Monday, June 30, 2025

June 2025 Book Day

 


STAY COOL WITH A NEW BOOK

 

THE QUILTING CIRCLE SERIES Boxed Set

Historical Romance Series

By Mary Davis

THE WIDOW’S PLIGHT (Book1) – Will a secret clouding a single mother’s past cost Lily her loved ones?

THE DAUGHTER’S PREDICAMENT (Book2) *SELAH & WRMA Finalist* – As Isabelle’s romance prospects turn in her favor, a family scandal derails her dreams.

THE DAMSEL’S INTENT (Book3) *SELAH Winner* – Nicole heads down the mountain to fetch herself a husband. Can she learn to be enough of a lady to snag the handsome rancher?

THE DÉBUTANTE’S SECRET (Book4) – Complications arise when a fancy French lady steps off the train and into Deputy Montana’s arms.


 

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?


 

 

CRAZY ABOUT CAIT

By Nancy J. Farrier

Cait Sullivan can’t believe her father had the temerity to hire Jonas Hall to take over her job—training their famed horses. Cait understands the importance of selling their horses to offset the cattle loss during the drought, but to hire Jonas after the way he broke her sister’s heart? That’s wrong. Jonas has to hide the fact he’s always loved Cait, and that he’s asked her father’s permission to win her hand in marriage. Now he must convince the fiery-tempered lass he isn’t the villain she thinks he is, and she is the bride God has for him.

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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.

 

 

LAST LIGHT OVER GALVESTON

By Jennifer L. Wright

"Amid the 1900 Galveston hurricane, one woman’s perseverance is tested in this story that Lisa Wingate calls 'beautifully written' and Donna Everhart describes as a 'lyrical, uplifting novel.' As troubling news about a storm crossing the Gulf from Cuba swirls in the Weather Bureau offices, nineteen year-old Kathleen McDaniel, on the run from her horrific past, must gather her courage and reach for a strength beyond her own if she―and those she loves―are to survive."

 

 

CHERISHING HER HEART

By Cindy Ervin Huff

After being falsely imprisoned in an asylum, Susan escapes and assumes the identity to a simple valet’s daughter. Once she starts a new life in Kansas she vows to never be under a man’s thumb again. But Monty’s presence makes her heart race and his care and kindness under different circumstances might win her heart. When her ex-husband puts a bounty on her head for her return, Monty steps up to help. Can she trust this handsome rancher to protect her and not control her?

 

 

MADISON’S MISSION

By Susan G Mathis

Step into the captivating world of Boldt Castle in 1903, where dreams are forged in the fires of adversity and love. Madison Murray, maid to Louise Boldt, harbors a singular mission—to care for her ailing mistress while hiding her own painful past. She meets Emmett O’Connor, but just as their relationship grows, tragedy shatters their world, and Madison is ensnared in a dangerous coverup. When Mrs. Boldt passes away, Madison is left reeling, can she move forward? Will Emmett forge a future alongside the woman who has captured his heart?

 

 

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.

 

 

TEXAS FORSAKEN

By Sherry Shindelar

Maggie Logan (Eyes-Like-Sky) lost everything when a raid tore her from her family. She adapted—marrying a Comanche and rebuilding her life. But the U.S. Cavalry destroys that life. Forced into a world she wants nothing to do with, Eyes-Like-Sky’s only hope may be an engagement to the man who killed her husband. Plagued by guilt, Captain Garret Ramsey seeks redemption by taking responsibility for the woman he widowed and her baby. Though he is determined to do whatever it takes to protect them, is he willing to risk everything for a woman whose heart is buried in a grave?

 

 

THE WHISPERING WIND

By Janalyn Voigt

Phoebe can have her pick of suitors but never the man she wants. Fancy parties hold little appeal for Phoebe Walsh. She’d rather gallop across the open range. None of her many admirers sparks her interest. Ma wants to save her from becoming a spinster, but accepting her mother’s choice of suitors won’t work when her heart belongs elsewhere. Several years have passed since Will Canfield stole a kiss and her heart, although his interest in her isn’t serious. She’s determined to get over him. If Uncle Con will stop throwing them together, that could be a whole lot easier.


 

 

A LESSON IN LOVE

By Linda Shenton Matchett

He thinks he’s too old. She thinks she’s too young. Can these teachers learn that love defies all boundaries? Born and raised in London, Isobel Turvine knows nothing about farming, but after the students in her school evacuate during Operation Pied Piper, she’s left with little to do. Her friend talks her into joining the Women’s Land Army, and she finds herself working the land at a manor home in Yorkshire that’s been converted to a boys’ school. A teacher at heart, she is drawn to the lads, but the handsome yet stiff-necked headmaster wants her to stick to farming.

 

 

A STEADFAST HEART

By Martha Hutchens

When his family legacy is on the line, rancher Drew McGraw seeks a mail-order bride to tame and tutor his three children—but balks when the wrong woman arrives. Heiress Kaitlyn Montgomery is fleeing scandal and desperate for a fresh start. She and Drew strike a bargain: a marriage of convenience that suits them both. As Kaitlyn adapts to ranch life and bonds with the children—and their guarded father—she begins to believe she’s finally where she belongs. But just as hope begins to bloom, her past threatens to destroy the fragile peace they’ve built.

 

 

SECRETS OF EPHESUS SERIES

By Liisa Eyerly

Winner of the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award, Obedient Unto Death launches a gripping historical mystery series set in the perilous world of first-century Rome. In Fortunes of Death, fearless Christian sleuth Sabina returns—risking everything to expose murder, magic, and corruption beneath the empire’s glittering surface. With rich historical detail and powerful spiritual themes, author Liisa Eyerly delivers intrigue, danger, and hope in equal measure. Reviewer Deborah Anne raves: “Murder mystery—Intrigue—Love—Fellowship through Christ. This series has it all! Eyerly is wonderful! If you’re tired of boring—read this series! I love a good mystery!” Prepare to be hooked!

 

 

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.”

1 comment:

  1. These books all sound wonderful! As always, I pray that they land in the hands of enthusiastic readers who will sing their praises! Until I actually started reviewing the books I read, I didn't realize how important a few words of how the book impacted you could be.

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