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

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

BOOK DAY September 2025


FALL IN LOVE WITH A NEW BOOK


 

 

THE DAMSEL’S INTENT

The Quilting Circle (Book 3)

A Sweet Historical Romance Series

By Mary Davis

Can Nicole learn to be enough of a lady to snag the handsome rancher? Nicole Waterby heads down the mountain to fetch herself a husband, not realizing women don’t wear trousers or carry a gun. She has a lot to learn. Rancher Shane Keegan has drifted from one location to another to find a place to belong. When Nicole crosses his path, he wonders if he can have love, but he soon realizes she’s destined for someone better than a saddle tramp. Will love stand a chance while both Nicole and Shane try to be people they’re not?

 

 

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.

 

 

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.”

 

 

UNEXPECTED

Hearts on Display Book Two

By Kimberly Keagan

Zella Capp has built her life on independence and a carefully guarded secret. When she’s offered the chance to lead an ambitious project, she’s thrust into the world of Philadelphia’s high society, where every glance is a test, and every word could be a weapon. As she juggles chaotic production deadlines, she finds herself drawn to Bert Walraven, a guarded executive whose recent brush with danger has left him more protective than ever. When sabotage endangers Zella’s hard-won success, she and Bert must confront the pasts they’ve fought to bury. Will they risk everything for a love that’s real?

 

 

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.

 

 

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. PRE-ORDER.

 

 

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?

Releases November 5. Pre-Order Discount 

 

 

A PINK LADY THANKSGIVING

By Donna Schlachter

Kate McBride settles into life in Oregon City, Oregon in November 1879, while furthering her dream to solve mysteries. Her first case: find a missing woman. But when somebody seems intent on stopping her, she and Tom must join forces to reveal who is trying to stop them.

 

 

OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH

By Liisa Eyerly

Winner of Eric Hoffer's First Horizon Award, Obedient Unto Death launches the thrilling Secrets of Ephesus mystery series, weaving a captivating Christian twist into the heart of the first-century Roman Empire. When a scribe is murdered during an illicit Christian gathering, an innocent bishop is imprisoned. Sabina, a fearless believer, navigates a treacherous world of deceit and betrayal to save him. With time running out and his execution looming, she risks everything to uncover the truth—before the fragile Christian community is torn apart forever. Will Sabina's courage and faith be enough to stop the injustice before it's too late?

 

 

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.

 

 

CHERISHING HER HEART

By Cindy Ervin Huff

After being falsely imprisoned in an asylum, Susan escapes and assumes the identity of 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?

 

 

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.

 

 

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 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?

 

Monday, September 30, 2024

HHH BOOK DAY September 2024

GREAT FALL READS

 

 

SMALL TOWN ROMANCES

Inspirational Boxed Set

By Mary Davis, et al.

5 Novels by 5 bestselling, award-winning authors. You'll love these unique stories of love! Something for everyone with 2 historical, 2 contemporary, and a fantasy romance. My novel is The Daughter’s Predicament—As Isabelle Atwood’s romance prospects are turning in her favor, a family scandal derails her dreams. Despite gaining the attention of a handsome rancher, her parents are pressuring her to marry a man of their choosing to rescue her sister’s reputation. While a third suitor waits silently in the wings, hoping to sweep her off her feet. Whom will Isabelle choose?

 

 

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?

 

 

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.”

 

 

AN UNCOMMON GIFT

By Sherri Stewart

Ella Davis’s papa always told her there’d be no class difference in Heaven, but Ella has years to live on God’s green earth until she reaches her reward. She’s content to be a maid, as long as she has her books and her kitten. But when her ladyship, Amberly Huntington, coerces Ella to take her place on the Mauretania, the fastest ocean liner in 1910, Ella’s worst nightmare has come to pass. She must pretend to be nobility for the eight days it takes to reach New York. In other words, she must live a lie—and just before Christmas!

 

 

APRIL’S PROMISE

By Terrie Todd

One secret. Three sisters. One wants desperately to uncover the truth. One wishes the truth would simply go away. And one will do anything to keep the truth hidden forever. April’s Promise was a finalist in the ACFW Carol Awards for Historical Fiction, and won the 2024 Word Awards for Historical Fiction.

 

 

FINDING THE DOG GROOMER'S SOULMATE

BOOK #2 GROOMERS LOVE STORIES

By Cindy Ervin Huff

Dog Groomer Aaron Willis longs for a soulmate. Although he’s no longer “Fat Aaron” insecurity steals his confidence around women. When Cassie Quinn, a beautiful, disabled veteran takes his breath away, can he convince her she’s the one? Cassie never thought herself pretty and now with a missing arm, she feels so much more than ugly. When Aaron, her super-attractive boss, asks her out, she’s convinced it’s a pity date. But when one date leads to more, she may just have to take a step back before her heart gets broken.

 

 

“THE ANGEL AND THE SKY PILOT”

From COURTING THE COUNTRY PREACHER

By Naomi Musch, et al.

Every Preacher needs a wife, right? But some might need convincing. Minnesota, 1910—A preacher with a checkered past sets off to win souls in the lumber camps like the "sky pilots" before him. But can he earn the respect of hard-living men—and still respect himself—after a local trader's daughter joins the all-male congregation? Pre-order Courting the Country Preacher to read “The Angel and the Sky Pilot” and three more stories of Faith, Hope . . . and Falling in Love.

 

 

LOVE AND CHOCOLATE

By Linda Shenton Matchett

She just needs a job. He wants a career. Is there room in their hearts for love?

 

 

The Destiny Series

SWEPT INTO DESTINY, DESTINY'S WHIRLWIND, DESTINY OF HEART, WALTZ WITH DESTINY

By Catherine Ulrich Brakefield

Get whisked into the lives of the McConnell women in this historical Christian fiction series. Follow these strong women from the days of the Civil War through the epic battle with Hitler. Discover what has inspired readers across the world as these four books are brought together as a set for the first time. "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. From Antebellum Era to Word War II, The Destiny Series gives readers CHRISTIANITY—ROMANCE—PATRIOTISM with True-to-life adventures.

 

 

FALL FLIP

By Denise Weimer

The tragic death of Shelby Dodson’s husband—her partner in a successful Home Network house flipping business—stole love, status, and career. Now a bungalow redesign thrusts Shelby into the company of a new contractor. Scott Matthews remembers Shelby from high school, and her contemporary style goes against his down-to-earth grain. When the house reveals a mystery, will its  secrets cost them a second chance at love?

 

 

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.

 

 

MONTANA GOLD SERIES BOXED SET

By Janalyn Voigt

Love Wild West romance? Read the Montana Gold boxed set!

1. Hills of Nevermore – Can a young widow hide her secret shame from the Irish preacher bent on protecting her?

2. Cheyenne Sunrise – After her wagon journey goes terribly wrong, a woman disillusioned in men must rely on a half-Cheyenne trail guide.

3. Stagecoach to Liberty – A Hessian woman must decide whether to trust a handsome stranger or remain with her alarming companions.

4. The Forever Sky – A young woman with no faith in love wonders if she can trust the man who broke her heart.

 

 

ALL WE THOUGHT WE KNEW

By Michelle Shocklee

Ava must put her life back together after her husband is killed at Pearl Harbor. A job at Camp Forrest provides income, but it also puts her in contact with Enemy Aliens interned on the military installation. Can she trust the German medical student whose friendship means more to her than it should? Mattie ran away from the pain when her brother was killed in Vietnam. Now she’s back in Tullahoma facing another devastating loss. Yet it is the bundle of WWII letters Mama insists she reads that makes her question everything she thought she knew about herself.

 

 

LOVE’S FORTRESS

By Jennifer Uhlarik

In present-day St. Augustine, Dani Sango finds many Native American drawings inside her estranged art forger father’s home, leading her to seek museum curator Brad Osgood’s help to decipher whether this is her recently-deceased father’s latest scam. In 1875, God changes Sally Jo Harris’s dream of serving in foreign missions when seventy-three Plains Indians are incarcerated in Florida’s ancient Fort Marion. However, when Sally Jo’s friendship with Broken Bow leads to false accusations, it could cost them their lives. How does Broken Bow and Sally Jo’s story end, and how does it impact Dani’s family?

 

 

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.

 

 

DREAMS OF THE HEART

By Penny Zeller

FH&L Reader’s Choice Award Winner

Poverty and abuse at the hands of her drunkard father leaves Hannah Bane trapped and alone. Without hope, she prays for a miracle just on the off-chance God will hear her. Will the handsome new deputy be Hannah’s one chance to escape the only life she’s ever known? For as long as he can remember, John Mark Eliason has wanted to be a deputy sheriff. When a job opens, he eagerly accepts but finds his greatest mission won’t be bringing justice to the ruthless Wyoming town, but saving a beautiful young woman he barely knows.

 

 

OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH

By Liisa Eyerly

Winner of Eric Hoffer's First Horizon Award, Obedient Unto Deathlaunches the thrilling Secrets of Ephesus mystery series, weaving a captivating Christian twist into the heart of the first-century Roman Empire. When a scribe is murdered during an illicit Christian gathering, an innocent bishop is imprisoned. Sabina, a fearless believer, navigates a treacherous world of deceit and betrayal to save him. With time running out and his execution looming, she risks everything to uncover the truth—before the fragile Christian community is torn apart forever. Will Sabina's courage and faith be enough to stop the injustice before it's too late?