BOOK DAY July 2025

 

BEAT THE HEAT WITH A NEW BOOK

 

WIDOW’S PLIGHT

By Mary Davis

Will a secret clouding a single mother’s past cost her a bright future and the man she loves? When Lily Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the quilting circle, however, the friendly ladies pull her in. Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. Lily resists Edric’s charms but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his daughters. Lily stole Edric’s heart with her first smile. Can Edric forgive Lily’s past to take hold of a promising chance at love?

 

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.

 

 

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.”

 

 

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.

 

 

POLLY

Apron Strings Book One

By Naomi Musch

Polly Holloway’s heart shatters when her fiancé returns from the Great War with a French war bride. Her dreams feel wasted until a special cookbook inspires her to turn her grandfather’s Victorian house into a fashionable ladies’ tea room—providing the bothersome tavern owner down the street doesn’t drive away her business. Ross Dalton met God on the battlefield and no longer serves liquor in his establishment, yet his friendly overtures aren’t enough to pierce Polly’s belief that he secretly runs a speakeasy. How can he convince his cute neighbor otherwise, especially when bootleggers try forcing him into their schemes?

 

 

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."

 

 

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.

 

 

JOURNEY OF THE HEART

By Johnnie Alexander

To her neighbors, Charity Sinclair is the charming daughter of a small-town Ohio postmaster. But behind her smile lies a dangerous secret: she’s an abolitionist aiding the Underground Railroad and writing fiery pamphlets under a false name. Architect Tavish Dunbar is commissioned to redesign the post office, but his plans are thwarted by the cagey postmaster and his beguiling daughter. As Tavish and Charity are drawn into the perilous escape of a fugitive slave, they’re forced into an uneasy alliance. Pursued along the Ohio-Erie Canal, they must risk everything for justice, freedom—and a love neither expected to find.

 

 

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

 

 

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!