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2012

Night Hawk

By Beverly Jenkins - Published 2012

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Former bounty hunter Ian “Preacher” Vance is a hero to many — a striking, half-Scots, half-black man who quotes Bible verses and travels the ...Read Review

Song of My Heart

By Kim Vogel Sawyer - Published 2012

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Inspirational Romance Western

Goldtree, Kansas, 1895. Sadie Wagner travels from her Indiana home to work as a store clerk and part-time singer in an “opera” house. A ...Read Review

Echoes of Titanic

By John Campbell Clark - By Mindy Starnes Clark - Published 2012

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Inspirational Mystery/Crime Romance

Kelsey Tate is a rising star in the family business built by her great-grandmother Adele, a survivor of the Titanic. But just when ...Read Review

The Snow Child

By Eowyn Ivey - Published 2012

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Historical Fantasy Literary

This story opens in Alaska in 1920. The main characters, Mabel and Jack, are a childless middle-aged couple who have left the city to ...Read Review

The Wings of Morning

By Murray Pura - Published 2012

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Inspirational Romance

Murray Pura sets his tale of inspirational romance in the Amish community of Pennsylvania as the world prepares for the outbreak of World ...Read Review

Girl Reading

By Katie Ward - Published 2012

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Literary

Ward’s debut novel is a brave, original effort. The concept is irresistible: Seven girls/women read while living out a portion of ...Read Review

The Girl in the Mask

By Marie-Louise Jensen - Published 2012

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Adventure Children/Young Adult

Sophia is an intelligent, energetic girl who reads Aphra Behn’s plays, rides horses and is a crack shot. She also has a ...Read Review

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World

By Hugh Brewster - Published 2012

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Nonfiction

The Titanic has captured popular imagination for the last hundred years, and for good reason — it’s a tale of hubris and heroism, ...Read Review

Unhallowed Ground

By Mel Starr - Published 2012

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Mystery/Crime

Mel Starr has now written a fourth installment of his chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, a surgeon in the town of Brampton, England, ...Read Review

Heart’s Safe Passage

By Laurie Alice Eakes - Published 2012

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Inspirational Nautical Romance

Seeking God’s guidance is a strong theme in this second installment of The Midwives series, and sailing through dangerous waters during the ...Read Review