The Fire in Ember by DiAnn Mills

The Fire in Ember

A Novel

DiAnn Mills, Laural Merlington, Zondervan

Zondervan · Print & ebook · January 22, 2011

John Timmons’ life is planned and orderly.

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Who it’s for
A familiar blend of faith, romance, and western texture, paced for getting comfortably absorbed.
Genres
Christian Westerns, Western Romance, Christian Historical Romance
Published
Zondervan, January 22, 2011

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About this book

John Timmons’ life is planned and orderly. He cares for his mother and four younger brothers, and their future depends on him to keep their Colorado ranch profitable. Ember Farrar (Bert) has run away from her lawbreaking family in search of a new life. But, when she attempts to return a horse that her brother had stolen, ranch hands believe she is a thief and a boy and they plan to hang her. John, who is also a deputy marshal, breaks up the hanging.

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After paying for the stolen horse, he takes the boy home to work off the debt. Later he learns Bert is a girl who refuses to tell him who she is and why she possessed a stolen horse. When ranchers report stolen cattle, Bert is a natural suspect. John is touched by Bert’s sweet spirit and natural gift of music. Surely she’s not a cattle thief. Bert fears for their lives when she is forced to either help her brothers steal or put the Timmons in danger. When John thinks Bert has betrayed him, he ignores God and turns revengeful. Will John learn who Bert truly is? Will their lives ever return back to normal?

Why It Clicks

A familiar blend of faith, romance, and western texture, paced for getting comfortably absorbed.

Come here for

  • sustained narrative immersion
  • Christian western romance

Expect

  • gentle emotional warmth
  • historical-romance cadence

Where it sits

Christian Historical Romance56%
Christian Westerns49%
Western Romance39%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Christian Historical Fiction
  • Christian Romance
  • Christian Westerns
Authors
DiAnn Mills, Laural Merlington, Zondervan
Publisher
Zondervan
Published
January 22, 2011
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Christian Historical Fiction