This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Wanted
Avon Inspire (January 6, 2009)
by
Shelley Shepard Gray
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Hidden is Shelley’s first foray into inspirational fiction. Previously, Shelley lived in Texas and Colorado, where she taught school and earned both her bachelors and masters degrees in education. She now lives in southern Ohio where she writes full time. Shelley is an active member of her church. She serves on committees, volunteers in the church office, and is part of the Telecare ministry, which calls homebound members on a regular basis. Shelley looks forward to the opportunity to write novels that showcase her Christian ideals.
This is the second book in the Sisters Of Heart series. The first was Hidden.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Twenty-year-old Katie Brenneman has always quietly fancied Jonathan Lundy. So when the brokenhearted widower asks her to help him take care of his two young girls, Katie knows it will be a trying time-yet she cannot pass up a golden opportunity to get to know this man better.
Just as she’s settling into her new life, a message arrives from Katie’s past, threatening to expose her darkest secrets. During her Rumspringa, her running-around years, she experimented with activities forbidden in the Amish way of life. Frightened by how far she’d strayed from her values, Katie ran back home, vowing to cut all ties with the outside world. Now her transgressions are coming back to haunt her, just as Jonathan seems willing to welcome her into his heart.
Will the past destroy Katie’s chances for love? Or will Katie finally allow herself to accept God’s love, forgive her past…and receive everything she’s ever wanted?
If you would like to read an excerpt of Chapter 1 of Wanted, go HERE
Learn more about Shelley and her books on her Website
MY REVIEW:
Wanted is another of the ever popular novels about Amish life. In this second installment of the Sisters of the Heart series, as the title implies the main theme revolves around the wants of the main characters. Katie Brenneman is attracted to widower Jonathan Lundy and would like nothing more than to be his wife and mother to his daughters. Jonathan lives in a lonely world but because of self-imposed guilt over his wife’s death, Jonathan fears that he does not deserve to be happily married again. Jonathan’s sister Winnie wants a husband so badly that she travels to another state to meet a man who she knows only through correspondence. When secrets from Katie’s past threaten her peace, she is forced to finally turn to the Lord and accept His help and forgiveness.
I would recommend Wanted to those who enjoy stories about Amish life.
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