Christian Fiction
July 2025
Recent Releases
The Voice We Find
by Nicole Deese

After 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.
North is the night
by Emily Rath

In the Finnish wilderness, more than wolves roam the dark forests. For Siiri and Aina, summer's fading light is a harbinger of unwelcome change. Land-hungry Swedes venture north, threatening the peace; a zealous Christian priest denounces the old ways; and young women have begun to disappear. Siiri vows to protect Aina from danger. But even Siiri cannot stop a death goddess from dragging her friend to Tuonela, the mythical underworld. Determined to save Aina, Siiri braves a dangerous journey north to seek the greatest shaman of legend, the only person to venture to the realm of death and return alive. In Tuonela, the cruel Witch Queen turns Aina's every waking moment into a living nightmare. But armed with compassion and cleverness ,Aina learns the truth of her capture: the king of the underworld himself has plans for her. To return home, Aina must bargain her heart--as Siiri plots a daring rescue of the woman she loves the most.
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. 
Sunrise Reef
by Irene Hannon

Bren 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.
Where secrets lie
by Colleen Coble

USA TODAY bestselling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble and Rick Acker deliver the second book in their compelling Tupelo Grove series (following What We Hide), where a crumbling university, stolen artifacts, deep family secrets, and deadly ambitions all stand in the way of a second chance at happiness.
Capture the moment
by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Kate arrives in Grand Teton National Park on a mission to capture a one-in-a-million photo of the world's most famous bear. She's ready for adventure-isn't she? When a handsome park ranger offers to lend a hand, Kate is grateful, attracted-and conflicted. There's the small matter of the unresolved relationship she left back home.
Kate Landry Has a Plan
by Rebekah Millet

In New Orleans, 40-year-old Kate Landry runs Beignets & Books while raising her orphaned 13-year-old niece. When the new librarian turns out to be Kate's first kiss, sparks fly, but the pain of a recent breakup holds Kate back even as she leans on her faith. This heartwarming second-chance romance will please fans of Sarah Monzon's An Overdue Match.
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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