Christian Fiction
November 2025

Focus on: Christmas Stories
On a midnight clear : a 3-in-1 Christmas novella collection by null
On a Midnight Clear: A 3-in-1 Christmas Novella Collection
by Tracie Peterson
 
The Shepherd's Heart by Tracie Peterson
On the frontier, widowed sheep rancher Vincent Duran seeks a mother for his two children.
No Room at the Inn by Misty M. Beller
When Noah Bentwood and his charge are snowed in while traveling through the Rocky Mountains, he must stay in a barn since the stage inn has no vacant rooms.
A Star in the West by Karen Witemeyer
Friendly correspondence with Stella Barrington evolves into something more when Harvard mathematics professor Frank Stentz arrives in Waco, Texas.
An Amish Christmas match by Winnie Griggs
An Amish Christmas Match
by Winnie Griggs

Widower Seth Beiler is in over his head with his five orphaned brieder to care for and all the Christmas orders his woodworking shop needs to fulfill. When he asked for help with some cooking and cleaning, he wasn’t expecting a housekeeper as unconventional — or lovely — as Phoebe. Yet her warm care and holiday traditions win their hearts one by one.
The Christmas quilt by Lenora Worth
The Christmas Quilt
by Lenora Worth

When Matthew Mueller, the man she longs to spend her life with, returns to Shadow Lake with another woman in tow, Collette King begins a quilt to heal her broken heart but soon discovers fate and a Christmas miracle have other plans in store for her.
The Christmas hummingbird by T. Davis Bunn
The Christmas Hummingbird
by T. Davis Bunn

As policewoman and single mother Ryan Eames and newcomer Ethan Lange work on an animal rescue operation together, they are drawn into something deeper and surprising by her extraordinarily gifted son that makes Christmas in Miramar Bay a season of love, healing, and second chances
The second Christmas by Marta Perry
The Second Christmas
by Marta Perry

When Josiah Burkhalter, the man who once broke her heart, insists on helping her open a tea shop, Leah Beiler, as Christmas approaches, finds herself confused by her feelings for Josiah as they work closely together, forcing her to confront her fears and reach for the love she deserves.
The wish book Christmas by Lynn N. Austin
The Wish Book Christmas
by Lynn N. Austin

Best friends Audrey Barrett and Eve Dawson are looking forward to celebrating Christmas in postwar America, thrilled at the prospect of starting new traditions with their five-year-old sons. But when the Sears Christmas Wish Book arrives and the boys start obsessing over every toy in it, Audrey and Eve realize they must first teach them the true significance of the holiday.
A Christmas in the Alps by Melody Carlson
A Christmas in the Alps
by Melody Carlson

After a letter from her great-grandmother hints that she's heir to a family treasure, Simone Winthrop travels to Paris and meets a charming apprentice clockmaker who helps her investigate.
Christmas stories : heartwarming classics of angels, a manger, and the birth of hope by Max Lucado
Christmas Stories
by Max Lucado

Collects the author's favorite Christmas stories, including a battle between angels and demons, a missing baby sets a miracle in motion, and a daughter believes she has lost everything until her father gives everything to win her back.
A Christmas courtship by Shelley Shepard Gray
A Christmas Courtship
by Shelley Shepard Gray

Bookmobile Sarah Anne Miller encourages Atle Petersheim to learn about love through reading romance novels after he mentions his intention to court a local widow as Christmas approaches in the third novel of the series following An Amish Surprise
Amish midwives : three stories by Amy Clipston
Amish Midwives: Three Stories
by Amy Clipston
 
Bundles of Blessing by Amy Clipston
Lost in grief after the death of her husband, Kristina Byler gave up remarrying and found comfort and purpose in becoming a midwife.
A Midwife for Susie by Shelley Shepard Gray
Haunted by secret guilt after a tragic accident, Joanna Zimmerman is sure she’s left midwifery behind her. 
Christmas Cradles by Kelly Long (Also in An Amish Christmas)
When Anna Stolis takes over for her aunt, the local midwife, Christmas night heats up with multiple deliveries, three strangers' quilts, and unexpected help from the handsome and brooding Asa Lapp. Miracles abound this holiday season, and the chance for a new love might even be on the horizon.
Christmas at the Amish bakeshop by Shelley Shepard Gray
Christmas at the Amish Bakeshop
by Shelley Shepard Gray
 
A Christmas Cake for Rebecca by Shelley Shepard Gray
When carpenter Aden returns to Lancaster after twenty years away, bakeshop owner Rebecca is dismayed to find he’s still as handsome and kind as ever.
Best Christmas Present Ever by Rachel J. Good
When a lonely widower with an ailing daughter meets a new cake decorator at the bakeshop, they discover they were once childhood playmates.
The Christmas Cupcake by Loree Lough
A builder who never learned to read believes he must hide his fond feelings for a kind schoolteacher.
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.
Christmas Grace by Mindy Steele
Christmas Grace
by Mindy Steele

Pregnant and alone after a charming Englischer broke her heart, Grace Miller arrives in the small village of Walnut Ridge, Kentucky, where she is welcomed by the community and the town’s blacksmith who longs to create a new family with her.
When Christmas comes by Katherine Spencer
When Christmas Comes
by Katherine Spencer

Returning to Angel Island to celebrate Thanksgiving with her family, Liza Merrit reunites with her close friend, Claire, before the deterioration of her inn and a surprise party for a neighbor's 90th birthday lead to unexpected choices.
A Christmas home by Marta Perry
A Christmas Home
by Marta Perry

Returning to the Amish community of Promise Glen for a fresh start, Sarah Yoder takes a new job with her neighbor, woodworker Noah Rader, and although they clash about everything, she finds herself falling in love with this obstinate man and his mischievous 6-year-old twin boys.
An Amish cookie club Christmas by Sarah Price
An Amish Cookie Club Christmas
by Sarah Price

When her eldest son John takes a liking to painfully shy Bethany Ropp, who is helping her serve meals to Englische tourists, Edna Esh and her closest friends decide to play matchmaker and hope to inspire a winter wedding.
Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock
Catching Christmas
by Terri Blackstock

Relegated to work as a cabdriver after losing his restaurant to an economic downturn, a once-acclaimed chef unexpectedly bonds with an elderly passenger and her beleaguered attorney granddaughter during a transformative holiday season.
Snowflake bride by Jillian Hart
Snowflake Bride
by Jillian Hart
 
Snowflake Bride by Jillian Hart
Grateful when she’s hired as a maid, Ruby Ballard vows to help save her family’s farm. There’s just one problem: the boss’s handsome son, Lorenzo.
The Captain’s Christmas Family by Lyn Cote
Fiercely protective governess Marian Murray won’t rest until she gains permission for the daughters of Captain Gideon Radcliffe’s late cousin to stay on at Gideon’s newly inherited estate.
His promise : an Amish Christmas in Hart County by Shelley Shepard Gray
His Promise
by Shelley Shepard Gray

Grace King is pet-sitting when she meets her neighbor, fireman John Michael Miller, who broke her sister's heart five years ago when he walked away from their courtship. Now, as suspicious fires are set in their community, all John Michael wants is to keep Grace safe, hoping they can one day have a future together.
The Christmas remedy : an Amish Christmas romance by Cindy Woodsmall
The Christmas Remedy
by Cindy Woodsmall

An Old Order Amish woman, 24-year-old Holly Zook, who is allowed to continue her education and work in a small-town pharmacy that looks out for the Amish community, has no time for romance until Joshua Smucker sets out to win her heart.
Christmas with the cowboy by Tina Radcliffe
Christmas with the Cowboy
by Tina Radcliffe

Former navy SEAL Zach Norman has been avoiding his ranching roots—and the woman he couldn’t have. Back to visit his brother’s widow, Emma Maxwell Norman, and her adorable toddler twins, the bah-humbug cowboy is roped into helping prepare the ranch for the holidays.
The White Christmas Inn by Colleen Wright
The White Christmas Inn
by Colleen Wright

The place: Vermont's picture-perfect Evergreen Inn, owned by Jeanne and Tim, who have grown apart amid financial troubles. They are helped by Iris, the elderly former owner, and Luke, her visiting grandson. 

Guests include: Hannah, who's been coming to the inn since she was a girl, whose groom cancels their Christmas wedding; her best friend, Audrey, whose military husband can't get there due to the snow; children's book author Molly, suffering from writer's block; and widower Marcus and his two daughters, forced to stop there by a blizzard.
A Christmas by the sea by Melody Carlson
A Christmas by the Sea
by Melody Carlson

Hoping that an inherited beach house will help her recover from debts after her husband's death, a widow moves into the property to renovate and sell it before a local craftsman encourages her to stay.
A Wells Landing Christmas by Amy Lillard
A Wells Landing Christmas
by Amy Lillard

An outsider of Wells Landing after one reckless mistake, Ivy Weaver, longing to be part of the community's holiday festivities, gets a second chance with the help of a man from her past who brings about new chances and surprising revelations that change both of their lives.
The Christmas angel project by Melody Carlson
The Christmas Angel Project
by Melody Carlson

Inspired by their late friend's gifts for them, four members of a book club decide to become someone's Christmas angel and find their own lives changed in the process.
Christmas at Stoney Creek by Martha Rogers
Christmas at Stoney Creek
by Martha Rogers

When newspaper reporter Tom Whiteman befriends a homeless man named Joe, Tom decides to bring him home to Stoney Creek, Texas. Joe begins to work odd jobs around town and make new friends, but contradictions in the man's manner and speech cause Tom to believe there's more to the old man than meets the eye.
A Baxter Family Christmas by Karen Kingsbury
A Baxter Family Christmas
by Karen Kingsbury

Family patriarch John Baxter has invited an unexpected -- and unwanted, by some -- guest to his family's Christmas Eve celebration: an atheist who received the heart of his daughter Erin after she, her husband, and three of their four kids died in a car accident. John thinks the family can help the troubled woman, but John's daughter Ashley believes that the niece she's now raising isn't ready for this.
Kissing Father Christmas : a novel by Robin Jones Gunn
Kissing Father Christmas
by Robin Jones Gunn

Returning to the cozy English village of Carlton Heath one-and-a-half years after kissing groomsman Peter at the wedding of her cousin, Ian, Minnesotan Anna has high hopes for romance, but Peter is sending her mixed messages and she wonders why he's denying his feelings.
The angel of Forest Hill : an Amish Christmas romance by Cindy Woodsmall
The Angel of Forest Hill
by Cindy Woodsmall

When Old Order Amish Rose Kurtz is asked to leave her family, travel deep into West Virginia, and help Joel Dienner with his children in the wake of tragedy, the quiet young woman recognizes a home where she might find kindness instead of criticism. Hope replacing harsh words. She agrees to stay in Forest Hill and become Joel's wife for the sake of his family needs.
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