Christian Fiction
July 2025
Recent Releases
The Voice We Find
by Nicole Deese

What it is: After their parents die, music producer August Tate becomes the guardian of his Deaf teenage sister but needs more income. He takes on audiobook work and meets voice actress Sophie Wilder, who's back home in California, broke, and desperate to get away from her cold, dysfunctional family.

Read it for: If you're interested in how audiobooks are made, be sure to pick up this sweet 3rd Fog Harbor romance, which also works as a standalone.
Break My Fall
by Lynn Huggins Blackburn

How it starts: After too many losses, Gossamer Falls police chief Grayson Ward has protected his heart with walls he's been fortifying for decades.

And then: The return of Dr. Meredith Quinn changes everything. When her charity work threatens her safety, Grayson is determined to keep her safe-even if that means putting himself and his heart in danger.
This Promised Land
by Cathy Gohlke

What it's about: After years of saving her money, 65-year-old widow Ginny, who's been estranged from her family for decades, is moving to England in 1992. But a surprise letter saying she's inherited her family's Virginia Christmas tree farm changes everything, especially when she arrives and finds the place a mess and her Vietnam vet nephew and his three sons with no place to go.

Try this next: Katie Powner's The Sowing Season. 
Sunrise Reef
by Irene Hannon

What it is: Bren Ryan's 30th birthday starts with a fire at her rental house and ends with her pepper spraying the son of the elderly man who's letting her stay in his back cottage. In spite of it all, she's ready to embrace this new decade and being single...but romance might find her after all.

For fans of: This charming 11th in the Hope Harbor series will please fans of Debbie Macomber's Rose Harbor novels.
The Summer of You and Me
by Denise Hunter

What happens: Five years after her husband's death in combat, single mom Maggie returns to his hometown of Seabrook, North Carolina, to seek closure. But after spotting a man who looks just like her husband, she decides to find him, getting help from her brother-in-law Josh, who's always had feelings for her.

Read it for: An intriguing mystery and a sweet romance, this charming novel is great for summer reading.
The Light on Horn Island
by Valerie Fraser Luesse

What it's about: After the death of her best friend, grief-stricken Edie Gardner leaves New York for her grandmother Punk's coastal Mississippi cottage, the one place she's always felt at home. With the help of Punk, several of Punk's friends, a Victorian game, and her high school boyfriend, Edie reimagines what her life can be.

Read it for: Fans of evocative Southern fiction steeped in faith will want to pick this up. 
Kate Landry Has a Plan
by Rebekah Millet

What it's about: In New Orleans, 40-year-old Kate Landry runs Beignets & Books while raising her orphaned 13-year-old niece. When the new librarian turns out to be Kate's first kiss, sparks fly, but the pain of a recent breakup holds Kate back even as she leans on her faith.

For fans of: This heartwarming second-chance romance will please fans of Sarah Monzon's An Overdue Match.
The Rise and Fall of Miss Fannie's Biscuits: A Cozy Amish Mystery
by Wanda E Brunstetter

How it starts:  As Fannie Miller reaches the finals of the Tuscarawas County Baking Contest, contestants begin to vanish, prompting her to enlist the help of retired cop Foster Bates.

Then what happens: Together, they navigate a web of suspects among the finalists, including a desperate couple on the brink of divorce, and the secretive Beiler sisters.
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