Showing posts with label Book Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Day. Show all posts

Sunday, August 30, 2026

HHH August Book Day!



7 BOOKS YOU'LL WANT TO ADD TO YOUR TBR LIST!






CHRISTMAS UNDER THE STARS
by Donna Schlachter



November 1858, Utah Territory: Edie Meredith strives to keep her temper and her tongue under control as she heads west with her brother to California. Raised in an itinerant preacher family, she promises she will never marry a man of the cloth. Tom Aiken, drover of the wagon train, longs to answer his true calling: to preach. While he realizes not every woman would choose a preacher for a husband, he hopes to soon find his helpmeet. Suspicious ‘accidents’ plague their journey. Is someone trying to keep them from reaching their destination? Or will misunderstandings and circumstances keep them apart? FREE when you sign up for Donna's newsletter!


FREED BY THE FRONTIER

By Denise Farnsworth, Sherry Shindelar, and Susan Craft




Three remarkable women find themselves caught between two worlds on the American frontier. A captive of the Comanche must choose between escaping to white society or her growing feelings for a rising war chief in 1850s Texas. A Georgia judge's daughter flees an unwanted betrothal, only to be captured by Creek warriors but protected by a mysterious brave. And in 1754, an English lady traveling the Great Wagon Road to become a teacher discovers her carefully planned future may not survive her attraction to a protective frontiersman

  
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? FREE when you sign up for Camille's newsletter!



MOUNTAIN PROPHECY
by Linda Hoover




In 1918, Dusty and Darla's Appalachian relatives still feud with their neighbors, are deeply superstitious and believe in local folklore. The teen twins deal with it every summer. But this time two young women have disappeared into an abandoned mine, and the mountain families believe trolls looking for brides are responsible.

Prince Aidan's isolated clan has waited hundreds of years for the fulfillment of a prophecy that says a heavenly being will come to them, marry the prince and lead them to a better life. After catching a glimpse of Darla, Aidan knows it’s only a matter of time.


 
SWEDISH SUNRISE
by Linda Shenton Matchett





After being accepted into America’s Office of Strategic Services, Birgit Westgard is assigned a dull, clerical job in Stockholm, Sweden. Then her handsome boss taps her to be his “plus-one” at events where they collect intelligence, plant propaganda, and dance the nights away. Can she remain impervious to his charm? Silas Cronin’s plane crashes in neutral Sweden, and he’s interned. Bored, he volunteers when the government comes looking for a typist. Suddenly, he’s in Stockholm, mired in intrigue and subterfuge with a gorgeous secretary who wants nothing to do with him. Is she right that wartime is no time for romance?




THE RELUCTANT HEALER OF HALIFAX
by Terrie Todd


RE-RELEASED WITH A NEW COVER AND BONUS MATERIAL!


Rose Onishi is on track to fulfill her lifelong goal of becoming a concert pianist. When forced to leave her beloved home to work on the Thornes’ farm, her dream fades to match the black dirt staining her callused hands. When Rusty Thorne joins the army, he never imagines becoming a Japanese prisoner of war. Though he begs God to help him not hate his brutal captors, Rusty can no longer even hear the Japanese language without revulsion. Only his rare letters from home sustain him—especially the notes from his mother’s helper, which the girl signs simply as “Rose.”



 
WORTH KEEPING
by Kimberly Keagan




PREORDER NOW FOR 99 CENTS!
Max Dennison arrives at Akethorpe Hall with every intention of selling the English country estate he’s inherited. Instead, he finds himself drawn into the life of a West Suffolk village—and increasingly captivated by the vicar's daughter.

Eliza Davies has long since learned that trusting the wrong person can come at a high cost. The last thing she needs is a charming American who has no intention of staying.

As summer unfolds, unexpected friendships, family secrets, and difficult choices begin to reshape both their futures. But when duty and opportunity pull in opposite directions, Max and Eliza must decide what matters most—and what is truly worth keeping. 















Thursday, July 30, 2026

HHH July Book Day!





10 Books You Don't Want to Miss!




ALL ALONG
by Kimberly Keagan

 
A sweet, Gilded Age friends-to-more romance. FREE when you subscribe to Kimberly's email list.

It’s the summer of 1895, and Clara Hawthorne is determined to make Oliver Townsend see her as more than just his childhood friend. But when his charming older brother, Simon, unexpectedly awakens feelings she never anticipated, Clara must question everything she thought she wanted. 

Set against the backdrop of Long Island’s glittering summer cottages, this historical romance novelette is a reminder that love often has plans of its own.




A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS
by Denise M. Colby 





California, 1870. Pastor William Baker built his life on steady faith and safe choices, but the arrival of Lydia Spencer upends everything. Independent and outspoken Lydia is unlike any woman he’s ever known. Lydia is a Pinkerton detective, undercover as a schoolteacher while tracking a dangerous crime boss. She’s determined to protect her friends in Washton even if it means keeping her distance from the kind, steadfast pastor who sees too much. But when Will and Lydia are thrown together in a search for truth they find themselves fighting not only for justice, but for a future neither had planned. 



EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 
by Linda Matchett 

 

Shunned for his appearance, a disfigured veteran encounters acceptance and love where he least expects it. Left with physical and emotional scars after the Great War, Hank Drake has been shunned by polite society as the Ugly Duckling. Fine by him. He’d much rather be alone. Until he meets the kind proprietress of a tea stand at New York’s World’s Fair who isn’t repulsed by his appearance. Can he hope for acceptance…or even love? A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's beloved fairytale set at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.



FREED BY THE FRONTIER
By Denise Farnsworth, Sherry Shindelar, and Susan Craft




Three remarkable women find themselves caught between two worlds on the American frontier. A captive of the Comanche must choose between escaping to white society or her growing feelings for a rising war chief in 1850s Texas. A Georgia judge's daughter flees an unwanted betrothal, only to be captured by Creek warriors but protected by a mysterious brave. And in 1754, an English lady traveling the Great Wagon Road to become a teacher discovers her carefully planned future may not survive her attraction to a protective frontiersman.





LIGHTER THAN AIR
by Linda Hoover




Elena Biship’s father has until the end of August to pay a gambling debt or lose their home. She believes God is telling her to have a family camp on their estate.

Justin Ramsay, Elena’s neighbor, wants to fulfill the secret mission given to him by his grandmother. His older brother wants him to join the military unless he can keep Elena and the neighborhood safe while he’s away.

Justin and Elena disagree over the camp, even as an attraction beyond friendship ignites. The deadline for the debt is looming. Can they find their way together, or will both lose?



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?

 
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.



SWEPT INTO DESTINY
by Catherine Ulrich Brakefield





Ben (first book of Destiny series) 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 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 RELUCTANT HEALER OF HALIFAX
by Terrie Todd




RE-RELEASED WITH A NEW COVER AND BONUS MATERIAL!

Rose Onishi is on track to fulfill her lifelong goal of becoming a concert pianist. When forced to leave her beloved home to work on the Thornes’ farm, her dream fades to match the black dirt staining her callused hands. When Rusty Thorne joins the army, he never imagines becoming a Japanese prisoner of war. Though he begs God to help him not hate his brutal captors, Rusty can no longer even hear the Japanese language without revulsion. Only his rare letters from home sustain him—especially the notes from his mother’s helper, which the girl signs simply as “Rose.”



 









Tuesday, December 30, 2025

HHH December Book Day

NEW YEAR, 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.

 

 

BENEATH A RARE BLUE MOON

By Johnnie Alexander

One rare night. One risky mission. A second chance at love. On a rare blue-moon night in 1944, homefront guard Kathleen Forrest apprehends a suspected saboteur at Tennessee’s top-secret “Secret City”—only to discover he’s Roger Craig, the Army Intelligence agent who once held her heart. Ordered into an uneasy alliance after a key informant’s death, Kathleen and Roger must expose a lurking spy ring before sabotage strikes at the war’s heart. As danger mounts and long-buried feelings resurface, they face a life-or-death choice: trust each other again—or lose far more than the mission.

 

 

A CHEERFUL HEART ANTHOLOGY: LEGACY OF LOVE

By Linda Shenton Matchett

After fleeing the vacuous life of her nouveau riche parents, Meg Underwood is informed by the pushy, yet handsome Pinkerton agent, Reuben Jessop, she has inherited her aunt’s significant estate, and she must return home to claim the bequest. Unwilling to fail at his mission, Reuben gives her until Christmas to prove why she should remain in Oregon and give up the opportunity to become a woman of means. When he seems to want more than friendship, she wonders if her new-found wealth is the basis of his attraction.

 

 

LOVE IN BLOOM

By Suzanne Norquist, Kathleen E. Kovach, Mary Davis et al.

Four Bachelors Find Their Happily Ever After With This Bouquet of Brides.

“A Song for Rose” (1882, Rockledge, Colorado) by Suzanne Norquist

Can a disillusioned tenor convince an aspiring soprano that there is more to music than fame?

“Periwinkle in the Park” (1910, Colorado) by Kathleen Kovach

A female hiking guide runs into conflict with a mountain man who is determined to keep the government off his land.

“Holly & Ivy” (1890, Washington State) by Mary Davis

A young woman accompanies her impetuous younger sister across the country to be a mail-order bride and loses her heart to a gallant stranger.

 

 

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.”

 

 

IRISH ROSE ORPHANS’ CHRISTMAS

By Susan G Mathis

Fall in love with seven unforgettable girls as their touching story unfolds in this prequel to the Irish Rose Orphans: A Thousand Islands Gilded Age Series. At the Irish Rose Orphan Asylum, the girls face their final Christmas together before entering service in the Gilded Age. Bound as “forever sisters,” they confront old wounds and separation. Annie and Taryn struggle with a silent rift, Fiona wrestles with abandonment, Vivian masks her fears, while Cassie, Isabel, and Gloria battle uncertainty. Yet they discover that faith, hope, and sisterhood will follow them wherever life leads.

 

 

THE SONGBIRD AND THE SURVEYOR

By Denise Farnsworth

Genevieve Gillbard knows she's no longer safe in the rough-and-tumble gold rush town when she overhears her controlling guardian's plot to steal gold from a local mine owner. It takes every ounce of her courage to escape, and now she'll do anything to keep herself safe, even accept a temporary marriage of convenience from a man who clearly wants nothing more than his independence. Even then, she fears the sham marriage might not be enough to keep her safe from her guardian's long reach.

 

 

EVEN IF I PERISH

By Terrie Todd

Based on a miraculous true story of courage in the face of impossible odds.

“To say it was hard to put down really doesn’t do justice to how gripping a tale this is… aware that a ship carrying children to Canada had been torpedoed and sunk by a German vessel, I was completely unaware of the story of Lifeboat 12. The horrors they faced once the torpedo struck, the chaos that ensued as the scramble was on for the lifeboats and then the incredible story of Mary Cornish and all the others in Lifeboat 12 makes for a gripping story.” (From an Amazon review.)

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

LOVE AND ORDER: A THREE-PART OLD WEST ROMANTIC MYSTERY

By Jennifer Uhlarik

Separated as children when they were adopted out to different families from an orphan train, the Braddock siblings of Callie, Andie, and Rion have each grown up and taken on various jobs within law enforcement and criminal justice. When the hunt for a serial killer with a long history of murders reunites the brother and sisters in Cambria Springs, Colorado, they find themselves not only in a fight for justice, but also a fight to keep their newly reunited family intact. How will they navigate these challenges when further complicated by unexpected romances?

 

 

SOLVE BY CHRISTMAS

By Amber Schamel

When sabotage threatens the Rudin Sugar Factory, Detective Jasper Hollock believes this will be his first real case. But dear Mr. Rudin—the only father Jasper has ever known—holds a different assignment for his private investigator. Convince him life is worth living. As the incidents at the factory become life threatening, Jasper’s attempts at dissuading Mr. Rudin prove futile. Time is ticking. Jasper must solve both cases by Christmas before Mr. Rudin, the company, and Jasper’s faith, are dragged to perdition. Will this be the Christmas Jasper truly discovers what makes life worth living?

 

 

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!

 

 

TEXAS RECLAIMED

By Sherry Shindelar


Cora Scott used to dream of falling in love. But the frontier has scrubbed such notions out of her. She’s had enough of waiting on men who can’t be counted on. By the end of the war, she’s lost everyone except for her little brother. Determined to hold onto the family land, she returns to her abandoned ranch, only to realize they can’t survive there on their own. When the dark-haired Yankee with haunted eyes shows up offering to help, she’s slow to respond. He’s a troubled man, and she’s had enough trouble. But her heart isn’t listening.