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Publisher's Summary
The Color of Joy is USA Today best-selling author Julianne MacLean's eighth installment in her popular Color of Heaven series, which has delivered many happy sighs to thousands of fans worldwide. Bring tissues and prepare to be up all night listening to this fast-paced, emotionally charged tale about the obstacles we encounter in everyday life and the real-life magic that helps us triumph over them.
After rushing to the hospital for the birth of their third child, Riley and Lois James anticipate one of the most joyful days of their lives. But things take a dark turn when their newborn daughter vanishes from the hospital. Is this payback for something in Riley's troubled past? Or is it something even more mysterious?
As the search intensifies and the police close in, strange and unbelievable clues about the whereabouts of the newborn begin to emerge. Riley soon finds himself at the center of a surprising turn of events that will challenge everything he once believed about life, love, and the existence of miracles.
While each audiobook in the series can be enjoyed as a standalone, there are many more books to love in this series:
- The Color of Heaven
- The Color of Destiny
- The Color of Hope
- The Color of a Dream
- The Color of a Memory
- The Color of Love
- The Color of the Season
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- DeRoseBreathe
- 11-28-19
Sweet
Nice story. Got a little confused at first because I didn’t realize that there were 2 different couples, I thought it was going back it time. But caught on. The author must be involved with a 12 step program because there’s a lot of principals in the story that come from the program but also based on forgiveness which if God can forgive us we should be able to forgive others. I liked the females voice but starting out with the male voice threw me. I didn’t care for his voice to begin off with. During the story it was ok. But there must be other smoother rhythmic better sounding out there. I noticed there’s lots of good female voices but not to many men’s.
Overall I liked it. I’m just not used to nice happy endings. We need more of these!
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- Lisa Hutson
- 11-08-15
Fabulous series
I have been listening to this series from the beginning. It has been thoughtful and wonderful. I have really liked them all. And I have enjoyed the narrators all along.
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- the Ladyhawk
- 06-14-20
Hopeful, Blessed and Joyful
I feel full to overflowing with love and joy after listening to book 8 in the "Color of Heaven" series and fully intend to keep listening to the next book in this fantastic series.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Silverwalnut
- 07-17-19
THE COLOR OF JOY
It is hard to believe that I am enjoying this series as much as I am. I t is very well written and very entertaining, This author knows how to tell a story
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- vpiltk
- 02-01-17
Love this series!
I have been thrilled with each of these books. The characters are so real, the subject enthralling and I can't get enough. What a talented writer to be able to have this many books in a series and keep the readers grabbing the next one. Which is exactly where I am headed.