Liesl Bower had an idyllic childhood – that didn’t last very long. Soon family trauma took over, and after witnessing the murder of her Harvard music professor, she sought refuge in the familiar notes of the classical greats. When she sees a face from her past in the audience during a concert for the President,… Continue reading “The Sound of Red Returning” by Sue Duffy
Tag: adult Christian fiction
“Smitten” by Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Denise Hunter, & Diann Hunt
Smitten, Vermont, is a logging town with a threatened future when four best friends come up with a solution to save the town: renovate and Smitten’s reputation into that of a honeymoon paradise. Not everyone is on board with this plan, however, and each woman faces conflicts of both the practical and romantic kind. Written… Continue reading “Smitten” by Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Denise Hunter, & Diann Hunt
“A Sky Without Stars” by Linda S. Clare
In 1951, Frankie Chasing Bear is a Lakota caught between cultures. She wants to raise her son Harold to revere his Lakota heritage, but she knows he will need to become as a white man to succeed. After his father’s killed in a barroom brawl, Harold and Frankie move to Arizona, where she begins a… Continue reading “A Sky Without Stars” by Linda S. Clare
“Sixty Acres and a Bride” by Regina Jennings
Rosa Garner is homeless. Abandoned by her family and newly married, she must also leave her country after her husband and father-in-law die. Traveling with her mother-in-law to her former home in Texas, they arrive only to find that the family homestead will be sold in three months’ if they don’t pay the back taxes… Continue reading “Sixty Acres and a Bride” by Regina Jennings
“Short Straw Bride” by Karen Witemeyer
Meredith Hayes was rescued by Travis Archer as a young girl. As a woman, she continues to dream of her cowboy in shining armor – until she overhears that his enemies want to steal his land. Meredith can’t let down the man who helped her so many years before – but will the price be… Continue reading “Short Straw Bride” by Karen Witemeyer
“The Sinner’s Garden” by William Sirls
In the small Lake Erie township of Benning, someone is at work cultivating a supernatural garden . . .Andy Kemp’s young life has been as ravaged as his scarred face. Disfigured by an abusive father, the teenager hides behind his books and an impenetrable wall of cynicism and anger.As Andy’s mother struggles to reconnect… Continue reading “The Sinner’s Garden” by William Sirls
“Shattered” by Dani Pettrey
With All the Evidence Against Him, Only a Sister’s Trust Can Save Him Now When her prodigal brother Reef’s return to Yancey, Alaska, is shattered by his arrest for murder, Piper McKenna is determined to protect him. Deputy Landon Grainger loves the McKennas like family, but he’s also sworn to find the truth. And he… Continue reading “Shattered” by Dani Pettrey
‘Shadows on the Sand’ by Gayle Roper
Carrie Carter has finally come to terms with her life. Running away from an alcoholic mom and her abusive boyfriends as a teen, she took her young sister with her and made a home for them both. Now seventeen years later, she’s a business owner and ready to move on to the next phase of… Continue reading ‘Shadows on the Sand’ by Gayle Roper
The Dinah Harris Trilogy: “The Shadowed Mind” by Julie Cave
Having lost her career as an FBI agent but gained her sobriety, Dinah Harris is ready to begin her new career: as a private consultant. With the a shady senator keeping his eye on her while she tracks a serial killer, Dinah is challenged to stop the man killing society’s most undesirables – before his… Continue reading The Dinah Harris Trilogy: “The Shadowed Mind” by Julie Cave
“Shadowed by Grace” by Cara C. Putnam
She found peace in a time of war.Desperate to save her dying mother, an American woman accepts her newspaper’s assignment to travel to Italy where she takes photographs dangerously close to the front lines during World War II. But Rachel’s real motive in this journey is to find the father she never knew,… Continue reading “Shadowed by Grace” by Cara C. Putnam