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Christian Fiction July 2025 |
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| The Voice We Find by Nicole DeeseAfter 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. 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. |
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The forge : a novelization
by Chris Fabry
As Cynthia Wright’s marriage implodes, she is forced to raise her teenage son, Isaiah, alone. The pressure of providing for them through her salon is a full-time job in itself. When Cynthia sees Isaiah pulling away and escaping into video games, tensions rise, and prayers feel unanswered. Angry and hurt, Isaiah starts acting like the father who abandoned him, and Cynthia gives him an ultimatum while turning to her twin sister, Elizabeth Jordan, for support. Elizabeth enlists a seasoned prayer warrior who challenges Cynthia to pray boldly and believe God for the impossible.
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| The Marriage Pact by Kathleen FullerWhen 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. |
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| This Promised Land by Cathy GohlkeAfter 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. |
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| Sunrise Reef by Irene HannonBren 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. This charming 11th in the Hope Harbor series will please fans of Debbie Macomber's Rose Harbor novels. |
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| The Summer of You and Me by Denise HunterFive 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. |
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| The Light on Horn Island by Valerie Fraser LuesseAfter 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. Fans of evocative Southern fiction steeped in faith will want to pick this up. |
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| The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House by Joanna Davidson PolitanoIn 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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