Nominate January 2014's Group Read **VOTING CLOSED!**

[Diane U]

Welcome 2014!!! For January 2014, please nominate ANY Christian Romance book except you cannot nominate an author that we have read in the past 6 months. As of now, you cannot nominate Janet Lee Barton, Lori Wick, Colleen Coble, Stephanie Grace Whitson, Loree Lough and Cynthia Keller. Also, one nomination per person per month.

Also, you cannot nominate a book that is #2 in a series unless we have already read book #1 in a prior group read.

Here is the link to prior group reads:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We will accept nominations until December 15, 2013 for January's group read.

Here are the nominations so far:

1. Living in Harmony by Mary Ellis - Natalie
2. When the Clouds Roll By by Myra Johnson - Cammie
3. For Love or Loyalty by Jennifer Hudson Taylor - Kara
4. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers - Diane
5. A Heart for Grace by Bethany Largent - Beth
6. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers - Mae
7. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers - FictionChristianRomanceFan
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[Natalie]

@Diane U: Didn't we do a group read last month? If o, you left the author if the book out of the list.

[Natalie]

I will nominateLiving in Harmony by Mary Ellis.

[Cammie]

I think I would like to nominate

[Kara]

Can we nominate more than one?
Here's my suggestion:

[Diane U]

Updated!

[Diane U]

Kara wrote: "Can we nominate more than one?
Here's my suggestion:
"

One nomination per person please!

[Kara]

okay, thanks Diane!

[Diane U]

For 2014, I want to start reading a larger variety of books. So for January, I would like to nominate:

Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

[Beth]

I would like to nominate, "A Heart for Grace" by Bethany Largent. It is Christian historical fiction.
"Sugar Loaf, Arkansas, 1890. Young Olivia Marston has been released from the abusive husband forced upon her by her father, but struggles against the pain she carries inside. Alone and destitute, she moves to Arkansas to live with her grandmother. There, she accepts a job caring for the daughter of a young widower named Jed Bailey. Soon she finds herself falling for her employer. Vivian Wrathers also has her sights set on Jed and will stop at nothing until she gets him. When Vivian disappears, Olivia's employer is the prime suspect. To further complicate matters, Olivia discovers she is carrying her deceased husband's child; suddenly her past is intruding into her future again. When her estranged father reappears in her life, she struggles to find the grace to forgive him, and the courage to face her destiny."

[Mae]

I second Redeeming Love nomination! BEST BOOK hands down! A must read for all! :)

[Cammie]

Mae wrote: "I second Redeeming Love nomination! BEST BOOK hands down! A must read for all! :)"

Very good book. I've read it twice or three times. :)

[Diane U]

For January 2014, we will be reading:

#4 - Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

Awesome! I was hoping this would win!

[Mae]

Yay! Looking forward to reading it a third time around! :)

[Karen]

Exciting! I was in the middle of reading this book anyway so it's a pleasant surprise to find I'll have the chance to discuss it with this group. :)

[Stephanie]

Yes! Anything I've read from Rivers so far has been awesome! Although I've read this one already, I would love to read it again!

[[deleted user]]

I was at the bookstore today & got the last copy of this one they had out. Looking forward to reading this in January with the group. It sounds very good!