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Sneak peek at September/October releases from Tyndale House

Releasing from Tyndale House later this year.

Enjoy 🙂

In Brussels at the height of WWI, a small, underground newspaper is the only thing offering the occupied city hope—and real news of the war. The paper may be a small whisper among the shouts of the German army, but Edward Kirkland will do anything to keep it in print. Meanwhile, Isa Lassone, a Belgian-American socialite whose parents whisked her to safety at the start of the war, sneaks back into the country to rescue those dearest to her: Edward and his mother. But …

It Had to Be You by Janice Thompson

Synopsis:~

Bella couldn’t be happier that two of her long-feuding relatives have finally admitted their love for one another and are getting married. Their forties-style wedding is sure to be a night to remember. But when the Rossi house begins to fill up with family from Italy–and an old mobster from New Jersey–life starts to get complicated.

Will a friend from the past drive the happy couple apart once more? And will Bella ever have time to think of her own rapidly approaching wedding amid the chaos?

My take:~

It Had to be You is the final installment of Janice …

CFBA Blog Tour of Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes

This week, the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing

Crossing Oceans Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (May 1, 2010)

by Gina Holmes

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Gina Holmes began her career in 1998, penning articles and short stories. In 2005 she founded the influential literary blog, Novel Journey. She holds degrees in science and nursing and currently resides with her husband and children in southern Virginia. To learn more about her, visit May 2010’s issue of CFOM at Interview with Gina Holmes or Novel Journey.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Jenny Lucas swore she’d never go home again. But being told you’re dying …

Character Spotlight ~ Annalisa Daughety’s Vickie Harris & Thatcher Torrey

Vickie Harris & Thatcher Torrey

Drawing on her own career as a Park Ranger, Annalisa Daughety has crafted a series about femal park rangers in various US state parks. Her second book, Love is Monumental, has just released. I love the actors she has picked for her characters – makes me want to read the story more!

Over to you, Annalisa:~

Brief physical description

Vickie Harris:

Thirty year old Vickie is petite and has shoulder-length dark hair. Her lips are full and her eyes are green. When she’s at work, she wears the required park ranger uniform, but when …

White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner

The Janvier family has it all, a comfortable marriage, a lovely home, two seemingly well adjusted teens, even a white picket fence…or so it seems. When Amanda Janvier’s niece is abandoned by her nomadic father, the Janviers welcome Tally into their home believing they can provide her with the stable environment she has missed all her life.

He was fairly certain he could trust Tally. She had secrets too.

Seventeen year old Chase Janvier is intrigued by his cousin and her unusual life but troubled by his own. As he and Tally share a school project interviewing two Holocaust survivors, …

Coming soon from Summerside Press

Summerside Press has made a real splash with the release of their romantic suspense line with Sons of Thunder by Susan May Warren and Songbird Under A German Moon by Tricia Goyer. I’m looking forward to the quality writing continuing with these July releases.

So much historical fiction is set in the 19th Century ~ I’m really enjoying the recent releases of 20th Century historical novels set in both World Wars.

How about you?