The Fire in Ember: A Novel

Written by DiAnn Mills

Narrated by Laural Merlington

John Timmons’ life is planned and orderly. He cares for his mother and four younger brothers, and their future depends on him to keep their Colorado ranch profitable. Ember Farrar (Bert) has run away from her lawbreaking family in search of a new life. But, when she attempts to return a horse that her brother had stolen, ranch hands believe she is a thief and a boy and they plan to hang her.John, who is also a deputy marshal, breaks up the hanging. After paying for the stolen horse, he takes the boy home to work off the debt. Later he learns Bert is a girl who refuses to tell him who she is and why she possessed a stolen horse.When ranchers report stolen cattle, Bert is a natural suspect. John is touched by Bert’s sweet spirit and natural gift of music. Surely she’s not a cattle thief.Bert fears for their lives when she is forced to either help her brothers steal or put the Timmons in danger. When John thinks Bert has betrayed him, he ignores God and turns revengeful. Will John learn who Bert truly is? Will their lives ever return back to normal?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Jan 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9780310412403

DiAnn Mills

Award-winning author DiAnn Mills is the author of Nebraska Legacy, the Texas Legacy series, and many other novels. She is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers and lives in Houston, Texas.

Reviews for The Fire in Ember

[Dian · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This book is so predictable and repetitive all the characters acts immature one scrawny girl came in town and two brothers are at each other throat where are all the other females this book is too silly

[fairydragonstar · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

could have managed the story a little better but over all a good read