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Christian Fiction March 2025* |
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| 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. 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. Fans of evocative Irish settings and traditional craftwork will enjoy this sweet romance 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 and moves to Scotland, where the two grow close even as unexpected events threaten. 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, and it's a problem when she meets an excited fan, recovering alcoholic and newbie artist Daniel, but it isn't long before the two team up to help each other. Fans of opposites-attract plots and romances that tackle sensitive topics will appreciate this "nuanced and emotional" (Publishers Weekly) novel. |
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Whispers of Fortune by Mary ConnealyBrody MacKenzie arrives at Two Hearts Ranch in search of his runaway brothers. Instead, he finds them thriving at the ranch's school under the care of Ellie Hart. When they discover a journal leading to a lost treasure, Ellie, Brodie, and his brothers race against time to decipher cryptic clues, discovering love amidst family secrets and old adversaries.
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| The Seaside Homecoming by Julie KlassenA 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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Unforgotten
by Shelley Shepard Gray
In Kentucky, Amish Bethanne still deals with anxiety after an attempted sexual assault seven years earlier, while her English cousin, local beauty queen Candace, has a stalker. But with faith, each other, and the help of two good men, they try to move forward in this compelling romantic suspense novel. Though something of a sequel to Unforgiven, this "uplifting story of healing" (Booklist) can stand alone.
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Books You May Have Missed
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| The British Booksellers by Kristy CambronIn 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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| 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 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. This evocative 2nd in the On Central Park series follows The Metropolitan Affair. |
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| One Wrong Move by Dani PettreySecurity 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. 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 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. But 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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