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Christian FictionMay 2015
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"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." ~ St. Augustine (354-430), Christian theologian and author
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New and Recently Released!
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| Anna's Crossing: An Amish Beginnings Novel by Suzanne Woods FisherHistorical Fiction. In 1737, a group of German Amish set out for America, a months-long journey in rough conditions. Reluctantly among them is young, unmarried Anna Konig, the only one in the group who speaks English. Acting as translator, she is drawn to the ship's carpenter, Bairn, who has a past that haunts his present. This authentic, evocative series opener by Suzanne Woods Fisher will please her many fans as well as romance readers and those interested in Amish or sailing history. |
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| How to Catch a Prince: The Royal Wedding Series by Rachel HauckRomance. Rugby star and military vet Prince Stephen of Brighton is one of the world's most eligible bachelors -- or so everyone thinks. However, six years ago he secretly married American heiress Corina Del Rey before shipping out to Afghanistan. The war changed Stephen and killed Corina's twin brother, leaving the couple grieving, damaged, and ignoring one another and their secret marriage. Several years later, their wedding papers surface, and Stephen needs to see Corina and secretly get an annulment...or, with God's help, maybe not. This is the sweetly enchanting 3rd book in the Royal Wedding series; to start with book 1, check out Once Upon a Prince. |
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| After a Fashion by Jen TuranoHistorical Romance. Working for a milliner in 1882 New York City, Harriet Peabody, who has no family to speak of, saves what money she can; she loves fashion and dreams of being able to open her own shop someday. But a delivery to an out-of-control society lady ends in Harriet's unemployment...as well as an interesting offer from the woman's wealthy former beau. Mr. Oliver Addleshaw wants a lady to help him host social engagements that'll help his business, and he thinks lovely, indefatigable Harriet is the perfect woman to do so. Jen Turano's novels are always delightful fun, and After a Fashion is no exception with its two appealing leads and their hilarious screwball exploits. |
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Miracle at the Higher Grounds Café by Max LucadoWhen courage, expert planning and out-of-this-world cupcakes fail to pay the bills at the Higher Grounds Café, newly single mom Chelsea Chambers has a curious stranger to thank when customers begin flocking to the café for the internet connection to the divine.
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| Until We Reach Home by Lynn AustinHistorical Fiction. After their parents die and their abusive uncle becomes their caregiver, teenage sisters Elin, Kirsten, and Sofia Carlson emigrate from Sweden to Chicago at the end of the 19th century. With a perilous two-week Atlantic crossing and a detention on Ellis Island, their hopes and dreams for the future get off to a rocky start. Yet despite the hardships of their journey, each woman will come to new understandings about herself and the meaning of home. This richly detailed Christy Award-winning book is a "terrific read" (Library Journal) that historical romance fans may enjoy. |
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| The Amish Nanny by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie GouldAmish Fiction. In this 2nd in the Women of Lancaster County series, Ada Rupp is at a crossroads in her life: she's recently learned that she's adopted, that Will Gundy, the widower she'd hoped to marry, is courting another, and that the teaching job she'd been promised is no longer hers. After suffering ill health for years, she's better and ready to do something -- so when she's asked to be her family's representative to help protect a historic Anabaptist site in Switzerland, she agrees to go to Europe with Will's mother, his tween daughter (for whom Ada will act as a nanny of sorts), and Mennonite scholar Daniel Hart. As they travel, Ada ponders meeting her Swiss birth mother and finds herself growing attached to Daniel, even as her heart yearns for Will. |
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The girl in the glass : a novel by Susan MeissnerRenaissance is a word with hope infused in every letter. Since she was a child, Meg has dreamed of taking a promised trip to Florence, Italy, and being able to finally step into the place captured in a picture at her grandmother's house. But after her grandmother passes away and it falls to her less-than-reliable father to take her instead, Meg's long-anticipated travel plans seem permanently on hold. When her dad finally tells Meg to book the trip, she prays that the experience will heal the fissures left on her life by her parents' divorce. But when Meg arrives in Florence, her father is nowhere to be found, leaving aspiring memoir-writer Sophia Borelli to introduce Meg to the rich beauty of the ancient city. Sofia claims to be one of the last surviving members of the Medici family and that a long-ago Medici princess, Nora Orsini, communicates with her from within the great masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance. When Sophia, Meg, and Nora's stories intersect, their lives will be indelibly changed as they each answer the question: What if renaissance isn't just a word? What if that's what happens when you dare to believe that what is isn't what has to be?
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| The Daughter's Walk: A Novel by Jane KirkpatrickHistorical Fiction. Two women walk 3,500 miles alone across the United States, from Washington State to New York City -- and they do it in 1896 while wearing new clothing that doesn't require corsets and shows their ankles. Though this sounds almost unbelievable, it's a true story; Jane Kirkpatrick's atmospheric book novelizes what happened when Helga Estby and her 17-year-old daughter Clara attempted to finish the walk in seven months in order to win money from the fashion industry to save their family farm. Though the walk is difficult and the aftermath more so, this book is "beautiful and compelling" (Publishers Weekly). For a more lighthearted look at women's rights around this time, try Robin Lee Hatcher's Catching Katie. |
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