The Sons of Blackbird Mountain by Joanne Bischof-- Giveaway!!

A Tale of Family, Brotherhood, and the Healing Power of Love
After the tragic death of her husband, Aven Norgaard is beckoned to give up her life in Norway to become a housekeeper in the rugged hills of nineteenth-century Appalachia. Upon arrival, she finds herself in the home of her late husband’s cousins—three brothers who make a living by brewing hard cider on their three-hundred-acre farm. Yet even as a stranger in a foreign land, Aven has hope to build a new life in this tight-knit family.
But her unassuming beauty disrupts the bond between the brothers. The youngest two both desire her hand, and Aven is caught in the middle, unsure where—and whether—to offer her affection. While Haakon is bold and passionate, it is Thor who casts the greatest spell upon her. Though Deaf, mute, and dependent on hard drink to cope with his silent pain, Thor possesses a sobering strength.
As autumn ushers in the apple harvest, the rift between Thor and Haakon deepens and Aven faces a choice that risks hearts. Will two brothers’ longing for her quiet spirit tear apart a family? Can she find a tender belonging in this remote, rugged, and unfamiliar world?

Loose Ends by Jennifer Haynie

Hot off her first mission as a Unit 28 contractor agent, Alex Thornton wants nothing more than to focus on building a life with Jabir al-Omri, her best friend and boyfriend of five months. A secret chains Jabir, one with such dire consequences that seeking freedom from it will cost him dearly. He finds himself caught between honoring those he cares about and being completely truthful with Alex. Hashim al-Hassan craves vengeance against the woman who deceived him ten years before. The target of his wrath? Alex. When Alex and Jabir receive an assignment to find the murderers of a shipping executive, their investigation brings them to the attention of Hashim. He begins stalking her. The bodies pile up, and people disappear. Now, with Alex squarely within Hashim’s crosshairs, Jabir yearns to tell her what he knows. Yet the truth may destroy both her and those she loves the most.

The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond Author Interview and Promo and Book Excerpt

About The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond:

For over a century, the town of Gossamer Grove has thrived on its
charm and Midwestern
values, but Annalise Forsythe knows painful secrets, including her
own, hover just beneath the pleasant facade. When a man is found d
ead in his run-down trailer home,
Annalise inherits the trailer, along with the pictures, vintage
obituaries, and old
revival posters covering its walls. As she sorts through the
collection, she's wholly
unprepared for the ramifications of the dark and deadly secrets she'll
uncover.

A century earlier, Gossamer Grove has been stirred into chaos by the
arrival of
controversial and charismatic twin revivalists. The chaos takes a
murderous turn
when Libby Sheffield, working at her father's newspaper, receives
an obituary for
a reputable church deacon hours before his death. As she works with
the deacon's son
to unravel the mystery behind the crime, it becomes undeniably clear
that a reckoning
has come to town—but it isn't until another obituary arrives that they
realize the true
depths of the danger they've waded into.

Two women, separated by a hundred years, must uncover the
within the
borders of their own town before it's too late and they lose their
future—or their
very souls.

Where Hope Begins by Catherine West

 Sometimes we’re allowed to glimpse the beauty within the brokenness . . .

Savannah Barrington has always found solace at her parents’ lake house in the Berkshires, and it’s the place that she runs to when her husband of over twenty years leaves her. Though her world is shaken, and the future uncertain, she finds hope through an old woman’s wisdom, a little girl’s laughter, and a man who’s willing to risk his own heart to prove to Savannah that she is worthy of love.

But soon Savannah is given a challenge she can’t run away from: Forgiving the unforgivable. Amidst the ancient gardens and musty bookstores of the small town she’s sought refuge in, she must reconcile with the grief that haunts her, the God pursuing her, and the wounds of the past that might be healed after all.

Where Hope Begins is the story of grace in the midst of brokenness, pointing us to the miracles that await when we look beyond our own expectations.

Together Forever by Jody Hedlund--GIVEAWAY!!!

Determined to find her lost younger sister, Marianne Neumann takes a job as a placing agent with the Children’s Aid Society in 1858 New York. She not only hopes to offer children a better life, but prays she’ll be able to discover whether Sophie ended up leaving the city on an orphan train so they can finally be reunited.
Andrew Brady, her fellow agent on her first placing-out trip, is a former schoolteacher who has an easy way with the children, firm but tender and friendly. Underneath his charm and handsome looks, though, seems to linger a grief that won’t go away–and a secret from his past that he keeps hidden.
As the two team up, placing orphans in the small railroad towns of Illinois, they find themselves growing ever closer . . . until a shocking tragedy threatens to upend all their work and change one of their lives forever.