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What is a book that you found while browsing that was an unexpected delight?

Joanne
THE NOVELIST by Angela Hunt --- I just randomly saw it and decided to give it a chance. Glad I did!

*****

Rita Bulington
COMES A HORSEMAN by Robert Liparulo
I'm not sure 'delight' is quite the word I would use. . .but I really liked this book. It's a debut novel and full of suspense. I could see the charachters continued in a series of books. I'm anxious to see what he comes out with next.

*****

Deena Peterson
Christy Barritt's HAZARDOUS DUTY was a treasure I accidentally discovered while browsing. She is a delightful new suspense/romance author with a sense of humor that tickles your funny bone while dealing with unvbelievable circumstances. Her voice is genuine and I can't wait for more!

*****

Merril Tlusty
SECRETS by Robin Jones Gunn

After discovering this title, I had to read the entire series, and now everything that Gunn writes!

*****

Wendy G.
AFTER ANNE by Roxanne Henke. I shared it with so many friends.

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Sandra Daniel
EDEN HALL by Veronica Heley

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Crystal
A Bride Most Begrudging

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Stephanie
L.A. Kelly's books TAHN and RETURN TO ALASTAIR are some of the best Christian books I have read since the Chronicles of Narnia! I loved the books, they held me and kept me there with Tahn and Lady Netta. It was a read I shall surely never forget --- a romance I was looking for! They were filled to the brim with love, action, and adventure. Those of you who love that right and whole kind of love --- the kind you can feel when you read about it --- I recommend that you read TAHN and RETURN TO ALISTAIR. The Scarlet Trefoil is next in the series and I can’t wait to get my hands on it. What will happen to Tahn and Lady Netta?!

*****

Veta Lotspeich
DEAR AND GLORIOUS PHYSICIAN by Taylor Caldwell, written in the 60s.

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Malvina
THE WHITNEY CHRONICLES by Judy Baer --- so charming, so funny, and such a lovely underlying Christian message.

*****

John Quinn
THE STONES CRY OUT by Sibella Giorello. The story was the best I have ever read. The author's knowledge of forensics and cases is very real to the reader. I congratulate her on her first of many books to come.

*****

Becky Gooch
MILE FROM SUNDAY by Jo Kadlecek

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Sherry Floyd
EVEN NOW by Karen Kingsbury

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Ronna Lord
I found THREE by Ted Dekker before he became a more popular Christian author. I went back and read all of his earlier books after that, and have kept up with him since!!!

*****

Jean Robbins
THE DEAD DON'T DANCE
by Charles Martin

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R. Y. Storteboom
A HISTORY OF READING by Alberto Manguel was a 'sale table' purchase the day before traveling. The 18-hour flight to East Africa has never gone by so fast. Meals and beverages were unwelcome interruptions, and I'm afraid I annoyed other passengers with my reading light. But it was worth it, and it is one of the few books I have kept to re-read. When we landed, and I was back in my cozy little rooms in Addis Ababa, I copied entire pages into my journal BEFORE letting jet-lag take me over.

*****

Jane Sears
DEAREST DOROTHY, ARE WE THERE YET? Delightful. I Had never heard of this series.

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Brenda Broadway
JOHN'S STORY: THE LAST EYEWITNESS - The Jesus Chronicles #1 by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

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Amanda Stepro
WHEN CRICKETS CRY by Charles Martin. It was fabulous!

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Jane Ann Railey-Clear
ARKANSAS by Christina Lynxwiler - I was drawn to it by its title since I live in Arkansas. It consisted of four delightful stories about four brothers living here in Arkansas, and many places and things were so familar.

*****

Deena Peterson
I stumbled across HAZARDOUS DUTY by Christy Barritt and found a wonderful new author. Gabby St. Claire is an almost criminologist who cleans up crime scenes for a living. When she accidentally uncovers evidence in a murder investigation, her skills as an investigator are required of her. Her handsome neighbor, Riley, is a complication she didn't count on, but all ends up well... I look forward to more from Christy Barritt.

*****

Deborah Jeter Davlin
REDEEMING LOVE by Francine Rivers

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Mary Taylor
THE COLOR OF YOUR HEART AIN'T THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN.

It's a wonderful book and not the first one in the series, so I had to go back and find the others too.

*****

David Whitford
THE BARBARIAN WAY by Erwin Raphael McManus

*****

Margery Ayers
THE ATONEMENT CHILD
by Francine Rivers

She is and awesome writer and I could hardly put the book down, wanting to know how it would end, and waiting to see what God would do.

*****

Debbie Yancey
AN ECHO IN THE DARKNESS by Francine Rivers

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Cheryl Carsten
DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE by John Piper

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C. J. Darlington
I picked up IN SEARCH OF EDEN by Linda Nichols, knowing nothing about the author, or the book. But the storyline intrigued me. I read the first chapter and was even more intrigued. I started reading and couldn't put it down, and it delivered. I love unexpected delights like that.

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