For the month of January the ladies are reading "Girl in the Gatehouse" by Julie Klassen.

Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative's estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how-by writing novels in secret.

Captain Matthew Bryant, returning to England successful and wealthy after the Napoleonic wars, leases an impressive estate from a cash-poor nobleman, determined to show the society beauty who once rejected him what a colossal mistake she made. When he discovers an old gatehouse on the property, he is immediately intrigued by its striking young inhabitant and sets out to uncover her identity, and her past. But the more he learns about her, the more he realizes he must distance himself. Falling in love with an outcast would ruin his well-laid plans.

The old gatehouse holds secrets of its own. Can Mariah and Captain Bryant uncover them before the cunning heir to the estate buries them forever?

We will meet to discuss this book on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 7:00 pm in the Youth Chapel of the Office Building. Hope to see you there. We want our little circle to grow! For more information, contact Joanne Wallace at iamthejojo@cox.net.

 

About the author:

Julie Klassen worked in publishing for sixteen years (first in advertising, then as a fiction editor) and now writes full time. Two of her books, The Girl in the Gatehouse and The Silent Governess won the Christy Award for Historical Romance. The Girl in the Gatehouse also won a Midwest Book Award and The Silent Governess was a finalist in Romance Writers of America's RITA awards.

Klassen graduated from the University of Illinois and enjoys travel, research, BBC period dramas, long hikes, short naps, and coffee with friends. She and her husband have two sons and live near St. Paul, Minnesota.

Sister Circle Reading List

2003/2004

 The Sister Circle by Vonette Bright and Nancy Moser
The Amethyst Heart by Penelope J. Stokes
The Note by Angela Hunt
Leota’s Garden by Francine Rivers
Eyes of Elisha by Brandilyn Collins
Hidden Places by Lynn Austin
Thorn in My Heart by Liz Curtiss Higgs
A Rush of Wings by Kristen Heitzmann
Unafraid by Francine Rivers
Round the Corner by Vonette Bright and Nancy Moser
Not a Sparrow Falls by Linda Nichols
Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock

  

2004/2005

 The Swan House by Elisabeth Musser
Blessed Child by Ted Dekker and Bill Bright
A Slender Thread by Tracie Peterson
A Time to Dance by Karen Kingsbury
An Undivided Heart by Vonette Bright and Nancy Moser
Fair is the Rose by Liz Curtis Higgs
The Salt Garden by Cindy Martinusen
Tidings of Peace by Tracie Peterson
The Debt by Angela Hunt
The Splitting Storm by Rene Gutteridge
If I Gained The World by Linda Nichols
Like a Watered Garden by Patti Hill
A Place to Belong by Vonette Bright and Nancy Moser

  

2005/2006

 The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers
Whence Came a Prince by Liz Curtis Higgs
The Peacemaker by Lori Copeland
One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury
The Victory Club by Robin Lee Hatcher
At the Scent of Water by Linda Nichols
Beyond Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury
The Drifter by Lori Copeland
Secrets by Kristen Heitzmann
A Can of Peas by Traci DePree
Grace in Thine Eyes by Liz Curtis Higgs
I'll Watch the Moon by Ann Tatlock

 

2006/2007

Eventide by Cindy Martinusen
All She Ever Wanted by Lynn Austin
Troublesome Creek by Jan Watson
The Sacrifice by Robert Whitlow
Even Now by Karen Kingsbury
A Carol For Christmas by Robin Lee Hatcher
When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin
Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
Grace at Low Tide by Beth Webb Hart
Ever After by Karen Kingsbury
Freefall by Kristen Heitzmann
The Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers

 

2007/2008 

In Search of Eden by Linda Nichols
Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson
A Woman's Place by Lynn Austin
The Scent of Lilacs by Ann Gabhart
Willow Springs by Jan Watson
The Book of Hours by Davis Bunn
My Hands Came Away Red by Lisa McKay
Every Secret Thing by Ann Tatlock
Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin
Orchid House by Cindy Martinusen
Searching For Eternity by Elizabeth Musser
Torrent Falls by Jan Watson

2008/2009

 Summer of Light by W. Dale Cramer
The Mill House by Paul McCusker
Flies on the Butter by Denise Hildreth
Dark Water by Linda Hall
Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen
Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
Black Ice by Linda Hall
The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner
The Outsider by Ann H. Garhart
The Centurion's Wife by Davis Bunn & Janette Oke
Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin
Healing Waters by Nancy Rue and Stephen Arterburn

 

2009/2010

 The Queen of Sleepy Eye by Patti Hill
Whispers of the Bayou by Mindy Starns Clark
Journey to the Well by Diana Wallis Taylor
From a Distance by Tamera Alexander
Though None Go With Me by Jerry Jenkins
June Bug by Chris Fabry
Though Waters Roar by Lynn Austin
Shadows of Lancaster County by Mindy Starns Clark
The Hidden Flame by Davis Bunn & Janette Oke
John 3:16 by Nancy Moser
The Believer by Ann H. Gabhart
Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs

 

2010/2011

 Never Say Never by Lisa Wingate
Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson
Beguiled by Deeanne Gist and J. Mark Bertrand
Her Mother's Hope by Francine Rivers
Her Daughter's Dream by Francine Rivers
Ransomed Dreams by Sally John
While We're Far Apart by Lynn Austin
Pearl In The Sand by Tessa Afshar
Angel Sister by Ann H. Gabhart
Mine is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs
The Summer Kitchen by Lisa Wingate
The Damascus Way by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke

2011/2012

Paradise Valley by Dale Cramer
The Sweetest Thing by Elizabeth Musser

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