How is it already almost July? This summer is flying by, and
I am not happy about it because that means school is right around the corner. However,
there are so many wonderful novels releasing over the next few months, so I am
excited about that! Here are some new reads you should definitely check out!
Abiding Mercy by Ruth
Reid
Abiding Mercy is a stand-alone novel.
Faith faces an impossible
situation: should she do the right thing and bring heartache to nearly everyone
she knows or deny her true self and always wonder…what if?
Sixteen-year-old Faith
has worked full-time in her parents’ restaurant since she finished eighth
grade. She loves her Amish community—and the romantic attentions of her
longtime friend, Gideon.
When her sister seems
to be getting too friendly with Englischers, and her parents are in a buggy accident, Faith wants to escape into
her dream of joining the church and getting married.
But then a local
newspaper runs a story about a child named Adriana who was kidnapped fifteen
years earlier, and everything Faith has held true comes into question.
Suddenly the community
Faith has known her whole life seems unreal. Can she even trust her own family?
And how will she ever find home again if she no longer belongs in the world she
knows best?
Beloved Hope by
Tracie Peterson
Beloved Hope is the third book in Tracie’s Heart of the Frontier series, coming after Treasured Grace and Cherished
Mercy.
Shackled by her past, one woman
searches for healing, forgiveness, and love.
Hope Flanagan survived
the massacre at the Whitman Mission, but at terrible personal cost. Safe now in
Oregon City, the gentle rhythm of tending her family’s flock of sheep is slowly
healing her mind and soul, but her precarious new peace is shattered when Hope
is asked to testify against the Cayuse responsible for the massacre. She’s not
sure she can bear to relive the events of those horrific days, but neither can
she risk her attackers being released if she doesn’t tell her story.
As Hope struggles to
make her choice, an Army lieutenant named Lance Kenner becomes an unexpected
ray of light in her life. Perhaps she is still capable of love after all. But
will Lance still want her if he learns the whole truth of what happened to her
at the mission? Or are the secrets that lie in his own past more troubling?
His Guilt by Shelley
Shepard Gray
His Guilt is the second book in Shelley’s Amish of Hart County series, coming after Her Secret.
Mark Fisher has
returned home to Hart County, determined to put the past behind him. Two years
ago, after being wrongly accused of assault, he left the Amish community,
though never forgot his home. When the one person who had helped him through
his rough times asks for help, Mark returns. But it is pretty Waneta Cain who
makes him want to stay…
Neeta is one of few
people in Hart County who doesn’t believe Mark is guilty of hurting anyone.
However, his worldliness and tough exterior do make her uneasy. As she begins
to see the real man behind all the gossip and prejudice, she wonders if he is
the man for her.
Just when Mark starts
to believe a new life is possible, a close friend of Neeta’s is attacked. Once
again, everyone in the community seems to believe he is guilty. But what hurts
most is Neeta’s sudden wariness around him. When another woman is hurt, a woman
who is close to both Neeta and himself, Mark fears he knows the real culprit.
And time is running out. Will Mark be able to find him before Neeta becomes his
next victim?
Just Look Up by
Courtney Walsh
Just Look Up is a stand-alone novel.
After tirelessly
climbing the ranks of her Chicago-based interior design firm, Lane Kelley is
about to land her dream promotion when devastating news about her brother draws
her back home—a quaint tourist town full of memories she’d just as soon forget.
With her cell phone and laptop always within reach, Lane aims to check on her
brother while staying focused on work—something her eclectic family doesn’t
understand.
Ryan Brooks never
expected to settle down in Harbor Pointe, Michigan, but after his final tour of
duty, it was the only place that felt like home. Now knee-deep in a renovation
project that could boost tourism for the struggling town, he is thrilled to see
Lane, the girl he secretly once loved, even if the circumstances of her
homecoming aren’t ideal.
Their reunion gets off
to a rocky start, however, when Ryan can’t find a trace of the girl he once
knew in the woman she is today. As he slowly chips away at the walls Lane has
built, secrets from his past collide with a terrible truth even he is reluctant
to believe. Facing a crossroads that could define his future with Lane and
jeopardize his relationship with the surrogate family he’s found in the
Kelleys, Ryan hopes Lane can see that maybe what really matters has been right
in front of her all along—if only she’d just look up.
A Matter of Trust by
Susan May Warren
A Matter of Trust is the third book in Susan’s Montana Rescue series, coming after Wild Montana Skies and Rescue Me.
It’s those we love who have the
power to hurt us most…
Champion backcountry
snowboarder Gage Watson has left the limelight behind after the death of one of
his fans. After being sued for negligence and stripped of his sponsorships,
he’s remade his life as a ski patrol in Montana’s rugged mountains, as well as
serving on the PEAK Rescue team. But he can’t seem to find his footing—or
forget the woman who betrayed him.
Senator and former
attorney Ella Blair spends much of her time in the public eye as one of the
youngest senators in the country. But she has a secret—one that cost Gage his
career. More than anything, she wants to atone for her betrayal of him in the
courtroom and find a way to help him put his career back on track.
When Ella’s brother
goes missing on one of Glacier National Park’s most dangerous peaks, Gage and
his team are called in for the rescue. But Gage isn’t so sure he wants to help
the woman who destroyed his life. more, when she insists on joining the search,
he’ll have to keep her safe while finding her reckless brother—a recipe for
disaster when a snowstorm hits the mountain.
A Name Unknown by
Roseanna M. White
A Name Unknown is the first book in Roseanna’s new Shadows Over England series.
She’s out to steal his name. Will
he steal her heart instead?
Rosemary Gresham has
no family beyond the band of former urchins who helped her survive as a girl in
the mean streets of London. Grown now, they are no longer pickpockets—instead
they focus on high value items and have learned how to blend into upper-class
society. Rosemary is beginning to question whether she can continue in this
life when she’s offered the challenge of a lifetime—determine whether a certain
wealthy gentleman is loyal to Britain or to Germany. After all, how does one
steal a family’s history, their very name?
As Europe moves ever
closer to World War I, rumors swirl around Peter Holstein. Awkward and
solitary, but with access to the king, many fear his influence. But Peter can’t
help his German last name and wants to prove his loyalty to the Crown—so he can
go back to anonymously writing a series of popular adventure novels. When
Rosemary arrives on his doorstep pretending to be a well-credentialed
historian, Peter believes she’s the right person to help him dig through his
family’s past.
When danger and
suspicion continue to mount, both realize they’re in a race against time to
discover the truth—about Peter’s past and about the undeniable attraction
kindling between them.
On Love’s Gentle
Shore by Liz Johnson
On Love’s Gentle Shore is the third book in Liz’s Prince Edward Island Dreams series,
coming after The Red Door Inn and Where Two Hearts Meet.
Natalie O’Ryan had no
plans to return to Prince Edward Island. But when her fiancé books their
wedding in her hometown and schedules a summer at Rose’s Red Door Inn, she sets
out to plan the perfect wedding. Yet she can’t possibly plan for a run-in with
Justin Kane—the best friend she left behind all those years ago after promising
to stay.
Justin has never
forgotten Natalie. He’d been prepared to follow her off the island until
tragedy struck, leaving him to run the family dairy farm. He’s done the best he
can with the life that was thrust upon him—but with Natalie back in the
picture, he begins to realize just how much joy he’s been missing.
After Natalie’s
reception venue falls through, she must scramble to find an alternative, and
the only option seems to be a barn on Justin’s property. As they work together
to get the dilapidated building ready for the party, Natalie and Justin may
discover that there is more between them than broken promises and an old friendship.
The Writing Desk by
Rachel Hauck
The Writing Desk is a stand-alone novel.
Tenley Roth’s first
book was a runaway bestseller. Now that her second book is due, she’s locked in
fear. Can she repeat her earlier success or is she a fraud who has run out of
inspiration?
With pressure mounting
from her publisher, Tenley is weighted with writer’s block. But when her
estranged mother calls asking Tenley to help her through chemotherapy, she
packs up for Florida where she meets handsome furniture designer Jonas Sullivan
and discovers the story her heart’s been missing.
A century earlier,
another woman wrote at the same desk with hopes and fears of her own. Born
during the Gilded Age, Birdie Shehorn is the daughter of the old money
Knickerbockers. Under the strict control of her mother, her every move is
decided ahead of time, even whom she’ll marry. But Birdie has dreams she
doesn’t know how to realize. She wants to tell stories, write novels, make an
impact on the world. When she discovers her mother has taken extreme measures
to manipulate her future, she must choose between submission and security or
forging a brand new way all on her own.
Tenley and Birdie are
from two very different worlds, but fate has bound them together in a way time
cannot erase.
Those are my must-have releases for July!
Happy reading!
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page.
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