GREAT READS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST
MRS. WITHERSPOON GOES TO WAR
(Heroines of WWII series)
2023 SELAH Award 3rd Place Winner!
By Mary Davis
A WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) embarks on an unsanctioned mission to rescue three US soldiers held captive in Cuba. Margaret “Peggy” Witherspoon is a thirty-four-year-old widow, mother of two, flying for the WASP. When her new supervisor, Army Air Corp Major Howie Berg, gives her an order she can’t follow, sparks fly. In the course of her duties, Peggy learns of US soldiers being held captive in Cuba. She undertakes a daring rescue mission. She will need all her WASP skills to succeed and come out of this alive while trying not to ignite an international incident.
BRIDE BY BEGUILEMENT
By Debbie Lynne Costello
Kirsten father’s last will and testament stipulates that she must either marry, lead the plantation into a first year profit, or forfeit it to her uncle. Thefts are hurting the profit and marriage is proving no easy option. Every suitor seems more enamored with the land than with her. Silas’s last year at veterinary school ends abruptly when he is called home to care for his young orphaned sisters. Troubles compound when he finds an insurmountable lien on the family home and an unscrupulous banker is calling in the loan. How will the two overcome pride and distrust to find real happiness?
THE WITNESS TREE
By Denise Weimer
Past betrayal has turned John Kliest’s passion to his work as a builder and surveyor in the Moravian town of Salem, North Carolina. To fulfill his mission in Cherokee Territory, he needs a bride. But the woman qualified to record the Cherokee language longs for a future with his younger brother. Clarissa Vogler’s dream of life with Daniel Kliest is shattered when she is chosen by lot to marry his older brother and venture into the frontier. Can she learn to love this stoic man? Her survival hinges on being able to trust him—but they both harbor secrets.
ALL WE THOUGHT WE KNEW
By Michelle Shocklee
Ava must put her life back together after her husband is killed at Pearl Harbor. A job at Camp Forrest provides income, but it also puts her in contact with Enemy Aliens interned on the military installation. Can she trust the German medical student whose friendship means more to her than it should? Mattie ran away from the pain when her brother was killed in Vietnam. Now she’s back in Tullahoma facing another devastating loss. Yet it is the bundle of WWII letters Mama insists she reads that makes her question everything she thought she knew about herself.
WILTED DANDELIONS
By Catherine Ulrich Brakefield
Wilted Dandelions: Rachael is ready to leave her luxurious life in Buffalo, New York, to share the gospel with the Native Americans in the Oregon Territory. But the Missionary Alliance requires their missionaries to be married. Rachael agrees to a marriage of convenience with a man she hardly knows and learns God doesn’t create coincidences—He designs possibilities. “I loved this quote… ‘I’m still such a babe in Christ. Will I ever stop seeking my desires and reasoning it is God’s will that I satisfy my own whims?’ Can you relate?” Grandaddy A.
WHEN MEMORY WHISPERS
By Johnnie Alexander
Marie Wyatt longed for fame and fortune and found herself in wartime London working as an Allied courier. But when a routine mission turns deadly, a mysterious German agent becomes her unlikely savior. Yet the line between duty and loyalty blurs when the German agent is imprisoned in a Florida POW camp with Axis soldiers who consider him a traitor. Marie embarks on a desperate mission to save him before he’s fatally injured. Plummet into a heart-wrenching tale of courage, treachery, and a love that defies all odds.
EL JIREH - THE GOD WHO PROVIDES
Compiled by Living Parables of Central Florida
Mary Dodge Allen, contributor
In A Mother’s Desperate Prayer, Mary Dodge Allen shares her struggle with guilt and despair after her son is badly burned in a kitchen accident. When we are at the end of all we have, El Jireh shows His hand. God doesn’t always give us what we want or when we want it, but He perfectly provides all we need at the right time. The stories, poems, devotions, and essays in this collection demonstrate the various and mysterious ways God is El Jireh—the God who provides—to His children.
EVEN IF WE CRY
By Terrie Todd
Now available to pre-order! Warned they “mustn’t cry,” British teenager Nina Gabriel and her two young siblings board a ship bound for Canada as part of the WWII child evacuee program. Nina’s mischievous brother and seasick sister test her limits on the long voyage—but her burden of responsibility grows still heavier in Canada. When a telegram arrives after a London bombing, will Nina find a way to fulfill her promise for the brother she’s never met? Will the Gabriel siblings learn that each of them is loved, even if they cry?
NEW!!! COURTING THE COUNTRY PREACHER
4 STORIES OF FAITH, HOPE, AND FALLING IN LOVE
By Naomi Musch, et al.
Every preacher needs a wife, right? Being a preacher in the countryside is not for the faint of heart nor faith. Four inexperienced preachers face a myriad of challenges including those who figure a man of the cloth needs a wife. Can they meet the expectations of “helpful” congregants and be true to their hearts? E-book available now! Paperback available tomorrow, November 1st.
TITANIC: LEGACY OF BETRAYAL
A Time-Slip Novel
By Kathleen E. Kovach, et al.
A secret. A key. Much was buried on the Titanic, but now it's time for resurrection. Follow two intertwining stories a century apart. 1912 - Matriarch Olive Stanford protects a secret after boarding the Titanic that must go to her grave. 2012 - Portland real estate agent Ember Keaton-Jones receives the key that will unlock the mystery of her past... and her distrusting heart. Review: “I told my wife to move this book to the top of her reading list... This titanic story is more interesting than the one told in the Titanic movie... She will absolutely love it.”
JULIA’S JOY
By Susan G Mathis
Julia Collins reluctantly sets foot on Sister Island intent on claiming her inheritance and moving on. But when she experiences the peaceful, faith-filled island life, and connects with the handsome lightkeeper, William, Julia confronts wounds from her parents' deaths. William Dodge, lightkeeper of Sister Island, wants nothing to do with love, thanks to a past betrayal and chronic pleurisy. But as love begins to blossom between them, Julia is faced with a tempting proposal from a prominent Brockville family. Will she succumb to societal expectations or choose the richness of her island life and the love of the steadfast lightkeeper?
SECRETS DARK AND DEEP
By Sherri Stewart
TV anchor,
Maddie Caldecott, has a secret so deeply buried she doesn’t remember it. As an
investigative reporter, Maddie can dig out the truth of any story, but Maddie
can’t unearth the secret she’s blocked.
Police Detective, Brody Messner, is at his wits end. How can he protect Maddie
from Absalom if she resists his every suggestion? From Orlando to Zürich, he
follows Maddie, trying to stay one step ahead of her assailant.
FORTUNES OF DEATH
SECRETS OF EPHESUS SERIES
By Liisa Eyerly
Step into the shadowy streets of 96 AD Ephesus, where danger lurks, and trust is scarce. Fortunes of Death, the thrilling new novel by Liisa Eyerly, immerses you in a world where faith is tested, alliances crumble, and one woman's courage determines life or death. Sabina, a Christian widow, is drawn into a deadly mystery when a wealthy citizen is murdered. With her friend’s life at stake, she must navigate lies and deception. Each clue brings her closer to the truth—and closer to becoming the next target.
OVER THE HORIZON
By Penny Zeller
Alone in 1870s Idaho Territory, Paisley Abbott has nowhere to turn. With all other options exhausted, she agrees to an arrangement with Tyler Shepherdson, the recent inheritor of a farm and three orphans. Despite an unorthodox beginning to their marriage, will Paisley and Tyler trust God as they forge ahead to create a home for three children? Will love arise from a desperate situation?
Again, this is a stunning lineup of books! Praying that they do well as they move out into readers' hands.
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