New Releases — February 2018

written by Laura V. Hilton, Suzanne Woods Fisher Kathleen Fuller Sharon Garlough Brown Connilyn Cossette Jill Eileen Smith Carrie Turansky B.J. Hoff Lisa T. Bergren Kimberley Woodhouse Kristy Cambron Patricia Johns Joshua A. Johnston James L. Rubart DiAnn Mills Susan Sleeman Hope White Matthew Paul Turner Missy and Mia Robertson Mike Nappa Jill Williamson Raquel Byrnes Cara J. Stevens & Superbook February 1, 2018

Love by the Numbers

Laura V. Hilton

Whitaker House

Genres: Amish, Romance

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Phoebe’s Light

Nantucket Legacy #1

Suzanne Woods Fisher

Revell

Genres: Amish, Romance

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Words from the Heart

Amish Letters #3

Kathleen Fuller

Thomas Nelson

Genres: Amish, Romance

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An Extra Mile: A Story of Embracing God’s Call

Sensible Shoes #4

Sharon Garlough Brown

IVP Press

Genre: Contemporary

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A Light on the Hill

Cities of Refuge #1

Connilyn Cossette

Bethany House

Genre: Historical

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A Passionate Hope: Hannah’s Story

Daughters of the Promised Land #4

Jill Eileen Smith

Revell

Genre: Historical

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Across the Blue

Carrie Turansky

Multnomah

Genres: Romance, Historical

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Harp on the Willow

Mt. Laurel Memories #1

BJ Hoff

Harvest House

Genres: Romance, Historical

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Keturah

The Sugar Baron’s Daughters #1

Lisa T. Bergren

Bethany House

Genres: Romance, Historical

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The Mayflower Bride

Daughters of the Mayflower #1

Kimberley Woodhouse

Barbour Publishing

Genres: Romance, Historical

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The Lost Castle: A Split-Time Romance

Kristy Cambron

Thomas Nelson

Genres: Romance, Historical

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The Lawman’s Runaway Bride

Comfort Creek Lawmen #2

Patricia Johns

Love Inspired

Genre: Romance

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Into the Void

Chronicles of Sarco #2

Joshua Johnston

Enclave

Genre: Speculative

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The Man He Never Was: A Modern Reimagining of Jekyll and Hyde

James L. Rubart

Thomas Nelson

Genre: Speculative

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High Treason

FBI Task Force #3

DiAnn Mills

Tyndale House

Genres: Suspense, Romance

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Kill Shot

White Knights #2

Susan Sleeman

FaithWords

Genres: Suspense, Romance

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Baby on the Run

The Baby Protectors #2

Hope White

Love Inspired Suspense

Genres: Suspense, Romance

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When God Made Light

Matthew Paul Turner, David Catrow

WaterBrook

Genre: Children’s

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Allie’s Bayou Rescue

Faithgirlz/Princess in Camo #2

Missy Robertson, Mia Robertson

Zonderkidz

Genre: Children’s

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Bibleman and the Wish-a-Prayer Machine

Bibleman series

Mike Nappa, Dennis Edwards

B&H Kids

Genre: Children’s

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A Deliverer Comes (ebook)

The Kinsman Chronicles #8

Jill Williamson

Bethany House

Genres: YA/Teen, Speculative

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Wind Reapers

Blackburn Chronicles #2

Raquel Byrnes

Pelican Book Group

Genres: YA/Teen, Speculative

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Superheroes of the Bible

Cara J. Stevens, Amanda Brack

Good Books

Genres: Comics/Animation, Children’s

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Torchlighters: The Harriet Tubman Story

Vision Video

Genres: Comics/Animation, Children’s

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Elijah and the Prophets of Baal

SuperBook series

Charisma House

Genres: Comics/Animation, Children’s

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MOVIES/DVDS:

The Stray

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Genre: Movies

Actors: Sarah Lancaster, Michael Cassidy, Connor Corum

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Same Kind of Different As Me

Paramount

Genre: Movies

Actors: Djimon Hounsou, Jon Voight

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An Uncommon Grace

Hallmark

Genre: Movies

Actors: Jes Macallan, Sean Faris, Kelly McGillis

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Where Love Found Me

Sony Pictures

Genre: Movies

Actors: Kaitlin Cheung, Andrew Cheney, James Kyson

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Laura V. Hilton

Award-winning author Laura V. Hilton has penned many Christian novels, including Amish, contemporary, and historical romances. Laura is also a professional book reviewer for the Christian market, with over a thousand book reviews published at various online review sites. A pastor’s wife, stay-at-home mom, and home school teacher, Laura and her family make their home in Arkansas.

Suzanne Woods Fisher

Suzanne Woods Fisher is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than two dozen novels, including novels in the Amish Beginnings series, The Bishop's Family series, and The Inn at Eagle Hill series, as well as nonfiction books about the Amish. She lives in California.

Kathleen Fuller

With over a million copies sold, Kathleen Fuller is the author of several bestselling novels, including the Hearts of Middlefield novels, the Middlefield Family novels, the Amish of Birch Creek series, and the Amish Letters series as well as a middle-grade Amish series, the Mysteries of Middlefield.

Sharon Garlough Brown

Sharon Garlough Brown (MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary) is author of the Sensible Shoes series, a spiritual director, and co-founder of Abiding Way Ministries, which provides spiritual formation retreats and resources. Since graduating from seminary, Sharon and her husband, Jack, have served on the pastoral staff of churches in Scotland, Oklahoma, England, and Michigan. They currently live in West Michigan and have one son, David.

Connilyn Cossette

When not homeschooling her two sweet kiddos (with a full pot of coffee at hand), Connilyn is scribbling notes on scraps of paper, mumbling about her imaginary friends, and reading obscure out-of-print history books. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in Texas where she loves the people but misses mountains, tall trees and barefoot-soft green grass.

Jill Eileen Smith

Jill Eileen Smith is the bestselling and award-winning author of the biblical fiction series The Wives of King David, Wives of the Patriarchs, and Daughters of the Promised Land, as well as The Heart of a King and Star of Persia: Esther's Story. She is also the author of the nonfiction book When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams. Her research into the lives of biblical women has taken her from the Bible to Israel, and she particularly enjoys learning how women lived in Old Testament times. Jill lives with her family in southeast Michigan.

Carrie Turansky

Carrie Turansky is an award-winning author of eighteen novels and novellas. She has been the winner of the ACFW Carol Award, the Crystal Globe Award, and the International Digital Award, and a finalist for the Inspirational Readers Choice Award and the Maggie Award of Excellence. A prolific writer of contemporary and historical romance, women's fiction, short stories, articles, and devotionals, Carrie lives in central New Jersey with her husband, Scott. They have five adult children and five grandchildren.

B.J. Hoff

BJ Hoff’s stories, although set in the past, are always relevant to the present. Whether her characters move about in small country towns or metropolitan areas, reside in Amish settlements or in coal company houses, she creates communities where people can form relationships, raise families, pursue their faith, and experience the mountains and valleys of life. BJ and her husband make their home in Ohio.

Lisa T. Bergren

Lisa T. Bergren has published dozens of books with more than 3 million books sold combined. She's the author of the Christy Award-winning Waterfall, RITA®-finalist Firestorm, bestselling God Gave Us You, and popular historical series like Homeward, Grand Tour, and more. She's also a recipient of the RT Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives in Colorado Springs with her husband and three teen-and-older children.

Kimberley Woodhouse

Kimberley Woodhouse is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than thirty books. A lover of history and research, she often gets sucked into the past and then her husband has to lure her out with chocolate and the promise of eighteen holes on the golf course. She loves music, kayaking, and her family. Married to the love of her life for three decades, she lives and writes in the Poconos where she's traded in her hat of "Craziest Mom" for "Coolest Nana."

Kristy Cambron

Kristy Cambron has been fascinated with the WWII era since hearing her grandfather’s stories. She holds an Art History degree from Indiana University. Kristy writes WWII and Regency fiction and has placed first in the 2013 NTRWA Great Expectations and 2012 FCRW Beacon contests. She is a finalist in the 2013 Laurie contest. Kristy makes her home in Indiana with her husband and three football-loving sons.

Patricia Johns

Patricia Johns started out as a "starving artist" with an English degree, her youthful optimism, and not much else to her name. She banged away on her ancient laptop and lived in the smallest, cheapest quarters possible in the middle of a large city. It paid off: She wrote my first published novel, the first of many more over the next few years, and fantasized about the small town life.

Joshua A. Johnston

Joshua was raised on science fiction television and film before being introduced, in his teenage years, to the wider universe of science fiction literature. In addition to his daily work teaching American history and American government, he is an occasional writer on a variety of topics, including video games and parenting.

James L. Rubart

James L. Rubart is a professional marketer, speaker, and writer. He serves on the board of the Northwest Christian Writers Association and lives with his wife and sons in Seattle, Washington.

DiAnn Mills

DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. She combines unforgettable characters with unpredictable plots to create action-packed, suspense-filled novels. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne du Maurier, Inspirational Reader's Choice, and Carol Award contests. Firewall, the first book in her Houston: FBI series, was listed by Library Journal as one of the best Christian fiction books of 2014. DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers and a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. She is codirector of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, where she continues her passion of helping other writers be successful. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country. DiAnn has been termed a coffee snob and roasts her own coffee beans. She's an avid reader, loves to cook, and believes her grandchildren are the smartest kids in the universe. She and her husband live in sunny Houston, Texas.

Susan Sleeman

Susan Sleeman is a bestselling and award-winning author of more than 30 inspirational/Christian and clean read romantic suspense books. Readers love her romantic suspense series for the well-drawn characters and edge-of-your-seat action. She graduated from the FBI and local police citizen academies, so her research is spot-on and her characters are real. In addition to writing, Susan also hosts thesuspensezone.com. She's lived in nine states but now calls Oregon home. Her husband is a retired church music director, and they have two beautiful daughters, a very special son-in-law, and an adorable grandson.

Hope White

Hope White wrote her first thriller at the age of eleven. She earned her college degree in journalism, became a newspaper reporter then went into PR for non-profits. Hope wrote freelance articles when her kids were small to be a stay-at-home mom, and eventually was drawn to writing women’s fiction. She and her college sweetheart, married more than 20 years, have two sons.

Matthew Paul Turner

Matthew Paul Turner is the best-selling author of "When God Made You," "Churched,"and "Hear No Evil." He, and his wife, Jessica, along with their kids, Elias, Adeline, and Ezra, live in Nashville, Tennessee.

Missy and Mia Robertson

Missy Robertson, author Blessed, Blessed…Blessed and co-author of The Women of Duck Commander is one of the stars of the reality TV show Duck Dynasty. Missy keeps her fans up-to-date on the jewelry line and offers weekly devotions to help encourage people to pursue a personal relationship with God. Mia Robertson is the youngest daughter of Jase and Missy Robertson. Born in 2003 with a cleft lip and palate, she is the inspiration behind the Mia Moo Fund. Mia is well known for her positive attitude, kind words, beautiful smile, and killer tumbling skills.

Mike Nappa

Mike Nappais a bestselling and award-winning author with more than a million copies of his books in print worldwide. He's also a former acquisition editor with several awards and bestsellers in his lists. Mike is the founder of Nappaland Literary Agency.

Jill Williamson

Jill Williamson writes fantasy and science fiction for teens and adults. Jill grew up in Alaska, staying up and reading by the summer daylight that wouldn't go away. This led to a love of books and writing, and her debut novel, By Darkness Hid, won several awards and was named a Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror novel of 2009 by VOYA magazine. She loves giving writing workshops and blogs for teen writers at www.GoTeenWriters.com. She now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, two children, and a whole lot of deer.

Raquel Byrnes

Raquel Byrnes lives in Southern, California with her husband of sixteen years and their six children. She considers inspirational fiction a wonderful way to minister to others. She writes romantic suspense with an edge-your-seat pace. Her debut novel is Purple Knot, the first book the Shades of Hope Series.

Cara J. Stevens

Cara J. Stevens got her big break writing stories for Sesame Street video games. She has gone on to write dozens of books for kids, several of which feature the likes of Paw Patrol, SpongeBob Squarepants, Bubble Guppies, and Minecraft. Cara lives in the Los Angeles area with her family.

Superbook

CBN is producing a reimagined, computer-generated version of Superbook. The goal is to produce a new series that will honor the life-changing legacy of the original, and reintroduce it to the new, media- savvy generation. This new series is created by an Emmy® Award-winning team whose credits include Disney’s The Lion King, Mulan,and Beauty and the Beast. It has the potential to reach even more lives than the original series with powerful lessons that present spiritual truths and maintains biblical accuracy.

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