BOOKS YOU'LL WANT TO ADD TO YOUR TBR LIST
A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS
by Denise M. Colby
A schoolmarm without a school. A blacksmith hiding in shadows. Can faith forge a new path?
Jenny Millard’s hopes for security as a schoolmarm are dashed when her schoolhouse closes. Newcomer Ren Lyman prefers to keep to himself, hiding in the back of the blacksmith shop to avoid stares at the scars left by a childhood accident. Their chance encounter builds a connection that breaks down walls erected by years of hurt. But when strange occurrences unsettle the townspeople, their chance at happiness might be at risk.
CACTUS LIL AND THE CITY SLICKER
by Donna Schlachter
A rough-and-tumble cowgirl, “Cactus” Lil Duncan longs for true love, but is afraid to let down her prickly exterior when a city slicker from New York City, with less-than-honorable intentions, tries to win her trust and her hand.
EVEN IF I PERISH
by Terrie Todd
Based on a miraculous true story of courage in the face of impossible odds.
“If I perish, I perish.” A sermon based on Queen Esther’s famous words spurs music teacher Mary Cornish to action. She volunteers to escort a group of 15 girls from England to Canada as part of Britain’s World War II child evacuation program. All is well aboard the SS City of Benares until September 17, 1940. With a storm brewing in the North Atlantic, a German U-boat releases its torpedo and breaches the ship’s hull. Do the Nazis know ninety children are on board?
HEARTS DESIRE
by Linda Hoover
In 1880 Boston, upper-class, Julia Phillips’s father betroths her to wealthy Lucien Harris to cover up a tragic secret. She has no interest in Lucien, but Jacob Anderson, a kind jewelry store clerk has captured her attention. Their mutual attraction grows into love, and he wants to be the man she marries.
Julia feels increasing pressure from Lucien to pretend she’s happy about the upcoming wedding. Then, she discovers the arranged marriage is based on blackmail. Her family will be ruined if she doesn’t comply.
Will God make a way for Jacob and Julia to have their heart’s desire?
LISSA AND THE SPY
by Camille Elliot
In Regency-era London, Miss Lissa Gardinier enters her second Season seeking a marriage in order to escape her mother's constant criticism. So she represses her cheeky remarks behind a quiet, innocent facade. The enigmatic Lord Jeremy Stoude is dismayed when a chance encounter with Miss Gardinier entangles her in his world of secrets and subterfuge. He cannot afford to be distracted by Lissa’s charming smile and unflappable demeanor. As danger stalks them and true feelings come to light, can Lissa and Jeremy navigate the labyrinth of society’s expectations and their own insecurities to find love?
MAGIC OF THE SWAN
by Tiffany Amber Stockton
Elenora Caldwell and Trevor Davenport had been thrown together since they were children. When Elenora’s father dismisses a man from his employ, the man threatens to seek revenge. Charmed and fascinated by a new magician in the city who studied under the Great Houdini, Elenora ends up a pawn in a vile scheme by the magician to take control of Caldwell Enterprises. In order to save Elenora, Trevor must first defeat Cravatta. How can he match wits with a master illusionist? And could his reunion with Elenora be the key to a brand new life?
(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
RISKY BUSINESS
by Kimberly Keagan 
An American heiress. A British barrister with a need for speed. The London social season that changes everything.
The last thing department store heiress Lena Dennison wants is to travel to London to meet the grandmother who snubbed her family for thirty years. But her youngest sister begs to go, and soon Lena is navigating British nobility’s social expectations—with Bron Jeffers, a handsome barrister and celebrated motorcar racer, assigned as her escort. When a string of mysterious incidents threatens Bron’s family, Lena is pulled into his world as his unlikely ally … and the one woman he can’t charm—or ignore.
SHETLAND SUNSET
by Linda Shenton Matchett 
Bonded by a cause but an ocean apart, will their love survive a world war? After months in Norway helping his cousins with their fishing business, American Askel Westgard seems trapped when the Germans invade until he has a chance to get back at the Occupiers as part of the Shetlandsgjengen, or Shetland gang, a group of fishermen who transport weapons and equipment from Shetland to Norway under cover of darkness. Unfortunately, the beautiful Norwegian woman he’s just met refuses to join him in safety. Will he ever see her again?
THE MAIDEN AND THE MOUNTIE
By Denise Farnsworth 
Gage Edmonds's assignment to the Georgia Mounted Militia puts him between gold-hungry settlers and Cherokees soon to be forced from their homes. The local miller's daughter, Anna Walker, makes him question everything. Daughter of a European mother and Cherokee father, Anna vowed never to fall for a white man. Yet when Sergeant Edwards endangers himself to keep the peace, her father seeks to secure her future in Gage’s hands.
On the eve of eviction, members of a local village hide their gold, trusting Anna with its safekeeping. When dangerous men discover the secret, can Anna trust Gage with the truth—and her heart? Pre-Order Now:
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.
WALTZ WITH DESTINY
by Catherine Ulrich Brakefield
Waltz into the Big Band Era and the splendors of Detroit's ballrooms with Esther (McConnell) Meir as a story-book romance swirls into a rendezvous with destiny.
"…Waltz with Destiny is the crown jewel of the Destiny Series!... You won't want to put this one down!" Kathy R.
The message of the Destiny series is even more applicable to today than when it first released. Praying for America’s repentance and to embrace God like never before." Debra B.
Great lineup of books, as always!
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