Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin's $25 (144p) ISBN 978-0-312-28951-5
Two couples find their lives transformed by a Christmas gift in VanLiere's debut novel, a gooey holiday parable that leaves no stone unturned in its pursuit of tear-jerking moments. Robert Layton is an ambitious lawyer who sacrifices his...
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin's $14.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-32293-9
This much-anticipated sequel to The Christmas Shoes—which was a popular TV movie, #1 hit song and bestselling book—will delight fans of the original. Although there are some small writing problems, such as abrupt transitions and an...
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin's $14.95 (213p) ISBN 978-0-312-33450-5
Nathan Andrews, who at eight bought shoes for his dying mother (The Christmas Shoes
) and as a medical student fell in love with a young heart patient (The Christmas Blessing
), takes a backseat in Van Liere's latest Christmas confection. The...
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin's $14.95 (228p) ISBN 978-0-312-33452-9
The story of a black family's move to a small all-white Tennessee town in 1947 inspires inspirational novelist VanLiere (Christmas Hope
; Christmas Shoes
; etc.) to expand her fictional range while trying to expand her audience. Narrator Jane...
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin’s $14.95 (206p) ISBN 978-0-312-36776-3
Van Liere’s seasonal confection (following The Christmas Hope
) finds 60-year-old Gloria Bailey doing informal good works for needy cases seven years after her husband died, and her youngest son, Matthew, disappeared without a trace at age 17.
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin’s $14.95 (291p) ISBN 978-0-312-55836-9
VanLiere makes getting into the Christmas spirit easy with the fifth installment in her Christmas Hope series (The Christmas Promise
; etc). Single mom Angela Christine Eisley’s struggling to care for her young children, Zach and Haley: her...
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Donna VanLiere, Author Integrity $14.99 (213p) ISBN 978-1-59145-375-8
Nathan Andrews, who at eight bought shoes for his dying mother (The Christmas Shoes) and as a medical student fell in love with a young heart patient (The Christmas Blessing), takes a backseat in Van Liere's latest Christmas confection. The focus...
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Donna VanLiere. Harvest House, $15.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-0-7369-7875-0
VanLiere (The Christmas Secret) provides a moving, fast-paced account of the end times. Physical therapist Emma Grady is just arriving for a long day of work when a client disappears right in front of her. Meanwhile, Elliott Hirsch is at a funeral...
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