The ultimate cure that could heal any disease? Crazy.

That's exactly what research scientist Marian Creighton has always believed about her father's quest, even if it does stem from a desire to save her sister Ellen from the genetic disease that stole their mother from them. But when her father falls into a coma after drinking a vial of holy water believed to contain traces of residue from the Tree of Life, Marian must question all of her assumptions. He's left behind tantalizing clues that suggest he's crossed back in time. Insane. Until Marian tests his theories and finds herself in the Middle Ages during a dangerous peasant uprising.

William Durham, a valiant knight comes to Marian's rescue and offers her protection . . . as his wife. The longer Marian stays in the past, the more she cares about William. Can she ever find her father and make it back to the present to heal her sister? And when the time comes to leave, will she want to?

Bestselling author Jody Hedlund is your guide down the twisting waters of time to a volatile era of superstition, revolts, and chivalry in this suspenseful story.

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Author Jody Hedlund dove into a new writing genre, time-travel; this genre can be tricky and not all authors are successful with it, but she totally nailed it in the head.  The author does an amazing job of writing the time travel part of the story in such a way that it is completely explained why and how the time travel takes place, thus making the story entirely believable.  The first half of the story does a lot of laying down the foundations of the time travel, so it does take a little while for the swoon worthy romance to happen.  Readers may get a little impatient waiting so long, but it is definitely worth the wait for the second half of the book!  The romance in this story is a bit intense and heated and would not be good for Hedlund’s young adult audiences.  Another amazing story from this beloved and well-known author!

Genre: contemporary, historical, medieval, duel timeline, time-travel
Publisher: Revell
Publication date: June 1, 2021 
Number of pages: 384

Other books in the series:
2- Never Leave Me (coming January 2022)

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Embrace the enchantment of summer with these contemporary twists on timeless tales.
A New Beginning — Who is she? Acacia Martin raised by an impostor mom serving a prison sentence for her sins, or Jasmine Callahan abducted at birth from a family she’s yet to meet? Luckily, she has Drake to help her untangle the mess that is her life. Will he ensnare her he art in the process?

An Ever After Summer — The employees of In a Bind are terrified of Jean-Luc Thibodeaux, so Bellamy Larson hops on a plane to France to deal with the beastly client. Yet once she arrives, she's convinced he merely needs a friend. Then her heart begins to want ever after, not just one summer.

Gwen and the Three Dates — Life isn't a romantic movie, but Gwen Lochs is determined to find her leading man. When she joins a cheesy dating site, Gwen agrees to just three dates. Can Ben Smith watch his best friend and soulmate find someone else? A romantic comedy about searching for that just-right love.

Unkissable — Reality diva Charlotte Lavigne's on-camera meltdown reminds former teen-TV prince Jaime Reyes exactly why he left Hollywood ten years ago. A chance encounter leads to a bargain that transforms them both. When it’s time to face her past, will their rediscovered love be strong enough to build a future together?

Let these four sweet contemporary Christian romances take you away this summer.

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In this fun contemporary fairytale retelling collection, authors Andrea Boyd, Toni Shiloh, Teresa Tysinger, and Jaycee Weaver have compiled some fun and charming stories that readers will get swept away in.  Each story is written in a unique voice and brings the fairytale story to life from the pages.  Even if readers prefer some of the stories over others in the collection, there is a little magic and romance for everyone.  Retellings in this collection include Rapunzel, Beauty and the Beast, a look at online dating and The Princess and the Frog.  Boyd, Shiloh, Tysinger, and Weaver have once again come together creating a collection of stories that will whisk readers into the various fairytale worlds.  

Genre: contemporary, romance, retellings, Christian
Publisher: Indie
Publication date: May 25, 2021
Number of pages: 478

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After a family tragedy, aspiring ballerina Amaliya Marcell is adrift. When she is forced to leave behind everything she knows, the lost young woman struggles to build a new life in an unfamiliar city. But when she meets a handsome world-class figure skater, she finds a glimmer of hope.

After his sister’s unexpected retirement from figure skating, Tyler Linden is devastated to give up his shot at the US national championships. His only hope is to find a new partner, a task that proves nearly impossible—until he observes a beautiful young woman at the local ice rink.
Struck by her grace and poise, Tyler takes an unthinkable risk and asks Amaliya to become his new partner. To both of their surprise, she agrees. The path to the championship won’t be easy, but Amaliya and Tyler quickly establish a solid partnership and a profound connection—both on and off the ice. But competition at the championships is fierce, and when the time comes, they will be forced to put everything on the line if they hope to achieve their dreams. 

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Traci Hunter Abramson was born in Arizona, where she lived until moving to Venezuela for a study-abroad program. After graduating from Brigham Young University, she worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for several years, eventually resigning in order to raise her family. She credits the CIA with giving her a wealth of ideas as well as the skills needed to survive her children's teenage years. She has gone on to write more than twenty bestselling novels that have consistently been nominated as Whitney Award finalists and three-time Whitney Award winner. When she’s not writing, Traci enjoys spending time with her husband and five children, preferably on a nice quiet beach somewhere. She also enjoys sports, travel, writing, and coaching high school swimming.

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​Washington, DC
January 1982
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Frigid air, skates scraping against the ice, the scent of stale popcorn. Amaliya
Marcell sat in one of the twenty thousand seats of the Cap Centre and laced up
her figure skates before she tugged her leg warmers into place and watched
while twenty hockey players worked through their last drill.
As soon as they finished, they joined her father at center ice.
The great Robert Marcell. Amaliya still missed watching her father
compete, but his transition from player to assistant coach to head coach had
allowed her to enjoy her routine of spending time with her dad at work. She
could hardly remember a Saturday when the Washington Capitals were home
and she hadn’t been here with him.
Travis, the goalkeeper, stepped off the ice and gave her a disapproving
shake of his head. “You’re wearing the wrong skates again.”
“You sound like my dad.”
“Coach knows what he’s talking about,” Travis said.
“Maybe for you, but I don’t think I’m going to be joining a hockey team
anytime soon.” Amaliya stepped past him. “Figure skates are more my style
these days.”
“Too bad. With a bit more practice, maybe you could score on
me.”Amaliya’s eyebrows lifted. “I scored a goal on you last week.”
“That was a lucky shot.”
“That’s what he always says,” her dad said as he joined them.Amaliya
grinned. “Yeah, I know.”
“Travis, get some rest. It’s the kid’s turn to play.”
“Kid?” Amaliya stepped onto the ice and twirled to face her dad. “I hate
to break it to you, but I’ll be an adult next week.”
“Don’t remind me,” Robert groaned.“Good luck, Coach.” Travis started
toward the locker room.
“Thanks. I’m going to need it.” Robert turned his attention to Amaliya
and spoke in French, his preferred language, thanks to his upbringing in
Quebec. “Are you going to play a little one-on-one with your old man?”“Don’t
you have to check on your players?”
“I can spare a few minutes.” He tapped his stick against the ice. “Show
me what you’ve got.”
“Okay.” Amaliya combined her years of ballet training with growing up
on the ice and executed a spin that resembled a pirouette.

“When you skate like that, you look like a ballerina on the ice.”Amaliya
laughed. “I am a ballerina on the ice.”
“Honey, I hate to break it to you, but most ballerinas can’t do that once
they put on ice skates.”
“If you say so.” She skated backward so she could still see her dad.
“You’re going to let me skate while you’re in your meetings, right?”
Robert grabbed an extra hockey stick and held it out. “Play a little hockey
with me first, and I might be persuaded.”Amaliya made a quick stop and
returned to her father. She took the offering and grinned. “Deal.”

An Unlikely Pair is a captivating and engaging sports romance that readers will adore. It’s about a pairs figure skater and a ballerina turned pairs figure skater.  Readers will be enchanted with not only the magic of the dancing on the ice, but the magic of the importance of family and friends.  And of course there’s some sweet romance and a charming love story as well.  This story has some terrifying and heart-wrenching moments with overcoming hardships, but it also has some wonderful moments showing the strength of the characters taking on their situations.  Readers will fall in love with this story from the turn of the first page.  This story is perfect for readers who enjoy ballet, as well as the Olympics and figure skating, and of course romance.

Genre: contemporary, romance, sports
Publisher: Covenant Communications
Publication date: June 7, 2021
Number of pages: 304

Other books in the series:
0.5-Dancing to Freedom
2-Broken Dreams

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1906
Lady Elizabeth "Libby" Sinclair, with her love of microscopes and nature, isn't favored in society. She flees to the beautiful Isles of Scilly for the summer and stumbles into the dangerous secrets left behind by her holiday cottage's former occupant, also named Elizabeth, who mysteriously vanished.

Oliver Tremayne--gentleman and clergyman--is determined to discover what happened to his sister, and he's happy to accept the help of the girl now living in what should have been Beth's summer cottage . . . especially when he realizes it's the curious young lady he met briefly two years ago, who shares his love of botany and biology. But the hunt for his sister involves far more than nature walks, and he can't quite believe all the secrets Beth had been keeping from him.

As Libby and Oliver work together, they find ancient legends, pirate wrecks, betrayal, and the most mysterious phenomenon of all: love. ​

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Unlike her previous historical war centered novels, in The Nature of a Lady Roseanna M. White takes readers to the year of 1906 and the Isles of Scilly off the Cornwall Coast of England.  This stunning and picturesque setting takes the reader’s breath away as they imagine the beauty of the flora and fauna in this magical place.  With delightful main characters and an abundance of wonderful side characters as well, White spins a thrilling story of mystery, danger, intrigue, and romance.  An alluring novel from the gorgeous purple cover to the delightful story within, readers will be absolutely charmed by White’s historically rich story.

 Genre: historical, romance, mystery
Publisher: Bethany House
Publication date: May 4, 2021
Number of pages: 378

Other books in the series:
2-To Treasure an Heiress (coming January 2022)

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Life’s detours can be the most important steps we’re meant to make.
Injured and stranded, hiker Quinn McAlister is stuck recovering in Laurel Cove, North Carolina. The quiet mountain town and its polite residents are a far cry from the stifling home and painful disappointments back in Maine. When her handsome rescuer offers her a place to stay, she’s faced with coming to terms with her past and putting faith, for once, in a hopeful future.
Camp director Eli Moreland has devoted his adult life to serving others. The summer takes an unexpected turn when the beautiful hiker staying in one of the cabins sparks a deep desire for more. Giving her advice about faith comes easy. What’s hard is deciding if he’s ready to reopen his heart to love.
Being lost is worth the pain when being found is so sweet.

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The Laurel Cove Romance Series takes readers to Laurel Cove, NC—a charming, quiet fictional town tucked into the cozy Blue Ridge Mountains. The people of Laurel Cove are friendly and welcoming, the pace is slow and peaceful, and the scenery is breathtaking. It’s the perfect place for inspiration to strike and love to take hold.
 
The series also includes Someplace Familiar (Book 1) and Suddenly Forever (Book 2). The novels in this series are completely stand-alone and can be read in any order. Readers will recognize a few supporting characters shared between the stories, but it is not necessary to have read the others before Someone Found (Book 3). The fourth and final novel in the series is set to release in early 2022.

Teresa Tysinger is an author of Southern contemporary romance inspired by grace. She writes on the fringes of being a wife, mom, and full-time communications professional. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, the Association for Women in Communications, and the Religion Communicators Council. She’s an introverted Enneagram 4 (if you know, you know) and loves coffee, traveling, and almost every genre of music. Born in Hawaii, raised in Florida, and educated in North Carolina, she now resides in Texas with her husband, daughter, and dog.

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Teresa Tysinger has written a sweet contemporary romance novel in her story Someone Found.  This story takes place in a small town in North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  This beautiful backdrop adds to the story of hiker Quinn McAlister and and spiritual summer camp director Eli Mooreland.  Tysinger does a lovely job of intertwining Quinn and Eli’s stories.  Readers will be drawn to them because of their realistic and relatable characteristics and life experiences.  This is an inspiring story about discovering oneself and opening oneself up to falling in love.  A heart-warming and charming story, readers will love this read from cover to cover.

Genre: contemporary, romance, Christian
Publisher: Good Day Publishing
Publication date: June 8, 2021
Number of pages: 222

Other books in the series:
1-Someplace Familiar
2-Suddenly Forever

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​Brielle Adebayo is fully content teaching at a New York City public school and taking annual summer vacations with her mother to Martha’s Vineyard. But everything changes when her mom drops the mother of all bombshells—Brielle is a princess in the kingdom of Oloro Ilé, Africa, and she must immediately assume her royal position, since the health of her grandfather, King Tiwa Jimoh Adebayo, is failing.
Distraught by her mother’s betrayal, Brielle is further left spinning when the Oloro Ilé Royal Council brings up an old edict that states she must marry before assuming the throne or the crown will be passed to another. Uncertain who to choose from the council’s list of bachelors, she struggles with the decision along with the weight of her new role in a new country. With her world totally shaken, she must take a chance on love and brave the perils a wrong decision may bring.

Toni Shiloh is a wife, mom, and multi-published Christian contemporary romance author. She writes to bring God glory and to learn more about His goodness. Her novels, Grace Restored, was a 2019 Holt Medallion finalist, Risking Love a 2020 Selah Award finalist, and The Truth About Fame a 2021 Holt Medallion finalist.
A member of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and of the Virginia Chapter, Toni seeks to encourage authors in the writing industry. She loves connecting with readers and authors alike via social media. You can learn more about her writing at http://tonishiloh.com.

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​How can a meek wallflower help a returning war hero whose dreams are plunged into darkness?

Mary Bloomfield has no illusions. Her chances for matrimony have long since passed her by. Still, her circumstances are pleasant enough, especially now that she has found purpose in assisting her father with his medical practice in England's beautiful Lake District. Even without love, it's a peaceful life.

That is until Adam Edgerton returns to the sleepy district. This decorated war hero did not arrive home to acclaim and rest, but to a new battle against the repercussions of an insidious disease. Mary's caring nature cannot stand to see someone suffer--but how can she help this man see any brightness in his future when he's plunged into melancholic darkness, his dreams laid waste by his condition?

Adam wants no charity, but he's also no coward. If this gentle woman can work hard, how can he do less? Together they struggle to find a way forward for him. Frustration and antipathy slowly develop into friendship and esteem. Then a summer storm atop a mountain peak leads to scandal--and both Mary and Adam must search the depths of their closed hearts for answers if they hope to find any future path with happiness at its end.

Best-selling author Carolyn Miller is back with a fresh series that will not only thrill readers eager for more of her work, but bring in new fans looking for beautiful writing, fascinating research, deftly woven love stories, and real faith lived out in the Regency period.

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Carolyn Miller is an inspirational romance author who lives in the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and four children.
A longtime lover of romance, especially that of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer’s Regency era, Carolyn holds a BA in English literature and loves drawing readers into fictional worlds that show the truth of God’s grace in our lives. She enjoys music, films, gardens, art, travel, and food.

Miller’s novels have won a number of RWA and ACFW contests. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Australasian Christian Writers. ​

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arolyn Miller has written a Regency Romance that readers will absolutely adore.  This story is of a Mary, a woman everyone assumes is more than happy to be a spinster and doesn’t want to be a wife and mother.  But more than anything, Mary just wants to be accepted as herself.  This makes her easy to relate to, because who doesn’t want to be accepted as themselves.  And then there is Adam, he’s a war hero who has inherited his father’s farm.  But due to a debilitating war injury, he is struggling to deal with life.  This beautiful story brings these two struggling characters together and they form a friendship and eventually a sweet romance.  And entwined in it all, this story shows their faith in God that life will work out. This story will warm the hearts of readers, causing them to fall in love with the easily relatable characters and root for them as they lean on God and figure out how to move forward in life.  A wonderful Regency romance that readers will adore.

Genre: historical, romance, regency
Publisher: Kregel
Publication date: May 18, 2021
Number of pages: 320

Other books in the series:
2-Midnight’s Budding Morrow (coming 2022)
3-Dawn’s Untrodden Green (coming 2023)

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​Always a Wedding Planner --
Genre: Contemporary romance anthology
Release date: June 1st  
Love Is Only Business for 4 Wedding Planners
Discover how keeping secrets from each other threatens four women’s friendships, wedding business, and own ability to find love in Loveland, Colorado.
Business partners Felicity Anderson, the cake baker; Kiki Bell, the seamstress; Cassie Blackthorn, the coordinator; and Chef Saffron Fare are best of friends in a town that is a romantic wedding destination for many couples—who work together at Weddings by Design to make every bride’s special day perfect. Could each falling into their own romance be the key to working out their differences and learning to trust each other—and God—with their futures?

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R.L. ASHLY is a master seamstress with a Master of Arts degree in Literature (May, 2019). She hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Literature in the near future. A mother and grandmother, she is active in her local writing community, never says never to a home improvement task, and strives to one day write the Great American Novel. 
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RL Ashly writes on the run. She enjoys a good mystery with a complicated plot. Iced tea is her beverage of choice. Hemmed In is her first traditionally published novel.

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​Leeann Betts writes contemporary romantic suspense, while her real-life persona, Donna Schlachter, pens historical romantic suspense. Together she and Donna have published more than 30 novellas and full-length novels.

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Toni Shiloh is a wife, mom, and Christian fiction writer. Once she understood the powerful saving grace thanks to the love of Christ, she was moved to honor her Savior. She writes to bring Him glory and to learn more about His goodness.​

​DAVALYNN SPENCER is a Publisher’s Weekly and ECPA bestselling author with novellas in three Barbour collections, The 12 Brides of Christmas, The 12 Brides of Summer, and The Cowboy’s Bride. She won the Will Rogers Gold Medallion for Inspirational Western Fiction and is the author of ten additional titles, both contemporary and historical. She blogs monthly for Christian Authors Network, Heroes, Heroines & History, contributes to the American Christian Fiction blog, and writes her own weekly inspirational blog. She appears on an area radio broadcast, Write Time Radio, and teaches writing workshops when not wrangling Blue the Cowdog and mouse detectors Annie and Oakley.

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Toni Shiloh “Going virtual”
More often than naught, my books are set in a place I’ve never been to. Or even better, I create a fictional world I can get lost in. When I wrote Finally A Sweetheart, it was with the understanding that the setting would be in Loveland, Colorado.
Just so you know, the closets I’ve probably been to Loveland was driving through the state on a road trip. I vaguely remember stopping at a gas station in Aspen and seeing mountains. For the most part, I slept (what I do on most road trips). So for the Always a Wedding Planner collection I had to go virtual. I pulled up Google maps and zoomed in until the “browse street images” feature popped up, AKA, the orange man.
I also did a lot of internet search for people who had visited. I also looked at pictures on Pinterest. All in all, I hope I did the setting justice for those of you who actually live there. If not, my sincerest apologies from a virtual traveler.
 
RL Ashly
Loveland, Colorado is a beautiful town. With its backdrop against the Rocky Mountains, it’s the ideal place for a romance novel. After all, it’s the land of love and there’s no better place for a single seamstress to meet a confirmed bachelor-till-the rapture. The Weddings by Design office is set in the downtown area and Kiki enjoyed her colleagues and job. Working with her best friends had its perks. That is until the new office manager moves Kiki’s sewing zone to the garage. Her new work area is a source of conflict in the story.
As the descendent of a long line of farmers, placing my characters in a rural setting was something that appealed to me. Kiki Bell inherited her late aunt and uncle’s farm. With the help of her niece and nephew, her family commenced with the daunting task of decluttering the house and outbuildings in hopes of turning the place into a wedding venue.
Bing Kelley’s farm is located across the road. He keeps his place in pristine shape. Perhaps it is a sign he has too much time on his hands. Living as neighbors, the setting is used to aid Kiki and Bing’s relationship.
 
Leeann Betts
The idea for The Worst-Kept Secret is sort of autobiographical, in that I’m an introvert and my hubby is an extrovert. I can see that this combination works in our marriage, because I’m the one who builds relationships with people we meet through getting comfortable enough to talk to them by asking questions, while hubby does the meeting and introductions. I suspected we weren’t unique in our personality types, so decided to try this pairing in a story.
A good romance needs romantic tension, and one of the best ways is if each character has a secret they’re trying to keep from the love interest and from others. Since this is a faith-based book, I didn’t want that secret to be something so serious as to call into question their salvation, so I based the secrets on struggles they were already having in their own lives.
I think a good romance also needs a few light moments. From the disastrous limo interview, to the puking pastor, to the coffee debacle, and even the car accident, while each of these were serious moments, I hoped to create an atmosphere of “what more could go wrong?” for both the reader and the characters.
 
Davalynn Spencer
Pronounced “LOVE-lund” rather than “Love-LAND” by locals, the “Sweetheart City” snugs against the Front Range at the mouth of the Big Thompson River in Northern Colorado. The river originates in Rocky Mountain National Park and courses through Estes Park before tumbling down to the eastern plains. The area is rich in ranches and farmland, the perfect setting for confirmed bachelor, Ty Ellicott, who carries on the family’s rope-making business following the death of his parents and brother in a single engine plane crash.
 
Ellicott Ropes is home to a sprawling ranch house, barn, and roping arena. A long rope barn, pastures, pond, and cottonwood trees create an idyllic setting for the heart-broken cowboy who keeps his mind off his pain by keeping that mind busy.
 
Saffron (Ronnie) Fare grew up in Loveland, the daughter of schoolteachers. She is more familiar with city life and acquainted with the tree-lined streets of established neighborhoods, small downtown businesses, and outlying shopping centers. She had no desire to leave her famous hometown, and after culinary school bought a quaint yet rundown Victorian home on one of those shady streets. With a small-business loan, she invested in a commercial kitchen, an expense that left precious little for the rest of the house, and the paint and gingerbread trim on her classic home bear testimony to neglect as well as age.