BOOK DAY MAY 2025

A BOUQUET OF BOOKS

 

 

 

 

PRODIGAL DAUGHTERS Series

By Mary Davis

COURTING HER AMISH HEART ~ A doctor or an Amish wife? Kathleen Yoder can choose to be only one… Practicing medicine means sacrifice—no Amish man wants a doctor for a wife.

COURTING HER SECRET HEART ~ Caught between two worlds… Deborah Miller lives a double life as an Amish woman—and a fashion model! Soon she must choose between the Englischer world of modeling and the Amish man she’s come to love.

COURTING HER PRODIGAL HEART ~ Mother-to-Be’s Amish Homecoming. Pregnant and alone, Dori Bontrager is sure her Amish kin won’t welcome her back into the community—or the child she’s carrying.

 

 

SWORD OF FORGIVENESS

By Debbie Lynne Costello

When her father died, she had promised herself no man would own her again, yet who could defy an edict of the king? After the death of her cruel father, Brithwin is determined never again to live under the harsh rule of any man. Independent and resourceful, she longs to be left alone to manage her father’s estate. But she soon discovers a woman has few choices when the king decrees she is to marry Royce, the Lord of Rosencraig. As if the unwelcome marriage isn’t enough, her new husband accuses her of murdering his family, and she is faced with a challenge of either proving her innocence or facing possible execution.

 

 

 

SONORAN STAR

By Nancy J. Farrier

She’s come to Tucson for a new start. He believes she’s a criminal in disguise. All her life, Kathleen O'Connor's flaw has isolated her. Even her mother is ashamed of her, and Kathleen fades to the background. Still, she longs for a husband and children. Deputy Quinn Kirby mistakes Kathleen for a criminal but discovers his error. He recognizes this veiled woman's beauty, and he's more than ready to stake his claim. The only problem is, she won't have him. Will God work a miracle to bring these two hearts together?

 

 

 

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.”

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

COME DOWN SOMEWHERE

By Jennifer L. Wright

A powerful novel about two women coming of age during the Trinity test in 1945. Olive Alexander has lived in southern New Mexico her entire life. But when World War II begins, the government seizes her family’s land for the construction of a top-secret Army post. Soon, her life becomes entangled with Jo Hawthorne’s, daughter of the sergeant who now occupies her ranch.

Years later, Jo returns to New Mexico, determined to put the past behind her. But the truth may be more complicated than she realized, leading her on a desperate search to find Olive before it’s too late.

 

 

 

IVY'S INHERITANCE

By Linda Shenton Matchett

Has she fled one untrustworthy man only to be stuck with another? Ivy Cregg’s father is a gambler, and this time he’s gone too far. He loses his mining fortune and her along with it in a poker game. Unwilling to go along with the deal, she hides out with a friend who tells her about Ms. Crenshaw, owner of the Westward Home & Hearts Mail-Order Bride Agency who is in town. The prospective groom is a wealthy man which seems like an answer to prayer until Ivy discovers he made his fortune in mining. Is he as untrustworthy as her father?

 

 

 

HEART OF HOPE

HEARTS OF THE WEST #15

By Kimberly Keagan

When Bridget Flynn inherits a failing mine in the Arizona Territory, she’s determined to save her father’s legacy—even if it means facing the man who broke her heart. Hugh Astley came to Victory out of loyalty, never expecting to see Bridget again. As they work side by side to rebuild the town, danger, buried secrets, and old wounds threaten their fragile truce. Can they find forgiveness—and love—before time runs out? Heart of Hope is a sweet Western romance of second chances, faith, and resilience, perfect for fans of forced proximity and cross-class love stories.

Releases June 10th

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

SWEPT INTO DESTINY

Destiny Series book 1

By Catherine Ulrich Brakefield

Ben McConnell is a proud Irish immigrant who is determined not to give up despite hunger and deprivation. He clings to his mustard seed faith believing—nothing is impossible. Maggie Gatlan is a rebel disguised as a Southern belle. Bens and Maggie’s journeys delve deeply into the truth about faith and devotion. “…Brakefield’s flowing descriptions pull you into Swept into Destiny and keep immersed in the world of the Antebellum south…This isn’t just a world of beaus, belles, and balls, but of moral ambiguity and searches for truth…” L.H. Reader

 

 

 

TEXAS DIVIDED

By Sherry Shindelar

Can she trust the man who ruined her life to rescue her future? Morning Fawn is determined to escape the confines of her uncle’s plantation and return to her adoptive Comanche tribe. But with each failed attempt, her hopes dwindle. The last thing she needs is help from the frontier soldier who put her there in the first place. As war rages and loyalties shift, can two wounded souls, each fighting their own battles, find freedom—and love—before it’s too late? “What a breath-holding read!” Amazon Reviewer

 

 

 

MONTANA GOLD

By Janalyn Voigt

Strike it rich with Montana Gold! Escape into six heartfelt inspirational Western historical romances that will affirm your faith in love. Follow the lives and loves of an Irish family in the Wild West. Travel the Oregon Trail to Montana's gold camps and fledgling cattle ranches. Experience each vibrant story and revel in the beauty and resilience of the American West. Here's your chance to savor new love, rousing adventure, and spiritual renewal on every page. Read the Montana Gold series.