Happy
Friday!! I have come to the decision that on the last day of every month I will
post about the books I am most looking forward to that will release the next
month. Today, however, I am going to post about all the books that I cannot
wait to read that have released from January until now. That is quite a few
books but, even though I haven’t yet read any of them, I am positive I would recommend
all of them because I am that confident about the authors that wrote them. So,
if you’re looking for something new to read, you just might find something
here.
Miss
Harriet Peabody dreams of the day she can open up a shop selling refashioned
gowns to independent working women like herself. Unfortunately, when an errand
for her millinery shop job goes sadly awry due to a difficult customer, she
finds herself out of an income.
Mr.
Oliver Addleshaw is on the verge of his biggest business deal yet when he
learns his potential partner prefers to deal with men who are settled down and
wed. When Oliver witnesses his ex not-quite-fiance cause the hapless Harriet to
lose her job, he tries to make it up to her by enlisting her help in making a
good impression on his business partner.
Harriet
quickly finds her love of fashion can't make her fashionable. She'll never
truly fit into Oliver's world, but just as she's ready to call off the fake
relationship, fancy dinners, and elegant balls, a threat from her past forces
both Oliver and Harriet to discover that love can come in the most surprising
packages.
After a Fashion by author Jen Turano is
the first book in her new series A Class of Her Own, and it released on
February 24th. I have read almost all of her Ladies of Distinction series,
and I cannot wait to read this new release! Jen Turano does an amazing job of
weaving bits of mystery into her novels, leaving you guessing until the very
last page. It is nearly impossible to put her books down, and I know After a Fashion will be no exception!
Pick up a copy of it here!
Behind him, beside him, before him, the synchronized cathedral bells began
to ring out.
One, two, three . . .
Then she said it first. The words
his heart burst to share. “I
love you, Stephen. You are my true prince.”
An American heiress
and a crown prince seem destined to be together. Will the devastation of war
keep them apart forever?
American heiress
Corina Del Rey caught her prince once. But the tragedy of war kept her too long
in a fog of grief. Now she’s shifting her life forward, reigniting her career
as a journalist. Still, nothing can relieve her of the secret and the love she
carries in her soul.
Prince Stephen of
Brighton is one of the world’s most eligible bachelors and a star rugby player,
trying to make sense of his life. His days in Afghanistan with the Royal Air
Command will mark him forever. And he can’t shake their dark shadow.
But when his brother, King
Nathaniel, confronts him with a document the prince thought long buried and
forgotten, Stephen is forced to face the pain of his past and the love he left behind.
With
a little heavenly help, Prince Stephen and Corina embark on a journey of truth.
But when the secrets are revealed, can they overcome, move forward, and find
love again?
How to Catch a Prince by Rachel Hauck is
book three in her Royal Weddings series, coming after Once Upon a Prince and Princess
Ever After. I read both of her previous books in this series, and
absolutely loved each of them. She did a fabulous job of bringing her stories
to life, weaving wonderful tales of princes and princesses as dreamy as a
Disney princess story but so realistic you’d wish you were the heroine. I just
know I’ll love How to Catch a Prince,
and I’m sure you will too!
Pick up a copy of any of the Royal Weddings novels here.
On a hot day in 1737 in Rotterdam, Anna
Konig reluctantly sets foot on the Charming Nancy, a merchant ship that will carry her and her fellow Amish believers
across the Atlantic to start a new life. As the only one in her community who
can speak English, she feels compelled to go. But Anna is determined to
complete this journey and return home—assuming she survives. She’s heard
horrific tales of ocean crossings and worse ones of what lay ahead in the New World.
But fearfulness is something Anna has never known.
Ship’s carpenter Bairn resents
the somber people—dubbed peculiars by the deckhands—who fill the lower deck of
the Charming Nancy.
All Bairn wants to do is to put his lonely past behind him, but that irksome
and lovely lass Anna and her people keep intruding on him.
Delays, storm, illness, and
diminishing provisions test the mettle and patience of everyone on board. When
Anna is caught in a life-threatening situation, Bairn makes a discovery that
shakes his entire foundation. But has the revelation come too late?
Anna’s Crossing by Suzanne Woods Fisher
is the first book in her Amish Beginnings series, all about how the American
Amish settlements got started. Suzanne Woods Fisher does an amazing job of
weaving wonderful tales of the Amish, and I just know her new novel will be
chock full of interesting Amish facts that will teach you more than you ever
knew before. I cannot wait to read this story!
Grab a copy of this book here.
In the celebratory mood of the recently-ended Civil War, Sarah discovers
her betrothed has been keeping a devastating secret.
While the tiny town of Wabash,
Indiana, celebrates the end of the
fighting, Sara Montgomery attends the parties, but inside she’s fighting a deep sadness.
The love of Sara’s life, Rand Campbell, didn’t come back from the front.
So her brother and ailing father
persuade her to pledge herself to another man—despite her misgivings. When
Sarah finds out that Rand is in fact alive—and that her fiancé Ben Croftner
knew it—she indignantly breaks off their engagement.
Croftner doesn’t take rejection
lightly—and a single woman with a sick father makes an easy target. He abducts
Sarah, his intentions anything but honorable. Then Rand comes to her aid . . .
only to reveal that he has been posted at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, and asks her
to go with him as his wife.
Will
Sarah leave her dying father’s side for the only man she’s ever loved? And what
plans are forming in the jealous heart of Ben Croftner?
A Heart’s Disguise by Colleen Coble is
the first novel in her new A Journey of the Heart series, based just after the
civil war. She always does an amazing job of adding mysterious themes to her
novels, and they are always sure to be something you won’t be able to put down.
Check it out, it released March 3rd, so it shouldn’t be hard to
find!
Twelve years of marriage, 4,000 square feet of dream house,
and a handsome husband. Jessie Stanton has it all… until one fateful afternoon
when she notices her BMW bouncing by the window behind a tow truck. Her husband
has gone, and he’s taken it all. The whirling tornado that cuts down the life
she’s built drops Jessie onto the sandy beach of Malibu with a thud, penniless
and alone. When all she’s left with are the designer labels in her closet and
the dreamy Neil Lane rock on her finger, Jessie tries to make ends meet by
pawning her prized ring to fund a new business venture: a small shop where her
designer duds and shimmering accessories are temporarily leased out to Southern
California women with champagne tastes but root beer realities. As Jessie tries
to rebuild, she realizes she can’t move on, not without answers. Reluctantly,
Jessie turns to beach bum/private investigator Danny Callahan for help. But is
she staking her future success and happiness…on a ring and a prayer?
On a Ring and a Prayer by Sandra D.
Bricker is the first book in her new Jessie Stanton series, and is sure to keep
you laughing until the end. Sandra D. Bricker is amazing at writing hilarious
stories chock full of fun, laughter, and love that will never disappoint. I am
positive On a Ring and a Prayer will
be no exception.
Want to laugh? Pick up a copy here!
When trouble roars into quiet Arborville, Alexa and
Anna-Grace find themselves the target for discord and exposed secrets. Can they
continue to seek the God of all grace amidst the fog of confusion?
Alexa
Zimmerman wonders if the Old Order Mennonite community in Arborville, Kansas
will ever fully accept her. Her family roots here aren’t what anyone thought
when she first arrived, but she is hopeful that her culinary and hospitality
skills will win the skeptics over. The bed-and-breakfast she’s operating needs
to succeed so Alexa agrees to allow Briley Forrester, the hotshot reporter from
Chicago, to stay as a long-term boarder not knowing his real motives for being
amongst the Plain folk.
But when
Alexa agrees to host her cousin Anna-Grace Braun, the presence of extended
family brings out Alexa’s insecurities and sets Briley on the trail to
uncovering a web of hidden truths.
Plans for
a secure future and the sweetness of young romance hang in the balance when
Alexa and Anna-Grace have to face that their secrets are interconnected,
binding the two in ways they could not have imagined. They must trust in a
loving, heavenly Father and His plan for their futures.
When Grace Sings by Kim Vogel Sawyer is
the second book in her Zimmerman Restoration Trilogy, coming after When Mercy Rains. It is a wonderful
story full of hidden secrets and sweet romances that I cannot wait to read.
Pick up a copy here!
Marlena needed time to let things sink in.
It was beyond her how all this could possibly work out--adding the care of an
infant to her daily routine. Fortunately, it would just be until Luella
returned home from the hospital and was stronger.
No more than a couple weeks, surely.
Marlena
Wenger's life takes an unexpected turn on the day she learns she must care for
her estranged sister's baby. Spending the summer in Brownstown, Pennsylvania,
to assist her Mennonite grandmother, and miles from Marlena's Old Order Amish
beau, she feels out of her element in nearly every respect. Yet Marlena
determines to do her best and stay focused on her future, even as those hopes
become drastically altered.
I have been anticipating
the release of Beverly Lewis’s The Love
Letters for quite a while now, and the fact that I have to say I haven’t
read it yet pains me a little. I absolutely love Beverly Lewis’s work; I have
read almost every single book she has published and have enjoyed every one. Obviously
I need to pick up this one!
You can pick it up here.
