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By Siri Mitchell
Publication Date: March 2011
Genre: General / Historical
ISBN10: 0764207954
ISBN13: 9780764207952
Topics/Issues: Influenza Epidemic of 1918, WWI, Immigrants, Boston, Accepting, acceptance, accept, Alzheimer, Dementia, Aging, anger, betrayed, betrayal, deceit, deception, faith, faithful, family, family obligation, forgiving, forgive, forgiveness, grace
Settings: Boston (the North End)
The elegance of Madame Fortier's gown shop is a far cry from the downtrodden North End of Boston. Yet each day Julietta, Annamaria, and Luciana enter the world of the upper class, working on finery for the elite in society. The three beauties each long to break free of their obligations and embrace the American dream--and their chance for love. But the ways of the heart are difficult to discern at times. Julietta is drawn to the swarthy, mysterious Angelo. Annamaria has a star-crossed encounter with the grocer's son, a man from the entirely wrong family. And through no intent of her own, Luciana…
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By MaryLu Tyndall
Publication Date: March 2011
Genre: Romance / Historical
ISBN10: 1602601666
ISBN13: 9781602601666
Topics/Issues: Patriotism, War of 1812, Fear, Rape, Trust, Destiny, Family
Settings: Baltimore, Maryland and Washington DC.
A timid American farm girl at the mercy of the enemy. . . A wounded British sailor driven into hiding. . . Both are about to change the course of history forever. When British soldiers invade Baltimore amid the War of 1812, Rose McGuire, alone on her family farm, is easy prey for a brutal lieutenant. In the midst of the attack, she's saved by British 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Reed. Will she now have to heal, as well as hide, this enemy soldier? Alex hadn't meant to kill his superior, nor get shot in the process. Now badly wounded, he's at the mercy of this tomboy who obviously hates him. Can he…
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By Jill Eileen Smith
Publication Date: March 2011
Genre: General / Biblical
ISBN10: 0800733223
ISBN13: 9780800733223
Settings: Ancient Jerusalem, Ancient Mahanaim, Ancient Ammon
Can love triumph over treachery? Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her husband away fighting the king’s wars, she battles encroaching loneliness–making it frighteningly easy to succumb to the advances of King David. Will one night of unbridled passion destroy everything she holds dear? Can she find forgiveness at the feet of the Almighty? Or has her sin separated her from God—and David—forever? With a historian’s sharp eye for detail and a novelist’s creative spirit, Jill Eileen Smith brings to life the passionate and emotional story of David’s most famous—and infamous—wife.…
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By Mesu Andrews
Publication Date: March 2011
Genre: Historical / Biblical
ISBN10: 0800734076
ISBN13: 9780800734077
Topics/Issues: Romance, Forgiveness, Illness, Sin, God's Justice
Settings: Egypt, Canaan, Land of Edom, Uz
When scandal and murder rock Dinah’s life, the daughter of the great patriarch Jacob is sent away to Job’s household. After Job’s own world comes crashing down, Dinah finds herself drawn to this great man brought low. What will she risk to fight for his survival?
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By Diane Ashley, Aaron McCarver
Publication Date: March 2011
Genre: Romance / Historical
ISBN10: 1616262440
In spite of the love she sees between her parents, Abigail LeGrand is determined never to marry. Intelligent and opinionated, she fears marriage will quash her personality. Nathan Pierce is desperate to hide his past. An itinerant preacher, he's convinced that he is not worthy of God's forgiveness - or of the love of a good woman. Will Abigail and Nathan accept each other's love and respect, or will they stubbornly cling to the fears that threaten to keep them apart?
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By Leslie J. Sherrod
Publication Date: March 2011
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1601628943
ISBN13: 9781601628947
Topics/Issues: mental illness, depression
Settings: MD, Baltimore
When desperation leads to homicide, can healing, freedom - and faith - be found? A Sunday school teacher turns to the wrong man for help with her family’s secrets. Following a public tragedy that exposes private pain, she is left to wonder if healing and freedom will ever be hers. Real issues, raw characters… riveting twists.
Tackling a topic not usually discussed in churches, Secret Place poignantly reveals the devastation mental illness can cause within families, and offers hope for when all has gone to pieces.
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By Maureen Lang
Publication Date: March 2011
Genre: General / Historical
ISBN10: 1414324375
ISBN13: 9871414324371
Topics/Issues: Romance, Socialism, Faith, First World War, Communism, German Defeat after WWI
Settings: Munich, Germany, 1919
The winter of an unjust war is over. A springtime of the spirit awaits. Germany, 1918 Four years of fighting have finally come to an end, and though there is little to celebrate in Germany, an undercurrent of hope swells in the bustling streets of Munich. Hope for peace, fairness—the possibility of a new and better tomorrow. It’s a dream come true for Annaliese Düray. Young and idealistic, she’s fighting on the front lines of Munich’s political scene to give women and working-class citizens a voice in the new government. But she’s caught off guard by the arrival of Christophe Brecht—a…
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By Judith Miller
Publication Date: March 2011
Genre: General / Historical
ISBN10: 0764206443
ISBN13: 9780764206443
Topics/Issues: Repeating mistakes; judging; fear and oppression
Settings: Amana Colonies, Iowa
For many years, Ilsa Redlich has helped her parents run a hotel in South Amana, but as the United States enters the Great War, she can feel her world changing. The residents of the towns surrounding the Amana Colonies used to be accepting of their quiet, peaceful neighbors, but with anti-German sentiment running high, the Amana villages are now plagued by vandalism, threats, and insults. Things get even worse when Ilsa finds out her family won't be allowed to speak German in public--and that Garon, the childhood friend she's long been smitten with, has decided to join the army. Jutta Schmidt is…
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By Valerie Hansen
Publication Date: March 2011
Genre: Mystery / Police Procedural
ISBN10: 0373444335
ISBN13: 9780373444335
Topics/Issues: Texas Rangers, forensics, art
Settings: TX
Giving murder victims a face is forensic artist Paige Bryant's speciality. She can always put the pieces together. But her work turns dangerous when Texas Ranger Cade Jarvis brings her a special project related to the notorious Lions of Texas gang. Identifying this victim could help with the ongoing search for the murderer of Cade's boss...yet it also draws deadly attention to Paige. As she contends with attack after attack with only Cade's protection, the two of them draw closer together, learn to open their hearts... and struggle to identify the face of danger before it's too late.
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