Coming March 15, 2011

Follow the Kerrs to their journey’s end…

“I finished Here Burns My Candle in three days, it was just that good!  I am eagerly waiting for the sequel." —Valerie from Spain “I've been fighting tears for hours. The story of Ruth is one of my favorites and this retelling is phenomenal.  I cannot wait for book two!"  —Sarah from Maryland "I loved, loved, loved Here Burns My Candle! Have already read it twice.  I can't wait for Mine Is the Night." —Amanda from Michigan

She lost everything she loved.
He had everything she needed.

The emotional and spiritual journey that began with Here Burns My Candle soars to a triumphant finish in Mine Is the Night, a dramatic and decidedly Scottish retelling of the biblical love story of Boaz and Ruth, transported to eighteenth-century Selkirkshire.

Reeling from the aftermath of bonny Prince Charlie’s disastrous bid to reclaim the British throne, Marjory Kerr and her daughter-in-law, Elisabeth, have lost everything they hold dear. But they have not lost hope. 

Just as Naomi and Ruth once traveled from Moab to Judah, Marjory and Elisabeth move from the crowded streets of Edinburgh to the countryside of the Scottish Borderland for Mine Is the Night.

Marjory Kerr is a widow undone, having buried her husband, her sons, and any hope of grandsons. Her title, property, and fortune are gone as well, yet it's her family alone that matters. When a glimmer of hope appears on the horizon, her faith in God’s loving-kindness is slowly restored, and a new Marjory emerges.

"When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, 
because your redemption is drawing near." Luke 21:28

Elisabeth Kerr has also suffered crushing losses in her life. Instead of giving in to melancholy, she places her future firmly in the hands of Almighty God and spends her days helping others, never imagining where her compassionate acts of service will lead her: straight into the arms of her redeemer.

"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you 
by name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1

The latest from best-selling novelist Liz Curtis Higgs, Mine Is the Night is a timeless saga of redemption and restoration, with an ending that isn’t simply happy—it’s glorious!

“What joy...that we will be able to rejoin
the Kerr women in Mine Is the Night. 
I never want your books to end."
—Jan from Virginia

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updated 6/15/10