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  • The Hidden Prince by Tessa Afshar

    The Hidden Prince by Tessa Afshar

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 22 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Jewel of the Nile comes the thrilling tale of a woman who feels she has no future but soon discovers the fate of nations may rest in her hands.The beloved daughter of Jewish captives in Babylon, Keren is sold into Daniel’s household to help her family survive...
  • Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee

    Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Forever within the memories of my heart.Always remember, you are perfectly loved.Bertie Jenkins has spent forty years serving as a midwife for her community in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Out of all the mothers she’s tended, none affects her more than the young teenager who shows up on her doorstep, injured, afraid, and expecting, one warm June day in 1943...
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  • Secret Shores by Christy Barritt

    Secret Shores by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jonah finds out shocking details ab out his past, and the secrets behind Ocean Essence are finally revealed in the exciting conclusion to the Lantern Beach Exposure...
    Categorized as:
    christian  mystery  historical
  • Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard… It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together.At least not in 1884.Or in the small town where she’s settled.Or anywhere else.It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has...
  • Maggie by Charles Martin

    Maggie by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The moving sequel to bestselling author Charles Martin’s The Dead Don’t Dance...
  • Murder at the Wedding Chapel by Catherine Coles

    Murder at the Wedding Chapel by Catherine Coles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tommy & Evelyn Christie have reluctantly agreed to host the wedding of Tommy's mother to Andrew Parsons, the Marquess of York, at their home Hessleham Hall.None of the happy couple's adult children support the marriage but when Andrew is found dead outside the wedding chapel on the morning of his wedding it seems one of them has taken their anger a step too far...
  • Set the Stars Alight by Amanda Dykes

    Set the Stars Alight by Amanda Dykes

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lucy Clairmont's family treasured the magic of the past, and her childhood fascination with stories of the high seas led her to become a marine archaeologist. But when tragedy strikes, it's Dashel, an American forensic astronomer, and his knowledge of the stars that may help her unearth the truth behind the puzzle she's discovered in her family home...
  • Set the Stars Alight (Thorndike Press Large Print Christian Fiction) by Amanda Dykes

    Set the Stars Alight (Thorndike Press Large Print Christian Fiction) by Amanda Dykes

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Reeling from the loss of her parents, Lucie Clairmont discovers an artifact under the floorboards of their London flat, leading her to an old seaside estate.A search leads her to a community of souls and a hidden tale that may hold answers and healing...
  • Murder at Rochester Park by Catherine Coles

    Murder at Rochester Park by Catherine Coles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Tommy and Evelyn Christie are looking forward to a quiet Christmas holiday at the home of Hugh Norton-Cavendish, the 9th Earl of Clifford, who recently married Tommy's cousin, Elise.However the suspicious death of Albert Lewis, a businessman hoping to buy land from Hugh, means the Christmas festivities are quickly over. Tommy is distracted by his sister's new relationship with a man he distrusts...
  • The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich

    The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beloved writer Sean Dietrich—also known as Sean of the South—will warm your heart with this rich and nostalgic tale of a small-town sheriff, a mysterious little girl, and a good-hearted community pulling together to help her.Folks in Moab live for ice cream socials, baseball, and the local paper’s weekly gossip column...
  • Dust and Ashes by Lisa Phillips

    Dust and Ashes by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kenna needs a way out. Captive south of the border with Jax the subject of intense interrogation, there's no way she'll risk escape without setting them both free. When their captors put her in the middle of a dangerous turf war, Kenna wants nothing to do with negotiating a truce... Or being left behind...
    Categorized as:
    christian  mystery  historical
  • Codes of Courage by A.L. Sowards

    Codes of Courage by A.L. Sowards

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a battle of torpedoes, depth charges, and secret codes, nothing is as vulnerable as the human heart. 1940: Austrian refugee Karl Lang has lost everything―his country, his home, and his family. All that is left to him is a burning ambition to see the Nazis defeated...
  • The Queen's Cook by Tessa Afshar

    The Queen's Cook by Tessa Afshar

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the heart of ancient Persia, the empire's Jewish citizens face an ominous edict that threatens their very existence. Roxannah, the daughter of a once-privileged but now impoverished Persian lord, is devastated by the news...
  • The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano

    The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    Focused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1859 when she discovers a never-opened love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. Compelled to find the passionate soul who penned it and the person who never received it, she takes a job as a nurse at the seaside estate of Crestwicke Manor...
  • Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble

    Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Colleen Coble delivers her signature blend of romance and suspense when Brenna Fleming flees to a cabin in Lavender Tides only to discover that everything she believed about herself has been a lie. Six months after her wedding, Bailey Fleming discovers she wasn't really married to Kyle Bearcroft...
  • The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep

    The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What Can a London Opera Star and an Escaped Dartmoor Prisoner Have in Common?   Opera star Maggie Lee escapes her opulent lifestyle when threatened by a powerful politician who aims to ruin her life. She runs off to the wilds of the moors to live in anonymity. All that changes the day she discovers a half-dead man near her house...
  • On Every Side by Karen Kingsbury

    On Every Side by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After suffering the loss of his mother and separation from his sister and the girl he loved, Jordan Riley fills the holes in his soul with anger. But Faith Evans begins to disassemble the walls around Jordan ’s heart, and he realizes there’s something very familiar about her… Everything Is on the Line ...for Faith Evans, an up-and-coming newscaster...
  • Murder at the Village Fete by Catherine Coles

    Murder at the Village Fete by Catherine Coles

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Downton Abbey crossed with Murder, She Wrote...set in a Yorkshire village!Evelyn Christie, the new Lady Northmoor, is looking forward to hosting the local village fete in the grounds of Hessleham Hall...
  • Thunder of Heaven: A Joshua Jordan Novel by Tim LaHaye

    Thunder of Heaven: A Joshua Jordan Novel by Tim LaHaye

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Economies have fallen, freedom has been suppressed, and peace is a distant memory. The world is falling apart. Joshua Jordan's protege Ethan March, along with Jimmy Louder and Rivka Reuban have been left behind in a world that is rapidly coming under the complete influence of the Antichrist...
  • The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright

    The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a position as housemaid at a midwestern Wisconsin castle and finds that the reclusive and eccentric Gothic authoress inside hides more than the harrowing tales in her novels. With women disappearing from the area and a legend that seems to parallel these eerie circumstances, Daisy is thrust into a web that may threaten to steal her sanity, if not her life...
  • The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate

    The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When successful New York editor Jen Gibbs discovers a decaying slush-pile manuscript on her desk, she has no idea that the story of Sarra, a young mixed-race woman trapped in Appalachia at the turn of the twentieth century, will both take her on a journey and change her forever...
  • Mystery Loves Company: Another John Pickett Mystery by Sheri Cobb South

    Mystery Loves Company: Another John Pickett Mystery by Sheri Cobb South

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Returning to London after his honeymoon (For Deader or Worse), Bow Street Runner John Pickett soon discovers wedded bliss is not without its pitfalls, as he finds it galling to be financially dependent on Julia, his aristocratic bride...
  • The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron

    The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bestselling author Kristy Cambron concludes the Lost Castle novels with this sweeping tale of art and secrets long buried in England. It was supposed to be a one-week job: survey an art find, collect a hefty fee, and use that to settle historian Kiera Foley’s life back into balance...
  • On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright

    On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    1885.Adria Fontaine has been sent to recover goods her father pirated on the Great Lakes during the war. But when she arrives at Foxglove Manor--a stone house on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior--Adria senses wickedness hovering over the property...
  • To Write a Wrong by Jen Turano

    To Write a Wrong by Jen Turano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Miss Daphne Beekman is a mystery writer by day, inquiry agent by night. Known for her ability to puzzle out plots, she happily works behind the scenes for the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency, staying well away from danger. However, when Mr...
  • To Disguise the Truth by Jen Turano

    To Disguise the Truth by Jen Turano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Arthur Livingston arrives out of the blue at the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency, anxious to hire the agency to seek out a missing heiress, Eunice Holbrooke realizes her past has finally caught up with her.Having fled from the scene of her grandfather's murder seven years before, Eunice is a lady with secrets--the most important that she is the missing heiress Arthur is seeking...
  • A Stormy Season by Melanie Dickerson

    A Stormy Season by Melanie Dickerson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing but the deepest love will induce Jane Gilchrist to marry, even when asked by the young and handsome widower with whom every other girl is in love.Luke Watley lost his wife to a tragic accident. But when he discovers it was no accident at all, he must solve the mystery behind her murder, or he—and anyone close to him—is in danger of becoming their next victim...
  • A Mark of Grace by Kimberley Woodhouse

    A Mark of Grace by Kimberley Woodhouse

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ruth Anniston survived an injury that left her physically scarred, broken, and angry at God. Now she finds herself working behind the scenes as a kitchen supervisor at the El Tovar Hotel, hidden away from curious eyes. When money begins to disappear from the hotel, Ruth's entire livelihood is put at risk...
    Categorized as:
    christian  mystery  historical  suspense
  • In Spotlight and Shadow by Rachel Scott McDaniel

    In Spotlight and Shadow by Rachel Scott McDaniel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Gem of a Mystery Takes Center Stage​Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure. Elise Malvern has a habit of letting people down. Her former boyfriend who hoped she’d be his bride. Her grandfather who hoped she’d take over the family’s auction company. But mostly she’s disappointed herself...
  • Through Every Danger: Four Christian Romantic Suspense Novels by Lisa Phillips, Michelle Aleckson

    Through Every Danger: Four Christian Romantic Suspense Novels by Lisa Phillips, Michelle Aleckson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Undertow - Lisa PhillipsSelena is ready to retire from her career as a social media stunt star. After a disastrous breakup, one last job—on a cruise—will give her the cash to take charge of her future. Peter wants to make full operative at Vanguard Security...
  • The Starlet Spy by Rachel Scott McDaniel

    The Starlet Spy by Rachel Scott McDaniel

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hollywood Star Turns Spy In 1943, Movie producer Henrik Zoltan approaches Amelie Blake under the guise of offering the Hollywood star a leading part in his upcoming film, but he has a more meaningful role in mind. Amelie’s homeland of Sweden declared neutrality in the war, but Stockholm has become the ‘Casablanca of the North...
  • The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater by Jaime Jo Wright

    The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater by Jaime Jo Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Barlowe Theater stole the life of Greta Mercy's brother during its construction. Now in 1915, the completed theater appears every bit as deadly. When Greta's younger brother goes missing after breaking into the building, Greta engages the assistance of a local police officer to help her uncover the already ghostly secrets of the theater...
  • The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham

    The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New Mystery in Need of Solving   Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice...
  • To Steal a Heart by Jen Turano

    To Steal a Heart by Jen Turano

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a childhood as a street thief, Gabriella Goodhue thought she'd put her past behind her until a fellow resident at her boardinghouse is unjustly accused of theft. In the middle of breaking into a safe that holds the proof to prove her friend's innocence, Gabriella is interrupted by Nicholas Quinn, the man she once considered her best friend—until he abandoned her...
  • The Hidden Hand by E.D.E.N. Southworth

    The Hidden Hand by E.D.E.N. Southworth

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    E.D.E.N. Southworth was one of the most popular and prolific writers of the nineteenth century and her Capitola Black, or Black Cap—a cross-dressing, adventure-seeking girl-woman—was so well-loved that the book was serialized three times between 1859 and 1888 and was dramatized in forty different versions...
    Categorized as:
    christian  mystery  historical  length-medium
  • Murder in the Churchyard by Catherine Coles

    Murder in the Churchyard by Catherine Coles

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Downton Abbey crossed with Murder, She Wrote...set in a Yorkshire village!When the body of Isolde Newley's long lost husband is found in the grounds of St Augustus churchyard, suspicion falls on Isolde and everyone close to her - especially her new love interest, the dashing Dr Mainwaring.The mystery is exacerbated by the largest snowfall seen in North Yorkshire for years...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  christian  historical  length-short
  • The Thorn by Beverly Lewis

    The Thorn by Beverly Lewis

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Lancaster County, with its rolling meadows and secret byways, may seem idyllic, but it is not without its thorns. THE ROSE TRILOGY is the stirring saga of two Amish sisters on the fringes of the church, and the unforeseen discoveries that change their lives. Rose Kauffman, a spirited young woman, has a close friendship with the bishop's foster son...
  • With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden

    With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 26 ratings
    In the shadow of the nation's capital, Kate Livingston holds a respectable position as a government statistician when she encounters a rival from her past, the insufferable Trevor McDonough. A Harvard-trained physician, Trevor never showed the tiniest flicker of interest in Kate, and she's bewildered at the way he suddenly seeks her out...
  • The Preacher's Daughter by Beverly Lewis

    The Preacher's Daughter by Beverly Lewis

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A new series from The New York Times best-selling author of the Abram's Daughter's series. The Preacher's Daughter begins a remarkable journey of heartache and homespun delight - a series readers will find impossible to forget. Paradise, Pennsylvania, is likened to a little slice of heaven on earth...but for Annie Zook - the preacher's eldest daughter, it seems like a dead-end street...
  • Murder is No Accident by A.H. Gabhart

    Murder is No Accident by A.H. Gabhart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Young Maggie Greene may be trespassing in the old, empty Victorian mansion on a quiet street in Hidden Springs, but all she wants is some private time in the magnificent tower room to write her stories. Certain she'll be in trouble if caught, she hides when a realtor shows up. But someone else is in the house too, someone even more worried about getting caught...
  • The Gray Chamber (True Colors) by Grace Hitchcock

    The Gray Chamber (True Colors) by Grace Hitchcock

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Step into True Colors -- a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime Will Edyth prove her sanity before it is too late? On Blackwell Island, New York, a hospital was built to keep its patients from ever leaving...
  • Dead Wrong by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Wrong by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Enjoy this thrilling romantic suspense story from Susan Sleeman’s The Justice Agency series!The Justice Agency: Family and law enforcement go hand in hand.When her client and old college friend is murdered, P.I. Kat Justice knows the killer will come for her next. Her survival depends on finding her unknown enemy first…and working with homicide detective Mitch Elliot, her one-time crush...
  • Bridge of Gold (Doors to the Past) by Kimberley Woodhouse

    Bridge of Gold (Doors to the Past) by Kimberley Woodhouse

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Repairs on the Golden Gate Bridge Uncover a Century-Old Murder Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure. Underwater archaeologist Kayla Richardson is called to the Golden Gate Bridge where repairs to one of the towers uncovers two human remains from the late 1800s and the 1930s...
    Categorized as:
    christian  mystery  historical  length-short
  • The Swindler's Daughter by Stephenia H. McGee

    The Swindler's Daughter by Stephenia H. McGee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A surprise inheritance. A cache of family secrets. A choice that will change her life forever.Lillian Doyle has lived her entire high-society life with her widowed mother, believing her father died long ago...
  • The Heart's Choice by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse

    The Heart's Choice by Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    After witnessing a wrongful conviction as a young girl, Rebecca McCutcheon--the first female court reporter in Montana--is now determined to defend the innocent. During a murder trial, something doesn't sit well with her about the case, but no one except for the handsome new Carnegie librarian will listen to her...
  • The Swindler's Daughter by Stephenia H. McGee

    The Swindler's Daughter by Stephenia H. McGee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A surprise inheritance. A cache of family secrets. A choice that will change her life forever.Lillian Doyle has lived her entire high-society life with her widowed mother, believing her father died long ago...
  • An Improper Courtship by Laura Beers

    An Improper Courtship by Laura Beers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    He is determined not to lose her, but is her heart too shattered to ever try again?Greydon, the Viscount of Rushcliffe, is content with his life as a Bow Street Runner, but it all comes to a jarring end when his older brother is murdered. He is now an heir to an earldom- a position he never wanted...
  • Against the Wind by Amanda Cabot

    Against the Wind by Amanda Cabot

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Doctor-in-training Louisa Vaughn has no intention of remaining in Sweetwater Crossing. She's just there for a few days to help a friend. But she can't abandon the injured man she finds at the side of the road. Until his broken leg heals, she'll serve as the town's doctor and midwife. She may not be fully qualified yet, but surely she's better than nothing...
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