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Fiction that builds faith! Michael Bennett is a successful investment banker whose pride has cost him his marriage and shattered his relationship with his father. Guilt finally pushes him to make the long drive to his father's 70th birthday—but when a freak storm shuts down the interstate, Michael is forced onto unfamiliar mountain roads. As the supernatural storm intensifies, his GPS fails, his phone dies, and a mysterious inner voice begins issuing warnings. Ignoring it nearly gets him killed.

Lucas Matthews owes everything to his mentor, Andy Garrett, whose guidance helped him realize his dream of becoming a firefighter. When Lucas scores the coveted fire chief position in Andy’s town, he’s determined to prove himself worthy of the role—unaware that he has become the target of Milton Carr, a man who feels the job should have been his.

Sometimes hope blooms in the most unexpected places. Rock-bottom has a name for Rebecca Chastain, and it’s Dahlia, South Carolina. Once a celebrated big-city journalist with a promising future, Rebecca now finds herself shattered—jobless, abandoned by her fiancé, and haunted by her own desperate attempt to escape it all. The small-town newspaper job in her granny’s hometown isn’t just a step down but a humiliating reminder of everything she’s tried to outrun. If not for reconnecting with her childhood friend, Josh, she’d already be gone.

Connor wants to hold on to Lacy, but knows he has to let her go if he hopes to ever have her marry him again. After ten years of living as a divorced couple and seeing all of his men get their second chances, Connor is praying for his own. When Lacy says she needs time on her own, his knee-jerk reaction is to ask her to stay. Despite his fear she will never return, he lets her go. Unfortunately, danger follows her when she tries to help a friend leave an abusive relationship. She has a target on her back and Connor is too far away to help her.

Ela is a supposed orphan, who has to live with Vincent, a sexual assaulter and abuser. When she gets sold at an auction to a CEO, she finds she can trust him and gains feelings for him. The CEO, Theo, keeps her safe and teaches her about God and about basic things. With the help of her friends and Theo, she learns to be a normal woman of God. Can they overcome the challenges life throws at them and grow closer to God?

As the youngest daughter of a country music legend, Raegan Farrow longs to establish an identity away from the spotlight and publish her small-town romances under a pen name. But after her dream is dashed when she won't exploit her mother’s fame to further her own career, she hears a rumor from a reliable source regarding a tell-all being written about the Farrow family. Making matters worse, the unknown author has gone to great lengths to remain anonymous until publication.

Shaken by her parents’ divorce and discouraged by the growing chasm between herself and her serious boyfriend, Nikki Werner seeks solace at her uncle’s farm in a small Missouri hamlet. She’ll spend the summer there, picking up the pieces of her shattered present so she can plan a better future. But what awaits her at the ancestral farm is the past—one she barely knows.

Cedric Willow is a middle-aged journalist and senior warden at St. Bartholomew by the Lake, a small Episcopal parish in Minneapolis. St. Bart's church is a widely admired icon of mid-century modern architecture, but its congregation is aging and attendance is on the decline. When the incumbent rector resigns, Cedric forms a search committee—a "discernment" committee, in Episcopal parlance—and embarks on a nine-month search for a new spiritual leader.

After a series of devastating events, one man’s misfortunes lead him to a reckoning with his Creator and the opportunity to accept the gift of God’s grace - in this captivating and heart-felt story of redemption. Paul Floater’s life is already a mess when he suddenly loses his parents in a car accident, sending him into a tailspin. Facing certain financial ruin and a fractured marriage, Paul is approached by a smooth-talking stranger with an offer he can’t refuse. But when the cash starts rolling in, poor decision-making leads to Paul staring death in the face.

Very few things distract Katie Addison when she’s on a mission, whether it’s opening her home to abused women, rehabilitating injured horses, or helping tall, gorgeous Warren Tate mend his broken heart. But when financial difficulties pile up for her, Katie hesitantly admits she herself may...

Discover powerful love stories wrapped in gripping suspense in this emotional Christian romantic suspense collection by Publishers Weekly bestselling author Lynn Shannon. The first three novels in the Triumph Over Adversity series—Calculated Risk, Critical Error, and Necessary Peril—together for the first time in one heart-pounding set. Each book delivers small-town danger, emotional healing, and the kind of enduring faith that lights the way through darkness.

In Whispering Memories: Stories of Love That Lives On, Michael J. Melton delivers a soul-piercing collection of faith-filled short stories that will leave you in tears—and full of hope. From daughters waiting in the golden hush of Heaven… to porch lights left on for prodigal children… to letters discovered under pillows long after a funeral—every story is a reminder that love doesn’t die. It just changes form.

Young mother and widow Katie Kaminski is chasing happiness at any cost—even to her children. When her in-laws ask her to photograph Grace Church’s fall festival, Katie reluctantly agrees to spend a week in her late husband’s hometown. But where she expected to find ghosts of his past, she instead finds her own. Standing next to her in-laws is former flame Isaac Torres. The soldier-turned-police officer isn’t at church for God, though. He has no need for religion or women—especially the ones who have lied to him, like Katie.

When Juniper Wilder’s grief spiraled into addiction, leading first to an arrest for drunk driving, then jail and court-ordered rehab, she lost the most important thing in her life: her baby girl. Now, sober and on probation, Junie is determined to prove she can be the mother Fern deserves. But she’s burned a lot of bridges, ones that can’t be easily rebuilt. Not every road is closed to her, however.

Veni Creator Spiritus is a beautiful and heartfelt collection of Christian short stories and poems inspired by the feast of Pentecost and the ongoing movement of the Holy Spirit in our world. Written by J. Stopa, this inspiring book invites listeners into sacred moments—past and present—through the eyes of ordinary people touched by divine mystery. With stories drawn from diverse Christian traditions—Coptic, Anglican, Catholic, Protestant and beyond—this collection brings to life the fire, breath, and wind of the Spirit in powerful and unexpected ways.

A cancer diagnosis robs the two Gray gentlemen – Big Ethan and Little Ethan – of a bride and beloved grandma. Unable to cope with Seattle’s jagged memories, Pastor Ethan gratefully embraces an invitation to move to Thailand and lead Bangkok Christian School's affiliate worship center, United Christian Church. Soon enough the story has a thumping soundtrack as Noah Charoenkul drafts the aging rocker to be his keyboardist for praise music at school and church.

The only place that Oakleigh Davenport feels close to God is when she's out in the ocean riding the waves on her surfboard, which is ironic because feeling close to God is the family business. Being an influencer, socialite, and daughter of a prominent megachurch pastor is no easy image to uphold. After a reputation destroying mistake, Oakleigh's world comes crashing down as she is forced to forfeit her social status, clout, and trust fund, leaving her to solely rely on the charity of others.

Ronnie Jackson thought he’d run out of time. Estranged from his children, haunted by regret, and confined to a hospital bed in a quiet Texas town, he’s convinced the clock has run out on redemption. But when a boy named Martin knocks on his door—with a lawnmower, a Bible, and eyes that seem to see right through him—Ronnie’s story begins to change. As unexpected visitors arrive, both earthly and divine, Ronnie must face the man he became… and rediscover the man he was meant to be.

What do you do when everything falls apart? Juho Lee was once the definition of success. A proud Korean immigrant, he built a thriving restaurant business in California, raised a son who became a doctor, and a daughter who graduated from Harvard Law. From the outside, he had everything. But when his business collapses and his savings disappear, Juho finds himself alone, ashamed, and ready to end it all. On a cold November morning, he sets out to say his final goodbye—until a roadside church sign changes his path. “It’s not over yet.

A dynamic, honest, and beautifully written novel about a young mother who returns to her small-town Wisconsin home after living in a cult-like “Mommune,” and what happens with the other women in her family as they each navigate the constraints, complexities, and joys of modern motherhood...