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Christian Fiction September 2019
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The Healing Jar
by Wanda E Brunstetter
What it's about: Resigning herself to being single after her marriage of convenience is called off, an Amish schoolteacher devotes herself to caring for others before the discovery of a mysterious jar in her grandmother’s garden reveals long-buried family secrets.
Want more?: Wanda Brunstetter is well known for her Amish novels and series, and the Independence Public Library carries them in regular and large print. Stop in to browse our selection.
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| Cross My Heart by Robin Lee HatcherWhat it is: a dual timeline novel that weaves the main story, a contemporary romance featuring five-years-sober Ben who teams up with horse-lover Ashley to create an equine therapy barn, with the 1940s tale of Ben’s great-great-grandfather and his son who went to war.
Why you might like it: the equine therapy details; the themes of redemption and second chances; the realistic look at addiction.
Series alert: Though this is the 2nd Legacy of Faith novel after Who I Am With You, both books are easily read on their own. |
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| The Enlightenment of Bees by Rachel LindenWhat it's about: After a terrible week in which her boyfriend of six years dumps her and she loses her job as a baker’s apprentice, 26-year-old Mia West agrees to go with her roommate on a humanitarian trip, funded by a reclusive billionaire, that takes her to India and Hungry.
What about the bees? Mia's dreams often include honeybees and they are a continuous motif throughout the richly detailed romantic novel. |
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| Wherever You Go by Tracie PetersonStarring: Mary, a talented sharpshooter in the all-female Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza who wants to bring her brother's killer to justice, and Chris, a journalist with a secret who's covering the show.
What happens: The two fall for each other as they travel from Kansas to England in 1901 in this entertaining, well-plotted historical romance.
Series alert: This is the 2nd entry in the Brookstone Brides trilogy; the 3rd, What Comes My Way, is out in October. The books can stand alone, but reading in order will enhance the experience. |
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If You Like: Downton Abbey
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A Haven on Orchard Lane
by Lawana Blackwell
What it's about: When disaster ruins Charlotte Ward's attempt to restart a London acting career, her estranged daughter, Rosalind, moves her to a quiet village where she can recover privately and where she gets a second chance at romance and begins to reconnect with her mother—until Charlotte's troubles catch up to her.
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| Flights of Fancy by Jen TuranoWhat it's about: In 1885 New York, heiress Isadora Delafield's mother expects her to marry a sinister, obnoxious English Duke, so she runs away, finding work as a housekeeper on the rural Pennsylvania farm of Ian MacKenzie, his elderly adoptive parents, and four orphans.
Series alert: This is the 1st entry in the American Duchesses series; the 2nd, Diamond in the Rough, came out earlier this month. |
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Maid To Match
by Deeanne Gist
What it's about: When Tillie Reese is enlisted to help tame the rugged behavior of a mountain-man-turned-footman at the Biltmore, the pair become entangled not only in a cover-up at the town orphanage but in each other as well.
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Secrets of Sloane House
by Shelley Shepard Gray
What it's about: Rosalind Perry has left her family's rural farm in Wisconsin to work as a housemaid at Sloane House, one of the most elegant mansions in Gilded Age Chicago, but Rosalind is not there just to earn a living and support her family—she's at Sloane House determined to discover the truth about her sister's mysterious disappearance.
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