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What are some examples of books where you feel the Message blended well with the fiction?

Sharon Ruffin
The Yada Yada Prayer Group series. Wonderful, enlightening books.

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Mizbooks
THE HEIR by Paul Robertson was so well done that I barely noticed the Message tucked into its tale! And, I think that that's a great way to do Christian Fiction, so that more people who wouldn't *normally* read this sort of book will be more inclined to read it without being "turned off" by being "preached at". ;o)

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Elaine Brydon
Any of Jan Karon's Mitford series books and the Harmony series by Philip Gulley.

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Margaret Gamble
REDEEMING LOVE by Francine Rivers

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Dorothy Cowling
I think that Jamie Langston Turner and Lisa Samson do this very well and with excellent writing.

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Billie McHam
All of Karen Kingsbury's, Lori Wick's and Terri Blackstock's books

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Terry Fowler
The Heartsong Presents line --- while a few have said the books are too religious, I feel the stories are well blended. Basically all the inspirational lines do an excellent job of blending the message.

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Sarah
THR3E and SAINT by Ted Dekker --- Both had great messages, but they become very clear toward the end!

THE OATH by Frank Peretti

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Dawn Cronk
DIVINE by Karen Kingsbury. This story of Mary Magdalene was well done, and written in today's world. It was very heart wrenching, warm, and wonderful. I liked that God freed her, but not all prayers are answered the way we want them.

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Wendy Griffith
The book series Tales from Grace Chapel Inn

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Laura Pond
THE COPPER SCROLL by Joel C. Rosenberg.

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Dj
Melody Carlson's True Colors series, as well as the Diary of a Teenage Girl series.

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Mara Mittelman
In all honesty, I usually feel the message in all the books I read. God directs me to which books I should read. And although they are fiction, He uses them to talk to me...teach me. I am thankful for all the authors and their talent they share with us all.

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Dawnymae
I think DIVINE by Karen Kingsbury blended the message of God's love for us, no matter what we do, is evident throughout the book without being "preachy."

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