struggles to free herself from the pain of her past, Lance Kenner, an Army lieutenant, brings an unexpected ray of light into her life. But what will Lance think of her if he learns the truth behind her anguish? And what secrets lie in his past?
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The beloved hope chest
by Amy Clipston
Amish Romance. When Mattie packed her hope chest, she put away the heartache of her past. But as her daughters begin to unpack it, she discovers a healing more powerful than she ever hoped for. Mattie Fisher's three daughters know that she's been keeping a secret from them. With each item pulled from the beloved family hope chest, they've discovered a new clue about their mother's past. But there's a reason Mattie has been keeping her history hidden, and she's not sure she's ready to reopen old wounds. Will dredging up the past change the way her children view her? Or her marriage to their father? And can she handle the pain of revisiting the memories that preceded the last few happy decades?
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Sandpiper Cove : a Hope Harbor novel
by Irene Hannon
Contemporary Romance. Hope Harbor police chief Lexie Graham has plenty on her plate raising her son alone and dealing with a sudden rash of petty theft and vandalism in her coastal Oregon hometown. As a result, she has zero time for extracurricular activities--including romance. Ex-con Adam Stone isn't looking for love either--but how ironic is it that the first woman to catch his eye is a police chief? Yet wishing for things that can never be is foolish. Nevertheless, when Lexie enlists Adam's help to keep a young man from falling into a life of crime, sparks begin to fly. And as they work together, it soon becomes apparent that God may have a different--and better--future planned for them than either could imagine.
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The ebb tide
by Beverly Lewis
Amish Romance. Sallie Riehl is thrilled at an unexpected summer opportunity to nanny in Cape May for a well-to-do family. It means forgoing baptism another year and leaving behind a would-be beau, yet the weeks in Cape May soon prove unforgettable as Sallie meets a young Mennonite man whose friendship she quickly begins to cherish. Has she been too hasty with her promises, or will Sallie only find what her heart is longing for back home in Paradise Township?
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| The Proposal at Siesta Key by Shelley Shepard GrayAmish Romance. Finally standing up to her over-protective parents (who've never gotten over the murder of their other child 12 years ago), 24-year-old Penny Troyer takes a job at the local Pinecraft, Florida bed and breakfast. When she grows close to a guest, a handsome Mennonite amputee who travels the country sharing his testimony, it also causes trouble at home. Amish fiction fans who'd enjoy a trip to a sun-kissed beach should enjoy this moving tale of friendship, self-discovery, and love, the 2nd in a series. |
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The Inn at Ocean's Edge
by Colleen Coble
Romantic Suspense. When Claire Dellamore unexpectedly shows up at Ocean's Edge, a Maine hotel, it's to help her dad close a business deal -- but she uncharacteristically has a panic attack. What is it about the hotel that's bothering her? Then she meets Luke Elwell and learns that she disappeared from the hotel when she was a child. Luke -- whose mother also disappeared years ago, but was never found -- helps Claire sort out the past. In this 1st in the fast-paced Sunset Cove series, what they discover are family secrets, danger, and -- maybe -- love.
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Coming home : a story of undying hope
by Karen Kingsbury
Contemporary Romance. Coming Home is a novel about tremendous victory and unprecedented loss, a story of faith and a forever kind of love. The Baxters make plans to come together for a summer lakeside reunion, a celebration like they haven't had in years. But before the big day, the unthinkable happens. As the family rallies together, memories come to light in the grief-stricken hours of waiting and praying, memories that bring healing and hope during a time when darkness might have had the final word. Ultimately, the Baxters cling to each other and to God's promise of forever.
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