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What We Found in Hallelujah
“Two sisters reunite with their mother in Hallelujah, S.C., in the satisfying latest from Miller (Something Good) . . . A dramatic plot and uplifting resolution . . . The result is a potent testament to the power of faith and family in the face of tragedy.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Three strong women, family drama, secrets, and a setting that works masterfully with the plot—Vanessa Miller is at her best in this book! The complex, nuanced relationships between mothers and daughters captured my attention and drew me in from the very first chapters. This book is a heartwarming treat that will leave readers hopeful and singing their own Hallelujah praise!”
—Michelle Stimpson, bestselling author
“In What We Found in Hallelujah, Vanessa Miller so brilliantly tells a heartwarming, page-turning, beautiful story about family secrets, mother-daughter relationships, forgiveness, and restored faith, and I thoroughly enjoyed this saga from beginning to end! So well done, Vanessa!”
—Kimberla Lawson Roby, New York Times bestselling author
“Vanessa Miller has created a soul-searching story in What We Found in Hallelujah. Her ability to weed through the hard topics with grace, humor, and family makes her stories like no other. I was invested in the characters and felt like praising with them in the end.”
—Toni Shiloh, author of In Search of a Prince
“Vanessa lays a solid foundation for the fictional town of Hallelujah. Her characters are rich in diverse personalities. She layers the plot with an artistic flair that [has readers racing] to the finish line for the big ‘reveal.’ Redemption and reconciliation are sweet in Hallelujah.”
—Pat Simmons, award-winning and national bestselling Christian author of the Jamieson Legacy series
Something Good
“A prayer for ‘something good’ brings together the three women in an unlikely friendship, changing hearts and restoring marriages . . . The triumph of faith over tragedy will resonate with inspirational fans.”
—Publishers Weekly
“With bright threads of faith, resilience, and finding a way forward where there seems to be no way, Vanessa Miller weaves together the lives of three women in a beautiful tapestry of redemption and hope, friendship and found family. A story that shows, even when we think we’ve bolted all the doors, something good can find a way in.”
—Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours
“Vanessa Miller’s Something Good warms the heart with a vivacious tale of faith, redemption, and renewal. She masterly creates a sisterhood of unlikely friends who realize that there is something good, absolutely wonderful, in accepting people as they are and believing they can be better.”
—Vanessa Riley, bestselling author of Island Queen
“Something Good, by Vanessa Miller, is a literary treat that captivated me from the first page. This story of three women drawn together by the unlikeliest of circumstances had me sitting back and realizing that no matter our backgrounds, no matter our struggles, when it’s for God’s purpose, we can come together. With characters that I could relate to and women who I wanted to win, I enjoyed Something Good from the beginning to the end.”
—Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling author of The Personal Librarian
“Vanessa Miller’s thoughtful and anointed approach to crafting Something Good made for a beautiful page-turner full of depth and hope.”
—Rhonda McKnight, award-winning author of Unbreak My Heart
“Vanessa Miller’s latest novel is a relevant and heartwarming reminder that beauty for ashes is possible. This page-turning read inspires understanding, connection, and hope.”
—Stacy Hawkins Adams, bestselling author
“This real-to-life story doesn’t shy away from some hard issues of the modern world, but Miller is a master storyteller, who brings healing and redemption to her characters, and thus the reader, through the power of love and faith. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.”
—Rachel Hauck, New York Times bestselling author
“Something Good is much better than good. It’s great! Vanessa Miller always delivers, and you know you will get unforgettable characters and a redemptive, heartwarming story that readers will find unputdownable. Get ready to laugh and to feel all the feels.”
—Michelle Lindo-Rice, Harlequin Special Edition author
“Vanessa Miller’s Something Good unveils the reality of living with guilt, shame, and the weight of unforgiveness through the lives of three women. This story will offer readers a beautiful perspective of redemptive healing and the measure of peace that comes with a forgiving heart.”
—Jacquelin Thomas, national bestselling author of the Jezebel series and Phoenix
Other Books by Vanessa Miller
What We Found in Hallelujah
Something Good
Dream Come True
Once upon a Dream
Forever
Family Business I
Family Business II
Family Business III
Family Business IV
Family Business V
Family Business VI
Our Love
For Your Love
Got to Be Love
Rain in the Promised Land
Sunshine and Rain
After the Rain
How Sweet the Sound
Heirs of Rebellion
Feels Like Heaven
The Best of All
Better for Us
Her Good Thing
Long Time Coming
A Promise of Forever Love
A Love for Tomorrow
Yesterday’s Promise
Forgotten
Forgiven
Forsaken
Through the Storm
Rain Storm
Latter Rain
Abundant Rain
Former Rain
Novellas
Love Isn’t Enough
A Mighty Love
Rain for Christmas
Blessed and Highly Favored series
The Blessed One
The Wild One
The Preacher’s Choice
The Politician’s Wife
The Playboy’s Redemption
Praise Him Anyhow series
Tears Fall at Night
Joy Comes in the Morning
A Forever Kind of Love
Ramsey’s Praise
Escape to Love
Praise for Christmas
His Love Walk
Could This Be Love
Song of Praise
Copyright
The Light on Halsey Street
Copyright © 2023 Vanessa Miller
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version. Public domain.
The second epigraph is taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, niv®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The “niv” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.®
Publisher’s Note: This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. All characters are fictional, and any similarity to people living or dead is purely coincidental.
Cover design by Faceout Studio, Spencer Fuller
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Miller, Vanessa, author.
Title: The light on Halsey Street / Vanessa Miller.
Description: Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, [2023] | Summary: “Two girls' lives are irrevocably intertwined the summer of 1985 in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, and neither will ever be the same in this coming-of-age story that spans decades”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023007558 (print) | LCCN 2023007559 (ebook) | ISBN 9780840709936 (paperback) | ISBN 9780840709967 (epub) | ISBN 9780840710000
Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.
Classification: LCC PS3613.I5623 L54 2023 (print) | LCC PS3613.I5623 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6--dc22/eng/20230224
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023007558
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023007559
Vanessa Miller, The Light on Halsey Street
