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Christian Fiction May 2025 |
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| Welcome to the Honey B&B by Melody CarlsonWith multiple narrators, including 60-something Honey, her husband CT, and their artist daughter Jewel, this moving story follows the family as they deal with CT's worsening dementia. To help out, Jewel and her 14-year-old daughter move to Oregon where they work to turn the family farmhouse into a bed-and-breakfast. Read-alikes: Katie Powner's A Flicker of Light; Pat Simmons' Lean On Me. |
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The Queen's cook
by Tessa Afshar
"After gaining a position in Queen Esther's kitchens, Roxannah discovers her dream job is fraught with palace intrigue. She must partner with Adin, the Jewish royal physician never far from her thoughts, in a race to save the life of a princess . . . despite the secrets their mission might uncover"
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A rugged beauty
by Lacy Williams
"Hollis Tremblay has no memory of why he's out in the wilderness alone or whether the woman with him is his wife. She's beautiful and her rosy outlook makes everything seem brighter, even the dangers they face...When Hollis's memory crashes back, he realizes that Abigail is the sister his childhood best friend charged him with looking after across the dangerous westward journey. Abigail might be a ray of sunshine, but she's strictly forbidden. Especially to him. But when the company realizes that Hollis and Abigail have grown close while marooned in the wild, he may find himself ensnared in a marriage of convenience"
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| The Long March Home by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca LeeIn 1941, three Alabama friends (including a 16-year-old lying about his age) enlist in the military and are sent to the Philippines for basic training. The Japanese soon invade, leaving the trio fighting to survive the Bataan Death March as flashbacks depict their lives back home. Well-researched and action-packed, The Long March Home has realistic violence, mild profanity, and talk of mature subjects. "Stunning...a must-read literary triumph," raves Booklist. |
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| The Foxhole Victory Tour by Amy Lynn GreenOutspoken trumpeter Maggie McCleod and beautiful violinist Catherine Duquette come from very different worlds, but both are relieved to be part of a small USO variety show for their own reasons. An unlikely friendship develops, though neither anticipates the difficult conditions and dangers they'll encounter performing so close to the front lines in 1943 North Africa. Try this next: Chasing Shadows by Lynn Austin. |
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Ambush
by Colleen Coble
Returning to her hometown to heal and unlock the mystery of her parents' murder, Paradise Alden uncovers deadly threats at a wildlife refuge and must also confront her past with Blake Lawson, the man who broke her heart. (religious fiction).
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