Members Book Club (Fridays, 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern): 2027 Meeting Schedule

Julie Lessman · The O’Connor Family Saga

A Light in the Window · The Daughters of Boston · The Winds of Change · The Cousins O’Connor

Fall in love with Julie Lessman’s O’Connor family as we read through this 11-novel series in 2027. Historical Christian romance from World War I Boston through World War II, read in the author’s series order. Julie Lessman will attend the meetings to talk about the books and answer questions. One book a month.

Live meetings: first Friday of each month, 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern. January, July, and September meet on the second Friday to avoid holiday weekends.

Free kickoff: December 4, 2026, 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern — A Light in the Window. This meeting is free and open to anyone. All other meetings are for book club members only. RSVP for the free December 4 kickoff

Join the club: $7 a month or $70 for the year. https://literaryscape.com/the-literaryscape-book-club/

Giving: 10% of every membership goes toward our 2027 goal of raising $70,000 for Destiny Rescue — enough to help cover the cost of rescuing 47 children from human trafficking.

How LiteraryScape rates a book

Flavor scale — romance, inspiration, mystery, drama, and suspense

Espresso = very little · Mocha = a medium amount · Latte = a lot

Lasso scale — 1 lasso = a throw and a miss · 2 lassos = a hook · 3 lassos = hooked and hogtied

2026–2027 AT A GLANCE

MEETING	SERIES	BOOK
December 4 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	Prequel	A Light in the Window
January 8 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Daughters of Boston	A Passion Most Pure
February 5 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Daughters of Boston	A Passion Redeemed
March 5 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Daughters of Boston	A Passion Denied
April 2 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Winds of Change	A Hope Undaunted
May 7 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Winds of Change	A Heart Revealed
June 4 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Winds of Change	A Love Surrendered
July 9 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Cousins O’Connor	A Wing and a Prayer
August 6 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Cousins O’Connor	A Hope and a Prayer
September 10 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Cousins O’Connor	A Dare and a Prayer
October 1 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern	The Cousins O’Connor	A Whim and a Prayer

The Books · Covers & Meeting Notes

Come having finished that month’s book. We will talk plot, characters, faith threads, then pour the LiteraryScape ratings. Cover art from julielessman.com/books.

December 4, 2026 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Light in the Window

Prequel · The O’Connor parents

One woman. Two men. One stirs her pulse and the other her faith. But who will win her heart?

Marceline Murphy is a gentle beauty with a well-founded aversion to rogues. When two of Boston’s most notorious pursue her, attraction, dreams, and faith muddle the path — and the light in the window may yet show the way.

FREE kickoff · Open to anyone · julielessman.com/a-light-in-the-window/ · RSVP

January 8, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Passion Most Pure

The Daughters of Boston · Book 1 · 2008

She’s found the love of her life. Unfortunately, he loves her sister.

Faith O’Connor is drawn to Irish rogue Collin McGuire — brash, forbidden, and secretly courting her sister Charity. When his affections shift, the O’Connor household splits like a house at war. Irish Catholic Boston, World War I.

Members only · *Second Friday (after New Year’s) · julielessman.com/a-passion-most-pure/

February 5, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Passion Redeemed

The Daughters of Boston · Book 2 · 2008

No man can resist her charms. Or so she thought.

Charity O’Connor has always gotten what she wanted. Book two turns the lens on the sister who started the fire — and the man who will not be managed.

Members only · julielessman.com/a-passion-redeemed/

March 5, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Passion Denied

The Daughters of Boston · Book 3 · 2009

Has she fallen in love with a man who cannot love her back?

Young Elizabeth O’Connor falls for a man who may not be free to love her. The trilogy closes on the little sister the family still tries to protect.

Members only · julielessman.com/a-passion-denied/

April 2, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Hope Undaunted

The Winds of Change · Book 1 · 2010

What happens when the boy she loved to hate becomes the man she hates to love?

The next stretch of the O’Connor clan — 1920s Boston — begins with the siblings who were still growing up in the first trilogy. Read in order after Daughters of Boston.

Members only · julielessman.com/a-hope-undaunted/

May 7, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Heart Revealed

The Winds of Change · Book 2 · 2011

The ring on her hand belongs to one man… but her heart belongs to another.

Loyalty, duty, and a secret attachment collide as another O’Connor daughter must choose between the life she promised and the love she cannot quiet.

Members only · julielessman.com/a-heart-revealed/

June 4, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Love Surrendered

The Winds of Change · Book 3 · 2012

He broke her sister’s heart… will she be next?

The Winds of Change trilogy closes as one more O’Connor must decide whether surrender is loss — or the bravest kind of love.

Members only · julielessman.com/a-love-surrendered/

July 9, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Wing and a Prayer

The Cousins O’Connor · Book 1 · 2020

She’s dead-set on giving everything to the war overseas… even if it means losing everything in a war of the heart.

The next generation carries the family into World War II. Indie series. Four books. Read in order after Winds of Change.

Members only · *Second Friday (after Independence Day) · julielessman.com/a-wing-and-a-prayer/

August 6, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Hope and a Prayer

The Cousins O’Connor · Book 2 · 2022

She’s in love with her best friend. He’s in love with her cousin. Will they be saved by a hope and a prayer?

Friendship, family loyalty, and a love that will not stay neatly in its place — another O’Connor cousin learns that hope sometimes arrives sideways.

Members only · julielessman.com/a-hope-and-a-prayer/

September 10, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Dare and a Prayer

The Cousins O’Connor · Book 3 · 2023

He’s a hotshot who takes up a dare. She’s an aspiring missionary who wants to beware. But will love become a gamble with a dare and a prayer?

A reckless dare, a missionary calling, and two hearts that were never supposed to bet on each other.

Members only · *Second Friday (after Labor Day) · julielessman.com/a-dare-and-a-prayer/

October 1, 2027 · 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern

A Whim and a Prayer

The Cousins O’Connor · Book 4 · 2026

She’s a former orphan desperate to protect her heart. He’s a best friend who protects her from the start.

The cousins’ saga closes as prayer protects two people from a true love torn apart — and the O’Connor family reading year comes home.

Members only · julielessman.com/a-whim-and-a-prayer/

Only the December 4, 2026 kickoff is free and open to anyone. Every other meeting — Friday and Tuesday — is for book club members only.

LiteraryScape Book Club Series Meetings: Third Tuesdays, 7:00–8:00 p.m. Eastern

Members only.

March 16, 2027 · 7:00–8:00 p.m. Eastern · Members only

Saddle up for Mary Connealy's Cimarron Legacy, where the Boden family must work side by side on their 1880s New Mexico ranch for a full year or lose it, even as someone works to take it from them. Join our members on Tuesday, March 16, as we talk cowboys, family, faith, and plenty of Connealy action and humor.

Cimarron Legacy Series – Mary Connealy

April 20, 2027 · 7:00–8:00 p.m. Eastern · Members only

Wind River Mail Order Brides – Lacy Williams

May 18, 2027 · 7:00–8:00 p.m. Eastern · Members only

Badge of Honor Series – Lynn Shannon

June 15, 2027 · 7:00–8:00 p.m. Eastern · Members only

Noble Ranch Series – Jody Hedlund

2027 Book Club Schedule