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Here are some newer inspirational romance and women's fiction, compiled for you and HEA by some of our favorite romance authors (info provided by publishers and/or their websites.
The following new releases were compiled by HEA contributor Serena Chase, author of The Ryn, a romantic YA fantasy retelling of the classic Grimm fairy tale Snow White & Rose Red. Visit her website at www.serenachase.com.
An Amish Miracle by Beth Wiseman, Ruth Reid & Mary Ellis (HarperCollins Christian Publishers). Written by leading Amish authors, Beth Wiseman, Ruth Reid and Mary Ellis, this uplifting and encouraging collection of stories highlights God's power to perform life-changing miracles and is a wonderful book filled with hope for this holiday season. Three women are each in need of a miracle, but the answers they each find may not have been quite what they were expecting.
Alaska Brides Collection by Tracie Peterson, Mary Connealy, Cathy Marie Hake, Kathleen Y'Barbo (Barbour Publishing). Experience five Alaska adventures through the lives of determined women who overcome the many challenges to build their lives in the wilderness. From the gold rush, through a diphtheria epidemic, to the building of the Alcan Highway, readers will enjoy the stubborn fight each woman displays as love comes into her life. Will the women also give up fighting God and let Him lead them through America's last frontier?
Matchmaker Weddings by Annalisa Daughety and Kim O'Brien (Barbour Publishing). Two contemporary romances under one cover. Matchmakers need not apply when a pair of faux relationships becomes true love. Millie has a mother who keeps setting her up on disastrous blind dates; David is being stalked by an amorous former patient. The solution? A fake romance where no one gets nagged, and no one gets hurt. Until they start to care. Violet hires a matchmaker so she's sure to have a date for her little sister's wedding. But her match just happens to be an old college classmate, one she didn't like then and doesn't like now. Maybe he'll do. . .it's just one night.
Mississippi Brides 3-in-1 Collection by Diane T. Ashley, Aaron McCarver (Barbour Publishing). Head to Mississippi in a 3-in-1 collection of historical romances. . . . Alexandra Lewis's life no longer makes sense. After her father's death in a shootout, she feels pressure to carry out her duty to her family and wed, regardless of love. Abigail LeGrand won't be hindered by marriage. Until she catches the eye of an itinerate preacher. Caroline Pierce never dreamed someone like Luke Talbot would propose. But the promise of marital bliss quickly turns to civil strife as they disagree on everything from slavery to faith. Can God change hearts before love drifts away with the river?
Sabrina's Man (Western Justice book 2) by Gilbert Morris (Barbour Publishing). Join Sabrina and Waco on a Wild West ride through Indian Territory. Sabrina's pampered life comes to a screeching halt when a vile conman steals away her younger sister. When her daddy's money can't buy justice, Sabrina takes matters into her own delicate but stubborn hands and heads west to track down the outlaw. To Sabrina's disgust, her solitary hope for saving Marianne seems to be Waco Smith, an only slightly reformed ex-criminal himself. Will these two unlikely allies bond over more than just a shared mission of rescue and revenge?
Return of the Cowboy Doctor (Wyoming Legacy series) by Lacy Williams (Love Inspired Historicals). Two years shy of his medical degree, cowboy Maxwell White is out of money. So, he's back in Bear Creek, Wyoming, working part-time for the local physician. Though he is immediately drawn to the doctor's lovely, whip-smart daughter, she seems to be irritated by Maxwell's very existence. Hattie Powell can't quash her feelings for the town's new would-be doctor. But that's exactly why she must keep him at a distance. Hattie is closer than ever to fulfilling her lifelong wish of becoming a doctor. Now, the only thing standing in her way is the man of her dreams.
The following new releases were compiled for HEA by Renee Ryan, author of Finally a Bride. Her website is reneeryan.com.
Tarnished Silver by Chautona Havig. Nov. 15 through Dec. 24 is the busiest time of the year for most businesses, and The Confectionary owner, Audrey Seever, is no exception. Buried in new ice cream flavors, bon bons, pies, breads, cakes, and other tempting treats, Audrey hardly has time to sleep, much less do things like cook for herself, clean up after herself, or do any holiday decorating. So when Kelly Cox stops in to pick up some promised treats, her offer to do housework in exchange for goodies throughout the holiday season tempts Audrey beyond her ability to refuse! But what started as a simple housecleaning job quickly becomes a mystery as Kelly discovers a secret that Audrey has kept for almost 25 years!
The Christmas Star by Diane Darcy. When an old woman makes a wish upon a Christmas star, miracles start to happen. A manipulative angel and a zany Christmas season are exactly what it takes to get Jason and Elise in the same vicinity again. But can they forgive each other and forget old resentments and hurts? Well, Christmas is a perfect time for miracles. Throw in the hunt for the perfect tree, a sledding competition and a desperate-for-grandchildren mother, and you have the perfect recipe for...love?
The Kindling (Age of Faith) by Tamara Leigh. Helene of Tippet is not her father or her brother's keeper. Yet when she is enlisted to use her healing skills to aid a fallen knight, the secret she holds close threatens to visit her family's sins upon her. Now she is in danger of loving where she should not—a man of the nobility, and one who has cause to despise her if ever he learns of the blood that courses through her veins. Dare she reveal herself? Dare she trust a warrior so bitter and intent on revenge? Dare she love?
Romans by Kathleen Wiseman (Book one of the Early Christian Series). Julia is a young, wealthy, Roman woman living in Pompeii. Her life, dedicated to the pagan gods, is carefree. Her world is soon rocked, not only by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius which threatens everything she holds dear, but also by the arrival of the handsome Marcus, a convert to the new religion, a follower of Jesus. Can she escape not only the deadly eruption but also her mother's plan to marry her to the deceitful fish sauce merchant, Brutus?
WOMEN'S FICTION
The following new releases were compiled for HEA by Angela Kay Austin, author of Sweet Victory. Her website is www.angelakayaustin.com.
Things We Set on Fire by Deborah Reed (Lake Union Publishing). A series of tragedies brings Vivvie's young grandchildren into her custody, and her two estranged daughters back under one roof. Jackson, Vivvie's husband, was shot and killed thirty years ago, and the ramifications have splintered the family into their own isolated remembrances and recriminations.
Farewell, Dorothy Parker by Ellen Meister (Penguin Group). Violet visits the Algonquin Hotel in an attempt to find inspiration from the hallowed dining room where Dorothy Parker and so many other famous writers of the 1920s traded barbs, but she gets more than she bargained for when Parker's feisty spirit rematerializes. An irreverent ghost with problems of her own—including a refusal to cross over to the afterlife—Mrs. Parker helps Violet face her fears, becoming in turn mentor and tormentor…and ultimately, friend.
Out to Lunch by Stacey Ballis (Penguin Group). With Aimee gone so tragically young, Jenna barely knows where to turn. Aimee was the one who always knew what to do—not to mention what to wear. The two built a catering company together and had so much in common—well, except their taste in men. Jenna never understood what the successful, sophisticated Aimee saw in Wayne, with his Star Wars obsession and harebrained business schemes. But Aimee has left a shocking last request: Jenna now has financial custody of the not-so-merry widower. True, Wayne needs someone sensible around to keep him under control, but what was her dear departed friend thinking?
Real Vampires Know Size Matters by Gerry Bartlett (Penguin Group) -- Just when Glory has her life semi–on track, a woman from her longtime lover Jeremiah Campbell's past steamrolls into town on a mission to win him back. Normally Glory wouldn't feel threatened by a mortal with amorous intentions, but Jerry's ex just happens to be a beautiful voodoo priestess with evil spirits at her beck and call—and a serious lack of conscience when it comes to getting what she wants. And then there's Glory's family. After a lifetime of being MIA, Glory's mom wants to go on a mother-daughter bonding trip to Olympus, home of the gods. And though Glory doesn't trust her, her mother is offering to help with her pesky voodoo-woman problem. But with no guarantee of a return trip, can Glory dare leave Jerry alone while she visits a place where her less-than-perfect figure won't be appreciated and time has no meaning? But size and the bonds of time are the least of her worries when love is on the line.
Undressing Mr. Darcy by Karen Doornebos (Penguin Group). Thirty-five-year-old American social media master Vanessa Roberts lives her thoroughly modern life with aplomb. So when her elderly Jane Austen–centric aunt needs her to take on the public relations for Julian Chancellor, a very private man from England who's written a book called My Year as Mr. Darcy, Vanessa agrees. But she's not "excessively diverted," as Jane Austen would say. Until she sees Julian take his tight breeches off for his Undressing Mr. Darcy show, an educational "striptease" down to his drawers to promote his book and help save his crumbling estate. The public relations expert suddenly realizes things have gotten…personal. But can this old-fashioned man claim her heart without so much as a GPS? It will take three festivals filled with Austen fans, a trip to England, an old frenemy, and a flirtatious pirate re-enactor to find out.
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