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Troublesome Creek, by Jan Watson
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The winner of the Guild's 2004 Operation First Novel Contest, Troublesome Creek by Jan Watson tells a story which, according to Jerry B. Jenkins, is filled with "danger, tragedy, faith, [and] romance".
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In Everything Give Thanks, by Terry Barnes
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Winner of the CWG's 2005 Operation First Novel Contest! Matthew Collins loved to run. A high schooler growing up in the uncertainty of the early sixties, Matt was happiest running cross-country with his dad cheering him on. But a tragic accident on a two-lane highway changed all that. Bitter over his loss, Matt makes a deal with God: he’ll leave God alone if God leaves him alone.
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Willow Springs, by Jan Watson
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The follow-up to Jan Watson's successful debut novel Troublesome Creek. The year is 1883 and following a whirlwind courtship, seventeen-year-old Copper Brown finds herself living in the bustling city of Lexington, KY, far away from her beloved mountain home, newly married to a man she barely knows. Having been raised to put her trust in God, Copper sets out to find a purpose for this new life that she had never imagined.
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Torrent Falls, by Jan Watson
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The third book in Jan Watson's Troublesome Creek series. The year is 1888; Copper is a young widow with a baby trying to make a go of the ramshackle farm she received from her father in Troublesome Creek. Copper’s life seems as dilapidated as the farm as she struggles to come to terms with her shattered world. Desperate to rekindle the easy faith she had as a child, she searches for peace and God’s direction in the serenity of the Kentucky mountains. Further complicating her life is a budding romance with John Pelfrey, Copper’s long ago sweetheart.
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Vanish, by Tom Pawlik
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Winner of the CWG's 2006 Operation First Novel Contest! Three strangers each encounter the same mysterious storm and awake the next day to find that everyone else has vanished. There's Conner Hayden, a successful but unscrupulous trial lawyer who has forsaken his family for his career; Helen Krause, a middle-aged model struggling to come to grips with her fading beauty; and Mitch Kent, an enterprising young mechanic unable to escape a past that still haunts him. Vanish is a nonstop suspense thriller in the vein of Ted Dekker.
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Fireflies in December, by Jennifer Valent
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Winner of the CWG's 2007 Operation First Novel Contest!
"The summer I turned thirteen, I thought I killed a man."
So begins the story of Jessilyn Lassiter, a young girl whose world is torn apart the summer of 1932. When Jessilyn's best friend, Gemma, loses her parents in a tragic fire, Jessilyn's father vows to care for her as his own, despite the fact that Gemma is black and prejudice is prevalent in their southern Virginia town.
It doesn't take long for the Lassiters to attract the attention of a local band of Ku Klux Klan members, who make increasingly violent threats on Jessilyn and her family. As she struggles to navigate a complex world of first crushes, loyalties, and betrayals, Jessilyn ultimately discovers what it takes to be a bright light in a dark world.
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