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Christian Fiction May 2022 |
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| Looking for Leroy by Melody CarlsonStarring: Brynna Phillips, a divorced Oregon teacher definitely not looking for love, who joins her coworker Jan on a summer RV trip; and Leroy Sorrentino, a widower with three adult daughters.
A complex pairing: After Brynna talks about a teen romance from summer camp, Jan decides they'll find the boy named Leroy whose family owned a California vineyard. When they find the place, Brynna's roped into a job by Leroy's pregnant daughter...but doesn't mention she knows Leroy.
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| Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa FergusonThe setup: Editor Savannah Cade secretly writes a romance novel while working at an upscale Nashville publishing company where the boss' handsome son has just arrived from New York to be the new VP.
What happens: Savannah stashes her manuscript in a secret room, and when she returns for it, someone's edited her work. As the two editors communicate back-and-forth via the novel, Savannah realizes she's falling for her editor...even though she has no idea who he is.
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| Something Good by Vanessa MillerThree women's lives intersect: Alexis, a CEO's wife with two kids and a mother with mental health issues; Trish, a married mom caring for her adult son who was injured in a car accident; Marquita, a rough-around-the-edges young single mom who's just lost yet another job.
What happens: As they face an assortment of issues, including guilt, family problems, and financial struggles, they grow in their faith together.
Read this next: For other thought-provoking books, try Katie Ganshert's No One Ever Asked or Christina Suzann Nelson's More Than We Remember. |
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Secrets, Secrets Everywhere
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| Daughter of Rome by Tessa AfsharWhat it is: An evocative, well-researched historical novel based on the stories of New Testament figures Priscilla and Aquila, who traveled and worked with the Apostle Paul.
What happens: In 1st-century Rome, Priscilla, the daughter of a Roman general who died, leaving her in the care of a cruel elder brother, meets Aquila, who has traveled to the large city with his uncle. They fall in love -- but Priscilla has a secret that could change everything.
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| The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay HarrelFeaturing: Counselor and abuse survivor Sophia Barrett, who moves to Cornwall, England seeking a change; and Sophia's new boss, Ginny Rose, who's an American in Cornwall running a bookstore that she co-owns with her husband...who's just left her.
What happens: Sophia finds old letters from a woman who was in love with her upper-class friend and tries to find out more about the Victorian couple with help from Ginny and Ginny's brother-in-law.
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| The London Restoration by Rachel McMillan1945 London: Married at the beginning of World War II and separated for years, Diana and Brent need to get to know each other again. But Diana worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park and can't discuss her work, and Brent, who was on the front, suffers from terrible nightmares and memories.
What happens: MI6 recruits Diana, an architectural historian fascinated by Sir Christopher Wren's work, to help root out a Russian spy using churches and church services to send messages.
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| Secrets of My Heart by Tracie Peterson1879 Portland, Oregon: Though her marriage was loveless, Nancy Pritchard, who's struggling with her faith, is shocked that her newly deceased husband may have been killed due to his illegal activities.
What happens: Nancy gets help digging into her husband's business dealings from a childhood friend, lawyer Seth Carpenter (who has his own secrets), and turns her home into a boarding house for women.
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