Christian Fiction
March 2023
Recent Releases
In Love's Time
by Kate Breslin

True love: In 1918 England, Clare Danner, a single mother working at a military hospital to support her two-year-old, Daisy, falls for Captain Sir Marcus Weatherford, a British spy who returns her feelings.

Forgotten love: Marcus is given a fake fiancée and sent to Russia on a secret mission, while Daisy's powerful paternal relatives seek custody. When Marcus returns, Clare desperately needs his help, but he's been injured and doesn't remember her.

Series alert: This is the "beautifully crafted" (Booklist) 5th and final book in moving World War I-era series, but all entries work as standalones.
The Rose and the Thistle
by Laura Frantz

The Jacobite Uprising, 1715: After a mob attacks her Catholic family's castle, Lady Blythe flees Northern England for the Scottish lowlands, where her protestant godfather lives. He's just died, so his first son, the handsome new Laird, offers her refuge...but danger still lurks.

Read it for: the fascinating history, the evocative settings, and the well-matched couple.

Reviewers say: "a masterful achievement" (Booklist); "Readers will be hooked until the satisfying close" (Publishers Weekly). 
The Sisters of Sea View
by Julie Klassen

Introducing: the genteel Summers sisters and their sickly mother, who must turn their coastal Sidmouth, England, home into a guest house after the death of their father and husband.

Spring 1819: Instead of the elderly invalids they expect, the family finds themselves hosting gentlemen and an exacting older lady. Meanwhile, bookish Viola, who wears a veil to hide a scar, earns money by reading to their infirm neighbor.

For fans of: Jane Austen, faith-filled Regency novels, and charming 1st novels in a new series.
Pretty Little Pieces
by Carmen Schober

What happens: After reality TV design star Georgina Havoc's co-star boyfriend pauses their relationship, executives have them compete against each other for a new show. Luckily, Georgina has her best friend Poppy for support as well as new friend Cassidy Stokes, a handy former military man now running a farm.

Is it for you? Though full of charm and romance, Pretty Little Pieces also covers topics such as miscarriage, drug use, alcoholism, and grief.

Reviewers say: This novel "offers a compelling message about how God’s grace can help us put the pieces of our lives back together" (Booklist).
Focus on: Women of the Past
The Paris Dressmaker
by Kristy Cambron

What it is: vividly described historical fiction with romantic elements, which is based on real events from World War II-era Paris. 

Starring: Lila de Laurent, a talented dressmaker who sews for the Nazis while secretly working for the Resistance; Sandrine Paquet, who, with her husband at war, catalogs stolen artwork for the Nazis in order to support her young son while surreptitiously keeping records about the real owners.

Read this next: For other well-researched WWII novels, try one of Sarah Sundin's books, which take place in various locales, or Tracy Groot's moving Maggie Bright, set mostly in England. 
The Healing of Natalie Curtis
by Jane Kirkpatrick

What it's about: After an emotional breakdown leaves her unable to perform for years, classically trained pianist and singer Natalie Curtis travels west with her brother in 1902. She finds healing in beautiful Native American music, but is disturbed that Indigenous culture is outlawed. Determined, she sets out to preserve the music.

Why you might like it: The Healing of Natalie Curtis is leisurely paced, richly detailed, and based on a real person and historical facts.

Reviewers say: "Kirkpatrick's reflective and informative novel inspires readers to consider their own motives and choices and the sometimes unintended consequences of the help they give" (Booklist). 
The Librarian of Boone's Hollow
by Kim Vogel Sawyer

What it's about: In Depression-era Kentucky, Addie Cowherd can't afford to finish college, so she becomes a traveling librarian, delivering books on horseback to insular coal-mining communities. Though folks are suspicious of Addie, she bonds with Emmett, who's recently returned home after obtaining a scholarship-funded university education.

For fans of: faith-filled historical novels with evocative rural settings and appealing characters.

Reviewers say: "With a grace-based message of self-worth, this suspenseful historical romance is sure to charm" (Booklist).
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