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41) Veiled in smoke
Author
Series
The Windy City saga volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In 1871, as Chicago's Great Fire destroys their bookshop, Meg and Sylvie Townsend make a harrowing escape with the help of reporter Nate Pierce. But when their father is committed to an asylum after being accused of murder, they must prove his innocence before the asylum truly drives him mad"--
Author
Series
Refiner's fire volume Book 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
During the Civil War, Caroline Fletcher, the daughter of a wealthy slaveholding family, is drawn into the abolitionist movement, where she is confronted with the risks and sacrifices her beliefs entail.
43) Wonderland Creek
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Alice Grace Ripley lives in a dream world, her nose stuck in a book until her boyfriend breaks up with her and she looses her library job during the depression. She goes to the coal-mining town of Acorn where she finds adventure, mystery, and romance.
Author
Series
The homeward trilogy volume 2
Publisher
David C. Cook
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
373 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Odessa and her husband Bryce contend with a snowstorm in 1886, siblings Moira and Dominic must face the harsh realities of living abroad when their dream careers suddenly crumble around them.
45) Meek and mild
Author
Series
Amish turns of time volume 2
Publisher
Shiloh Run Press
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the rift between Old Order Amish and the Marylanders widens, Clara and Andrew must examine their own hearts and consciences to seek God's will. The leadership in an Old Order Amish community requires shunning those whose only offense is embracing the new practice of Sunday school among the Mennonites. Yet teaching Bible stories to children is one of Clara's great joys. And now Andrew owns a car, flagrantly defying the bishop's authority. When...
46) The return
Author
Series
An Amish beginnings novel volume 3
Amish beginnings volume Book 3
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Amish beginnings volume Book 3
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Language
English
Formats
Description
Separated from her pious but rigid family in the wake of a raid, an Amish settler finds love with a Native American man who encourages her to express her faith in different ways, while the man who once courted her finds comfort with another woman.
47) Undaunted hope
Author
Series
Beacons of hope volume 3
Language
English
Description
Running from the mistakes of her past, Tessa Taylor heads to the uppermost reaches of Michigan, planning to serve as the new teacher of the children of miners. She quickly learns the town has requested a male teacher, but Percival Updegraff, supertintendent and chief mine clerk, says she can stay through winter since it's too late to replace her. Tessa can't help but thank him and say she is in his debt. Determined to make herself irreplacable one...
48) The lacemaker
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
413 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lady Elisabeth Lawson, daughter of the British lieutenant governor of the Virginia Colony, sees tensions rise in her colonial Williamsburg home and begins to develop feelings for Noble Rynallt, who carries a passion for revolution.
49) A moonbow night
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On the 1770s Kentucky frontier, secrets from Temperance Tucker's past in Virginia complicate matters when she acts as a guide for a handsome surveyor from Virginia named Sion Morgan.
50) The first love
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
1951. Despite struggling with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Maggie Esh is sweet-spirited. When her Dat remarries, less than a year after Maggie's mother died, her stepmother-- though kind-- simply doesn't understand Maggie or her illness. An unsettling family situation occurs, and hope begins to seem elusive. Maggie attends some tent revival meetings out of curiosity, but the words of the evangelist begin to stir something deep inside her. Dare she...
51) Hearts aglow
Author
Series
Striking a match volume 2
Language
English
Description
After Dr. Christopher Clayton breaks off their relationship to return home to his troubled family, medical student Deborah Vandermark wonders if she can still hope for a future with him when she learns the truth about his family.
52) The way of love
Author
Series
Willamette brides volume 2
Language
English
Description
"In 1879, Faith Kenner is pursuing her dream to become a doctor and use her gift to help the native populations. When she meets Andrew Gratton, an injured riverboat captain, a friendship grows between them-but will secrets and rising tensions prevent them from finding true happiness?"--
53) Steadfast heart
Author
Series
Brides of Seattle volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In 1880s Seattle, Washington, Lenore Fulcher desires love while so many around her are finding it; when lawyer Kolbein Booth arrives searching for his sister at a finishing school for mail-order brides, he and Lenore face danger and uncertainty amidst their growing attraction"--Provided by publisher.
54) Guide me home
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following a family tragedy, Rebekah Hardin decides to work as a guide in a dangerous cave system, even if it means pretending to be a man to do so, where she crosses paths with aspiring young cartographer, Devlin Bale, who has plans to map the cave.
55) Refining fire
Author
Series
Brides of Seattle volume 2
Language
English
Description
"In 1889 Seattle, Washington, Militine and Thane meet while serving the local poor. Though both carry a dark history and a sense of haunting pain, they begin to grow closer and wonder whether God can build something new and beautiful from the debris of the past"--Provided by publisher.
56) Love unexpected
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House, A division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
"Shipwrecked and stranded at Presque Isle port, Emma Chambers is in need of a home. Could the widowed Great Lakes lighthouse keeper and his young son be an answer to her prayer?"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cassidy Ivanoff and her father, John, work at the new and prestigious Curry Hotel outside Mt. McKinley. While John will be expedition and wilderness exploration guide for the wealthy tourists, Cassidy has signed on as a cook's assistant. Both are busy as the hotel prepares to welcome the president of the United States on his way to drive in the golden spike to officially complete the railroad. Allan Brennan travels to the Curry Hotel to be an apprentice...
58) Anna's crossing
Author
Series
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
"A young Amish woman fends off the matchmaking efforts of her fellow passengers on the Charming Nancy--the ship that brought the first wave of Amish to America in 1737"--
Author
Series
Red River of the north volume 3
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Taming the land came at great price. Will their love survive the loss?
It has required long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory, but in spite of heartache and back-breaking labor, the hardy immigrants recognize that God has been with them every step. What was merely a dream is now beginning to take shape. And so they face the challenge of proving up their homesteads and building an official town for their growing community.
Hjelmer...
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
As midwife Martha Cade readies to pass on her role as midwife, her decision to marry Thomas Dillon when he returns, as well as her daughter's new love interest, leaves Martha searching for courage to carry on in the face of all the challenges she faces.