Melody Carlson, Author . Tyndale $11.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-8423-4098-4
Veteran author Carlson (she has more than 70 books to her name) spins a compelling tale of a young teen's spiritual quest in the psychedelic 1960s, demonstrating how the love of both God and a friend can change the course of a life. Cassandra...
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Melody Carlson, Author . Revell $14.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8007-1816-9
Like a spun sugar confection, this sweet novella by CBA veteran author Carlson provides a light diversion for inspirational readers, but fails to offer much in the way of substance. The story begins slowly. After losing her husband and son in a...
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Melody Carlson, Author . Tyndale $12.99 (432p) ISBN 978-0-8423-6848-3
In this sweet, competent happily-ever-after story for the evangelical Christian market, Carlson tells how forgiveness can heal the deepest wounds families inflict on one another. Armando Garcia flees Los Angeles and a past that threatens to destroy...
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Melody Carlson, Author . WaterBrook $12.99 (329p) ISBN 978-1-57856-841-3
Carlson, who is well-known for her Diary of a Teenage Girl and True Colors series for the YA market, is back in the realm of adult inspirational fiction with this light, quick read, which follows five women through one wedding at a lakeside inn. The
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Melody Carlson, Author . WaterBrook $13.99 (314p) ISBN 978-1-4000-7313-9
In a fun specimen of Christian chick lit, popular novelist Carlson (Homeward; Finding Alice) introduces a charming new protagonist, Cassidy Cantrell. As the novel opens, Cassidy is having a disastrous week: first she gets fired, and her beau of...
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Melody Carlson, Author . WaterBrook $13.99 (330p) ISBN 978-1-4000-7314-6
Gretchen Hanover has been jilted—not quite at the altar, but close enough. Her cramped studio apartment becomes the catalyst for this lonely 30-something to change her life in Carlson's latest inspirational chick lit novel. Gretchen decides to...
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Melody Carlson, Author . Multnomah $12.99 (248p) ISBN 978-1-60142-117-3
Carlson’s bestselling Diary of a Teenage Girl series gets a new star in Maya, who is the cousin of previous Carlson heroine Kim Peterson. Like the other dozen-plus books in the series, this one features teens with serious family problems—
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Melody Carlson, Author . Multnomah $13.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4000-7082-4
Inspirational author Carlson, whose sales exceed 2.5 million copies, offers her fans a delightful tale of a beautiful starlet whose life in the limelight has long passed the curtain-call stage. Claudette Fioré, widow of the deceased famed...
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Melody Carlson, Zondervan, $9.99 paper (208p) ISBN 978-0-310-71786-7
In Carlson's (the Diary of a Teenage Girl series) latest, which launches the On the Runway series, 18-year old narrator Erin, who loves being behind the camera, and her 19-year old sister, Paige, who shines in front of one, land a contract to star...
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Melody Carlson, Author David C. Cook Distribution $13.99 (292p) ISBN 978-1-58919-104-4
Carlson, author of more than 100 books, begins her 86 Bloomberg Place series with a novel that functions mostly to set up future storylines. Three women rent rooms at 86 Bloomberg Place: Lelani Porter is a lovely half-Hawaiian with a secret; Megan...
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $9.99 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-0-8007-1964-7
Giving the Parent Trap formula a cross-cultural twist, Carlson (the On the Runway series) creates a satisfying coming-of-age tale. On spring break, Madison, a spoiled Manhattan heiress bored with the relentless demands of her socialite regime,...
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Melody Carlson. Abingdon, $13.99 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-4267-1266-1
In this opener for the Inn at Shining Waters series, it's 1959 and Anna Larson, a widow with a spoiled teenage daughter and a nasty mother-in-law, returns to the home where she grew up following her mother's funeral. Her relationships are complex...
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Melody Carlson, Author, Andy Stanley, Author Multnomah Publishers $13.99 (300p) ISBN 978-1-59052-018-5
Carlson has made a name for herself as a CBA novelist who actually understands teenagers; her fifth book in the Diary of a Teenage Girl series demonstrates the strong writing and soap-operatic plot elements that have made the first four novels so...
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Melody Carlson, Author, Susan Reagan, Illustrator , illus. by Susan Reagan. Broadman & Holman $12.99 (31p) ISBN 978-0-8054-2680-9
What's the reason for the Easter season? The residents of Easterville—preoccupied with all the commercial elements of the holiday—don't know, until a boy named Sam investigates. When the annual hustle and bustle of spring hits...
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Melody Carlson, Author, Susan Reagan, Illustrator B&H Publishing Group $12.99 (27p) ISBN 978-0-8054-2687-8
For those who don't embrace the Halloween holiday, a Christian alternative to the seasonal thrills and chills (see Children's Forecasts, p. 77) can be found in Melody Carlson's When the Creepy Things Come Out, illus. by Susan Reagan. Rhyming text
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Melody Carlson, Author, Melody Carlson, Compiled by Multnomah Publishers $16.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-57673-738-5
Since the Christian fiction market is sorely in need of a good short story collection, it's especially disappointing that this set, featuring some of that market's most popular novelists, falls flat. The series opens with Jerry Jenkins (of Left...
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $14.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-8007-2358-3
Tia D’Amico, a budding chef fresh out of culinary school, longs to leave her monotonous job at her family’s restaurant in present-day Norton, Wash. She gets the chance when her aunt asks her to restore the restaurant aboard her aunt’s luxury yacht...
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $16.99 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-0-8007-2270-8
Carlson (As Time Goes By) weaves a touch of suspense into this beautiful ode to faith, family, and the mysterious ways of God. It is 1944, and Amelia Richards finds herself a single mother to her infant child, Jimmy, after her fiancé, James, is...
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $16.99 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-0-8007-2271-5
Carlson (Harbor Secrets) explores the quiet town of Seaside, Maine, in this heartfelt Christmas story. Wendy Harper and her son, Jackson, drive along the coastal shores of Maine toward the Seaside beach house her grandfather left her. While she has...
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $15.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-8007-3527-2
Carlson (We’ll Meet Again) illustrates how love can come at any age in her heartfelt latest. George Emerson, a language arts teacher in his mid-50s, is a creature of habit who shaves with a straight-edge razor and doesn’t own a car or computer. When
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $15.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-8007-3723-8
Carlson (Christmas in Winter Hill) delivers a light romance in this cute inspirational. Inconsiderate and unpunctual Brandon Kranze has made Dillon Michaels wait one too many times. After she ends their relationship, she asks God for help and leaves
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $15.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-0-8007-3975-1
An unlucky-in-love third grade teacher embarks on an unexpected road trip in this charming romance from Carlson (A Christmas in the Alps). Brynna Philips, dejected after running into her ex-husband and his pregnant wife, accepts her coworker Jan’s...
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $16.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8007-3934-8
In this wholesome holiday standalone from Carlson (Julianne and the Judge), a woman finds community in unexpected places. After Vera Swanson’s husband died, she relocated to be closer to her adult daughter, Ginny, but Ginny moved away when her...
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $15.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-0-800-73976-8
The uplifting latest from Carlson (A Quilt for Christmas) follows a 40-something empty nester who moves from her stylish Victorian to a fixer-upper. After Mallory Farrell’s husband walked out almost two decades ago, she raised their three kids alone
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $17.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-800-74231-7
Carlson (Second Time Around) puts a charming, Christmasy spin on a rags-to-royalty Cinderella story that takes cues from The Princess Diaries. Adelaide Smith has been churning out lattes at a coffee shop to put herself through law school when she...
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8007-4561-5
Two career-focused women swap hospitality jobs and chaos ensues in the jovial latest from Carlson (A Royal Christmas). Ginny Masters, the ambitious manager of a boutique luxury hotel in Seattle, is tired of meeting the last-minute demands of her...
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Melody Carlson. Revell, $17.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-80074-472-4
Second-chance romance blooms in the midst of family drama in this heartwarming tale from Carlson (Just for the Summer). After five years spent teaching in Mongolia, Madison McDowell returns to her family’s Oregon Christmas tree farm only to discover
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