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Christian Fiction September 2017
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| With You Always by Jody HedlundHistorical Romance. Life in 1857 New York City is tough for 19-year-old immigrant Elise. She'd promised her dying parents she would care for her four siblings, but she hasn't been able to provide a home or enough food. Desperate, Elise accepts the New York Children's Aid Society's offer of a job in Illinois, requiring her to leave her siblings behind. Meanwhile, Thornton Quincy competes with his brother to see who can marry and create a sustainable town along a railway line in six months; the winner gets their wealthy father's business. Giving readers a sweet love story grounded in faith, this 1st in the Orphan Train series also highlights a lesser known part of the trains' history. |
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The farmers' market mishap
by Wanda E Brunstetter
Christian Romance. Living alone for the first time in the aftermath of her twin sister's marriage, Elma helps run her Amish community's general store and fears she is too particular for romance before forging an unexpected connection with a man who lives in a community 50 miles away.
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Beneath Copper Falls
by Colleen Coble
Christian Romantic Suspense. After taking a position as police dispatcher in the Rock Harbor sheriff’s office, Dana Newell receives a harrowing call from her friend Allyson right before she is murdered. By the author of Cry in the Night.
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The sweet smell of magnolias and memories
by Celeste Fletcher McHale
Christian Romance. (Takes place in Mississippi)Celeste McHale delivers another genuine Southern story in The Sweet Smell of Magnolias and Memories. Jacey never intended to to settle down; but when the man of her dreams resurfaces, she must find out if she has the courage to finally fall in love.
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A matter of trust
by Susan May Warren
Christian Love Story. Tasked to save the missing brother of a bossy senator who insists on accompanying him, patroller and former champion snowboarder Gage discovers that the senator was the person responsible for ending his career, a revelation that is complicated by a dangerous snowstorm and their growing attraction.
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| Rules of Murder by Julianna DeeringHistorical Mystery. In the early 1930s English countryside, a party at Drew Farthering's country estate proves deadly when a man is murdered. Farthering, his best friend Nick (who's also the butler's son), and Madeline, a lovely American guest, all enjoy a good mystery novel and set out to try and solve the crime themselves. Christian fiction readers who adore Golden Age mystery authors like Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers will be intrigued by this 1st in a series; the 6th entry, Death at Thorburn Hall, comes out in November. |
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| Murder Comes by Mail by A.H. GabhartMystery. On his day off, Hidden Springs, Kentucky, Deputy Sheriff Michael Keane is driving a rickety bus full of church ladies to the city to see a play. On their way, they spot a suicidal man on the edge of a bridge. Michael talks him down, but the would-be jumper claims that Michael will regret his actions. When taunting letters and photos of murder victims start arriving at the sheriff's office, Michael is inclined to agree, suspecting that the man he saved is a serial killer. Quirky characters combined with a charming small-town setting make this well-plotted mystery, the 2nd in a series, a good bet for Vannetta Chapman's fans. |
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The raven : a Coffey & Hill novel
by Mike Nappa
Christian Mystery Fiction. When The Raven, a deception specialist who picks his audience¡s pockets while they watch, hatches a blackmail plot that gets him in trouble with the Ukrainian Mafia and mired in a life-threatening plot code-named ôNevermore,ö PIs Trudi Coffey and Samuel Hill must race against time to save him and countless others from a wildcard bent on revenge. Original.
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Always watching : a novel
by Lynette Eason
Christian Mystery Fiction. Olivia Edwards's skills as a bodyguard are pushed to the limit as she must protect talk show host Wade Savage and stay out of a killer's path.
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Plain killing
by Emma Miller
Christian Mystery Fiction. While swimming in a local quarry, Rachel and her cousin Mary Aaron discover the body of an Amish girl, fully clothed in her white bonnet, floating face down in the water. The drowned young woman, Beth Glick, had left Stone Mill and her Old Order Amish life a year ago, causing her to be shunned by her family and her people.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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