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Inspirational Fiction September 2026 |
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| A Lady's Handbook to Gadgets and Guile by Angela BellIn 1895 London, Margaret Kingsley crafts gadgets for the Daughters of Genius Society, a 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. Needing to infiltrate the domain of London's most prolific inventor, she teams up with his secretary, Charles Noble. As strange occurrences surface, they must unravel a plot of sabotage while grappling with sparks of attraction.
New series spotlight: This fun, faith-filled series starter mixes historical romance and cozy mystery with elements of steampunk. |
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| Chapter One Again by Keelia ClarksonSuccessful ghostwriter Jane lives in New York, working with movie stars and musicians on their memoirs. As she enters her 30s, she finds herself at a crossroads, longing to publish her own novel. While visiting her hometown of Avila Falls, Colorado, she reconnects with her high school crush and begins a new project. As Jane begins to see her hometown in a new light, she ponders her future and her faith.
Why you'll like it: This debut novel will please fans of Hallmark movies and sweet romances. |
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| A Mismatch Made in London by Melanie DickersonGrowing up in the country with a large family, Amelia Moore has always been happy, but at 22 she's excited when her aunt singles her out with an invitation to London for the social season. Though she feels out of place, she becomes fast friends with orphaned Juliet Beaumont. However, Juliet's rude brother Jeremy, the Season's most eligible bachelor, believes Amelia is using his sister to get close to him. When an unexpected circumstance threatens Juliet's reputation, Amelia and Jeremy are forced to confront their budding, undeniable attraction.
For fans of: Regency romances; new takes on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey. |
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| Almost by Design by Jenny ErlingssonKenya Stewart, who has dyslexia, lives for her event planning career, so she's desperate when a mistake and subsequent ankle injury jeopardize a promotion. To make more work connections, she agrees to fake date
Dr. Solomon Abujnde. Even though he'd ghosted her after their first
date, he now needs her help keeping his pushy parents at bay. As attractions increase amid their ruse, secrets they've kept from each other begin to unravel their scheme.
Similar authors: Toni Shiloh; Denise Hunter. |
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| The Brunswick by Callie MurrayIn 1939 Georgia, Cora runs her father's once-grand hotel hotel turned general store. However the hotel is struggling, and so is her dad, who's depression causes unpredictable mood swings. 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 family face persecution from the Nazis, so they send her to America. As war's shadow begins to reach the small town, each person must face demands and decide what to hold on to and what to let go.
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 hide their connections to each other. When
the undertaker is found murdered in the library and roads are washed away by a storm, she finds herself teaming up with the lord's heir to find a killer. As suspicions rise, Hippolyta must try to conceal her family's
true identities, unravel secrets, and unmask the truth before the final curtain falls
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 as they push deep into the frozen wilderness, old feelings resurface at the worst possible time. Survival nowdepends on two people who don't know if they can trust each other--or their own hearts.
Series alert: This is the action-packed second in the Call of the Wild trilogy; the third entry, Trail of the Brave, comes out later this year. |
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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. When a double agent infiltrates their ranks and the two are captured, their bond faces its greatest test.
Read-alikes: Elizabeth Musser's From the Valley We Rise; Sarah Sundin's Until Leaves Fall in Paris. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Forsyth County Public Library
585 Dahlonega Street, Cumming, Georgia 30040
770-781-9840ForsythPL.org |
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