Books

MISTAKEN 
(Releases July 1, 2013 from Abingdon Press).

Prohibition made a criminal out of every man in Laurie's world. Her prayer? One man of honor with whom she can share her life. When Laurie meets handsome newcomer Daniel Shepherd on the bluff overlooking the water--at midnight--she assumes he's just another dishonest rumrunner.
Samuel Brown, a heroic-sounding federal agent, might be the answer to her prayers...or he may be her worst nightmare. First impressions are never what they seem.

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Mistaken
Karen Barnett

The Golden Gate Chronicles
(Still in search of a publishing home)

SHAKEN (Completed, Finalist in the 2012 ACFW Genesis Contest).

In 1906, when Abby Fischer prays for a miracle healing for her dying sister, she doesn’t expect it to come in the form of the handsome doctor, Robert King. But when Robert's miracle cure fails, Abby’s grief is surpassed only by the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake and fires. Will Abby finally find God—and love—in the ruins?

DRIVEN (Work-in-progress)

Ruby Marshall, a young widow determined to make a new life for herself, comes to San Francisco to assist her brother Robert with his medical research. Spending hours with her deliriously happy newlywed brother proves too painful and she instead finds herself drawn to the patients of the cancer ward and the compassionate nature of Robert’s mentor, Dr. Gerald Larkspur. But when Gerald begins to develop symptoms of the same disease, she finds herself questioning—is it worth a second chance at love when time might be short?

FORSAKEN (In progress)

Mere days after arriving in the beautifully rebuilt city of San Francisco, Elizabeth King discovers the seamy underbelly of a city built on the accumulation of wealth. Over the objections of her protective brother, Elizabeth is rapidly swept up in dangerous late-night rescues of Chinese girls sold into lives of prostitution. Can the passionate young attorney Charles McKinley convince her that not everything in the city is as ugly as it seems?

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Karen Barnett is represented by agent Rachel Kent of Books & Such Literary Agency. 

Photos/artwork courtesy of Everything Vintage.