Christian Fiction
July 2025
Recent Releases
An Unexpected Grace
by Tracie Peterson

Actor Parker Bennett returns home to Kalispell after ten years and reunites with his first love, widowed Johanna St. John, who is juggling life as a mother and businesswoman.
The Marriage Pact
by Kathleen Fuller

When her parents abruptly send her to Ohio, Daisy Hershberger meets Perry Bontrager, whose mother is set on finding him a wife despite his objections. To stop their parents' interfering, Daisy and Perry pretend they're a couple, but spending time together stirs up real feelings. Anyone who likes faith-filled stories and fake-dating tropes will love this 3rd in the Amish of Marigold novels.
This Promised Land
by Cathy Gohlke

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. 
Across the Crying Sands
by Jane Kirkpatrick

Married at sixteen, Mary Gerritse thought she knew everything she wanted - a husband and a family. So why doesn't that satisfy her soul? When the chance comes to take on a treacherous mail route along the Oregon coast, she wonders if this will be the adventure she longs for. Inspired by a true story. 
The Summer of You and Me
by Denise Hunter

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. With an intriguing mystery and a sweet romance, this charming novel is great for summer reading.
Burning Hearts (Chasing Fire: Alaska, #1)
by Lisa Phillips

Jamie Winters will risk anything to rescue her brother Tristan, even infiltrating the militia's remote compound. But when she's abducted, there's only one man who can save her—Logan Crawford, the elite smokejumper she's never stopped loving. Logan relocated to Alaska's Midnight Sun smokejumpers to find Jamie and win back her heart. So when he learns she's been taken, of course he'll stop at nothing to bring her home safe. But when he accidentally leads the team into the militia's deadly trap, he's in over his head. And hunted. Now wounded and on the run, Jamie and Logan must fight for their lives in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. But the biggest risk of all is the sparks between them...and the terrible cost of a second chance at love.
Emma's Engagement
by Susan G. Mathis

Emma Row yearns for a fresh start and a chance to build a loving family. But as she steps into her role as the Rock Island Lightkeeper's wife, she finds herself navigating the treacherous waters of isolation and the bitter rejection of her new stepdaughter, Ada. Michael Diepolder, the widowed lightkeeper, had hoped securing a companion would brighten his life and be a needed mother figure to his eleven-year-old daughter. Yet, as Emma struggles to adapt to the challenges of her new life, Michael realizes that the path to happiness is far more turbulent than he ever anticipated. As a storm brews on the horizon, Emma and Michael must confront the tempestuous waves of doubt, jealousy, and isolation that threaten to extinguish the light of their love. Can they weather the storm and find the strength to keep their family together, or will the darkness consume them all?
The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House
by Joanna Davidson Politano

In 1901 England, clockmaker Sydney Forrester runs a small shop with the aunt who raised her and is drawn to broken things. When she's told she's inherited the estate of an unknown relative, she heads alone to remote Northumberland, finding a house filled with unusual inventions, two men who also have a claim to the estate, and rumors of murder. A "masterful work," raves Library Journal.
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