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Character Spotlight ~ Rosslyn Elliott’s Kate Winter & Ben Hanby

Rosslyn Elliott returns with her second Saddler’s Legacy novel, Sweeter than Birdsong, based on the real life stories of the Hanby family, from Thomas Nelson.

Synopsis

Music offers Kate sweet refuge from her troubles…but real freedom is sweeter.

Westerville, Ohio, 1855: Kate Winter’s dreams are almost within reach. As the first woman to graduate from Otterbein College, she’ll be guaranteed her deepest wish: escape from the dark secret haunting her family. But with her mother determined to marry her off to a wealthy man, Kate must face reality. She has to run. Now. And she has the perfect plan. …

Smitten by Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Diann Hunt & Denise Hunter

Synopsis:~

Welcome to Smitten, Vermont.
With the help of four friends, it’s about to become the most romantic town in America.

The proposed closing of the lumber mill comes as unwelcome news for the citizens of Smitten. How will the town survive without its main employer? A close-knit group of women think they’ve got just the plan to save Smitten. They’ll capitalize on its name and turn it into a tourist destination for lovers-complete with sweet shops, a high-end spa, romantic music on the square, and cabins outfitted with fireplaces and hot tubs.

But is this manly town ready for
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Character Spotlight ~ Sue Duffy’s Liesl Bower & Cade O’Brien

Sue Duffy brings back a hint of the Cold War in her latest suspense, The Sound of Red Returning, available now from Kregel.

Synopsis

After losing everyone she loves, concert pianist Liesl Bower has nowhere to go but to escape into her music. Searching for the peace she usually finds in her concertos and sonatas, Liesl can’t shake the feeling that she is being haunted by her past…and by someone following her.

As she’s giving a concert for the president in Washington D.C., she looks out into the audience to see a man that she’d seen before–that eerie face–she’d …

Coming in late 2012 from B&H Fiction

Here’s some late 2012 releases from B&H Publishing for you to ponder! Historical, suspense, Amish and more.

Any catch your eye?

A Duke’s Promise by Jamie Carie

Award-winning writer Jamie Caries concludes her most epic storyline with a wonderful twist in A Duke’s Promise, the final Forgotten Castles novel.

From the Land of Fire and Ice back to England’s shores, Alexandria Featherstone finds herself the new Duchess of St. Easton. Her husband has promised a wedding trip to take them to the place where her imperiled parents were last seen — Italy and the marble caves of Carrara —

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Coming in late 2012 from B&H Fiction

Here’s some late 2012 releases from B&H Publishing for you to ponder! Historical, suspense, Amish and more.

Any catch your eye?

A Duke’s Promise by Jamie Carie

Award-winning writer Jamie Caries concludes her most epic storyline with a wonderful twist in A Duke’s Promise, the final Forgotten Castles novel.

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Saving Hope by Margaret Daley

Synopsis:~

When a teenager goes missing from the Beacon of Hope School, Texas Ranger Wyatt Sheridan and school director Kate Winslow are forced into a dangerous struggle against a human trafficking organization. But the battle brings dire consequences as Wyatt’s daughter is terrorized and Kate is kidnapped.

Now it’s personal, and Wyatt finds both his faith and investigative skills challenged as he fights to discover the mastermind behind the ring before evil destroys everyone he loves.

My take:~

Saving Hope was my first read from the experienced Margaret Daley. Delving deeply into the horror that is child prostitution, Margaret writes …