Waiting for Summer’s Return  by Kim Vogel Sawyer

Summer Steadman has lost her husband and children, and, along with them, her hopes and dreams.  Peter Ollenburger, a widower, asks her to educate his son, but they soon begin to love Summer.  Will she be able to love them back?

The Measure of a Lady     

by Deeanne Gist

Survival is the theme of this novel about Rachel Van Buren, a young woman finding herself in a strange, subdued city raising her siblings after her father dies. She knows that if she does not gain survival skills, then she, too, will join him. 

Sweet Violet  by Catherine Palmer

Edmund Sherbourne sets off to find a young runaway in India to bring her back to England and shape her into the woman she is to be if she is to marry the man her family has intended for her.  However, Edmund finds himself falling for the woman she is, and questioning whether he wants her to change.

Unveiled  by Francine Rivers

Married to a wicked, abusive man, 14-year-old Tamar must fight to find the strength to trust and believe in the God of the Hebrew faith and not fall into the worshipping of idols, and turn into the evil people that her husband and his brothers are.

Like a Watered Garden

by Patti Hill

Mibby Garrett is understandably devastated when her husband unexpectedly dies and a secret past of his is revealed. As Mibby struggles to put her life back together and raise her son, the colorful, quirky patrons to her flower shop will help her through her grief. 

Flippin’ the Script 

by Aisha Ford

Nice, Christian girl Sabrina is at a crossroads in her life and would like to make a change.  She has several New Year’s Resolutions planned, but when Darci, her boss who is a diva talk show host, finds the list, she makes the list and Sabrina part of her show.  However, she may have ulterior motives in doing so.

Stallions at Burnt Rock

by Paul Bagdon

Lee Morgan enters her black stallion, Slick, in a match race and people from all over, including gunslingers, come to watch the race and soon, turbulence follows. As the sheriff struggles to maintain civility and peace, Lee begins to wonder if she made the right decision in entering the race.

When Tomorrow Comes

by Janette Oke

Christine Delaney struggles to overcome a broken heart and celebrate her brother’s marriage to a young widow.  However, just as they are celebrating what is supposed to be a happy family event, tragedy strikes in the form an auto accident that will test them all.

These High, Green Hills

by Jan Karon

Crises rarely take place in Mitford, and when they do, they are usually the types of crises many will end up laughing over.  So, when a young girl is found beaten to death, the town is shocked.  This is the novel that entails the inevitable sorrow that one, or a whole town, must endure some time in life.

End of State   by Neesa Hart

The Left Behind series continues, but in a different way in this interesting and intriguing look at what happens to politics and the United Nations behind the scenes and in the public eye after the Rapture.

Mr. Ives’ Christmas

by Oscar Hijuelos

Christmas is a time filled with happy emotions for a lot of people, but for Edward Ives, it is a time filled with many different emotions.  He met his wife on Christmas, but also, he lost his son during Christmas.  His depression and obsession over incident will strain his marriage, but will he ever recover?

The Vicar of Wakefield

by Oliver Goldsmith

A classic work, this novel tells the story of the descending and ultimately the ascending of the Primrose family, as told through the eyes of a Vicar.  It tells the story of love and of family and of overcoming some of the harsh realities life has to offer from the point of view of a seemingly simple, yet astonishingly composite narrator.

Ladies in Waiting

by Linda Hudson-Smith

This novel truly embodies the theme of how the power of prayer and friendship can help one through the toughest of times.  Marlene, Keisha, Alexis, Rosalinda, are all women whose men are locked up for various crimes, but through one another and prayer, they will each discover the strength within themselves.

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