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"Let me know when you're done admiring me." (286) Title:    With You Always Series: Orphan Train, Book 1 Author:  Jody Hedlund Publisher:   Bethany House Publishers Audio Release Date:   June 6, 2017 Genre:  Historical Fiction Could Following the Opportunity of a Lifetime Cost Them the Love of Their Lives? One of the many immigrants struggling to survive in 1850s New York, Elise Neumann knows she must take action to care for her younger sisters. She finds a glimmer of hope when the New York Children's Aid Society starts sending skilled workers to burgeoning towns out west. But the promise of the society's orphan trains is not all that it seems. Born into elite New York society, Thornton Quincy possesses everything except the ability to step out from his brother's shadow. When their ailing father puts forth a unique challenge to determine who will inherit his railroad-building empire, Thornton finally sees h...

". . . women still flocked toward the largest muscles and deepest bank accounts available, completely overlooking the benefits of intellect and integrity." (19) Title:    Heart on the Line Series: Ladies of Harper's Station, Book 2 Author:  Karen Witemeyer Publisher:   Bethany House Publishers Audio Release Date:   June 6, 2017 Genre:  Historical Fiction When Danger Arrives, It's More Than Just Her Heart on the Line Grace Mallory is tired of hiding. She hungers for a normal life, perhaps even a suitor like two of her friends in Harper's Station have found. But when the man she believes responsible for her father's death discovers her whereabouts, survival takes priority.  Amos Bledsoe prefers bicycles to horses and private conversations over the telegraph wire to social gatherings with young ladies who see him as nothing more than an oddity. His fellow telegrapher, the mysterious Miss G, has been the ideal com...

Title: A True Home COLLECTION: Heartwood Hotel, Book 1 Author: Kallie George Illustrator: Stephanie Graegin Publisher:   Disney-Hyperion Release Date:   July 3, 2017 Genre: Kids Chapter Fiction Age: 4 - 8 years   Grade: 2-5 When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a storm, she desperately hopes they'll let her stay. As it turns out, Mona is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort. But the Heartwood Hotel is not all acorn souffl and soft moss-lined beds. Danger lurks, and as it approaches, Mona finds that this hotel is more than a warm place to spend the night. It might also be a home. This delightfully enticing start of a new chapter book series tells a tale of friendship, courage, and community, with exquisite black-and-white illustrations throughout.. ...