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Christian Fiction September 2026 |
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| A Lady's Handbook to Gadgets and Guile by Angela BellIn 1895 London, Margaret Kingsley expertly creates gadgets for the Daughters of Genius Society's covert team of lady inspectors. Margaret, who has chronic pain and often needs a wheelchair, goes into the field for the first time when her expertise is needed to find out who's stealing patents. This fun, faith-filled series starter mixes historical romance and cozy mystery with elements of steampunk. For fans of: Roseanna M. White's Imposter series; Jen Turano's Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency novels. |
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| A Mismatch Made in London by Melanie DickersonGrowing up in the country with 11 siblings, Amelia Moore has always been happy, but at 22, she's excited when her aunt invites her to London for the social season. Though she feels out of place initially, Amelia becomes fast friends with orphaned Juliet Beaumont. They grow ever closer, despite Juliet's rude brother, the Season's most eligible bachelor, who believes Amelia is using Juliet to get close to him. For fans of: Regency romances; new takes on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. |
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| The Brunswick by Callie MurrayIn 1939 Georgia, Cora runs her father's old hotel turned general store. But it's struggling and so is her dad, who's depressed. When Thomas Watkins arrives in town, Cora hires him, and the two connect, especially when they team up to help children displaced by the war in Europe. Meanwhile, in Austria, ten-year-old Charlotte's Jewish family face persecution from the Nazis, so they send her to America. Try these next: Michelle Shocklee's The Women of Oak Ridge; Lynn Austin's Long Way Home. |
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| Don't Upstage the Body by Naomi StephensIn 1957 England, Hippolyta Halfpenny and her family of professional mourners are working a reclusive and unpopular lord's funeral. Discretion is paramount, so they conceal their identities and connections to each other. But when Hippolyta finds the undertaker murdered in the library with a letter belonging to her in his hand, she retrieves it and finds herself teaming up with his son, the new earl, to find a killer. For fans of: Julie Klassen; Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce mysteries. |
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| Scent of Hope by Susan May WarrenPI Harley Tatum goes back to Copper Mountain, Alaska, to find a fugitive drug lord. To locate him, she teams up with the man who broke her heart, Jericho Bowie, and his K-9 Orlando, but they'll need courage, faith, and trust to survive. This is the action-packed 2nd in the Call of the Wild trilogy; the 3rd entry, Trail of the Brave, comes out later this year. For fans of: second chance romances; Colleen Coble's Sanctuary series; Elizabeth Goddard's Missing in Alaska novels. |
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| The Spy Keeper of Marseille by Roseanna M. WhiteIn Nazi-occupied France, newly widowed Zelie Bellerose joins the Resistance, becoming a leader against all odds. She works with pianist Marcel Laurent, who gathers intelligence from loose-lipped music patrons and airs coded messages during radio performances. Zelie and Marcel grow close, but their world is steeped in danger. "Profound and masterful," raves Booklist. Read-alikes: Elizabeth Musser's From the Valley We Rise; Sarah Sundin's Until Leaves Fall in Paris. |
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