Coming in late 2011 from Waterbrook Multnomah

Here's some more books to add to your TBR pile, this time from Waterbrook Press.

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The Crossing by Serita Jakes

With emotional resonance and engrossing storytelling, Serita Jakes, wife of Bishop T.D. Jakes of the Potter’s House in Dallas, weaves together a heart-wrenching tale of brokenness and the secrets that create a wall for guarding shattered souls.

The Crossing is based on a fictional unsolved shooting on a Texas school bus in 2000. The students witness their teacher’s death and 10 years later several are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PSTD). The head cheerleader now lives a secret life that could destroy her marriage. The superstar athlete struggles with anger issues that could land him in jail. Their struggles show only the strongest will survive and only by embracing the grace of God.

September, 2011

The Harvest of Grace by Cindy Woodsmall

Best-selling author Cindy Woodsmall engages readers with one young Old Order Amish woman’s determination to flee from a bad decision and save a farm and the Amish man determined to see that she fails.

When Sylvia Fischer turned down her beau’s offer of marriage, she expected him to give her the bit of time and space she’d requested, believing they would eventually be wed. Instead, he married her sister. When she learns that his betrayal was her father’s idea – a proposition made to save the farm – she knows she’ll never trust another man or will she?

September, 2011

A Sound Among the Trees by Susan Meissner

A house with a turbulent Civil War history becomes home to a new bride and stepmother in Susan Meissner’s richly absorbing tale of a line of women stuck living in patterns of regret.

On a historic Fredericksburg street, Holly Oak stands in quiet elegance. The cannonball wedged between stone and timber is a silent reminder of what the house endured in the Civil War. When Marielle Bishop marries into the Holly Oak family, she soon hears rumors that the ghost of Susannah Page, a Yankee spy, haunts the halls and she uncovers letters written during the Civil War. Adelaide, 83, who also lives there says it’s not her great-grandmother who is the ghost, but the house itself.

September, 2011




The Scroll by Grant R. Jeffrey and Alton L. Gansky

Bestselling prophecy author Jeffrey and acclaimed action-adventure writer Gansky pair up for a novel that reveals pivotal truth about the Middle East conflicts, uncovers secrets lying in wait under Jerusalem, exposes the heart of one man and sets off a series of world-changing events.

Dr. David Chambers is a biblical archeologist of some fame and held in high regard by his peers. But what began as an effort to prove the authenticity of the biblical narrative has become a burden. Angry at his father who was too busy to attend his mother’s death bed, and years later abandoned by the love of his life, Chambers has grown disenchanted until he makes one more dig.

September, 2011

The Christmas Singing by Cindy Woodsmall

Experience the holidays with the Plain folk in this rich, heartwarming novella about everyday gifts and second chances from best-selling author Cindy Woodsmall.

Amish Mattie Eash was the Christmas Eve “precious gift” for her parents, who enjoyed a special moment with carolers shortly before their only daughter’s birth. But at 22, Mattie no longer shares her parents’ love of Christmas songs and singings. Her old beau Eli broke up with her three years before on her birthday and she still feels the sting.

When Mattie returns home to make wedding cakes for her cousin and aunt, she and Eli are thrown together and the Amish man is forced to face both his still-strong feelings for Mattie and the lie he told her to protect her.

October, 2011