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Catherine West is an award-winning author of contemporary women’s fiction. When she’s not at the computer working on her next story, you can find her taking her Border Collie for long walks or reading books by her favorite authors. She and her husband reside in Bermuda, and have two adult children and two beautiful granddaughters. Catherine is the winner of the 2015 Grace Award (Bridge of Faith) and a two-time winner of Romance Writers of America’s Faith, Hope & Love Reader’s Choice Award (The Things We Knew, 2017 and Where Hope Begins, 2019), and a recipient of the American Christian Fiction Writer’s 2019 Carol Award, for Where Hope Begins. Her latest novel, As the Light Fades, released September 2019.

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	The Things We Knew 3.78 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Hope Begins 4.25 avg rating — 1,034 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memory of You 4.21 avg rating — 714 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bridge of Faith 4.38 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As the Light Fades 4.34 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yesterday's Tomorrow 4.51 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden in the Heart 4.49 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Who was she to ask anything of a God she barely knew? And why would He answer her prayers?”
― Catherine West, The Memory of You

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October BoTM Nominations ~ About a Light House ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 nominations move onto final poll

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

by Hazel Gaynor

10 votes, 41.7%

The Lightkeeper's Daughters

by Jean E. Pendziwol

3 votes, 12.5%

The Shipping News

by Annie Proulx

3 votes, 12.5%

The Things We Knew

by Catherine West

3 votes, 12.5%

Swan Light

by Phoebe Rowe

2 votes, 8.3%

One Last Gift

by Emily Stone

1 vote, 4.2%

Lighthouse Island

by Paulette Jiles

1 vote, 4.2%

The Lighthouse at the End of the World

by Jules Verne

1 vote, 4.2%

The Blackwater Lightship

by Colm Tóibín

0 votes, 0.0%

Lighthousekeeping

by Jeanette Winterson

0 votes, 0.0%

Widow's Point

by Richard Chizmar

0 votes, 0.0%

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