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A Day with a Perfect Strangerby David Gregory
Mattie Comisky is convinced that her husband Nick is turning into a religious nut when he comes home with an incredulous story about eating dinner with God, but when Mattie takes an out-of-town business trip and meets a fellow passenger on the plane, their conversation on issues of fulfillment and deep questions about God make her reconsider her skepticism about Nick's story.
Come Sundayby Isla Morley
Abbe Deighton tries to cope after the death of her daugher in an accident and leaves Hawaii to return to her home in South Africa, where she must examine her relations with people she loves and come to terms with secrets from her past.
In the Land of Second Chancesby George Shaffner
Calvin Millet struggles to cope with marital breakup, his daughter's terminal illness, bankruptcy, and the destruction of his house by a tornado, but the arrival of mysterious traveling salesman Vernon L. Moore, in town to sell games of chance to the store, who possesses an uncanny talent for asking life-altering questions, helps Calvin and the other inhabitants of Ebb, Nebraska, rediscover hope and second chances.
Last Callby Laura Pedersen
Terminally ill Hayden MacBride, a middle-aged Scotsman, goes to the local hospital to obtain some euthanasia pills, but his visit takes a different turn when he encounters Rosamund, a feisty, forty-year-old nun who is also dying but who is determined to fight back.
Room of Marvelsby James Bryan Smith
The death of his best friend, Wayne, a famous Christian musician, plunges Tim into a crisis of faith that he confronts on a spiritual retreat wherein he is presented with images of the abundant rewards of his life.
The Language of Sycamoresby Lisa Wingate
After Karen Sommerfield is suddenly forced to deal with the threat of cancer at the same time her company downsizes her, she returns to the rural Missouri Ozarks and her grandmother's old farm on an odyssey to find herself.
Turn Four: a Novel of the Superspeedwaysby Tom Morrisey
Chance Reynolds struggles to maintain his faith in the high-speed world of professional racing as he loses his ability to drive, then regains it and faces a new opportunity to re-enter the circuit--but will he have to choose between God and racing?
When Crickets Cryby Charles Martin
It begins on the shaded town square in a sleepy Southern town. A spirited seven-year-old has a brisk business at her lemonade stand. Her latest customer, a bearded stranger, drains his cup and heads to his car, his mind on a boat he's restoring at a nearby lake. But the little girl's pretty yellow dress can't quite hide the ugly scar on her chest. The stranger understands more about it than he wants to admit. And the beat-up bread truck careening around the corner with its radio blaring is about to change the trajectory of both their lives.