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By Julie Lessman
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: Romance / Historical
ISBN10: 080073212X
ISBN13: 9780800732127
Topics/Issues: Unforgiveness, promiscuity, abuse
Settings: Boston, Ireland
No man can resist her charms. Or so she thought. Charity O’Connor is a woman who gets what she wants. Her stunning beauty and flirtatious ways have always succeeded with men. That is, until Mitch Dennehy. Brilliant and dangerously handsome, Mitch is a no-nonsense newspaperman who wants nothing to do with her. Charity burned him once, destroying his engagement to the only woman he ever truly loved. He won’t play with matches again. But Charity has a plan to turn up the heat, hoping to ignite the heart of the man she loves. And she always gets what she wants—one way or another. Or does she?…
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By Wanda E. Brunstetter
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: Romance / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1597899376
ISBN13: 9781597899376
Topics/Issues: Abandonment, mis-communication, acceptance
Settings: Amish Country; Northeast Indiana
Will Henderson, abandoned by his father 16 years ago and left in the care of an Amish couple, is about to marry Karene Yoder. But as Will contemplates marriage and potential fatherhood, he wonders if he'll eventually destroy his family as his father did. Karen Yoder can't break through the barrier Will has suddenly constructed around his heart and worries that there might not be a wedding after all. When Will's life is threatened, the strength of blood-ties is put to the test. Can Will find it in his heart to forgive his father and marry the woman he loves? Can an old recipe for White Christmas…
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By Susan Page Davis
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: Romance / Historical
ISBN10: 1602601062
ISBN13: 9781602601062
Topics/Issues: Prejudice; forgiveness; reconciliation
Settings: Maine--small coastal town in 1720; Portland in 1820; small inland town in 1895
Three romances set in historic Maine, where three women find that loving a man is not as easy as the heart would lead them to believe. Lucy Hamblin obeyed her father and gave up Jack Hunter years ago, but when he is scheduled to hang in the morning, Lucy agrees to marry Jack. Can they hope for a miracle of preservation--of Jack's life and reputation--along with restoration of lost love? Deborah Bowman's sister gave up her beau when he was presumed dead at sea. When Edward Hunter suddenly returns, he finds only Deborah waiting for hiim. Letitia Hunter knows her place in high society, but she can't…
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By Diane Ashley, Janet Lee Barton, Rhonda Gibson, Gail Sattler
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: Romance / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1602601186
Topics/Issues: Christmas, evangelism, non-Christians
Experience a traditional Christmas in the quaint New England town of Snowbound Village. Cozy up to a crackling fire with romance that tops the wish list. Four young women begin the Christmas season in the town of Snowbound Village, Connecticut. Several work at the Village Mall while the others just shop there, but all will visit the Christmas Collectible shop and each will find true love before the season is over.
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By Judith Miller, Tracie Peterson
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: Romance
ISBN10: 0764205897
Settings: late 1800's, New York, Rochester, Thousand Islands
During a trip to England, Sophie Broadmoor falls head over heels for Wesley Hedrick, a wealthy widower who promises her the world. But Sophie soon learns that Wesley's promises are nothing but words and finds herself in a very compromising situation.
Why does it have to be Paul Medford, the stringent young minister who works with her father, who shows up during her worst moment? Paul is full of promises, too, and it's clear that he has feelings for Sophie. But after all she's been through, can she trust him?
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By Robin Jones Gunn
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 0764205927
ISBN13: 9780764205927
Fan favorite Christy Miller is now a university student enjoying the challenges of early adulthood. Although Christy and Todd are together, she still has doubts about their future. Readers will join in on the adventure and romance, starting with a whirlwind tour of Europe in Until Tomorrow, followed by a breathtaking proposal in As You Wish, and ending with a long-awaited wedding in I Promise. This three-in-one is sure to satisfy longtime fans as well as those new to Christy and Todd: The College Years.
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By Sharlene MacLaren
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: Romance / Historical
ISBN10: 1603740203
ISBN13: 9781603740203
Topics/Issues: abuse, alcoholism, relationships, bitterness, forgiveness
Settings: 1896-97 Little Hickman Creek, Kentucky
Twenty-eight-year old Emma Browning has experienced a good deal of life in her young age. Sole owner of Emma's Boardinghouse, she is "mother" to an array of beefy, unkempt, often rowdy characters. Though many men would like to get to know the steely, hard-edged, yet surprisingly lovely, proprietress, none has truly succeeded. That is, not until the town's new pastor, Jonathan Atkins, takes up residence in the boardinghouse, affecting not only her with his devout faith and strong convictions, but her clientele as well. Emma clings desperately to her stubborn ways, refusing to acknowledge…
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By Cindy Woodsmall
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: Romance / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1400072948
Topics/Issues: amish
Settings: rural Pennsylvania, Amish
Rumors and lies left Hannah’s life in tatters; can the truth possibly stitch it back together? Having fled in disgrace more than two years earlier, Hannah finally has found happiness in the Englischer world, as well as love with Martin Palmer, a man with whom she can safely entrust her heart. But almost immediately after her arrival in Owl’s Perch, the disapproval of those who ostracized her reopens old wounds. As Hannah encounters former fiancë Paul Waddell, truths unknown to her surface about the events during her absence and she faces an agonizing decision. Will she choose the Englischer…
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By Donn Taylor
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: Mystery
ISBN10: 0802451160
ISBN13: 9780802451163
Topics/Issues: Salvation, theology of evil, Wicca, academic standards, secularism, Renaissance history, American history, classical music, musical hallucinations, political correctness, truth or relativism
Settings: A small denominational college campus on the Midwestern plains
"That Wednesday, two weeks before Thanksgiving, was a bad day to find a corpse on campus." Preston Barclay is a self-made recluse, and he likes it that way. Teaching college history allows him time to grieve the loss of his pianist wife and find relief from the musical hallucinations that have been playing in his head since her death. But when he and a headstrong colleague, Mara Thorn, discover the body of another faculty member on campus, Press's monotonous solitude is destroyed. When preliminary evidence singles out Press and Mara, they must take some chances (including trusting each…
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By Patti D. Lacy
Publication Date: September 2008
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 0825429374
ISBN13: 9780825429378
Topics/Issues: rape, lying, friendship, racism, teacher/student relationships, sexual dysfunction in marriage, Southern versus Midwestern mores, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, 1960s
Settings: Normal, Illinois, New Orleans and Monroe, Louisiana
Since leaving Louisiana, Sally Stevens has held her childhood secrets at bay, smothering them in a sunny disposition and sugar-coated lies. No one, not even her husband Sam, has heard the truth about what happened when she was almost twelve years old. Now a teacher in Illinois, Sally has nearly forgotten the past. But when one of her students is violently attacked, Sally's memories of segregation, a chain link fence, and a blood oath bubble to the surface like a dead body in a bayou. Lies continue to tumble from Sally's lips as she scrambles to gloss over harsh reality. Finally cornered by her…
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