Inspirational
Now Face to Face
In 1721, Barbara Montgeoffry, Countess Devane, newly widowed and mourning the death of her brother as well, travels to her…
Bound
Editors' choice
Gunning’s second outstanding historical novel explores a young woman’s difficult coming of age, a process that teaches her much about…
Yorkshire Rose
Presumably this will go on the romance shelves in libraries, but it is more a woman’s coming-of-age story than a…
The Duchess and the Dragon
The Duchess and the Dragon is an inspirational romance set in the mid-18th century. His father’s shocking new will denies…
Distant Heart
In this second book in Bateman’s Westward Hearts trilogy set in 19th-century America, ex-prostitute Toni Rodden has joined a wagon…
The Moon in the Mango Tree
Editors' choice
Barbara Perkins adores opera. She is a talented singer. When her chance finally comes to work with the Chicago Opera,…
Blessed Assurance
This novel is a compilation of three previous stories that make up the Blessed Assurance series; they follow the lives…
Najila
Najila is the daughter of a Persian Muslim princess and a Byzantine Orthodox diplomat in 11th-century Baghdad. Orphaned at the…
Mark’s Story: The Gospel According to Peter (The Jesus Chronicles, Book Two)
Much like this series’ first book, John’s Story, this novel from the authors of the Left Behind series has many…
Sarah, My Beloved
Sarah Woodward believes God led her to answer an ad for a bride through the Marriage Made in Heaven Agency,…
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