01717cam a2200289 i 4500 289419429 TxAuBib 20170410120000.0 161116s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016045564 9780307731418 0307731413 TxAuBib rda Sawyer, Kim Vogel. 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 24 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. 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. 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. 20170410. Christian fiction. Historical fiction. Romance fiction.