July 2019 list by Bonnie Bradford
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Chasing Paradise
by Chad Daybell
Tina Marlar’s family seems to have it all. But when Tina dies in a car accident, she is surprised to meet Lucille, the paternal grandmother, and embraces the gospel. Now her only hope of being baptized and crossing into Paradise lies with her family. It is her mission to bring her family to the truth. Standing in Holy Places series.
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Guesthouse for Ganesha
by Judith Teitelman
In 1923, seventeen-year-old Esther Grünspan arrives in Koln with "a hardened heart as her sole luggage.” Thus begins a twenty-two-year journey in search of a place of sanctuary. Throughout her travails, using cunning and shrewdness, Esther relies on her masterful tailoring skills to help mask her Jewish heritage, navigate war-torn Europe, and emigrate to India.
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Hadassah, Queen Esther of Persia
by Diana Wallis Taylor
One of the great heroines of the Old Testament, Hadassah was a beautiful, graceful young woman who put her faith in God. She dreams of marrying Shamir, and hopes he will visit her guardian, Mordecai, soon to present a betrothal request. Then, an upheaval in King Xerxes's palace changes everything.
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No Ocean Too Wide
by Carrie Turansky
London, 1908. When Edna McAlister falls gravely ill and is hospitalized, twins Katie and Garth and eight-year-old Grace are forced into an orphans' home before oldest daughter, Laura—who works at an estate more than an hour away—is notified about her family's unfortunate turn of events.
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No Secrets or Lies
by Rachel Branton
Eleven years ago, Halla Jenkins climbed out a window at her parents' house, fell to the ground in a mangled heap, and fled. Eventually, she found Lily's House and a real family. Now as a successful online reporter and a blogger, she doesn't think much about her roots. But the man she's fallen for online and dreams of making a future with has questions, and how can she tell him the answers when she doesn't know them herself? Lily's House series.
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The Song of the Jade Lily
by Kirsty Manning
Returning to Australia to attend her grandfather's deathbed, a heartbroken woman learns the remarkable story of her grandmother, a Jewish refugee who forged a fateful friendship with a local in World War II Shanghai.
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Where Dandelions Bloom
by Tara Johnson
Battling betrayal, their own personal demons, and a country torn apart by Civil War, Cassie Kendrick and young photographer Gabriel Avery learn to forgive themselves and trust their futures to the God who births hope and healing in the darkest places.
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