Linda Nichols Books In Order

Not A Sparrow Falls

Can a Prodigal Young Woman Help a Hurting Family Find Love? No matter how rough Mary Bridget Washburn’s young life got, she never envisioned ending up on the wrong side of the law. Years later, though, hurt and frightened, she decides to make a new start, fleeing to the city of Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. There she encounters a young girl with problems nearly as daunting as her own. ‘Bridie’ longs to help, but her turbulent past leaves little to offer in the way of hope. Until she came along, Alasdair McPherson managed quite well, all things considered. At the pinnacle of his career, he pastors a well known church downtown, has authored numerous books, and hosts a radio program syndicated around the country. True, his daughter has become defiant and he barely knows his twins, but after his wife s death, who can blame him? Hiring Bridie seems to be the best decision he s made, even if her sunny disposition and creative approach to running a household show just how things might have been falling apart more than he admitted. Still, she drives the gloom away whenever she walks in the door. That is, until trouble follows her in…
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If I Gained the World

When the pain of loss shatters two people one from the inside out and the other from the outside in how do they find their way to faithfulness, grace, and love? Only over time and distance will they eventually discover that it is through turning to the One who is faithful, whose love never fails. Lenore and Daniel have a cozy home and a wonderful son, a mirror image of his father. Lenore loves her life and wants nothing to change except for one thing. As innocent as it seems, her request is the beginning of the end, and their life together unravels. Lenore takes little Scottie and begins her quest for meaning, purpose, and a new start as far away from those bittersweet memories as she can get By the bestselling author of Not a Sparrow Falls.

At the Scent of Water

Life is rewarding for Samuel Truelove. He’s a gifted surgeon, he’s married to the love of his life, and he has a beautiful daughter. But when he’s called to perform an emergency surgery, a deadly cascade of events is set in motion, and his picture perfect life begins to unravel.

Annie Truelove, hoping to escape painful reminders of her grief, leaves her beloved home in the mountains of North Carolina and begins a new life in faraway Seattle. But a disturbing headline takes her back home, where memories of both joy and sorrow come flooding back. What will it take to heal two broken hearts?

In Search of Eden

A girl who has never been able to settle down, Miranda begins various adventures, but whenever reality begins to tarnish her dreams, she gives up. As she approaches her thirtieth birthday, she determines to reinvent her life. But there’s one loose end to tie down first. Joseph North, the chief of police in Abingdon, Virginia, always tries to do what is right, to perform his duty and protect those he loves. He becomes suspicious of the new woman in town, and after checking further, he discovers she has no history. Then he finds a baby picture of his niece in her possession. In Search of Eden is a story about law and grace, about forgiveness and redemption, about finding joy and rest in a broken world.

Handyman

An accidental therapy session is the catalyst for change in Linda Nichols’s winsome, witty, irresistible debut novel a love story about two people who don’t realize they’re made for each other until it’s almost too late. Sweet, struggling Maggie Ivey is a twenty six year old single mom trying to keep it all together, burdened by a lecherous boss, a dead end job, and a worried mother who just wants her to move back home to Georgia. Maggie’s prospects look dim, until her friend Gina signs her up for the famous Dr. Jason Golding’s 21 Day Overhaul. Maggie’s first session seems to go perfectly. Dr. Golding is warm, sensitive, and a terrific listener. There’s only one problem: The handsome man in Dr. Golding’s chair isn’t Dr. Golding. In fact, he’s not even a therapist; he’s Jake Cooper, a contractor hired to remodel the office. But all Maggie knows is that talking to him helps her feel better. And Jake doesn’t quite know how to let Maggie in on the secret. Will he eventually confess to his ruse? Will she discover the truth on her own? And the most important question of all: Can a Handyman fix a broken heart?Set in the San Francisco Bay Area, and featuring a cast of characters impossible to resist, Handyman is a fresh new look at the oldest story of all and just what the doctor ordered for anyone with a case of the blues. Maggie’s first session seems to go perfectly. Dr. Golding is warm, sensitive, and a terrific listener. There’s only one problem: the handsome man in Dr. Golding’s chair isn’t Dr. Golding. In fact, he’s not even a therapist; he’s Jake Cooper, a contractor hired to remodel the office. Will Jake eventually confess? Will Maggie discover the truth on her own? And the real question: Can a Handyman fix a broken heart? Set in the San Francisco Bay area, and featuring a cast of characters impossible to resist, Handyman is a fresh new look at the oldest story of all and just what the doctor ordered for the mid winter blues.