Devoted to Hope

Miriams’ January Promise Series: Amish Romance Birthday , Book 1 Written by: Tracy Fredrychowski Publication Date: 10.14.24 Published by The Tracer Group, LLC Genre: Christian Fiction, Amish Fiction 5 Stars!   For readers who need hope that grows brighter when the way forward isn’t clear … this story is for you. At first, I was drawn in by the hope of a gentle Amish love story. What I found was a journey overflowing with heartfelt emotion, everyday bravery, and faith that wre

Forged in Shadows Written by Kendra Warden Publisher: Fearless Faith Press Release Date: 01.12.26 Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense & Mystery 5 Stars!   Forged in Shadows pulls you into the reality of spiritual warfare. As you read, the weight of truth, fear, and hope becomes real. You finish this book wide awake to the battles we wage every moment.   This story keeps you turning pages. The suspense is sharp and immediate. Demi, a widowed airport security officer, works with

Daily Joy: A Devotional for Women Variety of Contributors Published by: Crossway Release Date: 05.04.22 Genre: Christian NonFiction, Christian Devotional, Women’s Christian Living 5 Stars! I’ve reached for many devotionals over the years, but few have become a steady presence on my desk like Daily Joy. This isn’t a book of fleeting inspiration or stories anchored in personal feeling… every page is rooted in Scripture and God’s unchanging truth. For me, that makes all the diff

Draw Close to Jesus Written by Heidi Chiavaroli Publisher: Revell Release Date: 01.20.26 Genre: Christian, Easter Devotional 4 Stars! Draw Close to Jesus is a thoughtfully crafted Lenten devotional that invites readers to slow down and reflect on the people who encountered Christ on His journey to the cross. Through forty daily readings, Heidi Chiavaroli blends Scripture, prayer, and reflection with imaginative retellings designed to help readers place themselves within the G

Ambushed in the Night Written by Rhonda Starnes Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense  Harlequin Release Date: 01.27.26 Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense & Mystery 5 Stars!   A terrified mother. A child who needs protection now, not later. Ambushed in the Night  places its characters in circumstances where trust must be chosen before certainty arrives. Maxwell Prescott does not step forward because the situation feels safe or convenient. He steps forward because it is right. Tha

Smoochin’ Under the Mistletoe Series: Families and Heroes Collection , Book 2 Written by Madison Love Release Date: 12.01.25 Genre: Christian Romance, Christmas 4 Stars! Not every Christmas looks like the one we planned. Sometimes the year ends not with wishes granted, but with the ache of loss and the mess of dreams undone. Smoochin’ Under the Mistletoe is a story that meets us in that place and gently leads us toward something richer: a holiday where grace, kindness, and th

Her Undiscovered Door Series: Families and Heroes Collection , Book 2 Written by Karen Randau Release Date: 09.12.25 Genre: Single Women Fiction 3 Stars!   Her Undiscovered Door drew me in with its evocative setting and premise. A woman at the crossroads, a mysterious inheritance, and the quiet ache of belonging that feels so real. Anya’s journey through Peach Blossom, Oklahoma, was both immersive and heartfelt. I loved her honest vulnerability, and the layered mystery unfold

Risking It All Series: Affection and Determination – Their Wild West Win , Book 4 Written by Jeri Stockdale Release Date: 09.12.25 Genre: Christian Historical Fiction 4 Stars!   Risking It All is a novella of risk and refuge, shame and new beginnings, where grace waits quietly on the other side of the hardest choices. Rebecca Alexander flees Omaha under cover of desperation, wearing a borrowed future and a name that isn’t hers. The ache of regret and the weight of secrets fol

Where Stillness Speaks Series: Tabitha’s Kin, Book 1 Written by Chelsey Welwood Release Date: 08.29.25 Genre: Christian Historical Fiction 5+ Stars! Once in a very rare while, I come across a book I read with my whole soul … breath held, hopes trembling, every page whispering, “Be still. Listen.”   Where Stillness Speaks is that kind of book.   Chelsey Welwood invites us into the ache of Audra Bancroft’s world. A world gilded on the outside and hollowed out with loneliness un

Track of Courage Series: Call of the Wild , Book 1 Written by Susan May Warren Release Date: 01.06.26 Genre:  Christian Romantic Suspense 5 Stars! I caught myself holding my breath several times while reading this suspense-chilling novel. I felt the searing cold that steals your very breath, tightens your chest, and makes every hard-earned step feel urgent. The danger isn’t distant or abstract. It presses in with wild wind, blinding snow, and the full knowledge that one wrong

Still Standing in the Rain Series: The Song of Grace , Book 3 Written by William Ferrier Jr. Release Date: 10.18.25 Genre:  Christian Fiction, Women’s Christian Fiction, 90-Minute Christian Fiction Short Read 5 Stars! Still Standing in the Rain is brief in length and immense in weight. Every page carries lived faith, earned wisdom, and the quiet authority of truth that has been tested in storms. I found more life-shaping lines in this novella than in dozens of longer books, a

Shielded by the Cowboy Series: Thunder Ridge Justice, Book 1 Written by Connie Queen Release Date: 12.30.25 Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense & Mystery 4 Stars! This story carries a steady sense of protection woven through danger, family ties, and the rugged land of Thunder Ridge. From the beginning, Shielded by the Cowboy leans into watchfulness and responsibility, establishing a setting where loyalty runs deep and threats feel uncomfortably close. Holly Myers is a compelli

Detecting Deadly Threats Series: K-9 Search and Rescue , Book 16 Written by Carol J. Post Narrated by Emma Lysy Release Date: 12.30.25 Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense & Mystery 5 Stars! Danger lingers. It watches. It waits for the moment the guards are down. That unique atmosphere comes into focus early and remains steady throughout.   The threat is never singular. It presses in from multiple directions, touching the ordinary, family responsibilities, and moments that shou

An Amish Widow’s Hope Written by Pamela Desmond Wright Published by Love Inspired | Harlequin Release Date: 01.27.26 Genre: Amish Romance Fiction, Love Inspired, Christian Fiction 5 Stars! Intruding fear breaks into the night, but anchored faith is what answers the door.   An Amish Widow’s Hope by Pamela Desmond Wright carries the quiet strength of Amish faith … steady work, shared burdens, patient endurance, communal discernment, prayers offered when fear has no easy answer.

Whispers at Painswick Court Written by Julie Klassen Narrated by Elizabeth Jasicki Published by RBmedia  Recorded Books Release Date: 12.02.25 Genre: Christian Historical Romance Fiction 4.5 Stars! This story moves softly, almost carefully, as though it knows that some houses hold more than furniture and walls. Painswick Court holds memory, restraint, and unspoken history, and the novel allows those things to breathe instead of rushing past them. I found myself listening with

Severed Ties Series: Dauntless Defenders , Book 3 Written by Taylor S. Newport Published by Whitewater River Publishing Release Date: 01.22.26 Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense 5 Stars!   Severed Ties is all risk, rawness, and racing heartbeats! It was read with breathless attention, unable to look away from the wreckage or the hope.   The danger never lets up. The action is relentless. The suspense is immersive. The writing is so vivid it’s like watching the story unfold on

A Christmas to Remember Written by Penny Zeller Published by Maplebrook Publishing, LLC Release Date: 12.09.25 Genre: Christian Historical Romance, Western & Frontier Christian Romance 4 Stars! Snow carries sound differently in Montana … softer, nearer, almost as if every breath and footstep is held close to heaven. That is how this story felt to me. A quiet snowfall of grace … small moments of tenderness … the kind of love that grows because two hearts keep offering themselv

Trail of Mountain Secrets Written by Darlene L. Turner Narrated by Leonor A. Woodworth Series: National Park Protectors , Book 2 Published by Love Inspired Suspense Harlequin Audio    HarperCollins Release Date: 11.25.25 Genre: Christian Mystery & Suspense 4 Stars! Trails can shift beneath you in unexpected ways. They turn, disappear, return, and lead you straight into places you never planned to go. That is how this story felt to me. The danger rises quickly, the secrets run

Christmas Under Threat Written by Maggie K. Black Narrated by Abby Craden Series: Unsolved Case Files Published by Love Inspired Suspense    Harlequin Audio    HarperCollins Release Date: 11.25.25 Genre: Christian Mystery & Suspense 5 Stars! Snow. Silence. And that small tightening in the chest that tells you something isn’t right. That’s how Christmas Under Threat began for me … a quiet chill that settled in and stayed close. Maggie K. Black writes danger with such clear edg

How Church Could (Literally) Save Your Life Written by Rebecca McLaughlin Series: The Gospel Coalition (30 Books) Publication Date: 10.28.25 Published by: Crossway Genre: Nonfiction, Christian Living, Christian Spiritual Growth 4 Stars! There is something strangely settling about holding a book that feels like a prescription pad for the soul… a little volume where Scripture and science stand together and quietly testify to what God has said all along. We are meant to gather.

Deadly Christmas Trap Written by Lynette Eason Narrated by Cindy Kay Series: Dakota K-9 Unit Published by Love Inspired Suspense   Harlequin Audio      HarperCollins Release Date: 11.25.25 Genre: Christian Mystery & Suspense 5 Stars! Deadly Christmas Trap opens with danger already pressing in, and Lynette Eason brings that intensity forward with a precision that kept me fully engaged from the start. Cheyenne Chen is the kind of character I love to walk beside: steady, thought

Dangerous Holiday Manhunt Written by Lenora Worth Narrated by Callie Beaulieu Series: Dakota K-9 Unit Published by Love Inspired Suspense Harlequin Audio      HarperCollins Release Date: 11.25.25 Genre: Christian Mystery & Suspense 4 Stars! There’s a striking immediacy in a story that draws you into danger, hope, and courage all at once, and this novella does exactly that. Dangerous Holiday Manhunt opens with a cold wind, a brewing storm, and a federal marshal who walks her a

Strengthened by the Gospel: A Theology of Romans Series: New Testament Theology (11 Books) Written by Brian S. Rosner Series Editor: Thomas R. Schreiner Publication Date: 10.21.25 Published by: Crossway Genre: Christian, Theology, Nonfiction, Paul’s Letters (Books), New Testament Commentaries 5 Stars! Strengthened by the Gospel opens Romans with a depth that honors the weight of God’s Word and the glory of the Gospel at the center of it.   Rosner writes with a calm, confident

Romans: The Glory of the Gospel Series: Flourish Bible Study Written by Lydia Brownback Publication Date: 03.11.25 Published by: Crossway Genre: Christian, Theology, Nonfiction, Bible Study, Christian Living, Romans 5 Stars! Studying Romans with this Flourish Bible Study guide felt like opening the door to a room filled with light… steady, Scripture-shaped light that reveals the holiness of God and the mercy He pours out through His Son. Romans: The Glory of the Gospel carrie