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Christian FictionMarch 2016
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"By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace." ~ Hebrews 11:31
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The prophetess : Deborah's story
by Jill Eileen Smith
Called by God to lead his people back to Him, Deborah faces doubt from her family and people, and the menace of the Caananites
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The feathered bone
by Julie Cantrell
In pre-Katrina New Orleans, Amanda Salassi is the chaperone for her daughter's sixth grade field trip when her daughter's best friend goes missing, sending her family into a downward spiral of grief, while Amanda goes on a personal journey in search of the girl, and answers
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| Cold Shot by Dani PettreyRomantic Suspense. Gettysburg park ranger (and former SWAT-team sniper) Griffin McCray catches two people illegally digging for artifacts late one night. When the skeletal remains they've unearthed turn out to be very recent, he gets help from charming anthropologist Finley Scott. Also working the case are two of Griffin's childhood friends, but there's some tension among the three due to a friend's disappearance years ago. Griffin and Finley grow closer as they investigate the case, but both have emotional scars that they will have to face before they can have a future together. Cold Shot is the 1st in Dani Pettrey's fast-paced new Chesapeake Valor series, which blends intrigue, romance, and faith. |
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The mountain midwife
by Laurie Alice Eakes
"The women in Ashley's family have helped mothers usher new life into this world for generations. But what if it's Ashley's turn to have a new life? Ashley Tolliver has tended to the women of her small Appalachian community for years. As their midwife, she has seen it all. Until a young woman gives birth to a baby at Ashley's home and is abducted just as Ashley tries to take her to the nearest hospital. The new mother is dangerously bleeding and needs medical attention. Now Ashley is on a mission to find the woman and her newborn baby before it's too late. Hunter McDermott is on a quest to track down his birth mother. After receiving more media attention than he could ever want from a daring rescue of a young girl, he received a mysterious phone call from the middle of Virginia from a woman claiming to be his mother. He seeks out the aid of the local midwife her family has assisted in the births of most babies for many generations surely she can shed some light on his own family background. Ashley isn't prepared for the way Hunter's entrance into her world affects her heart and her future. He reignites dreams she has long put aside, dreams of earning her medical degree and being able to do even more for her community. But is it commitment to her calling or fear of the unknown that keeps her feet firmly planted in the Appalachian soil? Or is it something more fear of her growing feelings for Hunter that make her hesitant to explore the world beyond the mountains?"
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| Candle in the Darkness by Lynn AustinHistorical Fiction. When wealthy, white 12-year-old Caroline Fletcher awakes to the grief-stricken cries of her mammy one rainy morning in 1853, she learns the woman's 9-year-old son, Grady, has been sold. Caroline, the only child of a moody, sickly mother, had played with Grady since he was born, and is also distraught. With her eyes opened to how slavery tears families apart, she enters her teen years, and later, when she lives with relatives in the north, she embraces the abolitionist movement. Returning home to Richmond, she falls in love with a slave owner as civil war looms...and must decide if she has the courage to stand up for her conviction that slavery is evil and goes against the Bible. This engrossing, thought-provoking 1st in a trilogy won a 2003 Christy Award. |
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| The Twelfth Imam by Joel C. RosenbergPolitical Thriller. His parents barely escaped the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and Iranian-American CIA operative David Shirazi must now head there himself. His goal is to infiltrate and disrupt Iran's nuclear weapons program -- leaving no trace of U.S. involvement -- but he has to do so amid escalating tensions as rumors swirl that the prophecy of the Twelfth Imam has come to pass. This is the action-packed 1st in a trilogy by evangelical Christian political commentator and bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg; since it ends with a bit of a cliffhanger, fans will want to read the 2nd book, The Tehran Initiative, too. |
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| The Crimson Cord: Rahab's Story by Jill Eileen SmithBiblical Fiction. In chapter two of Joshua, the Bible addresses how a prostitute named Rahab aided two Israelite spies before the battle of Jericho. Expanding on those verses, veteran author Jill Eileen Smith paints Rahab as a beautiful young soldier's wife -- but she's unable to have children and he has a gambling problem. Due to her husband's debts, Rahab is sold into prostitution, but eventually her faith leads her on a different path. This is the well-researched 1st in the new Daughters of the Promised Land series; the 2nd, The Prophetess: Deborah's Story, was just released in February. For another version of Rahab's story, try Tessa Afshar's Pearl in the Sand. |
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