Dawn of the Golden Promise
BJ Hoff
Paperback, 384 pp., $14.99
Harvest House Publishers (August 1, 2011)

In the fifth and concluding volume of her bestselling The Emerald Ballad Series, BJ Hoff brings the exciting Irish-American historical drama to a climax. The saga finds Morgan Fitzgerald adapting to life in a wheelchair as a result of an assailant’s bullet to his spine. Meanwhile, his wife, Finola, must face the dark memories and guarded secrets of her past. In New York City, policeman Michael Burke is caught in a conflict between his faith and his determination to bring a dangerous enemy to justice.

Land of a Thousand Dreams
BJ Hoff
Paperback, 416 pp., $14.99
Harvest House Publishers (April 1, 2011)

In Book Three of BJ Hoff’s bestselling Emerald Ballad saga set in the 19th century, Irish patriot Morgan Fitzgerald, felled by a gunman’s bullet, strives to restore his life and reclaim his future. In America, Morgan’s friends Michael Burke and Nora Whittaker discover that the “Land of Opportunity” also teems with poverty, injustice, and corruption. Readers will be mesmerized by a drama that spans an ocean, taking them on a journey of faith and love that encompasses the dreams of an entire people seeking not only survival, but a land of hope where they can live in freedom and peace.

Song of the Silent Harp
BJ Hoff
Paperback, 432 pp., $10.99
Harvest House Publishers (July 1, 2010)

This book begins the five-book saga of three Irish friends raised in a village devastated by the Potato Famine of the 1800s, as they struggle to survive and hold onto their faith. Nora Kavanagh has lost her husband and young daughter, and now fears losing her home in the small Irish village of Killala. She and her young son, Daniel, have only one hope for survival: the poet/patriot—and love of Nora’s youth—Morgan Fitzgerald. But his dangerous involvement with a band of Irish rebels keeps him in constant peril and jeopardizes the possibility of a future for him and those he loves.

Heart of the Lonely Exile
BJ Hoff
Paperback, 384 pp., $14.99
Harvest House Publishers (July 1, 2010)

Nora Kavanagh struggles to build a new life for herself and her son Daniel in America. With help from a wealthy American family and friendship and support from a British gentleman, Nora finds herself caught in a conflict of the heart. Michael Burke, a strong, dedicated Irish policeman, desperately wants to keep his promise to his best friend to marry Nora and protect her. But Nora’s instincts urge her to resist Michael’s proposal and follow her heart in a different direction….More troubling still, in the midst of her personal struggle, the heartaches from her homeland continue to plague her.

Where Grace Abides
BJ Hoff
Paperback, 320 pp., $13.99
Harvest House Publishers (October 1, 2009)

Secrets, treachery, and persecution are only a few of the challenges that test Rachel’s faith and her love for the forbidden “outsider,” while Gant’s own hopes and dreams are dealt a life-changing blow, rendering the vow he made to Rachel seemingly impossible to honor. Many of the other characters from Rachel’s Secret now find their gentle, unassuming lives of faith jeopardized by a malicious outside influence, while those striving to help runaway slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad face the danger of discovery.