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Inspirational Fiction March 2024
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| All My Secrets by Lynn AustinWhen businessman Arthur Stanhope III dies and leaves his fortune to a male relation, his widow, Sylvia, seeks a wealthy husband for their 19-year-old daughter, Adelaide, in the hope of maintaining their opulent Gilded Age lifestyle. But Junietta, Sylvia's mother-in-law and Adelaide's grandmother, who understands the price of society's approval, encourages Adelaide to follow her heart. Read-alikes: Susan May Warren's Daughters of Fortune series. |
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| The Seamstress of Acadie by Laura FrantzForcibly removed from her Acadian home by British soldiers during Le Grand Dérangement, seamstress Sylvie Galant finds safe haven in Virginia. There, she encounters Will "Le Loup" Blackburn, the former British Ranger who played a role in her family's displacement, and who now wishes to make amends. Read-alike: Jocelyn Green's Between Two Shores. |
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The last exchange : a novel
by Charles Martin
Former Scottish Special Forces solider-turned-bodyguard for movie star Maybe Joe Sue, MacThomas Pockets, when she can no longer keep up the façade of her“perfect” life and hits rock bottom, steps in, answering the question: how far would you go—really—to save someone you love?
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The Amish matchmakers
by Beth Wiseman
"Welcome back to the Peony Inn where love always blooms in this stand-alone novel that finds two Amish matchmakers vying for the heart of the same man"
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Books You Might Have Missed
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| In the Shadow of the River by Ann H. GabhartTwenty-year-old Jacci Reed loves her life aboard the Kingston Floating Palace, her grandfather's Ohio River showboat. But when long-buried family secrets threaten everyone on board, Jacci, with the help of handsome actor Gabe Kingston, must seek the truth about her own, barely remembered past. An atmospheric setting full of well-researched historical details enhances this uplifting novel by the author of When the Meadow Blooms. |
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| The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo WrightIn 1870, orphan Daisy François becomes a housemaid at Castle Moreau, home of reclusive Gothic novelist Ora Tremblay, where she stumbles upon a mystery. In the present day, home organizer Cleo Clemmons arrives at the Castle to help its elderly inhabitant with a hoarding issue and uncovers its chilling secrets. Redolent with eerie Gothic atmosphere, this quietly suspenseful novel features Christy Award-winning author Jaime Jo Wright's signature blend of intrigue and inspiration. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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