We are thrilled to dedicate this week’s edition of Inspired By to USA Today bestselling author Steena Holmes, congratulating her for the official publication of her newest women’s fiction title, The Memory Child!

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Here, Steena shares with us the top five  books that have inspired her most as a writer.

 

The Theory of Opposites by Allison Winn Scotch

Willa Chandler-Golden believes that everything happens for a reason and that the universe has supplied her with a suitable life, a reliable husband and a rewarding career.  Sure there are hiccups along the way, but if Willa doesn’t think about it too much, life is wonderful.  But her strong belief in the universe will soon be tested, when her husband asks for a two-month break, her 12-year-old nephew moves in and she loses her job.  Willa will soon have to stop listening to the universe and start living her own life.

 

 

After You by  Julie Buxbaum

This heart-wrenching story follows Ellie Lerner on a devastating and compelling journey after she finds out that her best friend, Lucy, was murdered. Ellie drops everything in her life to tend to Lucy’s family by picking up the broken pieces of their lives. While Lucy’s husband is emotionally closed off and her eight-year-old daughter won’t even talk, Ellie must find ways to comfort the family. While nurturing this devastated family, Ellie is confronted with her own emotions, relationships and secrets that could potentially start chaos in her own life.

 

 

Waking Kate by Sarah Addison Allen

Over a cup of butter coffee on a sticky summer day, Kate’s understanding of her life changes in one afternoon.  While meeting with her older neighbor, he tells Kate about a story of love and heartbreak that makes Kate recollect her past, question the present and wonder what her future will hold. And little does she know, she soon will be faced with an unforeseen change in her life.      

 

 

Outlaw by Ted Dekker

This epic adventure follows Julian Carter on a dark and heroic journey faced with life-altering decisions, extensive violence, and wild love.  Outlaw takes you to the dark depths of the jungle where the events that take place there, have never been witnessed before.

 

 

 

The Returned by Jason Mott

This puzzling and spellbinding novel follows the Hargrave’s after they lost their only son, Jacob, on his eighth birthday in 1966. Decades later, the Hargrave’s have accepted their lose and settled in to their lives without him, until one day Jacob shows up on their doorstep as their sweet son, still eight years old.  All over the world, people’s loved ones are retuning.  No one understands why this is happening, but chaos is erupting around the globe and the newly reunited Hargrave’s family must navigate through this mysterious reality.

 

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