Bøger af Marcia Harrison Carpenter

In August of 1876 at Pleasant Hill Shakers Village near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Addie Kate Flockhart dreams of marriage and children. The problem? One of the basic tenets of the Shakers is celibacy. Matrimony is forbidden. What are the possibilities for her in fulfilling the desires of her heart? Enter Beckett Hollingsworth Claycomb, nicknamed Jib, a man from the outside world. He seeks shelter and food at Pleasant Hill. While there, a fire destroys the Centre House's huge barn. Jib helps fight the blaze and becomes injured, resulting in bringing Addie Kate and Jib together. Could a man from the world rescue Addie Kate from the grips of Shaker religious rules and odd practices? Her trust in God to give her the desires of her heart speaks to the strength and courage in every woman of faith. The Desires of My Heart is a story of hope, faith, and fulfillment inspired by real historical events.

All her life, Joselene Grace Matthews has dreamed of the father she never met. She had been told he died before her birth. But when her mother dies, Josie discovers that her parents had never married, and that her father is alive and well. She vows to search for him, and, locating him, presents herself at his door. Will he accept her into his life? She struggles to win her father's acceptance and to cope with family secrets. In her quest to learn the place she belongs, she finds her life changed in ways she could not have imagined. She meets Elliott Jacobson, a tall, dark, and handsome reporter for one of the city's newspapers. They fall in love.Based on historical characters and an actual 1935 general strike in Terre Haute, Indiana, The Place You Belong speaks to the strength and courage in every woman of faith.