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The Heart of Joy

Vikki KestellSeries: Prairie Heritage
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Pages
98
Year
2017
Language
English
Publisher
Faith-Filled Fiction

About

Denver, Colorado, 1914Joy Michaels, grieving mother and widow, resides in an aging but remarkable Denver home: a beautiful, three-story Victorian/Queen Anne mansion resplendent with towers, turrets, peaks, and gables and known locally as Palmer House. Palmer House-a most extraordinary refuge for young women rescued from prostitution.Joy and her mother, Rose Thoresen, share the responsibilities of ministering to and mentoring the young women who live under Palmer House's roof. But now Joy faces an agonizing decision: Should she remain true to the memory of her first love or open her heart to the possibility of new love?"I will always love you, Grant," Joy whispered, "but God has called you away, and now I must follow the path he has laid before me-even if it is not what either of us would have chosen, had we been given such a choice."A Prairie HeritageBook 1: A Rose Blooms TwiceBook 2: Wild Heart on the PrairieBook 3: Joy on This MountainBook 4: The Captive WithinBook 5: StolenBook 6: Lost Are FoundBook 7: All God's PromisesBook 8: The Heart of Joy-A Short StoryBook 9: Rose of RiverBend Vikki Kestell has more than 20 years of career experience as a writing, instructional design, and communications professional in government, academia, semiconductor manufacturing, health care, and nonprofit organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies. Vikki is an accomplished speaker and teacher and belongs to Tramway Community Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she teaches an evening Bible study for working women. She and her husband Conrad Smith make their home in Albuquerque. Faith-Filled Fiction: Vikki writes and publishes under the imprint of Faith-Filled Fiction(TM). To keep abreast of new book releases, visit her website, http://www.vikkikestell.com/, or find her on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/TheWritingOfVikkiKestell. Enjoy all the books of A Prairie Heritage as they become available: Book 1: A Rose Blooms Twice Book 2: Joy on This Mountain Book 3: The Captive Within Book 4: Wild Heart on the Prairie Book 5: Stolen Book 6: Lost Are Found, November 2014

Related Subjects

  • Historical (Christian)
  • Christian
  • Adult Fiction
  • Western
  • Historical (Romance)
  • Romance
  • Christian

Extended Details

  • SeriesPrairie Heritage #8

    Artists

    Vikki KestellAuthor