title: The Painted Lake
author: Barker, Abby
description: Church-going Emma has left her small town for the first time for an extended visit to the big city. She soon meets Nathan and he introduces her to all of the sights and sounds of Chicago; the pizza joints, the movies and the museums. He is the most life-loving and fun man she has ever met but she begins to realize that he's harboring a secret. He is suffering from a terminal illness and she soon finds herself questioning her own faith as to whether or not she should pursue this romance...