February 2015 New Releases
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on
the ACFW Fiction Finder
website.
Amish Romance:
Keys of
Heaven: A Healing Grace Novel by Adina
Senft -- Apprentice Dokterfraa
Sarah Yoder grows herbs for her tinctures and tries to ignore her matchmaking
relatives, but she can't ignore her budding friendship with her neighbor, Henry
Byler. Henry has to resist her attraction when his pottery investors decide to
market him as Amish-he has never joined the church and doesn't plan to. When
Sarah and Henry are called upon to help a runaway, Sarah oversteps her bounds
and finds that God knows best how to heal the heart. (Amish Romance from Faith
Words [Hachette])
Biblical Fiction:
The Crimson
Cord, Rahab's Story by Jill Eileen
Smith -- Rahab's gambling husband sells her into prostitution. Then
spies infiltrate Jericho and she ends up in league with them. She offers her
body for a debt she does not owe-what price will redeem her soul? (Biblical
Fiction from Revell - A Division of Baker Publishing Group)
Contemporary
Romance:
Winning Over
the Heiress (Heartsong Presents) by Narelle Atkins
-- Can Sean Mitchell be redeemed? His new boss, Julia Radcliffe, isn't so sure.
After walking out on her a year ago, the bad boy with the surfer good looks is
back in her life and determined to keep it that way. It took time and faith,
but Sean is finally on the right path. When his past threatens his and Julia's
future, can he convince her that love can overcome every mistake? (Contemporary
Romance from Love Inspired [Harlequin])
Secretly
Yours: A Riverbend Romance Novella by Valerie
Comer -- Chef Lindsey Solberg agrees to cater the church's Valentine's
Day fundraising banquet as a favor to her teen sister, but she's shocked to
discover the bad boy from her high school days is now Riverbend's youth pastor.
Seriously? How could he have changed that much? Nick Harrison has prayed for
years for an opportunity to make amends. Now Lindsey's back in Riverbend and
won't give him the time of day. What's a guy to do except leave a trail of
gifts from a secret admirer? (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
How
to Catch a Prince by Rachel Hauck
-- American heiress Corina Del Rey reignites her career in
journalism after a long fog of grief, but her past with war veteran and star
rugby player Prince Stephen of Brighton catches up to her. With a little help
from heaven and his brother, King Nathaniel II, can they overcome the tragedy
of war, move forward, and find love again?
(Contemporary Romance from HarperCollins Christian Publishing [Thomas
Nelson and Zondervan])
Contemporary Women's Fiction:
The Vigil
by Marian P.
Merritt -- In Bijou Bayou fleeing an abusive boyfriend, Cheryl
Broussard finds work as a Hospice nurse. While reading a dying patient's Korean
War love letters, family secrets shatter Cheryl's beliefs about herself and
shed light on the reason she first fled her hometown. Can Cheryl deal with the
truth and accept a second chance with her family, old friends, and the God she
never really knew? (Contemporary Women's Fiction from Harbourlight Books
[Pelican])
Where
Rivers Part by Kellie
Coates Gilbert -- Following in her estranged father's footsteps, Dr.
Juliet Ryan is climbing the ladder of success providing safe drinking water for
millions, when disaster strikes and she learns this kind of achievement often
comes with a very high price. (Contemporary Women's Fiction from Revell - A
Division of Baker Publishing Group)
Historical Romance:
The
Homestead Brides Collection by Mary
Connealy, Darlene Franklin, Carla Olson
Gade, Ruth Logan
Herne, Pam
Hillman, DiAnn
Mills, Erica
Vetsch, Becca Whitham, and Kathleen Y'Barbo
-- Through nine historical romance adventures, readers will journey along with
individuals who are ready to stake a claim and plant their dreams on a piece of
the great American plains. While fighting land disputes, helping neighbors, and
tackling the challenges of nature, the homesteaders are placed in the path of
other dreamers with whom romance sparks. And God has His hand in orchestrating
each unique meeting. (Historical Romance from Barbour Publishing)
Brandywine
Brides by Amber
Stockton -- A family of bookstore owners has their faith restored and
love multiplied in beautiful historical Delaware. Caroline manages a bookstore
while her parents would prefer she marry. Grace seeks a missing heirloom book
with the help of a questionable young man. Lillian reopens the bookstore in her
brother's memory. Will each woman's literature inspired dreams lead her to a
man of faith and devotion? (Historical Romance from Barbour Publishing)
The Last
Heiress by Mary
Ellis -- When the heiress to England's largest textile mills travels
to Wilmington to restore cotton shipments during the American Civil War, class
distinction, political loyalties, and family feuds guarantee trouble for her
new romance. (Historical Romance from Harvest House Publishers)
Romantic Suspense:
Fugitive
Trackdown by Sandra
Robbins -- A shy Southern librarian and a bounty hunter join forces
to track down her father's killer. (Romantic Suspense from Love Inspired
[Harlequin])
Sabotaged
by Dani
Pettrey -- Growing up, goody-two-shoes Kirra Jacobs and troublemaker
Reef McKenna were always at odds. Now, working together as search-and-rescue
for Alaska's Iditarod race, a growing attraction forces aside old arguments.
When a girl is kidnapped, Kirra and Reef are thrown into a race to stop a
shadowy villain who also threatens to unleash one of the largest disasters
Alaska has ever seen. (Romantic Suspense from Bethany House [Baker] Publishing)
Speculative:
Found and
Lost (Haven Seekers #2) by Amanda G.
Stevens -- Violet DuBay has an opportunity to infiltrate the
Christian resistance, but what she learns dents her resolve to turn them in to
the Constabulary. (Speculative Fiction from David C. Cook)
