The Color of Joy is USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean’s eighth installment in her popular Color of Heaven series, which has delivered many happy sighs to thousands of readers worldwide and left them clamoring for more. Bring tissues and prepare to be up all night reading this fast-paced, emotionally charged tale about the obstacles we encounter in everyday life and the real life magic … everyday life and the real life magic that helps us to 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, and 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.
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I adored The Color of Joy. Julianne’s entire Color of Heaven series is fantastic. I love her voice and how the novels are interwoven with each other. You just never know when a character from one novel will show up as the main protagonist in another. You can read the series in order but it’s not all necessary. Every novel is this finely crafted …
Excellent story line wonderful characters
Absolutely love this author and her Color of Heaven series. A great read!
I loved it.
very good book.
A very enjoyable read.
This is my second read in the series and I loved it. It revolves around two families. One had two kids and the mom is due to have her third. The delivery is brutal but the baby and mom survive. However the baby is snatched from the hospital. The other is a couple and the husband is stationed in Afghanistan. She is pregnant and her sister comes …
Novel about love and forgiveness. How life can blindside you and how people cope in different ways. It kept my interest by going back and forth between characters whose lives intertwine in a shattering way.
Really worth the time. Great characters and a good plot.
Love this se4ies. Always hard to put down with an upbeat message.
I really enjoyed reading this book as it kept me guessing for quite some time. While reading, I wanted to get to the next chapter before putting it down and then I wanted to keep going again. It was heart wrenching and touching. Not exactly a Jodie Picoult story but I am glad I decided to try it out. The characters were interesting in their own …
Beautifully written, loved readying the book.
Love all the Color of books
Julie has become one of my favorite authors after reading this and several of her other books.
I couldn’t put this book down! Quick read. Very touching.
Surprising ending!!
Good read!! Enjoy
I chose this book because I’d read The Color of Heaven and knew I loved it, but I couldn’t remember the story. And I think I didn’t even read the description of this book. I just figured I’d like it because of the author. But as I got into the story and the climbing conflict of the characters and their interweaving lives, I kept wondering “what …
This book is #8 on the Color of Heaven series and it was heart-wrenching. TO have a newborn child stolen from the hospital within hours of birth just grabs at your heart strings. Julianne MacLean managed to portray in her characters the devastation felt by the babies parents . She also managed to write the kidnapper with such sympathy that you …
Just totally lost interest and didn’t care about the characters.