DO YOU LOVE TO READ?
So do we! We invite you to come and fellowship each month with new friends and a good book. Book Club is free and a monthly commitment is not required. We just ask that you read the book before you come and you bring it with you. Once a month in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
March 30, 2023
All Manner of Things – Susie Finkbeiner
Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
When Annie Jacobson’s brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of paper with the address of their long-estranged father. If anything should happen to him in Vietnam, Mike says, Annie must let their father know.
In Mike’s absence, their father returns to face tragedy at home, adding an extra measure of complication to an already tense time. As they work toward healing and pray fervently for Mike’s safety overseas, letter by letter the Jacobsons must find a way to pull together as a family, regardless of past hurts. In the tumult of this time, Annie and her family grapple with the tension of holding both hope and grief in the same hand, even as they learn to turn to the One who binds the wounds of the brokenhearted.
Author Susie Finkbeiner invites you into the Jacobson family’s home and hearts during a time in which the chaos of the outside world touched their small community in ways they never imagined.
April 27, 2023
Sensible Shoes – Sharon Garlough Brown
Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
Sharon Garlough Brown tells the moving story of four strangers as they embark together on a journey of spiritual formation:
Hannah, a pastor who doesn’t realize how exhausted she is. Meg, a widow and recent empty-nester who is haunted by her past.
Mara, a woman who has experienced a lifetime of rejection and is now trying to navigate a difficult marriage. Charissa, a hard-working graduate student who wants to get things right.
You’re invited to join these four women as they reluctantly arrive at a retreat center and find themselves drawn out of their separate stories of isolation and struggle and into a collective journey of spiritual practice, mutual support and personal revelation.
Along the way, readers will be taken into a new understanding of key spiritual practices and find tangible support for the deeper life with God.
May 25, 2023
The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip – Sara Brunsvold
Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces she’s been getting as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. In her eagerness, she pushes too hard, earning herself the menial task of writing an obituary for an unremarkable woman who’s just entered hospice care.
But there’s more to Clara Kip than meets the eye. The spirited septuagenarian may be dying, but she’s not quite ready to cash it in yet. Never one to shy away from an assignment herself, she can see that God brought the young reporter into her life for a reason. And if it’s a story Aidyn Kelley wants, that’s just what Mrs. Kip will give her–but she’s going to have to work for it.
Debut author Sara Brunsvold delights with this emotional multigenerational story that shows that the very best life is made up of thousands of little deaths to self. You’ll want to be just like Mrs. Kip when you grow up!
June 29, 2023
Injustice for All: Christian Suspense – C.C. Warrens
Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
“I should have tried harder.”
Those final words are scrawled across a note that’s been pinned to a man’s remains.
Pulled to a crime scene in the middle of the night, Detective Marx struggles to unravel the mystery behind a message written by the victim. A suicide note . . . or an admission of guilt? Before he can discover the truth, what seems to be a random act of violence becomes something much darker and far more dangerous.
Another note. Another body.
With very little evidence and even less time, Detective Marx searches for the common thread between the victims before another innocent dies, but his efforts might put him directly in the killer’s path.
Note: Injustice for All is a spin-off from the Holly Novels, but it can be read as a standalone book. If you’re wondering where this book falls in relation to the Holly Novels, here’s the timeline: Criss Cross, Winter Memorial, Cross Fire, Crossed Off, Injustice for All.
July 27, 2023
Escaping Hell – Michelle Steele
Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
“…Blood dripping from my arm and cold rain pelting my face. I stood bewildered in the middle of the street. As I shivered in fright, I realized I went to Hell, and Hell was real. Darkness encircled me on every side. Suddenly, an enormous skull loomed in front of me. Hands reached from the darkness to draw me into death.”
An Unforgettable True Story
After dying twice, Michelle Steele escaped death and hell and ran for her life. She ran straight to Jesus—her only answer.
In Escaping Hell, Michelle shares the shocking story of how one bad choice after another led her from a happy childhood in an affluent family down a self-destructive path as a prostitute, a junkie, and a criminal. Yet even more captivating is how Jesus’ miracle-working power transformed Michelle into the wife, mother, and pastor she is today.
Michelle tells how Jesus took her from death to victorious life, and how He can do the same for you. Discover…
- There’s no one God’s love cannot reach
- Your new identity in Him
- Freedom from shame
- Liberation from guilt
- The wonder-working power of Jesus’ blood
August 31, 2023
The Rose and the Thistle – Laura Franz
Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
Amid the Jacobite uprising of 1715, an English heiress flees to the Scottish lowlands to stay with allies of her powerful family. But while castle walls may protect her from the enemy outside, a whirlwind of intrigue, shifting allegiances, and temptations of the heart lie within.
September 28, 2023
The Swindler’s Daughter – Stephania H. McGee
Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
Lillian Doyle has lived her entire high-society life with her widowed mother, believing her father died long ago. But when news arrives that her estranged father only recently passed away–in jail–Lillian is startled to find that the man has left a business and all of his possessions to her, making her a rather unusual heiress.
When she goes to take possession of her father’s house in a backwoods Georgia town, the dilapidated structure is already occupied by another woman who claims it was promised to her son, Jonah. In her attempts to untangle the mess, Lillian will discover not only a family she never knew she had but a family business that is more than meets the eye–and has put a target on her back.
To discover the truth and take hold of the independence she’s always dreamed of, she’ll have to make friends with adversaries and strangers–especially Jonah, the dusty and unrefined cowboy who has secret aspirations of his own.
October 26, 2023
The Hidden Prince – Tessa Afshar
Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
From the bestselling author of Jewel of the Nile comes the thrilling tale of a woman who feels she has no future but soon discovers the fate of nations may rest in her hands.
The beloved daughter of Jewish captives in Babylon, Keren is sold into Daniel’s household to help her family survive. She becomes Daniel’s most trusted scribe, while taking lessons and swordsmanship training alongside Daniel’s sons and their best friend, Jared.
But after a tragic accident changes the course of her life, Keren finds herself in a foreign country, charged with a mysterious task: teaching a shepherd boy how to become a lord. When she overhears whispers that hint at his true identity, she realizes she must protect him from the schemes of a bloodthirsty king.
Jared cannot forgive Keren. Still, he finds himself traveling over mountains to fetch her back to the safety of home. When he discovers the secret identity of Keren’s pupil, Jared knows he must help protect him. Love battles bitterness as they flee from the king’s agents, trying to save the boy who could one day deliver their people from captivity.
November 30, 2023
Memory Lane – Becky Wade
Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
After surviving a trauma several years back, Remy Reed relocated to a cottage on one of Maine’s most remote islands. She’s arranged her life just the way she wants it, spending her time working on her wood sculptures and soaking in the beauty of nature. It’s quiet and solitary—until the day she spots something bobbing in the ocean.
Her binoculars reveal the “something” to be a man, and he’s struggling to keep his head above water. She races out to save him and brings him into her home. He’s injured, which doesn’t detract from his handsomeness nor make him any easier to bear. He acts like a duke who’s misplaced his dukedom . . . expensive tastes, lazy charm, bossy ideas.
Remy would love nothing more than to return him to his people, but he has no recollection of his life prior to the moment she rescued him. Though she’s not interested in relationships other than the safe ones she’s already established, she begins to realize that he’s coming to depend on her.
Who is he? What happened that landed him in the Atlantic Ocean? And why is she drawn to him more and more as time goes by?
There’s no way to discover those answers except to walk beside him down memory lane.
Travel to the rocky coast of Maine for “opposites attract” banter, witty humor, a fascinating mystery, and destiny-changing love. This sweet contemporary romance kicks off Becky Wade’s new Sons of Scandal series!
December 28, 2023
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Thursday, 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Frappe House on CrossCity’s campus.
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