Existing friendships are revitalized, and new ones flourish, in Melody Carlson’s cheerful Christian novel "All Booked Up", about women who share a Victorian home. Riva, an isolated widow in her sixties, is a bibliophile who is... Read More

A story of personal redemption, Jill Eileen Smith’s novel "A Deeper Well" is about a brokenhearted Samaritan woman. When she is thirteen, Nessa, who wanted to marry her cousin Lavi, is instead betrothed to an older, wealthy potter.... Read More

Integrating the biblical origin story into explanations of a plant’s life cycle, "God’s Amazing Creation" is an edifying picture book. Lindy Kerr’s Christian picture book "God’s Amazing Creation" focuses on plants to illustrate... Read More

Set in Queen Esther’s court, Tessa Afshar’s enthralling romance novel "The Royal Artisan" is about family secrets and second chances. After losing her parents, Sazana rebuilds her life, finding quiet joy in her work as a potter,... Read More

In the trilogy-opening Christian novel A Parallel Time & Place, an intriguing woman is called to serve as religious witness across centuries. A sweeping narrative of faith and destiny, N. E. Kurz’s historical novel A Parallel Time... Read More

In Karen Barnett’s arresting historical novel "Through Water and Stone", a Christian family’s adoption leads to a deeper perspective on God’s provisions. In the 1940s, Henry, a Zion National Park ranger, is married to Alma. There... Read More

In Kaethe Schwehn’s numinous historical novel "The Gospel of Salome", an aging physician is asked about her connection to Jesus of Nazareth. In 38 CE, Salome, an elderly Greek woman and physician with a thriving clinic in Alexandria,... Read More

A scientist’s homecoming and river restoration work inspire her to face her childhood fears in Cheryl Grey Bostrom’s eloquent Christian novel "What the River Keeps". As dams on the Olympic Peninsula begin to close, Hildy, a solitary... Read More