Peering Through Life's Window

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Biblical Romance: Mantle by Dana McNeely -- Faith. Redemption. The cost of leadership. Will the next generation rise to the challenge and uphold the legacy of Elijah, or will they falter under the weight of the mantle? (Biblical Romance from Mountain Brook Ink)   Children’s Middle-grade/Chapter book: Dixie Randolph and the Mystery of Willow Creek by MaryAnn Diorio -- A twelve-year-old girl learns of a plot to kill her father and risks her life to save his.(Children’s Middle-grade/Chapter book from TopNotch Press)   Contemporary Romance: Meet Me on Lilac Lane by Andrea Christenson -- He was her late husband's best friend, but for him she'd always been the one. (Contemporary Romance from Sunrise Publishing)   Anxious For Love by Gina Conroy -- She’s anxious about love. He’s built a career on it— what could possibly go wrong? Fans of witty banter, reluc...

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Amish Romance: Courage in the Storm by Laurel M. Blount -- Since witnessing the murder of her beloved parents, Miriam Hochstedler suffers from paralyzing anxiety and a deep-seated fear of the Englisch. Unwilling to venture beyond her family’s Tennessee farm, she forms a close bond with a badly injured gelding. Like Miriam herself, the traumatized animal seems unlikely to recover—until skilled horse whisperer Reuben Brenneman arrives. A survivor of an abusive childhood, Reuben understands fear better than most. He’ll do whatever it takes to help a terrified animal, but his compassion doesn’t extend to the church that turned a blind eye to his family’s suffering. Once he finishes this job, he’ll return to the Englisch world, putting his Amish heritage behind him forever. As Miriam works alongside Reuben, battling the horse’s fear—and her own—an unexpected friendship blooms and deepens into ro...