Forsyth County Public Library: Christian Fiction: November 2025

Recent Releases

The Bitter End Birding Society
by Amanda Cox

After a traumatic year, kindergarten teacher Ana Leigh Watkins escapes for the summer to Bitter End, Tennessee. There, she helps get her great-aunt’s house ready to sell, becomes part of a ragtag group of amateur bird watchers, and discovers long-buried family history and her place in it. For fans of: faith-filled stories with endearing characters.

Across the Crying Sands
by Jane Kirkpatrick

Married at sixteen, Mary Gerritse thought she knew everything she wanted--a husband and a family. So why doesn't that satisfy her soul? When the chance comes to take on a treacherous mail route along the Oregon coast, she wonders if this will be the adventure she longs for. Inspired by a true story.

My Beloved: A Mitford Novel
by Jan Karon

Jan Karon gives her beloved fans what they want for Christmas: a new Mitford novel. When Father Tim's wife, Cynthia, asks what he wants for Christmas, he pens the answer in a love letter that bares his most private feelings. Then the letter goes missing and circulates among his astonished neighbors. So much for private. Can a letter change a life?

The Collector of Burned Books
by Roseanna M. White

In this powerful World War II novel about the enduring strength of words, two unlikely allies forge a friendship amid Nazi-occupied Paris and risk everything to protect the truth from those who would erase it. From bestselling, Christy Award-winning author Roseanna M. White comes a moving stand-alone story of courage, faith, and the fight for freedom.

Hearts Aweigh
by Shannon Sue Dunlap

Abby O’Brien loves her work caring for children aboard Monarch Cruises, but she quietly longs for a family of her own. When newly divorced lawyer Spencer Randolph Masterson boards the MS Buckingham with his young daughter and a mission to rein in his free-spirited mother, neither expects a secret from the past to upend their voyage--or their hearts. With faith guiding them through the storm, could hope, home, and healing be found on the high seas?

Focus on: Christmas Stories

A Royal Christmas
by Melody Carlson

Barista Adelaide Smith is working her way through law school when she learns she’s the daughter of the king of Montovia, a small European country. With her mother dead, Adelaide travels alone during Christmas break to meet her father and is drawn into family mysteries, royal jealousies, and a chance at her own happily ever after. For fans of: sweet rags-to-riches romances; Hallmark Christmas movies.

The Christmas Catch
by Toni Shiloh

In this appealing second-chance romance, divorced Bebe Gordon isn’t interested in being hurt again and just wants to be a good mom to spunky seven-year-old Hope. But old feelings resurface when her high school boyfriend, injured NFL player Jahleel Walker, returns to their hometown to recover, and the two end up helping plan their church’s Christmas ball. Try this next: Betsy St. Amant's Holly and Nick Hate Christmas.

The Christmas Gathering
by Shelley Shepard Gray, Lenora Worth, and Rachel J. Good

These three heartwarming novellas feature Amish people navigating faith and love during the holidays. In “A Christmas Reunion,” Tricia falls for her cousin's Englisch friend. Then, a decades-old family feud can’t stop the connection between a couple in “We Gather Together.” Finally, “Hitting All the Right Notes” sees a young Amish man start a rock band during his Rumspringa and fall for a young Amish woman. Try this next: A Lancaster Amish Christmas: 4 Romance Novellas by Anne Blackburne, Amy Clipston, Mindy Steele, Amy Lillard.

An Ivy Hill Christmas
by Julie Klassen

Bachelor Richard Brockwell happily lives in his family's London townhouse in 1822, but needs to attend his mother's Christmas country house party or be cut off financially. With the stray dog he's recently adopted in tow, he goes home and finds himself charmed by houseguest Arabella Awdry, who’s planning to devote her life to charity work in this standalone Tales from Ivy Hill novel. For fans of: Christmas romances with themes of redemption.

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