When Elena Burroughs is given a precious prayer book hundreds of years old, her prayer life opens up, casting her into an unexpected role. She knows people’s dreams and can interpret them. Her senses become alert to danger. She is given messages for others. In other words, she becomes a modern-day prophet. And it’s not so easy being a prophet, especially if you come into a conflict with the global banking system. This is both a page-turning suspense and a novel full of gems on prayer and spiritual life.
Shauna McAllister wakes from a coma, unable to remember the last six months. Her trusted brother is brain-damaged, she has a boyfriend she doesn’t remember, her estranged father is running for president, AND she finds she has the ability to steal people’s memories. A great thriller that keeps you guessing, a little romance, and some supernatural fun.
When Ohio forces all children to attend public school in the 1920’s, an Amish family heads to Mexico. The land is fertile, but bandits still roam the land after a civil war. Caleb, the family’s patriarch is brought face to face with what turning the other cheek really means. His daughter Rachel mourns for Jake left behind in Ohio, but comes into her own. Miriam, on the brink of spinsterhood, begins to feel things for their Indian hand Domingo that she knows she shouldn’t. Cramer’s writing is graceful and masculine, and his story, which is both simple and passionate, has stayed with me long after I’ve read it.
Shadowed in Silk by Christine Lindsay
I’m honored to call Christine my friend, but I’m not biased in saying that this is a lovely story, and well researched. Abby Fraser joins her husband in the British Raj just after WWI, but finds that he isn’t the man she thought she married. As tensions rise between India and the British colonists, Abby isn’t sure where to turn. Major Geoff Richards, scarred in the war, keeps turning up just when she needs him though, and she finds solace with his friend, the saintly Indian Miriam who runs a home for orphans. There is plenty of action, romance and historical detail in this story and you’ll feel as if you’ve walked the streets of 1918 India when you’re done. See Christine’s trailer here.
Worthy Mentions:
Two stories. A Spanish party of priests and their Indian captives build a mission in 17th century California. A modern developer makes plans to build a community on the same site. What I especially liked about this story is the powerful distinction it draws between people who are busy for God and those who have given themselves over to God, heart and soul.
The story of a woman who marries for love, and finds herself unexpectedly becoming a preacher’s wife. Mariette’s life is told through the ups and downs of her marriage and her relationships with the church community. It's a quiet story, but it draws the reader right along.
Meg Wyatt, best friend to Anne Boleyn, finds her life changed when Anne draws the eye of King Henry. Meg’s hopes rise and fall and rise again as the intrigues of royal life intertwine with the story of the English Reformation.
2 comments:
I see several of my favorites, and a few that are on my to-be-read list. And thank you for the honor of being one of your favorites.
Okay, I've got to read several of these...if only I can find the time!
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