May 2009 On Sale: May 1, 2009 Featuring: Kristi Smith; Craig Houston 288 pages ISBN: 0758220162 EAN: 9780758220165 Trade Size $12.95 Add to Wish List Women’s Fiction Buy at Amazon.com A Fresh Fiction favorite is a finalist for the 2010 RWA RITA category Inspirational Romance. Entertaining Angels by Judy Duarte Return to Mulberry Park, where courage, love, and forgiveness work miracles—with a little angelic intervention. Kristi Smith’s dreams of a college scholarship ended abruptly when she became pregnant. Now she works hard to support her young son and ailing grandmother, staving off regrets about the chances that slipped away. Craig Houston, Fairbrook’s new pastor, is plagued by doubts about his calling. But from his first day in town he encounters folks who need guidance even if they’ll never admit it. There’s Kristi’s best friend, Shana, striving to be the perfect daughter; Renee, a lonely, pregnant teen, and Kristi herself, a vibrant woman unaware of how much she has to offer. One by one, Fairbrook’s residents will learn that the future can offer redemption in unexpected ways… Heartwarming and beautifully fulfilling story of love and prophecy. Previous Picks
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Don’t try to be topical. That’s what writers, agents, and editors say. By the time you’re done with the book and it’s in stores, it could be over two years since you came up with the idea for the story. So when I wrote my debut novel, The Ark, what were the odds that, a couple of weeks before the novel’s release, two attention-grabbing news stories would relate directly to the plot of my book? Apparently, the odds were very good, because that’s exactly what happened. I wasn’t trying to be topical, but I did want to explore universal themes like the dangers of religious fanaticism and recovery from personal loss, which makes The Ark sound like a PBS documentary combined with a Very Special Episode of Blossom. It’s not. The Ark is a thriller about a former combat engineer named Tyler Locke who must find Noah’s Ark in seven days to stop the end of the world. There were some eerie links to my book that made the news in the weeks leading up to the release. At the beginning of The Ark, Tyler is on an oil rig in the north Atlantic when he discovers that bombs have…