MY HEART REMEMBERS by Kim Vogel Sawyer

>My Heart Remembers by Kansas author Kim Vogel Sawyer, is a historical Christian fiction that tells the story of three separate people related by birth, but thrown apart by circumstance. They first face the fire, the orphanage, and at last, the train. The hope for a new family is lost with the realization of others desires: no one wanted three children. Separated with heart break, yet holding on to the future of finding one another again, each one takes with them a treasure from their life together, clinging to the vision of that distant reunion. Ride with Maelle, Mattie, and Molly as they live the life set before them, each one on a different road destined to meet again.

A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist

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A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist is set in 1860s Seattle. Joe Denton is a logger who needs a bride to keep his land. Anna Ivey comes west to get away from her cruel boss, believing that she will be the cook for Joe’s crew. He discovers that she is way to pretty to be a mail-order bride and she begins to reconsider her stance against marriage.

Gist is talented at creating a inspirational historical fiction that is fun and slightly steamy (within the bounds of propriety, of course) without going over the edge into preachy.

>Max and his mom are close, real close. Max who is seven, didn’t want his mom to go to work this time. As a stewardess on a routine Japan flight from Hawaii they were Oceans Apart when she was gone. This time would be the last time he would tell his mom goodbye. Due to a malfunction Max would never see his mom again.

Connor, an airline pilot, and Michele are happily married. Everything is going great until they receive that fateful call from an attorney in Hawaii. Max, a son Connor never knew he had, needs a home and the will stipulates that Connor needs to keep his son for 2 weeks then decide whether or not he will be a part of his life. If Connor sends him back he must never tell Max that he is his dad or contact his son again. Michele struggles with Connor’s unfaithfulness and the fact that she never gave him a son. She doesn’t want anything to do with the boy and yet…miracles never cease.

The Passion of Mary-Margaret

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The Passion of Mary-Margaret by Lisa Samson is beautiful fictional memoir of a religious sister as she nears the end of her life. She sets conventional perceptions of religion askew as she shares her tale of talks with Jesus, taking the unexpected path, and following God’s calling even when it doesn’t seem like the religious thing to do. If you’ve been wanting inspirational fiction with a little more “edge” this is the book for you.