Christian Fiction

 Christmas Fiction

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Snowbound Village, Connecticut, is full of holiday charm, especially at the mall's Christmas Collectibles Shop where romance is in the air!

Nick Jackson seeks to add to Delia Wilkin's collection of santas and turn her heart toward Jesus. But will working so closely with Delia become awkward since he has ended their romantic relationship?
Jonathon Griffin shops for something to enhance Cindy Morrow's new cookie shop and attract her attention. Will Cindy slow down enough to recognize the plans the Lord has for her when she's presented with a cookie jar full of love.
Sheila Fisher's storytelling is inspired by Morgan Frost's collectible critters. When she meets the man to ask permission to write about his creations, will the encounter lead to dreams of love or dreams stolen?
Rochelle McWilliams collects snowflakes, adorning everything with them, much to Kade Guilford's chagrin. Will Kade allow Rochelle to melt the ice around his stubborn heart?

Christmas Fiction

 Amish Fiction

After experiencing a devastating period in her Amish life, where she was effecitvely shunned by her father and  rejected by her fiance,' Hannah Lapp chose to board a train for Chicago, leaving her family, friends and life as she knew it behind.  After several months, Hannah finally established herself and begun her life with the help of Martin and his adpopted niece and nephew.  It wasn't long before Hannah enrolled in nursing school, her passion throughout her life. 

However, her past was not forgotten, so when she received a phone call  from her friend who desperately needed her help at home. Her memories pulled her Amish heart back to her former life an she headed back to Pennsylvania to familiar roads of her youth.  Some embraced her with open arms, but others...

Sisters of the Quilt Series | Cindy Woodsmall | Discussion Questions | Audio Interview

Amish Fiction

 New Authors!

Seventeenth century France is an unsafe time to be a Huguenot. By order of King Louis XIV, all French Protestants must immediately convert or face imprisonment--or death. The king's dragoons ferret out the nonconformists, pillaging villages and destroying homesteads.

When the king's soldiers descend on the Clavell estate, the family's fate hangs in the balance. Quickly, quietly, they send their two sons into hiding, trusting that the young age of their daughter will guarantee her protection. But the dragoons will not be dissuaded; they hold the manor hostage looking for clues of their guilt or innocence. However, Madeleine Clavell, the lady of the manor, holds a secret--one possible chance to save the family. She and the king share a past.

Once a beautiful young lady in the French court whom Louis loved, Madeleine travels to Versailles to plead for mercy from the fickle king, hoping to regain his favor and save her family. It's a gamble, but she is left with no other choice. Madeleine soon faces an agonizing decision--one that changes her family forever.

New Authors

 Romance Fiction

Sheltered in her childhood years by family wealth, Lauren Durough is just beginning to grasp how people judge others by what they want to believe about them; how the poor mistakenly view the wealthy and vice-versa. Lauren decides to take on a job as a literary assistant to Abigail Boyles, an eighty year-old reclusive, retired librarian, so she can fit in with her other college peers.   Abigail tasks Lauren with transcribing the 400 year old, fragile diary of Abigail's ancestral cousin, Mercy Hayworth--a woman hanged for witchcraft in seventeenth century Salem, Mass.   Through this journey of transcribing, both Abigail and Lauren go through their own journey of self discovery that will forever change their lives.

Susan Meissner  |  Discussion Questions

Romance Fiction

 Contemporary Fiction

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Well into her senior year of college, Katie thinks she's ready for her relationship with Rick to become more serious. Rick makes it clear he's ready to step up their relationship and goes out of his way to prove his intentions. When his schedule at work suddenly takes a turn, Katie doesn't mind having a chance to step back a little and take things more slowly. Rick's new roommate, Eli, complicates things by showing Katie a view of the universe on a midnight jaunt to see a meteor shower. Eli also shows Katie a view of the world she never saw before when he tells her how his father is in Nairobi, providing practical assistance in obtaining clean water in Africa. Thoughts of what to do with her future take on a broader view than when she was entirely focused on Rick. An unexpected call from her mother, a girls night out with Christy and a pizza making event with her fellow RA, Nicole are all intensified when her beloved car, Baby Hummer, takes its last wheeze. Will Katie be able to navigate her way through the remainder of her college career with no money, no transportation and no idea of what the future holds?

Katie Weldon Series  |  Robin Jones Gunn

Contemporary Fiction

 Contemporary Fiction

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Hannah Williams couldn't get out of her small town fast enough, preferring the faster pace, trendy lifestyle and beauty of California's Pacific Ocean coast. Only when her younger sister Dilly, makes a desperate choice and commits the unthinkable, does Hannah realize she never should have left her behind in rural Illinois. Hannah returns home to make up for letting Dilly down, leaving the one man she's ever loved in California. But Dilly is a changed woman, and when Hannah's plans don't go as expected, the bonds of sisterhood are tested like never before.

Maureen Lang

Contemporary Fiction

 Historical Fiction

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Joining sixteen million other immigrants who left their homelands for America between 1890 and 1920, Ellin, Kirsten, and Sophia begin the long, difficult journey. Enduring the ocean voyage in steerage and detention on Ellis Island, their story is America's story. And in a journey fraught with hardships, each woman will come to understand her secret longings and the meaning of home.

Lynn Austin

Historical Fiction

 Lits!

When Lexi leaves everything and everyone she knows behind in Seattle in order to move to France to study baking, she has no one to lean on but herself and her God. After overcoming an initial bout of homesickness, Lexi grows to love France, the French, and the village which is now her home. She finds a church, explores Versailles and Paris, and perfects her pastry skills in her baking class and the bakeries in which she works. She also discovers the difference between false friends--faux amis--and true ones. But things really get interesting when she makes the acquaintance of a little girl named Celine and finds she enjoys the company of Celine's attractive widowed father, too. Then the man she was dating in Seattle shows up in Paris, and Lexi is surprised how strong her feelings for him still are. Quelle probleme! The more time Lexi spends in France, the more torn she feels between her homeland and her new, adopted home. In the end, she will have to choose between two countries, two jobs - and perhaps even two loves.

Sandra Byrd | Audio Interview | Discussion Questions

Lits

 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Fiction

Gina Lazarescu is a girl caugtht between an unknown past and a dark future. Will she stand in the gap against the rising evil? Or become victim to it? Death is not a question. It is the answer. Welcome to a world that hides before your eyes.

Eric Wilson

Fantasy/Sci-Fi Fiction