Inspirational
Love’s Sacred Song
King David, renowned Israeli king, is lying on his deathbed, comforted by Abishag, the woman taken from the Northern Tribe…
Into the Free
Editors' choice
Cantrell’s outstanding debut is no ordinary coming-of-age novel. For Millie Reynolds, daughter of a downtrodden, morphine-addicted mother and a wife-beating,…
The Rose of Winslow Street
Editors' choice
On a hot humid night in late May 1879, spinster Libby Sawyer and her father are out on the lawn…
Words Spoken True
Adriane is a woman born ahead of her time, lacking the desire to be socially acceptable in her prim and…
Sweeter than Birdsong
This is the second book in the Saddler’s Legacy series, set in the 1850s. Sweeter than Birdsong is a fictionalized…
A Necessary Deception
England, 1812: Young widow Lydia Gale helps parole an imprisoned Frenchman and starts a chain of events that takes her…
Love on the Line
Loaded with intrigue, historical context, and birds, this is a well-written story of telephone switchboard operator Georgie Gail and Texas…
Wonderland Creek
This enchanting story begins in 1936 Blue Island, Illinois, when readers meet dreamy Alice Ripley, who spends her life inside…
To Have and to Hold
A popular writing duo returns to historical romance with this formulaic novel focusing on faith, tragedy, and hopeful triumph. After…
A Whisper of Peace
Secrets are the unspoken divider in this fast-paced novel of the complex, painful, but loving interaction between the Athabascan Indians…
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