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Christian FictionJanuary 2016
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"Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man." ~ Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American author, inventor, and diplomat, Poor Richard's Almanac
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| The Tears of Dark Water by Corban AddisonThriller. Daniel, a wealthy American lawyer, decides to leave regular life behind for a year and sail around with world with his troubled teenage son. Though his relationship with his son improves, Daniel worries about the state of his marriage -- but more urgent concerns occur when Somali pirates take over their ship. Told from six viewpoints (that of Daniel, his estranged wife, an FBI hostage negotiator, the agent's lawyer sister, a Somali pirate, and the pirate's own kidnapped sister), this compelling, thought-provoking novel travels from the ocean to the courtroom and covers themes of forgiveness and cross-cultural understanding.
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The painter's daughter
by Julie Klassen
After his brother abandons Sophie Dupont, the daughter of a portrait painter, with child, Captain Stephen Overtree proposes to her to save her from scandal, but soon their marriage of convenience promises something more. Simultaneous.
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The five times I met myself
by James L. Rubart
When Brock Matthews discovers his vivid dreams—where he encounters his younger self—might let him change his past mistakes, he jumps at the chance, but getting what he wants most in the world will force him to give up the one thing he doesn't know how to let go of, and his greatest fear is it's already too late. Simultaneous eBook.
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| A.D. 33: A Novel by Ted DekkerHistorical Thriller. This stirring sequel to bestselling author Ted Dekker's A.D. 30 continues the story of Maviah, the shunned, illegitimate daughter of a desert seikh and a follower of the spiritual leader Yeshua (Jesus). Having risen in esteem among the Bedouins, she now rules over a group of 20,000. But enemies, including the half-brother who betrayed their father, lurk in the wings, waiting for their chance to destroy her, her young faith, and her spiritual leader. Fans of sweeping, fast-paced tales as well as those questioning how to be more like Jesus in their daily life will find much to appreciate in this powerful story. |
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| The Mistress of Tall Acre by Laura FrantzHistorical Romance. Though she's hungry and tired, 28-year-old Sophie Menzies does her best to keep her devastated Virginia home going after the Revolutionary War. Except for two elderly servants, she's alone -- her Patriot brother is missing, her midwife mother died, and her Tory father returned to Scotland years ago. Shunned and harassed due to her father's politics, her future is bleak until the return of her war-hero neighbor General Seamus Ogilvy. He proposes a marriage of convenience (he needs a mother for the charming five-year-old daughter he hasn't seen in years), but disagreements with relatives and secrets from the past threaten to dismantle the trio's bond in this suspenseful, evocative tale filled with plenty of historical color and surprising plot twists. |
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| The Girl From the Train by Irma JoubertHistorical Fiction. Against the tumultuous backdrop of World War II and its long aftermath, this atmospheric, character-driven novel tells the story of Gretl, the six-year-old Jewish survivor of a train accident, and young Jakób, a member of the Polish Home Army, which accidentally blew up her Auschwitz-bound train. Taken in by Catholic Jakób until after the war, Gretl is eventually sent to South Africa to be adopted by a Protestant family there. Though circumstances and years separate them, the connection between Gretl and Jakób cannot be severed, and they meet up years later in Apartheid-era South Africa. Not to be mistaken for Paula Hawkins' similarly titled mainstream thriller The Girl on the Train, this moving look at love and redemption was first published in Afrikaans and was recently translated into English. |
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Focus on: 2015 Award Winners
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| Thief of Glory: A Novel by Sigmund BrouwerHistorical Fiction. It's a little-known fact that after the Japanese Empire invaded the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II, they rounded up Dutch men, women, and children and forced them to do hard labor or held them in horrible internment camps. Based on his father's experiences, author Sigmund Brouwer evocatively depicts what life was like then, focusing on tenacious Jeremiah Prin. Now an old man, Jeremiah puts pen to paper to explain that time to his daughter, starting when he was a ten-year-old boy in 1942. Gripping and emotionally powerful, this well-researched 2015 Christy-winning Book of the Year is perfect for readers who'd enjoy a well-told tale about World War II's Pacific Theater. |
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| With Every Breath: A Novel by Elizabeth CamdenHistorical Romance. During their teenage school days in Washington, D.C., friendly Kate Norton and gloomy Trevor McDonough, both fiercely intelligent, always competed academically. Twelve years later, in 1891, Kate, the daughter of boardinghouse owners who couldn't afford to send her to college, is now a widow and works an unfulfilling job as a government statistician. Meanwhile, her former rival is a Harvard-trained doctor who's working to end tuberculosis. When Trevor recruits Kate to help him, the two unite to beat the horrible disease, and they also must address past secrets, a nefarious enemy, and the growing affection between them in this 2015 Christy finalist and Carol Award winner. |
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