Christian Fiction
March 2025
Resources @ Your Library
 
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a program designed to help parents prepare their children for one of life’s big milestones: kindergarten. Research has shown that children get ready to read long before they enter school. An excellent way to get your child ready to learn is to read to them.
Consumer Reports
Access the latest reviews and ratings of cars, appliances, electronics, home and garden equipment, products for babies and kids and more from Consumer Reports. You can also access Cars Best Deals Plus which gives you the information you need to select the right car and negotiate the best price for it.
Explora for Secondary School Student Research
This general reference database for grades 6-12 provides full-text coverage of many topics via magazines, newspapers, reference books, eBooks, biographies, radio and tv news transcripts, primary source documents, maps, images, and more. For educators, it also includes lesson plans, professional development materials, and a Curriculum Standards Module.
Recent Releases
Heart of the Glen
by Jennifer Deibel

After a tragedy, Saoirse Fagan moves to County Donegal for a maid's job in 1912. When she learns the job is gone, she's homeless and distraught. Taken in by Aileen McCready, whose handsome brother Owen has been injured and can't work, Saoirse is determined to learn to weave the tweed that supports the siblings. Fans of evocative Irish settings and traditional craftwork will enjoy this sweet romance with themes of grief, faith, and resilience.
The Indigo Heiress
by Laura Frantz

In 1774, Juliet Catesby lives on a Virginia plantation owned by her father and secretly helps enslaved people make their way north. Due to debts and danger, she's forced into a marriage of convenience with Leith Buchanan and moves to Scotland, where the two grow close even as unexpected events threaten. Christy Award winner Laura Frantz delivers a sweeping romance that'll please history fans.
So Into You
by Kathleen Fuller

Art vlogger Britt Branch deals with severe social anxiety, and it's a problem when she meets an excited fan, recovering alcoholic and newbie artist Daniel, but it isn't long before the two team up to help each other. Fans of opposites-attract plots and romances that tackle sensitive topics will appreciate this "nuanced and emotional" (Publishers Weekly) novel.
With All Her Heart
by Kelly Irvin

Bonnie Yoder runs a busy Amish craft shop with friends and is happy to have shy Elijah Miller's handmade wooden items to sell. The two grow closer as Elijah navigates leaving his family's auction business and Bonnie dreams of a man who'll see her instead of her physical disability. Fans of Shelley Shepard Gray's Her Heart's Desire will enjoy this charming 3rd entry in the Amish Calling series.
The Seaside Homecoming
by Julie Klassen

A failed elopement leaves Claire Summers living an isolated life helping a controlling aunt in 1820 Edinburgh. After her aunt's death, Claire finds employment at a seaside boarding house in Devon owned by a young widower. While she's now near her sisters, whom she desperately misses, she struggles with feelings of unworthiness and shame. Read-alike: Tracie Peterson's In Times Gone By.
Cloaked in Beauty
by Karen Witemeyer

For most of her life, Scarlett Radcliffe has secretly lived with her grandmother, roaming the woods with her pet wolf. An heiress set to inherit on her upcoming 21st birthday, she's in dire danger from her uncle, who wants her money. Luckily, her mother hires Pinkerton detective Philip Carmichael to help protect her as she travels home. Though this is the enchanting fairy tale-inspired 3rd in the Texas Ever After series, it can be enjoyed on its own.
Books You May Have Missed
The British Booksellers
by Kristy Cambron

In dual timelines, this well-researched novel follows two childhood friends, farmer's son Amos Darby, who fights in World War I, and Lady Charlotte Terrington, who's left a widow by the war. In the 1940s, they're rival bookstore owners in Coventry as bombs rain down and an American lawyer shows up with life-changing news. Read-alike: Sarah Sundin's Until the Leaves Fall in Paris.
The Hudson Collection
by Jocelyn Green

In 1926 New York, American Museum of Natural History ornithologist Elsa Reisner, who limps due to polio, is sent to catalog a stuffed bird collection at a country home that's to be torn down. She bonds with other workers, including a kind World War I vet, and helps search for a missing heirloom that's been willed to the gardener's daughter. This evocative 2nd in the On Central Park series follows The Metropolitan Affair.
One Wrong Move
by Dani Pettrey

Security expert Christian O'Grady, whose parents were con artists, and insurance investigator Andi Forester, who was forced out of the F.B.I., team up to figure out who subverted Christian's intricate security measures and pulled off multiple Southwest art gallery heists. Fans of faith-filled romantic suspense will enjoy this action-packed series starter; the 2nd book, Two Seconds Too Late, is out in April.
A Run at Love
by Toni Shiloh

Wanting to prove herself, Piper McKinney leaves her adoptive parents' horse business to start her own with trainer Tucker Hale. The two childhood friends develop strong feelings for each other while dreaming of a Kentucky Derby win. But a horse doping scandal means they must lean on their faith and each other in this 2nd Love in the Spotlight novel, which works well for series newcomers.
Contact your librarian for more great books!
Events @ Your Library
Local Women Artists Showcase
March 1-March 31
Downtown Library  300 Park Avenue
Celebrate Women's History Month with our Local Women Artists Showcase! Join us in honoring the contributions of local women who are shaping our socio-cultural landscape and cultivating places of song and legacy through artistic expression. 
April is National Poetry Month
April 1-April 30
Various metropolitan library locations
April is National Poetry Month, so visit a library to check out a poetry book, read or write a poem, or attend a program. Check your local library for more information.