| Heart of the Glen by Jennifer DeibelAfter a tragedy, Saoirse Fagan moves to County Donegal for a maid's
job in 1912. When she learns the job is gone, she's homeless and distraught. She is taken in by Aileen McCready, whose handsome brother Owen has been injured and can't work, Saoirse is determined to learn
to weave the tweed that supports the siblings.
For fans of: Evocative Irish settings, traditional craftwork, and sweet romances with themes of grief, faith, and resilience. |
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| The Indigo Heiress by Laura FrantzIn 1774, Juliet Catesby lives on a Virginia plantation owned by her father and secretly helps enslaved people make their way north. Due to debts and danger, she's forced into a marriage of convenience with Leith Buchanan. Leaving all she's ever known she moves to Scotland and enters the complex world of the powerful Buchanan clan, who
are anything but what they seem.
Author alert: Christy Award winner Laura Frantz delivers a sweeping romance that'll please history fans. |
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| So Into You by Kathleen FullerArt vlogger Britt Branch deals with severe social anxiety. It becomes a problem when she meets an excited fan, recovering alcoholic and newbie artist Daniel. Hunter proposes a trade: He’ll help coach Britt through social situations if she’ll give him art lessons.
Reviews are in: Fans of opposites-attract romances appreciate this story that tackles sensitive topics while being "nuanced and emotional" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| With All Her Heart by Kelly IrvinBonnie 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: Charming and moving Amish romances, such as Shelley Shepard Gray's Her Heart's Desire. |
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| The Seaside Homecoming by Julie KlassenDisgraced Claire Summers has been living in exile as companion to a stern aunt in Scotland. 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. Will a reunion with her family lead to reconciliation or leave her estranged forever?
Read-alike: Tracie Peterson's In Times Gone By. |
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| Cloaked in Beauty by Karen WitemeyerFor most of her life, Letty Radcliffe has secretly lived with her grandmother, roaming the woods with her pet wolf. An heiress set to inherit on her upcoming 21st birthday, she's in dire danger from her uncle, who wants her money. Luckily, her mother hires Pinkerton detective Philip Carmichael to help protect her as she travels home.
Series alert: Though this is the third in the enchanting fairy tale-inspired
Texas Ever After series, it can be enjoyed on its own. |
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| The British Booksellers by Kristy CambronRival booksellers and former childhood friends, Amos Darby and Lady Charlotte Terrington, must put aside their differences and fight together
to help Coventry survive Luftwaffe’s local blitz. This well-researched
story is an exploration of the unbreakable bonds that unite us through love, loss and the enduring solace that can be found between the
pages of a book.
Read-alike: Sarah Sundin's Until Leaves Fall in Paris. |
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| The Hudson Collection by Jocelyn GreenIn 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 the 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 second in the On Central Park series
follows The Metropolitan Affair. |
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| One Wrong Move by Dani PettreySecurity expert Christian O'Grady 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. They're drawn into a dangerous game with an opponent bent on revenge, and one wrong move could be the death of them both
For fans of: Faith-filled romantic suspense with an action-packed,
fast-paced plot. |
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| A Run at Love by Toni ShilohWanting 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. A horse doping scandal means they must lean on their faith and each other.
Series alert: This is the second novel in the Love in the Spotlight series, which works well for series newcomers. |
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