Full name: The Treasure Box: A Novel

Author: Penelope J. Stokes Year: 2001 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Christian fiction, Fiction, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780849944642 9781595545992 0849944643 1595545999

Vita Kirk is a travel writer who has never left her hometown. In fact, she rarely leaves her house. Due to deep wounds and bitter losses, Vita has chosen isolation over vulnerability. But when she stumbles across an antique chest in a hole-in-the-wall boutique, she discovers a puzzling link to her past and her physical surroundings mysteriously begin to change. Inscribed in the treasure chest are the words, "Love is the key that unlocks every portal." The power of these words prove to unlock a part of Vita she thought had died years ago. "Stories like this go by many different names-fantasy, time-shift, magical realism. Some are overtly Christian or religious in nature, others are not. But from a spiritual perspective, the common thread in all these works is the redeeming, transforming power of God's grace not only to alter the future but to change our understanding of the past."--Penelope Stokes Similar books: The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling by Neta Jackson Forgiven by Karen Kingsbury Take Two by Karen Kingsbury Rorey's Secret by Leisha Kelly The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught by Neta Jackson The Amethyst Heart by Penelope J. Stokes Home Another Way by Christa Parrish This Side of Heaven by Karen Kingsbury In This Moment by Karen Kingsbury Someday by Karen Kingsbury Where Do I Go? by Neta Jackson Ever After by Karen Kingsbury The Note by Angela Elwell Hunt After Anne by Roxanne Henke The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson Sunset by Karen Kingsbury The Amber Photograph by Penelope J. Stokes The Wishing Jar by Penelope J. Stokes Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green All Things New by Lynn Austin