Whispers of the Bayou
by Mindy Starns Clark
Published 2008 by Harvest House Publishers

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From the author of the popular Million Dollar Mysteries and Smart Chick Mysteries comes a new stand-alone novel full of hidden staircases, buried secrets, and the promise of hope found in knowing God.

Sunset
by Karen Kingsbury
Published 2008 by Tyndale House Publishers

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As John Baxter makes plans to marry Elaine, one of the Baxters enters into the most trying season of all. Memories of times gone by meet with the changes of today in a story that proves only the support of faith and family can take a person into the sunset years of life.

When the Soul Mends
by Cindy Woodsmall
Published 2008 by Waterbrook Press

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When she receives a call from her sister Sarah, desperate for help, Hannah reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community that had ostracized her. Free to follow her heart's desire, Hannah must discover her true desires and choose between the two vastly different worlds.

The Forbidden
by Beverly Lewis
Published 2008 by Bethany House Publishers

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REVIEW: Publisher's Weekly 04/21/2008

Book two of Lewis's series is exactly the kind of predictable Amish novel her readers have come to expect: multiple character plot lines, romantic entanglements, tension within the religious community, and at least one tragedy. Here, Lewis continues the saga of Nellie Mae Fisher, whose Amish family embraces a "New Order" personal faith that defies the "Old Order" beliefs they've always held dear. Nellie hopes to marry Caleb Yoder, but because of her family's change of belief, Caleb's father forbids him to marry Nellie on pain of losing his inheritance. Lewis capably portrays the struggle Nellie feels between the attraction of her family's faith and the yearnings of her heart. Lewis's readers seemingly can't get enough of her tales about Amish life, and this latest installment won't disappoint.

Rebecca's Reward
by Lauraine Snelling
Published 2008 by Bethany House Publishers

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Nineteen-year-old Rebecca Baard has experienced more than her share of sorrow, and now she is afraid to open her heart to love. Rebecca's friends set out to remedy the situation, concocting social events to attract all the eligible bachelors in Blessing, and advising her in the use of her feminine wiles.

Home
by Marilynne Robinson
Published 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux

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REVIEW: Publisher's Weekly 06/30/2008

Robinson's beautiful new novel, a companion piece to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead, is an elegant variation on the parable of the prodigal son's return. The son is Jack Boughton, one of the eight children of Robert Boughton, the former Gilead, Iowa, pastor, who now, in 1957, is a widowed and dying man. Jack returns home shortly after his sister, 38-year-old Glory, moves in to nurse their father, and it is through Glory's eyes that we see Jack's drama unfold. When Glory last laid eyes on Jack, she was 16, and he was leaving Gilead with a reputation as a thief and a scoundrel, having just gotten an underage girl pregnant. In giving an ancient drama of grace and perdition such a strong domestic setup, Robinson stakes a fierce claim to a divine recognition behind the rituals of home.

Plain Perfect
by Beth Wiseman
Published 2008 by Thomas Nelson Publishers

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Lillian Miller hopes the Plain life will offer her peace of mind, but she is practicing the Amish lifestyle with no real understanding or relationship with God. Complications arise when she takes a fancy to Amish widower Samuel Stoltzfus who has a 12-year-old son.

Less Than Dead
by Tim Downs
Published 2008 by Thomas Nelson Publishers

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When a grave is discovered on the property owned by the front-running candidate for the next presidential election, Nick Polchak knows there's more here than simply a forgotten graveyard. The town, the presidential-hopeful, and his wife have closets full of skeletons, but how far will they go to hide the truth?