Chautona Havig

Two believers and one skeptic walk into a Christian bookstore. Words ensue—including cross ones. CrossWords has thrived for over fifty years, and Shiloh Scott runs it with equal parts Scripture, encouragement, and wholehearted hugs.

Protecting her without her knowledge might get them both killed. Grief has held Eve “Kensi” Kensington captive long enough. Determined to move on after the death of her fiancé six years ago, Kensi moves to St. Alyn to help Ezra with the new boat book business.

Protecting her without her knowledge might get them both killed. Grief has held Eve “Kensi” Kensington captive long enough. Determined to move on after the death of her fiancé six years ago, Kensi moves to St. Alyn to help Ezra with the new boat book business.

Smith Abingdon needs The Agency’s protection—or he’s a dead man. Thief. Arms dealer. Assassin. The list of what Smith Abingdon will do is far longer than what he won’t.

Falling in love with Benjamin wasn’t in the plan, but Mallory finds she’s all but lost her head and her heart after two and a half years of banter, memories, and now shared books....

A painter at the Meyer’s Toys factory, Clarice Stahl, knows something is strange about the way so many men come and go through Mr. Meyer’s office, especially one in particular. Then murder strikes a little too close to home and uncorks a barrel of secrets....

When Mallory Barrows finds an old diary in a box of books, the story she finds within sends her on the hunt for the owner—and maybe more. Theirs is a story ripped from a country song. A wedding, a former love presumed dead, her new love stepping aside....

At the pinnacle of his Hollywood career, Garrison Prince’s reign ends tonight. As plain old Gary Prinz, he can pursue his Bible education, buy a bungalow in Pasadena, acquire a few chickens, and marry the girl of his dreams....

Brooks Crawforth agreed to volunteer crews helping to clean up and repair things on the island, not a whole home and garden series on the total renovation of several houses and a bit of cleanup on the side....

In a twist on billionaire romance and marriage of convenience, this Merriweather book kicks off a new series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters....

Tessa Booker hates romance. For 25 years, Tessa Booker has insisted that romance is something Hollywood cooked up to sell books and movies. Yes, she knows the word existed before movies. She doesn’t care. That’s her story, and she’s sticking to it....

Mallory Barrows has one last Christmas with her uncle. She’s determined to make it the best one he’s ever had. She knows when she asks what he wants as his final gift, it won’t be a tie or a new mug....

After the abrupt loss of her sister and brother-in-law, Aggie is stunned to find herself the sole guardian of their eight lively children....

Alone without friends or family to comfort her after the death of her mother, Willow Finley's idyllic life is over-and just beginning....

Alone without friends or family to comfort her after the death of her mother, Willow Finley's idyllic life is over - and just beginning....

During WWII, Avelino Carrillo spent four harrowing years in the South Pacific with one thought driving his survival: to return to his beloved home in Napa Valley....

With a month to get from Orange County, California to Delaware for his next corporate challenge, Milton Coleridge decides to spend a week at Joshua Tree National Park. He never expected to find a floundering bookstore in need of his particular business skills.

Noel: where cookies & ornaments collide. Books and cookies--a match made in heaven? Not hardly. Josh Hart just wants his fledgling bookstore to have a chance, and with every car in the tiny town of Noel parking in front of his store, you'd think he had a good one. Again, not hardly.

Christmas is supposed to be about “peace on earth” and “goodwill toward men.” Glyn Darrow bought that lie for the first three decades of her life, but whoever said that (it was one of God’s angels, wasn’t it?) clearly hadn’t met Glyn’s new neighbor.

When Henri Tupuola returned to Suamalie to open his mental health clinic, he had no idea what he was getting into. After ten years in Australia getting his degree, the locals had all but forgotten the quiet “boy” who had always made them feel like he could see right through them.