Christian Fiction - July 2024
Recent Releases
The Hudson Collection
by Jocelyn Green

"An ornithologist at Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History, Elsa Reisner is tasked with cataloging a country Gothic estate. Once there, she bonds with the house's other occupants, including an intriguing carpenter from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is swept up in a treasure hunt for a priceless heirloom"
The Proposal Plot: An Amish of Marigold Novel
by Kathleen Fuller

Sparks fly when grumpy Nelson Bontrager opens a butcher shop next door to spirited Ella Yoder's family's grocery store in this 2nd upbeat installment of the Amish of Marigold series, following The Courtship Plan. For fans of: Jennifer Beckstrand's Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series; Amy Clipston's Amish Marketplace books; or Beth Wiseman's Amish Bookstore series.
The Song of Sourwood Mountain
by Ann H. Gabhart

In 1910, schoolteacher Mira Dean accepts her childhood friend Gordon Covington's marriage proposal and finds her life transformed when she accompanies her new husband from her home in Louisville, Kentucky to the tiny mountain hamlet of Sourwood, the site of Gordon's planned mission school. You might also like: Pepper Basham's The Heart of the Mountains; Jane Kirkpatrick's Beneath the Bending Skies.
With each Tomorrow
by Tracie Peterson

"Eleanor Briggs travels to Kalispell, Montana, with her conservationist father to discuss the formation of Glacier National Park, and sparks fly when she meets Carter Brunswick, despite their differences. As the town fights to keep the railroad, the dangers Eleanor and Carter face will change the course of their lives"

Series: Jewels of Kalispell (2)
A is for Amish
by Shelley Shepard Gray

Four siblings leave their divorced, lapsed-Amish father for the stability and sense of family provided by their Old Order grandparents in a peaceful small-town in Ohio, in the first novel of a new series by the author of Hopeful.
Hidden in the Night
by Elizabeth Goddard

"Rare book collector Ivy Elliott's trip to retrieve a long-lost Jack London manuscript takes an unexpected turn when she learns the artifact isn't where it's supposed to be. Her search for answers reunites her with Alaska State Trooper Nolan Long, and they join forces to solve a decades-old mystery found hidden beneath the ice"

Series: Missing in Alaska (3)
Unforgiven
by Shelley Shepard Gray

In this suspenseful series opener, loosely connected to the author's Secrets of Crittenden County series, a strong bond forms between two former Amish: Seth Zimmerman, released from prison after serving his sentence for involuntary manslaughter, and Tabitha Yoder, who left their community after divorcing her abusive husband. But the return of Tabitha's vengeful ex threatens any future they might have together. You might also like: Wanda E. Brunstetter's Sisters of Holmes County series; Colleen Coble's Where Shadows Meet.
Born of Gilded Mountains
by Amanda Dykes

When newcomer Mercy Windsor arrives in Mercy Peak in 1948 after a scandal shatters her gilded world as Hollywood's beloved leading lady, she is determined to forge a new life in obscurity in this time-forgotten Colorado haven. She purchases Wildwood--an abandoned estate with a haunting history--and begins to restore it to its former glory.

But as she does, her every move tugs at the threads of that mountain's lore, unearthing what became of her long-lost pen pal, Rusty Bright, and the whereabouts of the infamous Galloping Goose Engine No. 8, which vanished years ago, along with the mailbag it carried, whose contents could change the course of countless lives. Not to mention another fabled treasure that--if found--could right so many wrongs.

Among the towering mountains that stand as silent witnesses, the ghosts of the past entangle with the courage of the present to find a place where healing, friendship, and hope can abide amid a world forever changed.
Secondary Target
by Angela Carlisle

"After the murder of her mother and brother, Corina Roberts built a new life--but when their killer resurfaces, she is next on his hit list, and her best hope for survival depends on her ex, army veteran Bryce Jessup. As old secrets come to light and thekiller closes in, can they keep both their hearts and lives safe?"

Series: Sisters of Kincaid (1)
Shielding the Innocent Target
by Terri Reed

"After witnessing her boss's murder, Paige Walsh must trust Deputy US Marshal Lucas Cavendish to bring her to safety. But when a notorious assassin targets her and her son, Lucas's short-term assignment turns into a dangerous cross-country mission. For Paige to identify her boss's killer, Lucas must get the family into witness protection. Except the hit man knows their every move...and trusting the wrong person could get them killed"
Toward the Dawn
by Mary Connealy

"After living in hiding for six months, Kat Wadsworth and Sebastian Jones are desperate to start a new life in the west--and marrying each other may be the only way to freedom. But will the dangers from their pasts tear apart their hopes for a better future and a chance at love?"
Mary's Calico Hope
by Anne Blackburne

"If God wills it, Mary Yoder will do it, even if that means using crutches for the rest of her life. She was badly injured in a buggy accident as a child. Still, she is content living in the Dawdi Haus connected to her parents' farmhouse and with her work weaving baskets and raising specialty roosters whose feathers she uses to make excellent trout lures. She is truly happy at twenty-nine, but. . .she wouldn't mind finding a husband--if the Lord wills it. Along comes Reuben King, a Mennonite doctor. Theyare attracted to one another, but how could they ever be together? She's a baptized Amish woman, so it seems impossible. Also, he wants her to have surgery to improve her mobility and lessen her day-to-day pain. She's sick and tired of surgeries! But if God wills it, she'll do it. And just maybe there will be a way for these two unlikely souls to connect"
Truth be Told
by Patricia Raybon

"On a lovely June night in 1924, amateur detective Annalee Spain is mingling bravely at a high-class political fundraiser in the lush backyard garden of famed political fixer Cooper Coates, one of the wealthiest men in Denver's Black neighborhood of FivePoints. When Coates's young daughter discovers a pretty stranger dead in her father's garden shed, Annalee is thrust onto the baffling new case just as she's reeling from another recent discovery-a handwritten letter, found buried in her own garden, thatreveals the identity of her mother. Not ready to face the truth about her hidden past, Annalee throws herself into solving the mystery of the young woman's demise. With the help of her pastor boyfriend Jack Blake, her orphaned buddy Eddie, and her trustworthy church friends, Annalee follows the clues to three seemingly disconnected settings-a traveling carnival set up downtown, a Black civic club, and a prestigious white seminary on the outskirts of Denver. Intriguing advice also comes from a famous, real-life Denver visitor. But is Annalee on the right track or just running in circles, fleeing from conflicts racing in her heart? In a taut, heart-gripping narrative driven by secrets, romance, and lies, Annalee must unravel a case with higher stakes than she imagined-one where answers about a lovely woman's death point to truths and tensions still throbbing today"

Series: Annalee Spain Mystery (3)
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