02420cam a2200301 i 4500 551491160 TxAuBib 20220322120000.0 161116s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307731418 0307731413 TxAuBib rda Sawyer, Kim Vogel. Grace and the preacher. Grace and the preacher : a novel / Kim Vogel Sawyer. First Edition. Colorado Springs, Colorado : WaterBrook, 2017. 339 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "At the age of twenty-four, postmistress Grace Cristler has all but given up hope of finding a husband among the narrowing group of eligible men in her town of Fairland, Kansas. But when her uncle decides to retire from the pulpit, Grace is responsible for corresponding with the new preacher set to take his place. She can't deny the affection growing in her heart for Reverend Rufus Dille--a man she deeply admires, but has only met through his letters. Theophil Garrison is on the run from a past and a label he's desperate to escape. Ten years ago, his outlaw cousins convinced him to take part in a train robbery, but Theo fled the scene, leaving his cousins to face imprisonment. Now their sentence is complete, but the plan for vengeance has only just begun. Branded a coward and running for his life, a chance encounter could provide Theo with the escape he needs. But the young man's desperate con might come at an enormous price for the tenderhearted Grace--and the entire town. Will Grace's undeserved affection and God's mercy make something beautiful from the ashes of Theo's past?"-- Provided by publisher. "In a short time "ministering" in Fairland, Theo finds himself falling for Grace, stumbling through sermons, but becoming enmeshed in the triumphs and trials of the people in the community. When Theo's true identity is uncovered, what will be left of the wonderful world he has built for himself, Grace, and those in the town who have come to love and accept him?"-- Provided by publisher. 20220322. FICTION / Christian / Romance. FICTION / Romance / Historical. Christian fiction. Love stories.