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Christian Fiction March 2025 |
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| With All Her Heart by Kelly IrvinWhat it's about: 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.
For fans of: fans of Shelley Shepard Gray's Her Heart's Desire will enjoy this charming 3rd entry in the Amish Calling series. |
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| The Seaside Homecoming by Julie KlassenWhat it's about: 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. |
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Of Love and Treason
by Jamie Ogle
The hero: A public notarius and leader of an underground church, Valentine believes the emperor's marriage edict is unjust and risks his own life for the sake of his convictions. But as his fame grows, so do fears for his safety.
The heroine: Iris, the daughter of a Roman jailor, believes regaining her sight will ease the mounting troubles at home. Her last hope rests in searching out Valentine and his church, but the danger of associating with people labeled a threat to the empire is great.
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Books You May Have Missed
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| The British Booksellers by Kristy CambronWhat it is: 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. |
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Embers in the London sky
by Sarah Sundin
How it starts: After fleeing the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, Aleida's search for her missing child sets her on a collision course with Hugh, a charismatic BBC radio correspondent.
And then: During the London Blitz, they will risk their lives to discover the truth--and find a connection closer than they could have ever imagined.
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| The Hudson Collection by Jocelyn GreenWhat it is: 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.
Series alert: This evocative 2nd in the On Central Park series follows The Metropolitan Affair. |
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| One Wrong Move by Dani PettreyWhat it's about: 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.
Series alert: Fans of faith-filled romantic suspense will enjoy this action-packed series starter; the 2nd book, Two Seconds Too Late, is out in April. |
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| A Run at Love by Toni ShilohHow it starts: 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 then: 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. |
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