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Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation follows the lives of Martin Luther, Desiderius Erasmus, and Philipp Melanchthon as their world descends into chaos and violence in the year 1525. Having confronted Luther in print at the urging of popes and politicians, Erasmus now finds himself charged with heresy by a powerful Catholic theologian, racked with health problems, and contemplating his eternal fate. Luther ought to be responding to Erasmus, but he stands accused of inspiring a radical peasant movement that threatens to plunge the empire into civil war.

When the Great Fire shatters a young Roman's world, he infiltrates the early Church with a mission to capture the Apostle Paul. It's 64 A.D. and Maximus has spent his whole life yearning for greatness. As a soldier and Roman nobleman, he climbs the ranks until the Great Fire destroys everything he's built. Now with Emperor Nero intent on crushing Paulus and a mysterious group called The Way, Maximus has his final chance to rise again and receive the reward from the Emperor.

In the shadowed hollers of the early-twentieth-century Appalachian Mountains, Lizzy Haney is on the run. She's been falsely accused of murder and is desperate to reunite with her brother, River, whose unforgettable green eyes haunt her. The secret in her past is a stinging wound, but it...

Some wounds are carried in silence. Some healings require more than medicine. Eighteen-year-old Anna bears the marks of a childhood tragedy that left her motherless, scarred, and lame. Hidden within the household of her father, Joseph of Arimathea, a wealthy councilman of the Sanhedrin, her days are measured in herb gardens and healing tinctures, in the steady work of hands trained to help others, and in the quiet safety of a world made small.

A raven was the first bird released from Noah’s Ark… but what if it never stopped watching? In this sweeping biblical fiction novel, a mysterious raven journeys through the centuries, witnessing humanity’s triumphs, failures, and encounters with the divine. From the aftermath of the flood to the rise of kings and prophets, The Raven is a powerful story of judgment, redemption, and the enduring hope woven through Scripture.

The world believed the story ended on a blood-soaked hill outside Jerusalem. When the heavy stone was rolled across the mouth of the garden tomb, the religious elite breathed a collective sigh of relief, and the scattered disciples were swallowed by suffocating despair. But the silence of the sepulcher was a profound illusion. At the exact moment the Son of God surrendered His final breath, the greatest invasion in the history of the cosmos began.

She saved him from the sea. He awakened her heart. Now a villainous scheme threatens to destroy them both. Seawater runs through Muriel Quinn’s veins—a fact that has long concerned her father, who longs for his youngest daughter to abandon the waves and embrace the respectable life expected...

Now that the Civil War is over, Jed Young has reconciled with his siblings, made peace with God, and is ready to settle down and start his new life. Somewhere out of the city. Somewhere quiet. Somewhere far, far away from women. Mary Pierce has a picture-perfect life with three beautiful daughters and a lumberjack husband who adores her. When tragedy alters the course of her life, Mary has to lean on God in deeper ways, learning to navigate her challenging new path. Unable to look away from the suffering of his friends, Jed steps in, taciturn and steady but clueless of social convention.

SamsonA Biblical Legends NovelSet apart before his birth, Samson was chosen for a purpose. Strength flowed through him like fire—sudden, unstoppable, and feared by enemies across the land. Lions fell beneath his hands. Armies scattered before him. His name became legend. But calling does not protect a man from his own choices. Drawn by desire and blinded by pride, Samson slowly drifts from the vow that once defined him. Victory after victory hides a deeper truth: strength without obedience leads only to ruin.

He only offered her passage to Alaska. But they end up fighting for something bigger along the way... Maggie McDougal is determined to save her family’s land after her parents’ sudden deaths. And if that means leaving the sandy shores of Lake Michigan and traveling across the country to Washington Territory in search of her brother so he can claim the land, then so be it. Anything is better than watching the land she loves fall into her uncle’s greedy, conniving hands. The trouble is, when the ship that her brother works on arrives in Bellingham, her brother isn’t on it.

Dr. Quinn meets Bridgerton in this new series from USA Today bestselling author Naomi Rawlings. Jonas Redding never wants to be a lawman again. He’s spent a decade as a US Marshal, wearing a tin star on his chest and chasing dangerous criminals across the great state of Texas. But when a case goes wrong, Jonas finds himself standing over two tombstones—his mother’s and his fiancée’s. Resolved to protect his sister from meeting the same fate, Jonas cuts off all communication with her, changes his name, and heads north to the vast, untamed Alaskan wilderness.

She's dreamed of being a doctor since she was a girl. Then he arrives and town and ruins everything... Kate Amos has always wanted to be a doctor. The problem is, there aren’t too many female doctors in 1886, and there are even fewer people who will let a woman doctor treat them. Fortunately for Kate, the only other doctor in the growing town of Juneau Alaska is drunk more than he’s sober, and he doesn’t know the first thing about medicine. So even though the townsfolk might not want a woman doctor to treat them, they don’t have much choice. Until Dr. Nathan Reid arrives in town.

Eine bitterkalte Winternacht. Ein römischer Soldat. Ein frierender Bettler. Und eine Entscheidung, die die Geschichte des Christentums prägte. Was bringt einen Elitesoldaten der kaiserlichen Garde dazu, seinen wertvollen Militärmantel zu zerteilen und die Hälfte einem Bettler zu schenken? Diese bewegende Szene markiert den Wendepunkt im Leben des Martin von Tours und den Beginn eines außergewöhnlichen spirituellen Weges, der bis heute Millionen Menschen inspiriert. In diesem fesselnden christlich-historischen Roman erwacht eine der bedeutendsten Gestalten des frühen Christentums zum Leben.

Before the Sermon on the Mount, before the miracles, before the Passion, the Gospels leave a long and mysterious silence: the hidden years of Christ.

All aboard for a delightful, suspense-filled romance, where a Texan is torn between his attraction to a meddlesome schoolmarm and the charms of a designing dressmaker. When Hannah Cartwright meets Grant, she's determined to keep him from committing her orphans to hard labor on his ranch. How far will she go to ensure their welfare? Grant is determined to provide a home for the two kids brought in by the orphan train. Can he keep his ragtag family together while steering clear of love and marriage?

When the Civil War tears through the nation, Travis Britt is a simple mountain man in the Allegheny Mountains, he couldn't read a word, but he was devoted to his wife and children and the quiet life they've built together. But one act of compassion pulls him into the chaos of war, where he is forced to tend wounded Union soldiers -far from everything he loves. By the time he finds his way home, nothing is as he left it. Grief becomes his constant companion. His future is uncertain. And yet, through the darkness, a small flicker of hope remains-his young daughter.

A new land, a fragile heart, and a chance for love she never believed possible. Ava Walsh has learned to hide her doubts behind a steady smile. Her father believes that moving to her aunt and uncle’s Nevada ranch will give his three daughters the future he fears he won’t live to see, and with the doctor’s grim warning echoing in her mind, Ava refuses to challenge him. If this journey west brings him peace, she’ll endure it, no matter her misgivings.

As far as Thea Michener is concerned, it's time for a change. With her husband murdered and her much-anticipated baby stillborn, there is nothing left for her in Ladreville. Having accepted a position as Cimarron Creek's midwife, she has no intention of remarrying and trying for another child...

When a fan's interest turns threatening, Lucetta Plum, an actress on the rise in New York City, is forced to abandon her starring role. Her widowed friend, Abigail Hart, delighted by this opportunity to meddle in Lucetta's life, promptly whisks her away to her grandson's estate to hide out. But...

When Miss Charlotte Wilson asks God for a husband, she decides He must want her to pursue Mr. Hamilton Beckett, the catch of the season. The only problem? She's never actually met Hamilton. Fortunately, one of her oldest and dearest friends, Mr. Henry St. James—who has returned to New York...