Christian Fiction New Releases: October 2026

Check out a selection of Christian Fiction books that are releasing in October 2026.

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Falling Into Us by Denise Hunter

She only meant to drop off a letter. She found a family instead. This fall romance from Denise Hunter is perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Hallmark movies.

Gabby Donaldson’s late mother left her with one final task: deliver a letter to her estranged mother. Once Gabby fulfills her mom’s deathbed promise, she’ll leave behind the grandmother she never knew and return to her carefully constructed life in the city. With a fulfilling career as a jewelry designer, she’s convinced she doesn’t need roots to feel whole.

But locating Rosemary proves more complicated than expected. And when journalist–and single dad–Mason Morrison offers help in exchange for telling her story, Gabby agrees. The arrangement seems simple enough: he gets the human-interest piece that could be his big break, and she gets to fulfill her mother’s final wish.

What neither anticipates is how quickly professional boundaries blur. As Gabby is drawn into Mason’s world–and the life he’s built with his precocious twelve-year-old daughter–Gibson begins to feel less like a stopover and more like home.

Yet the past has a way of complicating the present. If Gabby uncovers the truth about her family, will it free her to move forward–or make leaving impossible? And when the story is finally written, will she return to the life she planned . . . or risk falling into one she never saw coming?

Curl up with Falling Into Us for a sweet, slow-burn romance filled with unexpected family, small-town warmth, and the kind of love that feels a lot like coming home.

Crazy for Christmas by Penny Zeller

She’s a walking Christmas catastrophe. He’s a by-the-rules cop. Can they find true love this holiday season?

It’s Christmastime in Cloverdale Falls! Take a trip to the town you’ll want to become a resident of in this hilarious installment, perfect for the Christmas season and beyond. Can be read as a standalone, but is better enjoyed with the other books of the series.

She’s an extrovert who loves Christmas.
He’s an officer who loves law and order.
And there’s a Corgi.

More Than Enough by Krystina Renae Rankin

They say opposites attract but what if the odds are stacked against them?

Having grown up in foster care, music teacher and pianist Isabelle Parker is no stranger to change and upheaval. So when an opportunity presents itself to follow her best friend to the small, quaint town of White Lake, Texas, Isabelle doesn’t think twice about making the move. She quickly embraces the place as home, and even with her bold personality, purple hair, and unconventional teaching methods, most of the town seems to embrace her too; even if they don’t quite understand her.

Pastor Dustin Jansen likes structure and predictability. But there was no predicting that he would become a widower so young or be raising a daughter with severe anxiety all by himself. When his daughter Charlotte develops an affinity for music, her counselor suggests private lessons with Isabelle. Unsure if the bold and quirky music teacher is really the stability his daughter needs, Dustin is hesitant at first; but everyone around him assures him that she’s uniquely qualified for the job.

As Charlotte and Isabelle start working together, Dustin is struck by how much his usually shy and anxious daughter is coming out of her shell. Even more surprising is how he enjoys her company as well. But just as they start letting go of past hurts to see if opposites really do attract, outside obstacles threaten to destroy not only their budding relationship but the new lives they’ve both built in White Lake. Are their differences too much to overcome? Or will they be able to trust that with God’s help their love can be more than enough?

The Pastor’s Christmas Prayer by Mindy Obenhaus

A Christmas homecoming

Will bring shocking revelations to light…

Returning to Legacy Ranch with his two young daughters, widowed youth pastor Jonathon Bauer is delighted to find his first love, Meredith Hunt, is one of the owners. When Jonathon and Meredith are thrown together to oversee the annual Christmas Under the Stars event at the ranch, past affections stir between them. But Meredith has been keeping a secret since they were teens—one that she must reveal if she and Jonathon are ever to have a future together. Will the truth tear them apart…or give them everything they’ve always dreamed of?

Coordinates of Death by Darlene L. Turner

A police officer will do anything to catch the serial killer that got away—even if it means playing a deadly game in the icy wilderness.

Sweetwood Falls, Yukon, has seen too much terror for one small town. Corporal Aurora Hunt still blames herself for not catching the Shadow Box Killer before five women lost their lives. The killings stopped two years ago, and her colleagues believe the murderer is dead. But Aurora isn’t convinced.

A chilling discovery on a winter’s morning confirms her fears. The crime scene is all too familiar—a woman’s mutilated body, and beneath it, a box containing a gruesome souvenir. But this time, there’s a special message, daring Aurora to play a game that will lead her into the wilderness to try and save the next victim.

Canadian Watcher Squad survivalist Kordell Greene is part of the past that Aurora has tried to put behind her. He’s also the only person equipped to guide her through this deadly terrain. But somehow, the killer knows all their secrets. Solving cryptic clues as they battle the elements, Aurora and Kordell must confront dark truths they’ve withheld, even from each other. And always, the Shadow Box Killer is one step ahead, drawing them deeper into a twisted game where the slightest mistake may be their last.

Don’t Blink Twice by Cynthia Hickey, Terry Toler, Urcelia Teixeira, Mary Alford, Joni M. Fisher, June Foster

The adrenaline never stops.

Following the bestselling Don’t Blink collection comes more brand-new, pulse-pounding Christian suspense thrillers from today’s top award-winning authors. Each story delivers gripping danger, unexpected twists, and the kind of faith that refuses to falter under fire.

From hidden crimes in quiet towns to international conspiracies that threaten everything, these unforgettable tales prove that courage and conviction can outlast even the darkest evil.

Hold your breath. Trust your instincts.
But whatever you do—don’t blink twice.

THE HIDDEN DECEPTION – June Foster
The deeper they dig, the more secrets they uncover—and the closer danger draws. With enemies determined to protect their scheme, Lacey and Tim must rely on their faith and each other to expose the truth before it’s too late.

WHAT SISTERS KEEP – Urcelia Teixeira
A Southern suspense thriller with a quiet thread of faith, a gripping small-town mystery about sisterhood, loyalty, silence, and the cost of buried secrets.

GUARDIAN OF THE GALLERIES – Joni M. Fisher
She’s a former child prodigy with a master’s degree, an Italian arrest record, and a broken heart—until exposing the art gallery’s dirty secret pulls her into a dangerous investigation and an inconvenient romance that proves the hardest masterpiece to authenticate is trust.

EDGE OF TRUTH – Cynthia Hickey
Edge of Truth is the gripping prequel to the Sheriff of Misty Hollow series, revealing the case that shaped Shea Callahan, the killer she couldn’t put away, and the unfinished business that will one day follow her to Misty Hollow.

THE BLACK FILE – Mary Alford
She thought he was dead. Now they’re both being hunted. With danger at every turn and old wounds still unresolved, Eva and Lucas will have to trust each other again—or lose everything.
Because some secrets are worth killing for…and some truths refuse to stay buried.

WRONG GIRL, WRONG DAY – Terry Toler
Wrong Girl, Wrong Day weaves a high-stakes spy thriller with a story of faith, forgiveness, and a mother-daughter bond forged in the world’s most dangerous places.

Fatal Impulse by Janet Sketchley

If the runaway mom didn’t sneak back into town, who’s the snow-covered corpse wearing her coat?

Landon Smith doesn’t dare investigate. Juggling intense university courses, a fledgling romance, and an empty bed and breakfast, the twenty-four-year-old trauma survivor is fighting for her dreams. Yet her heart breaks for the hurting teen who’s convinced his mother is the body in the woods.

For his sake, she’ll dig into the secretive woman’s abrupt flight. But when the missing persons case ties into the murder, Landon fears she’s placed herself on the villain’s hit list.

With her mistakes mounting and her personal life imploding, can Landon uncover the truth—and maybe open the door to a family reunion—before she stands face to face with a killer?

Cozy mystery meets Christian women’s fiction in Fatal Impulse, the twisty fifth book in the Green Dory Inn mystery series. If you like female amateur sleuths who don’t quit, small-town characters who feel like friends, and mischievous cats, then you’ll love Janet Sketchley’s heartfelt whodunit. Buy Fatal Impulse and check into the Green Dory Inn today. Come for the mysteries, stay for the characters.

Wounds and Rescues by Kathleen Rouser

A nurse with a wounded heart. A former lawman haunted by loss. An attraction neither can afford.

Rose Sinclair has built a careful new life in Stone Creek, hiding her painful pastbeneath a high lace collar. When private investigator Caleb Ellis arrives claiming he’s found a grandfather for two orphans she’s grown to love, she’s determined not to trust him—or let him take the children she’s come to cherish.

Caleb needs Rose’s cooperation to reunite the children with their family. But as questions begin to surface and shadows from Rose’s past reappear, it becomes clear someone is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the truth buried.
Forced to travel west posing as husband and wife, Rose and Caleb must protect the children while outrunning a past determined to destroy them. As danger closes in, Caleb must confront the faith he abandoned, and Rose must decide if she can risk her heart again.

Because this time, trusting the wrong person won’t just break them—it could cost them everything. This faith-filled historical romance features a forced-proximity journey, blending danger, redemption, and a road that leads two wounded hearts toward love.

A Life with Felicity by Lyn Cote

A wounded Civil War veteran, a fearless woman with a calling, a child in distress, and a dangerous secret beside the Mississippi River… This emotionally gripping Christian historical novel features themes of healing, redemption, found family, and courageous faith. This story blends romance, suspense, and historical women’s fiction in a powerful tale of hope after war.

When Felicity Gabriel inherits a mansion along the Mississippi River, she is determined to turn it into a refuge for children orphaned by the Civil War. But her wealthy neighbors oppose her—and the children she tries to help are afraid of something far worse than hunger.

Judge Ty Hawkins returned from the war a scarred man, only to find his young daughter now fears him. Desperate for answers, he turns—reluctantly—to Felicity, the only person his child seems to trust. As Felicity’s mission draws her deeper into the shadows along the wharf, threats turn violent. Someone is determined to stop her.

Together, Felicity and Ty must risk everything to protect the innocent—and discover whether healing, faith, and love can rise from the ashes of war.

Promises to Keep by Linda Ford

Will she find something she isn’t looking for?

When Laney braves the snowy mountains in search of the father she thought was dead, the last thing she expects is a stagecoach driver who refuses to take her on the stagecoach with a storm approaching. She slips aboard without him noticing. Once she confronts her father, she intends to expand her horizons and travel.

Hawk might be a man with no family, and no idea of who he is, but he’s also a man of deep convictions and when he discovers that Laney has boarded the coach against his wishes, he promises to get her to safety. Even if it means making their way over the pass by foot.

Hawk and Laney discover warmth in each other that outmatches any storm.

But when the truth about her father comes to light, will the tender bond they’ve built survive?

Josephine Banff Bride by Marlene Bierworth

Josephine Gillian is a thief, on the run from her father and fiancé, who embarks on a hunt for a stepsister she didn’t know existed—until the day her world, as she knew it, fell apart. Brett Marenger is working his way west, heading for Bankhead, a newly established coal mining town, outside Banff, Alberta. Both collide during a train robbery while en route.

Josie’s Eastern traditions are challenged in a Western environment where nothing is familiar to the fleeing woman-child. Brett’s loneliness compels him to seek a mail-order bride. When all looks like opposites will never attract, a trip to the base of Cascade Mountain will settle the matter.

Was it providence that the role of a married woman had been forced on Josie to save her dignity and perhaps her life? Or did the façade signal their fate? Join Brett and Josie in this historical romance building between two unsuspecting hearts.

Note: The author’s third contribution to this National Park Brides series, (Josephine Banff Bride) begins in 1905, eighteen years following Louise’s arrival in Banff (Louise Banff Bride) and Rosa’s introduction in 1884 Marlene’s first book in the series, (Rosa Banff Hot Springs Bride,) which changed the landscape of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. All 3 books are standalone but progress in time from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.

Danish Days by Linda Shenton Matchett

Can hearts filled with hate find love?

Near the end of the “second war to end all wars,” Norwegian American OSS agent Frida Westgard finds herself assigned to Denmark, of all places. Initially sent as a radio operator, she is then transferred to Copenhagen to collect intelligence. A job made more dangerous when she becomes entangled in local resistance activities led by the handsome man known only as Rejsende–traveler.

Stig Arenfeldt has hated the Germans for as long as he can remember, so when they invade and occupy his beloved Denmark, he jumps at the chance to join the resistance. Now, five years later, the war may finally be at an end, but he won’t quit until the last soldier is gone…or dead. Then he’s paired with the attractive American agent who preaches forgiveness. A concept that has no place in his life. Unfortunately, the more they’re together, the more her words infiltrate his soul, and he begins to dread the day she’ll walk out of his life.

Shards of Grace by Kandice Fleming

In a city ruled by pagan deities, standing for the Christos could cost her everything.

Ephesus, 66 A.D.

Phoebe has worked hard for her independence. As a skilled potter in the thriving Roman metropolis, her hands shape the clay into a livelihood that keeps her beholden to no one. But beneath her quiet, hard-working life lies a dangerous secret: She has forsaken the idols and has followed the Way of the crucified Christ.

When her testimony of the Christos is overheard by an angry, unsympathetic listener, her carefully constructed world begins to fracture. But amidst the growing shadows, an unexpected ally falls into her life, stirring a deep, unspoken affection that Phoebe never allowed herself to dream of.

With the tensions mounting and the cries of “atheist” growing ever louder, will she compromise her faith to save her business and be with the man she loves, or will she find the strength to stand firm and step into an unsettled future?

Journey to ancient Ephesus and step into a story of unbreakable faith under fire in a hostile culture.

The Prodigy and the Telepath by Kenneth Bliss

He has more psionic abilities than anyone else. Yet he cannot silence the voices in his own mind.

\Thirteen-year-old Eric D’Tra’val is a certified psionic prodigy. He can move objects across a room, float above the Arizona desert, and lock down a terrorist with a thought. But none of his abilities can stop the grief consuming him after he buries the only mother he remembers.

Then he meets Sarah Robinson. Sarah is a newly awakened telepath, sensitive enough to hear past Eric’s mental defenses and into the thoughts he tries to hide. She understands grief too. After facing a devastating loss of her own, Sarah discovered that faith isn’t about avoiding pain, it’s about knowing where to turn when the pain comes.

Armed with Scripture and a faith she genuinely believes, Sarah isn’t intimidated by a thirteen-year-old boy who possesses more power than one human should ever have.

But Eric and Sarah are about to discover that their meeting was only the beginning.

THE AFTERNOON THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

When they investigate trespassers in a century-old Arizona mine, their search quickly turns into a fight for survival. Armed men are waiting underground.

A flooded shaft plunges hundreds of feet into darkness.

Eric’s psionic abilities erupt at the worst possible moments.

And something unseen has been targeting him since long before his mother’s funeral.

Trapped beneath the desert, Eric must push his abilities further than ever before while Sarah struggles to control her newly awakened telepathy. As danger closes in, they begin to realize that the battle surrounding them isn’t simply physical.

Something spiritual is fighting for Eric’s mind.

And Sarah’s faith may be the one thing standing between him and an enemy he cannot see.

Songs of Promise by Julia Casselman

Beyond our fallen world lies a Garden that never fell. There, Drea walks in unbroken fellowship with Creator and her community—until He asks her to carry His love beyond their Garden. She expects purpose but finds terror in a shattered world. Injured and alone in a desolate desert, Drea is overwhelmed by pain and fear. Believing she has lost Creator’s presence, she forgets why she came and is unaware of how to return. The deeper she steps into this broken world, the more it begins to unravel her, doubt and fear overshadowing truth.

Then she finds Jason—her purpose. Bound by shame and the weight of his past, Jason cannot believe he is worth saving. Yet if Drea finds her way home, she must bring him with her, or her mission has failed. Then a terrifying question arises. Could the effects of the fallen world on her, and Jason, follow her home?

Booked for Love by Malissa Chapin, Chautona Havig, Susanna Haymond, Martha Artyomenko Hurley, Joanne Markey, Marisa Masterson, Caitlin Nikolai, Dannielle Norwood, Mishael Austin Witty

Book clubs have always been about more than stories. What happens when a group of faith-filled matchmakers uses their love of books to pair hearts?

Matchmakers have been around since long before musicals began singing their praises. Seniors at church, friend groups, and even families try to pair people of like faith, shared passions, or familiar community. But what if your people, book people, got together and drew two book-loving (or soon will be!) hearts together? It’s a match made in literary (if not literal) heaven!

Love Twice Served by Malissa Chapin
Love is a dish occasionally served twice. In this gentle, faith-filled, second‑chance romance, split between the bustle of 1940s Harvey Houses and the comfort of a 1980s book club, you’ll enter a Midwestern town where community, grace, and a carefully guarded heart find their way back to hope.

Turnabout Is Fair Match by Chautona Havig
Imogen thought Olemann’s Books and their book club would match her grandson with the perfect bookish girl and heal his broken heart. But no one (including the Lord!) is following her carefully orchestrated plot, and the wrong people are getting matched! Or are they?

Connected by Susanna Haymond
Emily never imagined her grandmother’s book club would set her up with a cop who not only determines to keep her safe from a relentless stalker, but who she can also trust with her heart. But threats become attacks, and one question remains: will Josh stop this guy before tragedy strikes?

Match to Be Had by Martha Artyomenko Hurley
When newly widowed Mattie returns to her hometown, Elaine decides to rekindle a friendship and embroil Mattie in her latest matchmaking scheme at her newly formed Silent Book Club group. Can these two find the joy of friendship while helping others find love?

Hatched Marts by Joanne Markey
When discussing a romcom becomes solving major problems in the church, is a geriatric book club really the answer? Merry isn’t so sure, but she accepts the challenge and reinvents blind dates… with a book, that is. Add a bad guy and knitting needles, and book club just got way more exciting.

Monday Meddlers by Marisa Masterson
Introducing a book club that would rather scheme and matchmake than actually discuss the book. When the local librarian becomes their latest focus, secrets, laughter, and a little chaos follow. Will they reconcile the broken romance between a stubborn librarian and a proud rancher?

The Book Club on Willow Lane by Dannielle Norwood
When Nevaeh’s boss drags her into a book club filled with deeply intrusive women, she finds herself pushed into awkward conversations, unexpected friendships, and something even more terrifying: real connection. What was wrong with her nice, safe, AI chat bot boyfriend, Max?

The Teacher’s Secret by Caitlin Nikolai
She’s running from the past. He feels broken from his. When a meddling book club brings them together, will he be enough to protect her? Together, can they find peace and healing in Jesus’ Name?

The Straight Path Home by Mishael Austin Witty
After a workplace accident, Jonah Calloway moves to Chokeberry Falls and finds a steady job, a quiet apartment, and a book club that adopts him. But when anonymous notes appear and danger edges closer, Jonah must decide between running or trusting that God might be leading him down a path he never expected.

Join the book club. Fall in love. 

All is Bright in Evergreen Falls by Evelyn Grace Berry

She brings the sparkle. He’d rather avoid it. Christmas has other plans.

Poppy Matthews loves Christmas in Evergreen Falls—the twinkling lights, the fresh-cut evergreens, and even the glitter. What she doesn’t love is directing the church Christmas pageant. Again. Between running her flower shop, wrangling fifteen overexcited children, and keeping a cardboard camel upright, Poppy has more than enough on her plate.

Then Seth Collins walks in.

Quiet, capable, and decidedly lacking in Christmas cheer, Seth only intended to drop off his eight-year-old niece. Instead, he finds himself recruited to repair the pageant set—and spending far more time with its relentlessly cheerful director than he planned.

As rehearsals, gingerbread bribes, and one unfortunate glitter incident bring them closer, Poppy begins to suspect there’s more beneath Seth’s gruff exterior. But Seth has already lost someone he loved, and letting Poppy into his carefully guarded life means risking a kind of loss he’s not sure he could survive again.

This Christmas, amid the lights and laughter of Evergreen Falls, Poppy and Seth will have to decide whether protecting their hearts is worth missing the love that could make them whole.

Royal Chef’s Kiss by Mandy Boerma

Will they discover that love is the missing ingredient or will the secrets between them spoil the sweetest second chance of all?

Jamie Bowlin needs to find a new path in life, especially since she just lost her job.

When the king’s assistant calls and offers her a position inside the Nevive palace, Jamie accepts. Turns out she should have asked some questions because now she’s working for her late best friend’s husband. He’s a painful reminder of everything she’s lost.

Yet when life tastes bitter, Jamie finds comfort in a witty online friend who always knows what to say. Unaware that the person behind the screen is the very man testing her patience in real life, she starts to wonder if her own happily-ever-after might still be possible.

Palace chef Orlin Tarpen has a recipe for everything—except moving on.

Since losing his wife, he’s poured his heart into his cooking and what little family he has left. With the most important culinary competition of his career simmering on the horizon, Orlin has no time for distraction, especially Jamie Bowlin. Their constant disagreements make one thing clear: they couldn’t be more wrong for each other.

When long-buried feelings and unexpected secrets come to a boil, they’ll have to decide whether to walk away—or discover that love might be the missing ingredient they’ve been searching for all along.

No Room at the Inn by Karen Mae Kinney

She’s stirring up trouble. He’s playing by the rules. Their resident cat has other plans.

For barista Lexie Garcia, taking a gift shop job at a historic North Carolina plantation is a lifeline. Suddenly raising her fourteen-year-old brother, she needs a fresh start and a reliable paycheck. But Lexie isn’t one to sit quietly behind a register—she’s determined to turn a corner of the shop into a high-end coffee station to keep the business thriving through the winter.

There’s just one problem: Ian MacKay.

On the verge of taking over his family’s legacy, Ian needs stability, order, and absolute control to prove to his parents that he’s ready for the responsibility. The last thing he needs is a bold, quick-witted Chicago barista disrupting his meticulously managed property—or distracting him with her warmth and infectious smile.

Ian is determined to hold the line, but keeping his distance becomes impossible. Between strange little things that keep happening, an avalanche of visiting family members, and every guest room on the estate booked solid for Christmas, Ian’s carefully ordered world is thrown into total chaos.

Forced to work side-by-side as the holiday pressure mounts, Ian and Lexie try their best to keep things professional. But with heat building between them that could melt winter frost, they might just discover that the best gifts are the ones you never saw coming.

A Vintage Christmas to Remember: 22 Heartwarming Historical Romance Novelettes

★Twenty-two authors. Twenty-two unforgettable love stories. One unforgettable season.★

From snow-dusted frontier towns to snowbound Victorian manors to the shadow of war, this sweeping collection brings together twenty-two historical romances all wrapped in the hope of the season. Outlaws find redemption, strangers become sweethearts, secrets come to light, and second chances arrive right on time for Christmas.

Whether you love a marriage of convenience, a rugged cowboy, a mystery with a little danger, or a quiet miracle by the fire—there’s a story here for you! Get A Vintage Christmas to Remember today!

Pamela’s Plans by Amelia C. Adams
A broken engagement, a handsome postmaster – and two determined matchmakers who refuse to mind their own business.

The Christmas Choir by Marlene Bierworth
The sweetest miracles aren’t found beneath the Christmas tree; they live in keeping promises, reaching out to others, and giving the gift of love.

A Bride Goes West for Christmas by Heather Blanton
Will a pampered Southern belle trade comfort for the frontier — and a daring cowboy?

When You Find a Sprig of Holly by F. Tilley Brownne
A desperate prayer. A missing soldier. Can one sprig of holly bring a miracle at Christmas?

Second Chance Christmas by Cat Cahill
It’s her turn to fall in love . . .

The Christmas Wedding by Patricia PacJac Carroll
She’s waiting for the words from his heart. Instead he built a home with his hands.

Christmas in the Cave by Matthew Hawk Eldridge
A tale of love and survival in the Appalachian wild!

The Wrong Christmas Match by Winnie Griggs
Two determined young matchmakers are about to get everything wonderfully wrong.

Christmas at the Mistletoe Ranch by Stacey Haynes
She came to save her uncle’s ranch. He planned to sell it. Christmas had other ideas.

Married by Christmas by Marie Higgins
She agreed to a temporary marriage… but Christmas had other plans.

One Crazy Christmas by Janice Cole Hopkins
Two hearts, an impulsive act, and one crazy Christmas they’ll never forget.

While Shepherds Watched by Edwina Kiernan
In a snowbound manor, quiet faith and a deadly scheme collide as dark secrets come to light.

One Last Match by Sarah Lamb
She’s spent her whole life finding others happiness. Is she too late for her own?

Unlikely Treasures by Lynne Lanning
He doesn’t want to marry. She needs an escape. Neither expected love.

Clara’s Christmas Journey by Paulette D. Marshall
She stopped searching for love, only to discover God had been writing her greatest love story all along.

A Prodigal Christmas by Linda Shenton Matchett
Can a prodigal and the woman he left behind find their way home to love?

A Bluestocking for Christmas by Jessica Nelson
A desperate earl, a lonely bluestocking, and a sprig of mistletoe.

Miss Brennan Causes a Fuss by Lisa M. Prysock
Faith brought her to Grace Creek. Love made her stay. One Victorian Christmas that changed everything.

Starlight Christmas by Danni Roan
When darkness falls, one star shines bright.

A Matter of Margins by Donna Schlachter
A missing book. A stolen page. A secret someone desperately guards. One mystery they must unravel.

A Majestic Christmas by Sydney Schmied
A woman seeking purpose. A man fighting for her safety. A deadly case threatens the love between them.

Christmas at Hope Springs by Brooks Wright
A desperate outlaw discovers faith, forgiveness, and unexpected love in a Colorado town transformed by the hope of Christmas.

One Last Shot at Christmas by Heidi McCahan

When old loves face off,
A holiday wish will break the ice.

When Jenna Sharpe unexpectedly finds herself the guardian of her five-year-old nephew, her plan is to pack his things, return to Tulsa for her long-awaited promotion and leave Opportunity, Alaska, for good. Her plan is certainly not to get involved with former professional hockey player Wyatt Morgan—the man whose heart she broke. But when the town—and little Henry—pressure Jenna to take over the traditional Christmas lights festival, Wyatt jumps in to help. With feelings reigniting and her job on the line, Jenna will be forced to ask herself where her home—and her heart—really belong.

Healing the Rodeo Cowboy by Tabitha Bouldin

Has this grumpy cowboy
Met his perfect match?

Bronc rider Jackson Rawlings has been burned by love before. But after an injury sends him to Thorn Creek Ranch to recover, he runs into Wendy Hawthorne, who is trying to save her family’s failing ranch. With Jackson planning to return to the rodeo circuit, Wendy has no plans of getting attached to the crabby cowboy, nor his adorable four-year-old daughter. Yet neither can resist the pull of the idyllic country ranch…or their growing attraction to each other. When Wendy requests Jackson’s help with a fundraiser rodeo, will their unexpected partnership bloom into something more, or fizzle out before it’s even begun?

A K-9 Christmas Blessing by Tina Radcliffe

Can a sweet Christmas K-9
Make this sudden reunion bright?

After rescuing an injured beagle, therapy dog trainer Jo Webster reluctantly turns to the new veterinarian in town, who’s also her former fiancé. But when Nate Morris suggests a prosthetic leg for the wounded dog, there’s no way Jo can afford it. Reluctantly, she agrees to a part-time job at his clinic during the Christmas season to pay for the treatment. Soon, Jo learns Nate is not the same man she broke off her engagement to years ago. If they can learn to forgive each other for past hurts, they might build something new and beautiful together for the holidays—and forever.

Her Amish Christmas Memories by Patricia Johns

A Christmas to remember
Could bring back everything she’s forgotten.

After a terrible accident, Millie Zook can’t remember anything: not her family, not her past, not even her best friend, Jonah Yoder. But the kind, Amish bachelor has been a devoted presence…and Millie finds herself developing feelings for him. Jonah has loved Millie since childhood, but she’s never wanted anything more than friendship, so he’s certain that once she regains her memories, these newfound feelings will fade. As Millie fits the pieces of her life together this holiday season, she’ll need to decide if the friend she always overlooked is the answer that her heart’s been searching for…

Their Amish Christmas Courtship by Virginia Wise

Will his Christmas mission
Lead them back to love?

Returning home to Pennsylvania, Amish bachelor Abel Riehl has a plan: Remind Miriam Stoltzfus of their childhood pact to marry if they are still single at thirty-three. But after thirteen years apart, their reunion is a disaster! Then the town busybody steps in, pushing them to work on Miriam’s farm together. Quickly, long-buried affections start to resurface. But Miriam has so many family responsibilities in Bluebird Hills, and Abel has a business in Pinecraft. If they can open their hearts, this Christmas encounter might turn into something a little more permanent…

Montana Christmas Target by Terri Reed

Running from armed gunmen—
and seeking a safe refuge.

Sculptor Fiona Halverson is shocked to stumble upon her ex-fiancé’s murder—just before a masked attacker attempts to abduct her. She’s rescued by FBI Special Agent Bryce Springs, who is investigating a counterfeit ring that points directly to Fiona’s art gallery. Forced to flee from a dangerous crime boss during a brutal blizzard, Fiona and Bryce must uncover how her gallery became part of a criminal operation—and prove her innocence. Facing armed adversaries and the treacherous storm, they’ll risk everything to expose the truth. But with every step, the fight for justice becomes a battle for their very survival.

Colorado Christmas Kidnapping by Rhonda Starnes

When a baby is in danger,
every second counts.

After the mob brutally murders her husband and her witness protection handler, Paisley Scott has no choice but to run. With her baby in her arms, she seeks refuge at Wyatt Snyder’s remote Colorado ranch, a place she hopes is far enough away to keep them safe. But the mob’s reach is vast, and their resources are endless. Danger looms closer with each passing day, and the safety she’s desperate to find feels increasingly out of reach. The enemy is always one step ahead, calculating their every move. One misstep could destroy everything Paisley is fighting to protect—and time is quickly running out.

Cold Case Arson Investigation by Kerry Johnson

A decades-old crime.
A secret ready to explode.

Trapped in a burning barn, fire ranger Clay Reiger barely escapes with his ex-girlfriend, fire marshal Autumn Jennings, as the inferno rages out of control. Soon a chilling pattern emerges—fires eerily similar to those set by a serial arsonist who disappeared years ago. As the past resurfaces, the danger becomes impossible to ignore. With their lives under attack and a long-buried secret threatening to reignite old wounds, Clay and Autumn must confront their shared history. Can they unravel a deadly mystery and stop a vengeful criminal before more lives are lost?

Peril in the Rockies by Jill Elizabeth Nelson

Hunted in a blizzard…
a child’s life depends on this K-9 duo.

Rescuing the inhabitants of a wrecked Jeep, park ranger Gabriel McCray and his K-9 partner, Macky, suddenly find themselves under gunfire. But who would be shooting at a woman and a baby in a blizzard? Now the ex-military pararescueman will risk everything—including his life and career—to protect deputy US marshal Tara Markson and her infant niece from hired killers. But when their desperate escape leads them into an ambush in the mountains, can they make their way to safety…before the criminals finalize their deadly plan?

Unraveling a Crime Ring by Valerie Hansen

When a kidnapper strikes,
a K-9 team leaps into action.

FBI Special Agent Emmett Dane and his K-9 partner, Gemma, thwart a masked man’s abduction of a woman and child with only seconds to spare. But from the moment they take single mom Winona Garland and her adopted baby girl into protective custody, Emmett and Gemma are met with a constant barrage of attacks. Who has this K-9 duo in their sights—a sinister baby trafficking conspiracy…or a lethally vengeful enemy? With danger everywhere in the icy Colorado mountains, Emmett and Winona must uncover the truth before someone’s obsessive endgame finishes them for good…

Secrets in Amish Country by Mary Alford

The truth could cost her everything…
even her life.

Eve Lantz’s life takes a deadly shift when her return home after her brother’s sudden death is met with gunfire from an unknown assailant. Still haunted by her father’s unsolved murder, Eve is determined to uncover the truth behind the tragedies surrounding her family. Joining forces with her childhood friend, Assistant Police Chief Casey Masterson, she plunges into a dangerous investigation. Casey vows to protect Eve and expose the secrets linking these crimes, but the deeper they go, the more perilous their search becomes. The shadowy perpetrator will stop at nothing to keep his dark secrets hidden—and Eve may be the next victim.

Ghosts We Unmask by Chelsea Michelle

An abandoned house. A recent murder. And a ghost story brought to life …

Always a magnet for trouble, Michelle Watson befriends a newcomer who has unknowingly purchased one of Maple Springs’ most notorious farms. A murder on the property grounds only seems to solidify the townspeople’s suspicions.

Pulled in by her twin sister’s curiosity, Chelsea Watson agrees to help as rumors grow louder. Logical and level-headed, she looks for explanations that make sense, even as the strange events at Bennett Farms test her confidence.

To separate fact from fiction, the twins and their friends do what no one else will: spend the night at the alleged haunted house. As coincidences mount, Chelsea and Michelle realize the situation may be far more dangerous than they anticipated.

Is someone using the ghost story to hide a darker secret? Or does Hazel still have unfinished business at Bennett Farms?

With their friend’s future on the line, the twins must uncover the truth before she loses everything she’s worked for, or worse, … before Hazel and Bennett Farms claim another victim.

Ghosts We Unmask is a short Christian cozy mystery filled with faith, humor, romance, friends, and family. Buy today to find out if the twins solve their small town ghost story.

Deadly Charade by Lynette Eason and Kelly Underwood

One wrong move and their cover is blown. So their charade sparking real feelings is the last twist they can afford.

Special Agent Kira Miller’s new career at the FBI has started–in translations. It’s not the opportunity she was hoping for to show off her skills, until she detects a lead in some paperwork. Now assigned an undercover role, she’s in her element as she gathers intel on an art smuggling ring. She’s daunted not by the mission but by her cover–posing as a married woman to the fake husband she met less than twenty-four hours earlier.

Special Agent Bryce Lambert’s assignment to go undercover as a newlywed couple with Kira has the two of them moving next door to the prime suspects, and a relationship is the last thing he wants, fake or real. With secret auctions and hidden treasures, there’s plenty to keep them busy–if only they can play the part their lives and careers depend upon while keeping their own hearts in check.

Romantic suspense novelists Lynette Eason and Kelly Underwood collaborate in this fast-paced, clean thriller delivering fake-dating tension, forced proximity, and FBI intrigue.

Deadly Memories by Laura Scott

Former Army soldiers protecting the innocent…

What she can’t remember might kill her…

When a young woman collapses on Regan “Doc” Harmon’s doorstep, he doesn’t believe her amnesia is real. Recognizing her as Fiona Murphy, daughter of the millionaire horse trainer Liam Murphy convinces Doc she’s a complication he’d rather avoid. Yet, there’s no mistaking the genuine fear reflected in her eyes, and when armed men show up on his cabin, clearly searching for her, he has little choice but to protect her.

Fiona Murphy’s memory is nothing but a fog, but she can’t shake the fear that plagues her. Someone wants her dead and Fiona is very much afraid that what she can’t remember would kill her. Doc is the only man she can trust with her life, but can she also trust him with her heart?

Lost Girls by Susan Sleeman

A chilling secret beneath the surface…
The picturesque small town of Lost Lake suffers when a series of young women disappear without a trace. The town’s tranquility shatters, prompting the arrival of Lauren Benson, a determined FBI agent. But before she arrives, Jude French, a rugged Lost Lake Locator with a haunted past, is hired to find one of the girls.

Presents them with the ultimate test.
Forced to work together despite their conflicting investigative styles, Lauren and Jude embark on a perilous journey to unravel the mystery behind the disappearances. As they delve deeper into Lost Lake’s dark underbelly, they must rely on each other like never before to survive. In a heart-stopping showdown, they confront the true mastermind behind the disappearances, risking everything to bring justice to the victims and closure to the town. And putting their hearts on the line as they do.

This clean Christian romantic suspense delivers heart-pounding tension, second-chance romance, and a message of trusting God when the evidence seems impossible.

West by Susan May Warren

THE EXPLOSIVE FINALE TO THE HUNT FOR ALAN MARTIN SERIES

She ditched her security detail. And now she’s in over her head. And the only man who can save her is the one who refuses to follow anyone’s rules.

Britta White is the President’s daughter. Code name: Starlight. The most protected woman in America.

For one weekend in Key West, she just wanted to be Britta.

No bodyguards. No protocols. Just a friend’s wedding, flip-flops, and freedom.

Then the yacht explodes. The wedding becomes a battlefield. And Alan Martin — the terrorist who’s been one step ahead across four continents — finally has exactly what he’s been waiting for.

West Young came to Key West to disappear. Former Marine. Done with rules, regulations, and systems that grind people down. He wasn’t looking for complications.

But he can’t walk away from her.

She’s everything he escaped — protocols, restrictions, the weight of other people’s expectations. He’s everything her world warns against — unpredictable, uncontrollable, impossible to contain.

Running for their lives together is a terrible time to fall in love.

They’re doing it anyway.

SEAL of Refuge by Jessica Ashley

He pulled her from the water. Now he’ll do anything to keep her alive.

A Navy SEAL with nothing left to fight for.

A woman with no memory of what happened and a bounty on her head.

When Ryker “Tank” Granger pulls Dahlia Swanson from a sinking car, he thinks it’s a one-time rescue. But when it becomes clear that someone put her in that water, he realizes he couldn’t have been more wrong.

Dahlia has dedicated her life to helping others. Now she’s being hunted, with no answers and nowhere safe to turn.

Except him.

Now under Ryker’s protection, Dahlia quickly learns he isn’t a man who walks away.

And the closer they get, the more this stops being a mission.

It becomes personal.

Because Dahlia isn’t just another life to save anymore—she’s his.

And anyone who comes for her will have to go through him first.

A gripping Christian romantic suspense featuring a protective hero and the woman who gave him something to fight for.

One Dreams by Luana Ehrlich

Silas goes on the hunt for a killer who murdered a former intelligence operative.
Was it a terrorist attack? A revenge killing? A family dispute? A gang-related hit?

The former spy warned Silas about a terrorist group operating in the Dallas area just hours before he was shot, but the victim’s family doesn’t believe the police are taking the threat seriously, so they turn to Silas and his team at Discreet Corporate Security Services to run their own investigation.

Since Silas is convinced the shooter must be connected to a terrorist group, he assigns Lillian Cole, his newest director and someone with experience in counterterrorism, to partner with him to investigate the terrorism angle, while he assigns the rest of his investigators to look for other suspects.

The next day, Silas has multiple suspects . . .
Silas never expected his investigators to find additional suspects, but when they present him with three other possibilities, he agrees to consider them, even though he remains convinced the killer is a member of a Hezbollah sleeper cell in the Dallas area.

The day after that, Silas has a surprising breakthrough . . .
The victim’s widow discovers two pages of cryptic notes her husband scribbled in a journal, and once Silas and Lillian decipher them, they realize the notes are clues to where they can find the terrorist group.

On that same day, Silas has to confront his feelings . . .
Even though Silas has had several opportunities to tell Lillian he’s in a relationship with Ashley Davenport, he keeps putting it off. Why? He’s not sure, but today he plans to tell her—maybe.

Two days later, Silas has to make a risky decision . . .
At a critical moment in the investigation, Silas gets a phone call that suddenly takes the case in an entirely different direction and brings him face-to-face with the killer. With lives hanging in the balance, he’s forced to make a decision. He prays it’s the right one.

One Dreams delivers a clean Christian suspense novel with a gripping murder investigation, a plot that moves at the pace of a thriller, a touch of romantic tension, and a faith message that’s woven naturally into the story.

Christmas Under Fire by Dana R. Lynn, Jenna Brandt, Jessica Ashley

Stolen Silence – Dana R. Lynn
Jenna Stone has spent her life believing she was adopted—until private investigator Brody Carson arrives with a stunning truth: she was kidnapped as a child. Hired to find her by the family who never stopped searching, Brody is determined to uncover the truth before Jenna vanishes again. But someone has spent years keeping her identity buried . . . and will kill to protect the lie. Haunted by the loss of his own little sister, Brody sees this case as a last chance at redemption. As danger closes in, Jenna must decide if trusting him will save her life—or cost them both everything.

A Hope for the Heroic Firefighter – Jenna Brandt
Brandon Holloway just got his dream job—fire chief of his small hometown. He’s barely settling into his new routine when a huge arson case falls into his lap, one so complicated he’s forced to call in the county for assistance. What he doesn’t expect is to find himself interested in the arson investigator sent to help him.
Desiree Garcia fought her way into the arson division after years of being iced out. Now that she finally has the chance to prove herself, she’s not willing to let anything stop her from solving her first big case, not even the handsome fire chief at the epicenter.
Will Brandon give into his growing attraction? Will Desiree let down her guard for a chance at love? And what happens when the danger surrounding the case threatens both their lives?

Proof of Life – Jessica Ashley
Maverick built his life on quiet control. He doesn’t even touch the alcohol he serves, but the bar he inherited from his grandfather is his sanctuary, far from the man he used to be.
Until she walks in.
Haunted and on the run, she’s everything he should turn away. Instead, he gives her a place where no one will touch her.
The closer they get, the more the lines he swore he’d never cross start to blur.
And when her past catches up, Maverick will have to decide just how far he’s willing to go to keep her alive.

The December Target by Kristen Hogrefe Parnell, Lisa Phillips, Sara Davison

Silent Fight – Kristen Hogrefe Parnell
Nadine Rivas’ vocal career crumbles after someone sabotages her private music studio with chlorine gas. For her recovery, she and her emotionally distant husband Dante relocate to their Rosemary Beach condo, where Nadine hopes counseling might save their marriage. As a biotech company executive, Dante wants Nadine to relaunch her career by headlining his company’s Christmas gala. More threats to their lives occur, and Nadine suspects her husband is the real target. She resolves to unmask the perpetrator at the gala, risking everything for the truth and another chance for their marriage.

The Light of Christmas – Lisa Phillips
Newly settled in as sheriff, Beau Mitchell is determined to prove Rend is no longer ruled by fear and corruption. Christmas should be a season of peace and restored trust—but Beau knows the past doesn’t stay buried just because the town strings up lights.
True crime podcaster Heidi Walters arrives from New Hampshire with a secret agenda and no plan to stay. Officially, she’s fixing up a neglected old mansion for the holidays. Unofficially, she’s investigating the cold case no one in Rend wants reopened: her mother’s murder thirty years ago. As Heidi digs through whispers and buried files, strange things at the mansion—footsteps, broken locks, missing notes, personal warnings—make it clear someone knows why she’s there.
When the threats turn real, Beau must decide whether to stop Heidi or help her. Because if her mother’s murder is tied to secrets still alive in Rend, someone will do anything to keep the truth buried.

The Ice List – Sara Davison
Bodyguard Dale Earnhardt Torrens can’t decide who’s his biggest threat—the bad guy threatening his client or the client herself.
Dale isn’t happy when his boss calls him into work as he’s about to go on vacation. His mood goes from bad to worse when he realizes the woman he is tasked with keeping safe is the one who destroyed his life three years earlier.
Forced to go into hiding with the last person he ever wanted to see again, Dale vows to keep whoever is targeting her from exacting his revenge.
Now he just has to keep himself from doing the same.

The Glades by Angela Hunt

When Katherine Armstrong arranges a birthday weekend on her husband’s private island in the Everglades, she plans for everything: the guest list, the menu, the flowers, the careful distance between herself and the dark water beyond the dock.

She does not plan for the storm.

By nightfall, the power is gone, the mainland is unreachable, and something in the mangrove shadows has begun to move. Katherine has spent years building a life that looks flawless from the outside. Now, with her children beside her and the water on every side, she will have to decide what that life was actually worth.

Sixty years earlier, a World War II veteran named Conrad Boone made a decision on these same waters — one that seemed containable, even necessary, at the time. He passed the consequence of that decision to his family. They learned to live with it. And the island learned to keep its secrets.

Until the storm.

The Glades moves between a Florida that no longer exists and a Florida that is drowning in its own inheritance, between a man who thought he could manage what he’d done and a woman who never knew there was anything to manage. What lives beneath the water has been patient for sixty years.

It will not be patient much longer.

What Could Go Right? by Jessica Wakefield

He spent three years burying his heart. She keeps bringing it back to life.

Neve Sutton loves her quiet life running Melody’s Café and hanging with her close-knit group of friends in East Nashville. Staying safely behind the scenes has always suited her just fine—until a local television station offers her the chance to host a ten-week Nashville Natives Take on Nashville series.

Suddenly, the life she’s carefully protected begins to change.

Jay Mayfield has spent the last three years keeping the world at arm’s length after losing his fiancée. Quiet, dependable, and always the first to step in when something goes wrong, Jay is far more comfortable helping other people than facing his own grief.

Helping Neve with the show should have been simple.

Instead, somewhere between chaotic filming days, late-night drives, and the growing realization that his best friend is changing, Jay finds himself feeling things he never thought he would.

Because sometimes the scariest question isn’t what could go wrong?

It’s… what could go right?

A faith themed, heartfelt friends-to-more romance featuring an emotionally guarded hero, a bright and witty heroine, and a story about grief, friendship, and finding the courage to move forward.

A Hometown Kind of Love by Janine Rosche

First love. Second chance. And one Friday-night-lights kiss they can’t forget.

Rowan Wilkes was eighteen the last time Lucas Hemingway kissed her at the fifty-yard line of Maple Lake High School. The next day, she drove out of town with a guitar in the back seat and a graduation tassel swinging from the rearview mirror, swearing she’d never look back.

She’s spent twelve years in Nashville keeping that promise.

Now she’s the country music star with a hit song the whole world thinks is about a fictional boy. He’s not fictional. And neither are her quiet, sleepless nights.

Lucas Hemingway is the boy who stayed.

The Sweetest Thing About You by Alyssa Schwartz

He was the last man she expected. She was the last reason he’d ever stay.

Charlotte Montgomery thought she was getting engaged. She got passed over—for the rockstar Parisian pastry chef her almost-fiancé hired instead of promoting her. Four years of her life. One champagne bucket. One brand-new competitor with a better résumé.

So she does the most impulsive thing she has ever done in her thirty-one perfectly-piped years. She buys a ticket to Maple Lake. And five minutes after she walks into the town square, she throws ten dollars into what she thinks is a homeless man’s donation cup.

It is not a donation cup. It’s a Colombian roast. And the man on the bench is most decidedly not homeless. He’s the contractor her aunt and uncle just hired to renovate the family bakery, which is one quiet financial crisis away from closing for good.

Wes Donovan came home for one month. Long enough to meet his niece. Long enough to settle a few things at his family’s woodshop. Not long enough to fall for a New York pastry chef in a flour-smudged apron.

She’s been looking for somewhere to belong for ten years. He’s been running away from the only place he ever had. Two plane tickets. One month. And one Maple Lake bakery about to remind them both what home actually feels like.

A Christmas Like This by Jessica Kate

She doesn’t believe in Christmas. He doesn’t believe in giving up on her.

Holly Evans has thirty-seven dollars in the bank, a foam chicken hat on her head, and one last shot at the screenwriting career she’s been clinging to since she was twenty-one. The offer? A small-town Christmas rom-com. Six-week deadline. And a producer who didn’t want her thriller about Santa losing his magic—but loved the idea as a romance.

There’s only one tiny problem. Holly is the least Christmassy person in the Western Hemisphere. She’s an Aussie. She wouldn’t know a snow angel if she tripped over one. Not to mention her family hasn’t done a real Christmas dinner since the divorce.

Enter Joe Winters. Maple Lake, Minnesota. Tourism consultant. Christmas personified. The guy who once got fired for decorating the public bathroom as Santa’s Official Bathroom. His career is on the line too—he needs Maple Lake to land as a streamer Christmas-movie filming location, and he needs Holly to fall in love with the town badly enough to write it into her script.

She came to write a love story. She didn’t plan on starring in one.

But Joe’s picture-perfect Christmases hide something. And the more Holly digs, the more she wonders what Mr. Mistletoe is really protecting.

She’s spent a decade convincing herself she doesn’t need Christmas. He’s spent a decade convincing the rest of the town to believe harder. Six weeks. One Aussie screenwriter pretending to feel the magic. One small-town tourism guy quietly carrying more than he lets on. And a script that’s about to start writing itself.

This Shore of Light by K. C. Ireton

A Small Town. A Big Secret. One Chance to Heal. 

In the small Pacific Northwest town of Port Lawrence, five people search for a way forward in the wake of broken trust and lost hope.

Molly McIntyre spends her days teaching fourth grade and her evenings and weekends caring for her grandmother Eleanor, a woman of deep faith who lives with chronic pain. The rest of Molly’s time is spent volunteering at the community theater. Though she loves the magic of a good play, she doesn’t trust actors—they’re too good at what they do.

Tristan Stuart always wanted to be a movie star. But he put that dream aside when he decided to leave Hollywood to care for his sick mother, Diana. She longs for her other son, whom she hasn’t seen in years, to come home, too. But Tristan’s father wants no such thing; he hopes his second son will stay gone forever.

After nine months away from the hustle of Hollywood, Tristan’s lifelong dream has turned to dust and ashes, and he has no idea what to do—until he meets Molly.

As Tristan presses forward into a new life, Molly retreats in fear. But in slow fits and starts, their relationship begins to blossom—until Tristan’s past collides with his present and shatters Molly’s fragile faith in him, forcing them and their families to confront a heartbreaking truth.

A Journey of Love, Grace, and Following the Light

With This Shore of Light, immerse yourself in a story where the tides of life reveal beauty in the midst of trials—where love, family, and faith guide each step toward a brighter shore.

Not So Very Sensible by Carolyn Miller

Two Sisters Navigate the Minefield of Modern Dating
 
Elinor and Katie Bennett are as opposite as sisters can be: Elinor loves structure, planning and design, while Katie’s head is in the clouds as she chases fanciful, romantic dreams. A college graduation trip to the Blue Mountains sees them staying at the Hydro Grand hotel for a murder mystery weekend. There, they end up meeting two men who just might hold the keys to their hearts—taking the sensible Elinor Bennett by surprise while crushing the romantic Katie’s hopes. . .and proving that the path of love doesn’t always follow one’s plans or dreams.

The Emma Special by Mandi Blake, Tasha Hackett

One hitchhiking fairy. One lawyer late for work. Enter: Confetti.

Emma Glass might pretend to be a princess for birthday parties, but her life is anything but a fairytale. Too bad princess gigs don’t pay into a 401K or provide health insurance—something she desperately needs for an old knee injury.

James Moore’s life changed the day he stopped to give a fairy a ride to book club. Now his high school crush is the new assistant at his law firm, and he’s falling for her all over again.

And when Emma won’t accept his money for knee surgery, he proposes another, totally reasonable solution—marriage.

They couldn’t be more different, and this marriage is supposed to be…convenient. Neither of them is prepared for when it starts to look less like a business agreement and more like happily ever after.

The Emma Special is a Christian, smalltown romance with depth and lots of laughs. The Kiss and Tell series centers around a hilarious group of women who stick by each other through thick and thin and should be read in order.

The Heartfelt Formula by Leslie Kirby Devooght

She’s got a formula for love… but real life isn’t a Christmas movie.

After another breakup, Atlanta attorney Hope Elliot decides to stop waiting for her happily-ever-after and write it herself. Inspired by her beloved Christmas romance movies, Hope crafts The Heartfelt Formula: a foolproof plan including snowball fights, cookie baking, and a perfectly timed first kiss.

Trading the big city for coastal Georgia, Hope sets out to find her small-town soulmate. But the actors in her carefully plotted scenes keep shuffling—especially when Brennan Taylor, her ambitious co-counsel continues to fill in for Cole Walker, the carefree furniture maker, who Hope cast as her hero.

Between courtroom drama, a mismatched leading man, and a mistletoe mishap, Hope must decide if she’ll trust her formula or accept a plot twist that might leave her all alone, or perhaps, with happiest ending of all.

A faith-filled romantic comedy for anyone who believes love, like Christmas, can still surprise you.

The Ranger’s Restoration by Lori Soard

He thought closing his heart would protect it. He never expected restoration to begin with an old friend.

If you enjoy heartfelt Christian romance filled with breathtaking landscapes, lifelong friendships, and second chances, you’ll love The Ranger’s Restoration.Lionel Garrick lost the woman he was going to marry due to his best friend’s treachery. Now he’s returned to Cedarfontein, bitter and cynical, but being a ranger in the wetlands surrounding the town suits him just fine. Some wounds never heal. The woods ask nothing of him, and the inhabitants of the forest never lie.

Then Ariel Brooks arrives․

Lionel’s childhood best friend Ariel Brooks has arrived from the United States to stay for two weeks. She doesn’t expect Lionel to have grown into a man who keeps everybody at arm’s length, setting an emotional distance she can never cross. But instead of letting him disappear behind guilt and heartbreak, she nudges him back toward the community that never stopped caring about him.

As autumn settles upon Cederfontein, old memories intermingle with new friendships, and Lionel and Ariel wonder whether the love they’d each been looking for was always there.

But before Lionel can tell Ariel that he loves her, he must first learn to deal with his past grief, and to understand that restoration isn’t found by outrunning the past…it’s found by trusting the One who can make all things new.

Can a man who has spent years protecting fragile habitats discover that God has been restoring his own heart all along?

The One I Didn’t Expect by Sara R. Turnquist

The last thing they need is another complication. The last thing they expect is each other.

Veterinary student Josephine “Jo” Mercer is heading home to Fox Grove for her ten-year high school reunion carrying more than an overstuffed suitcase. Beneath her smile lies a growing fear that the dream she’s worked years to achieve may be slipping through her fingers.

Zoo Educator Ethan Langston has problems of his own. His career is at a crossroads, and no amount of careful planning seems able to fix it. The last thing he expects is to spend ten hours trapped in a car with his sister’s best friend—the girl he once secretly admired.
When one mishap after another derails their road trip, old assumptions are challenged, walls begin to crumble, and unexpected feelings start to take root. But as the miles pass, so do the opportunities to ignore the questions neither of them wants to face.

Will they keep clinging to the futures they’ve carefully planned—or trust God with a story neither of them saw coming?

The One I Didn’t Expect is a heartwarming Christian romance filled with humor, friendship, lovable animals, and the reminder that sometimes God’s best plans are the ones we never expected.

The Sisterhood of Unlikely Friends by Sara Brunsvold

She’s spent a lifetime keeping her heart under lock and key. Now others are reaching out. But is she ready to receive them?

At forty-two, fiercely independent Jess Becker is starting over in Kansas City with minimal furniture, two houseplants, and a newfound faith. After a lifetime of poor choices, she’s determined to finally get it right.

When she befriends her fourteen-year-old neighbor and agrees to drive her to church, she’s swept into a caring community where she meets Reva, a wise mentor figure, and Austie, a troubled young woman. Jess reluctantly opens her home to pizza nights with her new friends, unwittingly opening her heart to a sisterhood of faith.

Just as these relationships begin reshaping her carefully controlled life, Jess receives news that changes everything. Now she must decide whether to accept the very help she’s been trying to give others or risk losing everything she’s worked so hard to build.

Sara Brunsvold presents an authentic story about the transformative power of community, exploring themes of vulnerability, redemption, and the courage it takes to let others in. Perfect for readers of Christian women’s fiction and inspirational stories about female friendship, faith, and belonging.

What Remains Is Grace by Tina N. Shelton

Award-winning author pens a moving literary tale about the inconvenience of aging and the power of going home

It’s 1997, and college grad Grace Downing is taking the next big step in her career: a teaching job on the North Shore of Chicago. She packs up her life and makes the journey, only to discover upon arrival that the offer has been rescinded. Reeling, she refuses to return home and ends up on the South Side, teaching Honors English at the very same high school where her childhood crush now works.

Longtime family friend Candi has been living in Grace’s childhood home for the last several years, and had been caring for their elderly neighbor Nelda, who passed away the year prior. So when a devastated Grace calls her, Candi welcomes her with open arms despite internal battles with grief, memories, and questions about Nelda’s life-and the looming decision of whether to care for her estranged husband next.

When Grace’s sister comes to stay with them, the three band together to learn more about Nelda’s history, her myriad secrets, and her unfinished stories. As the women wrestle with their individual pasts, they grow into roles they didn’t expect—and discover God in ways new and profound for each of them.

A Bookshop for Christmas by Heidi Chiavaroli

Seven estranged cousins. One ambitious project. A hundred ways it could all go very wrong.

When Brooke’s beloved grandparents die unexpectedly, their final wish brings her scattered family back to Hope Creek, including Jeremiah, the boy she once loved—the same boy who abandoned them when the Chilton clan disintegrated years ago. Despite the long-held grudges and awkward secrets that kept them all apart, Brooke and Jeremiah convince the Chilton cousins to help honor their grandparents’ last request: to take the old church they saved from destruction and turn it into a bookshop that will serve their beloved community.

And to do it all before Christmas.

But repurposing the church building may be easier than healing the deep wounds that tore their family apart. Secrets, both old and new, threaten to destroy Brooke and Jeremiah’s hope that this project could be a new beginning for all of them. With the bookstore’s opening day fast approaching and everyone’s lives upended, each cousin must discover for themselves that the greatest inheritance their grandparents left behind wasn’t a building—it was the gift of forgiveness, the power of second chances, and the enduring hope of Christmas.

Letting Go of Perfect by Janell Goodrich York

When the perfect life falls apart, something better may be waiting.

Starting over wasn’t part of the plan. But with two young children depending on her, Olivia moves her family from the city to a small town, a new job, and the chance to build a life that belongs to her.

An invitation to a book club draws her into the unexpected circle of the Sisterhood Pie Pact women, who provide friendship, community, and a little mischief.

Then she meets Teddy.

A devoted single father, Teddy carries his own broken past. Still haunted by the accident that changed his life, he has spent years allowing guilt to convince him that happiness belongs to everyone but him.

As Olivia settles into her new life, her friendship with Teddy deepens. But moving forward means confronting old wounds, releasing expectations, and deciding whether the past will continue defining the future.

With a little faith, a lot of friendship, and plenty of pie, Olivia begins to discover that starting over may be less about rebuilding what she lost and more about embracing what comes next.

For readers drawn to the emotional depth of For One More Day, the family relationships of The Chicken Sisters, and heartfelt women’s fiction about second chances.

Discover a story of family, friendship, faith, and the courage to let go of perfect.

The Sister’s Courage by Claire Lagerwall

Cecilia Davids has spent years proving she is not the girl her family expected to fail.

On the day she graduates, she is finally within reach of everything she’s worked for — a scholarship, a future, a life built entirely on her own terms.

Then tragedy strikes without warning, and Cecilia is left with a child she never planned to raise.

Forced back to the hometown she escaped, she is determined to do what is necessary for Ella without losing the future she has fought so hard to build. Grief is not allowed to win. Neither is the past.

But the past is not finished with her.

Bryce Joubert is back — a youth worker quietly helping troubled teenagers find their way home, and carrying questions about Cecilia he can no longer ignore. Years ago, she walked away from a life that included him. He never fully understood why.

Now their worlds keep colliding. And the closer they get, the more impossible it becomes to keep the truth buried.

Cecilia has a future she bled for. Bryce has questions she’s never answered. And somewhere between them is a secret that could unravel everything — or finally set them both free.

Some truths don’t stay silent. They just wait.

The Doctor’s Burden by Allyson Koekhoven

The Doctor’s Burden: A doctor running from failure, a town refusing to let her hide, and a quiet, unexpected grace at Our House on Jakaranda Laan

She came to Cedarfontein to disappear. The town — and God — had other plans.

If you enjoy emotionally layered Christian fiction filled with atmosphere, healing, quiet humour, and themes of grace and restoration, you’ll love The Doctor’s Burden.

Dr Marissa Rossouw arrives in Cedarfontein hoping anonymity might succeed where exhaustion and guilt have failed. After completing her internship in her hometown of Port Sugarstone, she begins her community service year at Sinethemba Community Hospital in the Overberg — far from the whispers, memories, and tragedy that shattered her confidence and left her questioning both her calling and her faith.

But Cedarfontein is not a town that allows people to remain strangers for long.

Between long hospital shifts, summer storms rolling over the forests, and the unexpected warmth of the residents at 13 Jakaranda Laan, Marissa slowly finds herself drawn into the rhythms of a community stitched together by grief, endurance, humour, and hope. A flight paramedic with steady blue-grey eyes appears at the worst — and perhaps best — moments. An ageing handyman carries a generations-old legacy passed from father to son.

As the burdens she has spent months suppressing begin to surface, Marissa must decide whether redemption is something to be earned or something that has been waiting for her all along.

A Castle of Sand by Wanda E. Brunstetter

Solitude, Sunshine, and a Second Chance at Love

Don’t miss this new stand-alone Amish romance from New York Times bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter.

Young widow Sharon Raber has been feeling hopeless. Still restless after a visit to her parents, she decides to retreat from Indiana to Sarasota, Florida, for some solitude in the sun. Finally drawn out of her grief by an older widow in the Pinecraft community, Sharon meets Peter Stutzman, who is helping his aunt make home repairs. Could a second chance at love be possible for Sharon, or will the courage needed to release her heart be too much for her. . .and Peter?

A Plain Confession by Suzanne Woods Fisher

When hidden secrets surface in Stoney Ridge, one act of grace will change everything.

Sam Mustang has come to Stoney Ridge with one purpose–to make amends before his time runs out. An outsider with a past he can’t undo, he finds unexpected companionship in Darcy Delaney, a traveling nurse whose restless spirit is steadied as Sam teaches her and young Gus Troyer the wonder of stargazing.

But the stars aren’t the only things shifting in Stoney Ridge. Dok Stoltzfus is thrust back into the hardest chapter of her life when the child she once fostered returns. His presence stirs complicated questions: Is she now too old to be a mother, and what lies behind the troubling changes she sees in the child?

As those secrets ripple outward, the lives of Sam, Dok, and Gus begin to pull at the same thread. Sam’s search for redemption, Dok’s struggle with calling and family, and Gus’s bond with a vulnerable child collide in ways that test faith, love, and the very meaning of forgiveness.

Suzanne Woods Fisher delivers a heartwarming Amish story of unexpected romance, friendship, community, and redemption in Lancaster County.

The Resurrection of Evania James by Jaime Jo Wright

If walls could talk, what nightmare might they expose?

1879
When Eloise James’s sister, Evania, goes missing after being admitted to an asylum, Eloise is determined to find her sibling but instead discovers evidence of dying patients and missing remains. Wannabe journalist Silas Dobbs has his own suspicions that something more nefarious is at work, and that black market sales may originate at the asylum. Together, they are intent on learning whether Evania is alive, or if her body has also been stolen. But unraveling a web of underground resurrectionists proves daunting, and the dead cannot share their secrets.

Present Day
Tilly Thompson is horrified to find historical human remains entombed in a wall of the Gothic mansion her grandfather just purchased, launching her into an investigation of the original owners’ questionable past. The James family legacy harbors a darkness tightly woven through decades of secrets, but the past refuses to remain ensnared by silence. Will revealing the truth resurrect dangers best kept buried forever?

Jaime Jo Wright masterfully weaves a dual-timeline gothic suspense novel that brings together a haunting historical tale and a shadowy modern-day mystery. For fans of atmospheric thrillers, spooky reads, the Victorian era, creepy mansions, and dark family secrets.

An Accusing at the Old Bailey by Erica Vetsch

The thrilling finale to the highly rated Regency romance series

Sir Bertrand Thorndike is on another mission-this one in the scientific community. But when a simple game of espionage becomes a murder investigation and Bertie’s friend Rhynwick Davies is the accused, Bertie enlists the help of his pseudo-fiancée Philippa Cashel to spare Rhynwick from the gallows.

Together, they delve into poisons, passions, and peril. With the true killer still on the loose, Bertie must balance proving Rhynwick’s innocence with his plans to persuade Philippa to make their false engagement real.

The final installment in the Of Cloaks & Daggers series from a New York Times best-selling author will be the biggest test yet of Bertie and Philippa’s skill and bravery-and of their love.

“Deliciously twisty and delightfully romantic, An Accusing at the Old Bailey is everything readers adore about an Erica Vetsch novel. Vibrant historical details create an atmosphere worthy of a BBC drama as Bertie and Philippa take on their most daring case yet.”

The Heart’s Most Wanted by Mary Connealy

When a mysterious threat follows their every step, can two wounded hearts find refuge and love?

US Marshal Morgan Sawyer rides into the treacherous Rocky Mountains on a mission to find fellow Marshal Tex, who vanished while they were escorting a dangerous prisoner. But ranchwoman Roz Beck insists on riding beside him, despite Morgan’s protests. Joined by newlyweds Owen and Delaney, and Roz’s young son, they push deep into the wilderness.

Widowed Roz was wounded in love when her now-deceased husband abandoned her, leaving her alone to raise a child. While her heart longs for love, for her son’s sake, she’ll settle for a man she trusts like Morgan, her childhood friend. When a shadowy figure begins prowling the search party’s camp at night, the group realizes that something more than the wilderness poses a threat to their quest of bringing Tex to safety. Will the looming danger strengthen Morgan and Roz’s growing feelings and faith in each other, or will it be their breaking point?

With outlaws, a rugged hero, and a spirited heroine, Mary Connealy presents another action-packed Old West historical romance. For fans of second chance romance, frontier journeys, and hijinks in the Colorado wilderness.

All We Carry Home by Nicole M. Miller

A masterfully woven post-World War II story of resilience and equestrian passion, crafted with emotionally rich romance.

In the wake of WWII, former Army nurse Eva Bryant is determined to save her grandfather’s Oregon farm and prove herself in the Arabian horse show world. When decorated veteran Warren Hayes arrives with Phantom–the spirited colt Eva helped deliver in war-torn Germany–she seizes her chance to train the unmanageable horse.

As Eva works to tame Phantom and salvage her failing farm, Warren wrestles with his own future: a promised Senate campaign to fight for veterans. But everything unravels under sabotage from a predatory neighbor, crushing debts, and the undeniable pull between the two of them. As victories carry Phantom toward a national championship, Eva and Warren must fight to protect everything they’ve built–even as Eva guards a devastating secret that could destroy the growing love between them.

Fair Are the Meadows by Lauraine Snelling, Kiersti Giron

When her carefully ordered life is shaken, the path forward requires finding the courage to trust again.

Helen Stenerson has planted her roots in the community of Green Creek, Iowa, and poured her heart into teaching. She’s determined to avoid romantic entanglement–her teaching contract forbids it, and a broken engagement has taught her the dangers of opening her heart. But thoughtful seminary student Ødger Gunderson begins to weaken her resolve with his genuine interest.

When an urgent letter from Ohio is delivered to Helen, the quiet life she’s built is shattered. The letter brings news of her aunt’s failing health, and when Helen rushes back to be with her, her aunt reveals secrets about Helen’s past that upset everything Helen thought she knew. Returning to Green Creek with more questions than answers, can Helen embrace love and the path God has for her?

This heartwarming Christian historical romance from Lauraine Snelling and Kiersti Giron transports readers to small-town Iowa, exploring themes of healing, second chances, faith, family, love, community, and new beginnings.

Mail-Order Lady by Misty M. Beller

Five sons of an English duke, all raised in the Rocky Mountains…
She agreed to a safe, sensible marriage. He agreed because she already holds his heart.

Clara McKinney came west as a mail-order bride—only to watch her sister marry the intended groom instead. Now recovered from an illness that nearly killed her, she’s stranded at the Balfour ranch. Worse, her mother is demanding her return to face an arranged marriage that feels like a nightmare. When the quiet, bookish brother offers a marriage of convenience, Clara accepts with relief. No messy emotions or risk of rejection. Just safety.

Robert Balfour has one goal—win Clara’s heart. She now shares his name, but he must convince her that his devotion runs deeper than courtesy.

Then a stranger appears at the ranch with a shocking claim—he’s the rightful Balfour heir. Suddenly, Robert’s focus on earning his wife’s love faces a test he never saw coming. With enemies lurking and family loyalties tested, this marriage of convenience is about to become the most dangerous arrangement of all.

From a USA Today bestselling author comes a royal family saga featuring a marriage of convenience, unrequited love, and a family mystery that spans continents…all set in the rugged Montana Territory.

Loyalty’s Pursuit by Shannon McNear

She needs a husband to survive. A wife is the last thing he wants right now.

August 1780. After the Battle of Camden leaves British camp follower Bess Eaton widowed, expecting a child, and stranded in enemy territory, she faces two impossible choices: a return to an England that offers her nothing…or marriage to a stranger before the army marches on without her.

Backcountry loyalist Rob MacFarlane has already buried a wife and son and has no intention of marrying again at this moment. But he can’t ignore the vulnerable widow in his path. What begins as an act of duty quickly becomes something far more complicated when he offers Bess protection—and a name.

As war rages and the British cause begins to crumble, their fragile alliance is tested at every turn. Loyalties fracture. Faith is questioned. And the lines between enemy and neighbor blur. To survive, Rob must decide what allegiance truly costs—and Bess must choose whether she can trust not only the man she married…but the God she’s never fully known.

To Win a Wager by Grace Hitchcock

A Regency-era enemies-to-lovers romance set in the magnificent Scottish Isles.

Tess Hale has always been taught to fend for herself, but she never needed to until the night bounty hunters come knocking. It’s 1813 in Great Britain, and Tess’s best laid plans crumble when her father sends her alone in the dead of night to an island cottage to escape them. She finds herself in a world of warring clans she didn’t know existed.

After a decade as a spy separated from his clan, Jamie Malcom has a duty to fulfill as next in line as chief-but his absence means he must earn his people’s loyalty. He pursues a treasure stolen from his clan long ago, and it leads him straight to Tess.

As Tess grapples with her past, Jamie vows to protect her future—but lies revealed shatter the trust they had been building. For purposes beyond themselves, they are thrust into a marriage neither of them wanted . . . at first.

In the finale to the Best Laid Plans series, Grace Hitchcock invites readers to the sweeping Highlands and beautiful Scottish Isles with a romance guaranteed to delight.

Throne of the Heavens by Connilyn Cossette

Flashes of his past life are all Mattaniel remembers from the time before he was taken captive by Sidonian traders. When a shocking revelation forces him into the service of the king of Tyre, he finds his future and his freedom hinge on a captivating woman far beyond his reach.

As the daughter of a king, Elissa knows her duty is to secure her father’s ambitions with an advantageous marriage. Yet when her brilliant and enigmatic tutor uncovers a conspiracy that drags them both into a deadly game of treachery, she begins to understand that so much more is at stake. As more fragments of Mattaniel’s past come to light, enemies close in, loyalties fracture, and their forbidden bond will ignite a chain of events that could reshape the destiny of nations.

The early years of King Saul’s reign come to life in bestselling and award-winning author Connilyn Cossette’s compelling, biblical-inspired tale.

Unwavering Heart by Angela Hunt

When Rebekah is offered a marriage to Isaac–heir to wealthy and well-respected Abraham–she leaves behind the only world she has known and ventures into the sunbaked lands of Canaan. In her new household, Rebekah learns of the mysterious Adonai, whose favor has showered Abraham’s family with abundance. To ensure her future children have a different childhood from hers, she makes a promise to God: If blessed with children, she will love all of them equally.

Twenty years later, her prayer is answered with twins who could not be more different. Gentle and thoughtful Jacob captures her heart, while wild Esau seems determined to defy her at every turn. As her sons grow into men, Rebekah finds herself torn between her promise and undeniable truths. Can she keep her love impartial even as she places her faith in God’s covenant?

New York Times bestselling author Angela Hunt brings the world of the Old Testament matriarchs to life in this biblical fiction story of motherhood, love, and God’s everlasting faithfulness.

The Christmas Courier by Roseanna M. White

In World War II France, the future Madeleine Perrin and Daniel Raymond hope for is in grave peril when the Nazis imprison Daniel, a courier for the Resistance network. But a centuries-old law soon paves the way for a Christmas Eve wedding that becomes both a celebration and a daring rescue in this historical romance.

1943. Lyon, France. After bidding her students farewell for the holidays, Madeleine Perrin is looking forward to a quiet, simple Christmas at home with her mother. With the war raging on and rations tight, she knows it will be up to her to make the day festive and find special ways to remember the papa she lost and honor his love for Christmas. But first, Madeleine must smuggle secret messages hidden in her students’ essays to the Resistance network. She never expects the person waiting to receive them is her childhood best friend, the man who broke her heart.

Daniel Raymond has thrown himself into his work as courier for the Resistance, carefully concealing his Jewish ancestry that, if discovered by the Nazis, could put his life at risk. Haunted by regret about the day Madeleine professed her love and he turned her away, Daniel longs to make things right. When he sees her again, he dares to hope for reconciliation―and realizes the love he once denied has only grown deeper.

As Christmas nears and Daniel recovers from a wound sustained in a courier run, forgiveness and romance soon blossom between Daniel and Madeleine and the two begin planning a future together. But when a mission goes wrong and Daniel is captured by the Gestapo, Madeleine must turn to her Resistance allies―and a centuries-old law―to attempt a dangerous rescue before it’s too late.

To Educate an Earl by Gabrielle Meyer

For those swept away by The Gilded Age and The Sound of Music.

In 1886, when a scheming suitor threatens her family’s fragile reputation, Adeline Ranier is sent to England under a false name to pose as a governess for the Earl of Torrington’s five motherless children. Stripped of her title and fortune, she steps into a world of quiet sorrow and stubborn resistance—and discovers a household aching for joy.

George Stafford, the Earl of Torrington, has buried his heart along with his late wife. His children have driven away every governess, and he has no hope that Miss Ranier will be any different. But Addie’s unconventional charm, fierce loyalty, and refusal to give up begin to awaken something long forgotten in all of them—including George.

As laughter returns to Raven Hall, Addie finds herself falling for the children—and for their father. But secrets from her past threaten to unravel everything, especially when George chooses a wealthy heiress to be his bride. Torn between duty and desire, Addie must decide whether to protect her heart or fight for the family she’s come to love.

Karabos by Lyndsey Lewellen

Enter a dangerous game of magic beetles, buried secrets, and shifting time.

Winslet Nubek knows bugs better than she knows people. The sixteen-year-old, homeschooled entomologist is determined to earn her place among the ancient and dangerous ranks of magical insect hunters. With her father’s failing mines pushing them toward bankruptcy, winning the Tournament of Scarabs becomes her only shot at securing her dream and saving her family from ruin. But when she touches a forbidden time scarab before the competition begins, she’s left with a mark she can’t explain and trips into the past she can’t control. Forced to hide her mistake, Winslet enters the tournament with a growing fear of being discovered. As her secrets grow, so do her slips through time.

Rafe Stormholt charts maps like other people write diaries, but his own future isn’t his to navigate. He needs the tournament prize to keep his grandfather’s company out of treacherous hands. After the preliminaries go awry, Rafe ends up on a team of academic misfits, including the bug girl he’s already judged as a liability. But when he’s dragged into the past alongside her, Rafe uncovers truths that shatter the faith his family has held for generations.

Bound by a time-slipping curse, Winslet and Rafe must navigate the tournament’s perilous trials while unraveling a conspiracy buried centuries deep. As enemies close in and the past begins to bleed into the present, they’ll have to decide what they’re really fighting for and what they’re willing to lose to win.

The Rabbit’s Foot by B. Anne Stevens

Her old life is dead. Her new identity is a lie. And someone is still hiding the truth.

Fifteen-year-old Elliana Stefanopoulos has lost everything. Her parents are supposedly dead. Her privileged life in Long Beach, California, is gone. Her best friend and beloved pets are hundreds of miles away.

And now the FBI has given her a new life in rural Kentucky—with a new name she hates: Ella Strawberry.

With no home, no friends, no pets, not even the truth about her parents’ alleged mob-related deaths, Ella clings to the one thing she has left: her mother’s rabbit’s foot key fob, which may hold the secrets to getting her life back.

Ella thinks she can keep to herself at her new high school, but then her biology teacher suddenly dies in class, and her classmates are blamed for it. Determined to prove their innocence, Ella starts investigating. Her search for answers puts her fragile identity at risk, as she discovers that nothing about the case—or her new life—is as simple as it seems.

Caught between the identity she refuses to become and the past she can’t let go of, Ella wonders who she can trust, and why God would allow such hardship. And just as Ella thinks she knows how to find out what happened to her family . . . she discovers that the life she’s trying to get back may not be the life she was meant to have.

The Rabbit’s Foot is a clean, fast-paced Christian YA mystery and coming-of-age adventure featuring a fiercely determined heroine, fish out of water, amateur sleuth, hidden-object clues, friendship, betrayal, faith, and small-town vibes. This is a book for readers aged twelve and up who appreciate a young protagonist wrestling with big questions, and who want a mystery that moves. Ella is a heroine with real grit, grappling with the mysteries of faith and purpose.

Be prepared to feel fiercely fond of Ella, frustrated on her behalf, and hungry for what comes next. And get ready to tackle a deep and intriguing question: what if the life you were forced into turns out to be precisely the one you were meant for?