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With the holiday season just around the corner, we understand the challenge of selecting the perfect read for the bookworm on your Christmas list, especially when their bookshelves are already overflowing.
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Consider this your go-to guide for choosing the ideal literary gift, whether your loved one enjoys sweeping romance, action-packed stories, or pulse-pounding mysteries. Gift the following books to readers—or yourself–who like historical fiction, clean romance, Hallmark movies, BBC period dramas, or Jane Austen!
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We’ve partnered with Bethany House Publishers from the Baker Publishing Group to tell you about these exciting new books to cozy up with for the holiday season.
THE BOOK LOVER’S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: NEW FICTION FOR THE READER ON YOUR LIST—OR YOU!
ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND CHRISTMAS BY SARAH MONZON
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Mackenzie Graham’s work crush, Jeremy Fletcher, has barely noticed her—until they compete for the same much-needed promotion. But winning has less to do with work performance and everything to do with showing the most Christmas spirit. As their yuletide duel progresses, it might be more than a job they risk losing.
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If you enjoy The Hating Game and short Christmas romances, you’ll love this witty new holiday rom-com featuring rival coworkers.
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YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS BY TONI SHILOH
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Starr Lewis returns home for the holidays, jobless and single, to attend her sister’s wedding to Starr’s ex-boyfriend. But when her brother’s best friend offers to go with her to the wedding activities and she gives his struggling Christmas shop a makeover, she wonders if the holidays could bring her a love to keep all year long.
Why You Should Check This Out:
This heartwarming novella is a must-read for those who love Hallmark Christmas movies. Packed with holiday sweetness and contemporary romance, it’s perfect for fans of faith-centered holiday romances and the best friend’s brother trope.
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THE HEIRLOOM BY BEVERLY LEWIS
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Clara Bender believes a visit to Hickory Hollow may help her find direction after her father remarries. While restoring an heirloom quilt with her great-aunt Ella Mae Zook, the two form a warm bond. When Clara’s life is again upended by an unexpected incident and a young Amish man, will she find where her heart belongs?
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The Heirloom is a new and uplifting Christian fiction novel perfect for readers of The Shunning and sweet Amish romances.
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THE LEGACY OF LONGDALE MANOR BY CARRIE TURANSKY
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Art historian Gwen Morris is evaluating paintings at a British estate when she uncovers a connection to the father she never knew through a 100-year-old journal. In 1912, Charlotte Harper struggles with a painful family secret that she can only confess in her journal, which shatters her faith and leaves her wondering if she can ever trust in love again.
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Fans of Downton Abbey and faith-centered romances can enjoy this intriguing dual-time Edwardian romance about two women journeying a century apart.
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THE SECRETS BENEATH BY KIMBERLEY WOODHOUSE
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Anna Lakeman has spent her life working alongside her paleontologist father. When they find dinosaur bones, a rich investor tries to take over their dig. As Anna fights for recognition of her work and reconnects with an old beau, tensions mount and secrets are unburied. How can they keep the perils of the past from threatening their renewed affection?
Why You Should Check This Out:
The Secrets Beneath is a thrilling new historical romance novel set in a unique part of American history. It is perfect for women in STEM and readers who enjoy adventure-packed, faith-centered romances.
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THE LOST BOYS OF BARLOWE THEATER BY JAIME JO WRIGHT
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When Greta Mercy’s brothers disappear from the Barlowe Theater in 1915, she will do anything to uncover what threat lurks beneath the stage. Decades later, revealing what happened to the boys falls on Kit Boyd, who must determine whether she’s willing to pay the price to end the pattern of evil that has marked their hometown for a century.
Why You Should Check This Out:
It is an eerie dual-time mystery-thriller for fans of Gothic ghost stories and Simone St. James. You’ll be drawn into this atmospheric Christian fiction tale about two women seeking to uncover a dark mystery.
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MARSHALING HER HEART BY MARY CONNEALY
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When Becky Pruitt’s ranch foreman, Nate Paxton, confesses he’s a former US Marshal investigating the notorious Deadeye Gang, she agrees to let the marshals use the ranch as a hideout. But the outlaws won’t go quietly, and as danger draws ever nearer, Becky is drawn to Nate and finds both her heart and life in peril.
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Check out Marshaling Her Heart, a witty, action-packed frontier romance for fans of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
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JULIA MONROE BEGINS AGAIN BY REBEKAH MILLET
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With her two boys off to college, forty-year-old Julia Monroe intends to expand her cleaning business in New Orleans, but God seems to have other plans. Samuel Reed, the ruggedly handsome Green Beret who broke her heart more than twenty years ago, has returned to town, and he’s determined to win her back.
Why You Should Check This Out:
Readers who enjoy middle-aged main characters, witty banter, and the second-chance romance trope should check out this entertaining new contemporary romance novel.
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KNOWING YOU BY TRACIE PETERSON
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May Parker is captivated by the Japanese exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, longing to know more about her mother’s heritage. When she’s reunited with childhood friend Lee Munro, they become entangled in a dangerous heist involving samurai armor, and their love is threatened. Will they be able to overcome the odds against them?
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Fans of faith-filled historical romances and museum heists will enjoy this beautiful new story about love and heritage.
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TO SPARK A MATCH BY JEN TURANO
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Miss Adelaide Duveen—society misfit and confirmed spinster—is in danger of being banished from society. Former intelligence agent Gideon Abbott feels responsible for her plight and helps her relaunch into society. But when danger surrounds them, and she finds herself a target of the criminals in Gideon’s case, can the spark of love between them survive?
Why You Should Check This Out:
If you like comedic historical romances and Evie Dunsmore, check out this new Gilded Age novel by Jen Turano.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROMISE BY MISTY M. BELLER
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When Lorelai Collins rescues a rare white orphaned buffalo calf, she unwittingly brings people to her Rocky Mountain ranch. When the attention turns threatening, she approaches the mysterious new trading post owner with a proposition, but they are soon faced with a greater threat—one that will test their limits and the love growing between them.
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In the 19th Century Rocky Mountain wilderness, danger, romance, and adventure collide in this exhilarating historical romance for readers of Jody Hedlund.
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THIS PASSING HOUR BY LESLIE GOULD
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Mennonite Brenna Zimmerman’s life grows complicated by her feelings for a Ukrainian soldier and her friendship with an Afghanistan War vet. But she’s inspired by the story of her Amish great-great aunt’s experience during World War II. How will Brenna find the courage to give up the comforts she craves for the life she truly wants?
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Fans of World War II fiction, Amish romance, and Wanda E. Brustetter should check out The Passing Hour, a brand-new dual-time story.
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A WINTER BY THE SEA BY JULIE KLASSEN
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When the Duke and Duchess of Kent rent a nearby house for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon to host three of the royal couple’s male staff in their seaside cottage—but soon they realize they’ve invited mysterious secrets into their home. With the arrival of their new guests, the sisters face surprising romance and unexpected danger.
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Julie Glassen’s new Regency romance novel is perfect for Queen Charlotte, Jane Austen, and BBC period drama fans.
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CALLING ON THE MATCHMAKER BY JODY HEDLUND
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When a St. Louis Irish matchmaker pairs a shy young woman who spends her time caring for immigrants with a wealthy, flirtatious man whose father wants him to settle down, they can’t imagine a more opposite pairing. But as they work together to protect the neighborhood from an epidemic, all they know about love and sacrifice is tested.
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If you enjoy steamier Christian romance and books based on historical events, check out Jody Hedlund’s new historical romance novel set in 1849 St. Louis.
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