December 2018 New Releases
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on
the ACFW Fiction Finder
website.
Amish Romance:
The Amish Sweet
Shop by Laura Bradford, Mary Ellis, and
Emma Miller -- It's almost Valentine's Day at Beechy's Sweets, where the Amish
gifts of love and faith are even sweeter than the home-made candy. In The
Sweetest Courtship by Emma Miller, bachelor Jacob Beechy is a master candy
maker whose mother longs for grandchildren, so she sets out to find him an
assistant confectioner during the Valentine’s holiday—and a wife. In The
Sweetest Truth by Laura Bradford, Sadie Fischer can’t see beyond her scars from
a barn fire, but there’s a young man who sees only sweetness when he looks at
her, and he’s sending her Beechy’s chocolate and mysterious gifts leading up to
Valentine’s Day. In Nothing Tastes So Sweet by Mary Ellis, Pregnant widow
Hannah wants to buy her English employer’s hardware store, but ends up
following a clue from Beechy’s to clear a man’s name—and finds a partnership in
work, faith, and love. (Amish Romance from Kensington)
Amish Christmas
Memories by Vannetta
Chapman -- When a young Amish woman collapses in the snow shortly
before Christmas, Caleb Wittmer rushes to her aid. Only, “Rachel” remembers
nothing of who she is. Now his family has taken in the pretty stranger,
disrupting Caleb’s ordered world. He’s determined to find out where she
belongs…even if Rachel’s departure means saying goodbye to his old-fashioned
heart forever. (Amish Romance from Love Inspired [Harlequin])
A Quilt for Jenna (Apple
Creek Dreams #1) by Patrick E.
Craig -- On her way to win a quilting competition—and a ticket out of
Amish life, Jerusha finds her God, her missing husband, and a lost little girl
in the heart of the Storm of The Century. (Amish Romance from P & J
Publishing)
The Road Home (Apple
Creek Dreams #2) by Patrick E.
Craig -- Adopted into an Amish family as a child, local historian
Jenny Springer is looking for the parents she never knew. When Jenny meets
Jonathan Hershberger, a drifter from San Francisco who lands in Apple Creek
fleeing a drug deal gone wrong, she is intrigued by this Englischer with an
Amish name, and offers to help him discover his Amish roots. While Jonathan
discovers his need for home, family, and a relationship with God, Jenny finds
more than she hoped for—truth and love and the knowledge that you can go home
again. (Amish Romance from P & J Publishing)
Jenny’s Choice (Apple
Creek Dreams #3) by Patrick E.
Craig -- When Jenny’s husband disappears in a terrible boating
accident, she returns home to Apple Creek, Ohio and her adoptive parents. Working
through her grief, she pursues newfound writing dreams and is presented with a
possible romance with a handsome young publisher, until the elders of her
church confront her consideration of going outside her faith to pursue her
dreams. At the same a faint hope that her husband might someday be found alive
holds her heart in the past. (Amish Romance from P & J Publishing)
Minding the Amish
Baby by Carrie Lighte
-- Amish store clerk Tessa Fisher isn’t ready for marriage or a family—until a
baby girl is abandoned on her doorstep. Now Tessa and her gruffly handsome
landlord, Turner King, must mind the baby together. And soon Turner and the
sweet-cheeked kind are burrowing into Tessa’s heart. But with secrets between
them, can the temporary family find a way to stay together forever? (Amish
Romance from P & J Publishing)
Contemporary Romance:
Who I Am with
You by Robin Lee
Hatcher -- Jessica was pregnant and facing divorce when her husband
and daughter were killed in a car accident. Withdrawing from friends and
family, she feels far away from God. Then months later she receives her
great-grandfather’s Bible at her grandmother’s funeral. Ridley has suffered his
own loss. Bitter over disgrace at his job, an ended career, and subsequent
breakup with is girlfriend, he retreats to a vacation property owned by his
parents to lick his wounds and hide from the press. Thumbing through the Bible
later, Jessica journeys through the aged margin notes, back to faith and
wholeness. And the broken roads they have followed bring Jessica and Ridley to
each other as well. (Contemporary Romance from HarperCollins Christian
Publishing)
Historical:
Three Christmas
Novellas by Mary Connealy
-- Three Christmas Novellas in one volume: Long Horn Christmas, The Sweetest
Gift and The Christmas Candle. (Historical, Independently Published)
The Making of Mrs.
Hale by Carolyn Miller
-- Can a runaway marriage ever be
redeemed? Julia Hale ran off to be married in Gretna Green, following romance
instead of common sense. But her tale isn't turning into a happily ever after.
Her new husband is gone and she doesn't know where—or if he's ever coming back.
Julia has no option but to head home to the family she betrayed by eloping and
to hope they'll forgive her.Along the way she will learn how relationship with
God can bring restoration and hope, and find the answers she needs both for her
husband and her future. (Historical, Kregel Publications)
Child of
Light by Annette O’Hare
-- While praying for her own Christmas miracle after five years in a childless
marriage, Margaret offers aide to a destitute and expectant young woman during
the holidays. She is condemned for her decision to help a woman of ill repute
and must face the consequences of doing what is right. Will Margaret's prayers
for a child of her own be answered this Christmas or does God have something
else in store? (Historical from Harbourlight Books [Pelican])
The Plum Blooms in
Winter by Linda Thompson
-- Inspired by a Gripping True Story from World War II’s Daring Doolittle
Raid--Japan, 1948: A prostitute seeks her revenge; a war hero finds his true
mission. (Historical from Mountain Brook Ink)
Historical Romance:
The MissAdventure Brides
Collection by Mary Davis,
Cynthia Hickey,
Kathleen E. Kovach,
Debby Lee, Donna
Schlachter, Marjorie Vawter, and Kimberley Woodhouse
-- Seven daring damsels refuse to let the cultural norms of their eras hold
them back! Follow along as they trek the wilderness as a fur trapper; teach in
the backwoods; campaign for women's rights; breed llamas; drive cross-country;
become a hotel tour guide; and pursue art. Will they meet men who admire their
bravery and determination? (Historical Romance from Barbour Publishing)
Kiss Me Once
Again by Gail Kittleson
-- When Glenora Carson’s first love perishes along with the crew of the U.S.S.
Arizona on December 7, 1941, she locks away her heart and her dreams of
attending college on scholarship, instead choosing to hold down the home front
by helping out the family business – Carson’s Garage. The grease-stained
overalls don’t do much to compliment her female figure, but they cover her
female heart well enough. That is, until Hank Anderson, a wounded warrior back
from battle, walks into the garage and into Glenora’s life. Is an old maid’s
future Glenora’s fate, or will Cupid throw a wrench in her plans? (Historical
Romance from WordCrafts Press)
Stagecoach to
Liberty by Janalyn Voigt
-- Can a desperate young woman trust the handsome Irish stranger who wants to
free her from her captors? (Historical Romance from Mountain Brook Ink)
