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New Releases in Christian Fiction (April 2025)

April 2025 New ReleasesMore in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website


Contemporary Romance:



Earning the Veteran’s Trust by Lisa Jordan — After leaving the navy, Mallory Stone plans to buy her best friend’s fruit farm, a safe place to raise her son and adopt senior dogs like her dear Rosie. Until her ex-husband, Jonah Hayes, drops a bombshell: he wants the same farm…and they’re still legally married. A trial partnership running the farm means the former m...

Review: What We Hide, by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker

What We Hide, by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker (Thomas Nelson, 2024)

A crumbling southern US university. A couple whose marriage shattered with the death of their toddler. A cache of artifacts that seem to be being sold with illegal provenance papers. And… a corpse.

Savannah and Hezekiah Webster might have survived losing their daughter—if he hadn’t turned to alcohol. Two years later, Hez claims to have changed. Savannah doesn’t dare risk her heart again, but when she becomes a person ...

16 Christian Books for Free

Load up your e-reader���or just take a few. For the month of April 2025, you can get up to 16 free Christian books from 16 authors in a variety of genres. (Psst: one of those books is mine!)

Check out the list here, and choose any that catch your interest. This is a “newsletter magnet” promotion, introducing readers to new-to-you authors by way of newsletter signups in exchange for a free ebook. You’re never obligated to keep the subscription, but I do suggest you check out the first few ...

Are You Aging or Maturing as a Writer? (Guest Post)

Photo credit: PixabayAre You Aging or Maturing as a Writer?by Steph Beth Nickel

Last month we discussed the choices we have as readers. Are we aging, which can be seen in the context of the challenges we face as we grow older, or are we maturing, learning from and applying what we discover with each passing year?

This month let���s ask the same question of ourselves as writers.

Below are some thoughts on what maturing as a writer could look like:

Tips for Writers

If you���...

Review: How to Hear God: a simple guide for normal people, by Pete Greig

How to Hear God: a simple guide for normal people, by Pete Greig (Zondervan Reflective, 2022)

Can humans today hear from the God of the Bible? Not necessarily audibly, but can we know what He���s saying to us? If you���re curious, I highly recommend this book as an excellent, inspiring resource.

You can tell from the subtitle that it���s not a dry theological work. Instead, it���s a refreshing, accessible, and practical look at various ways Christians can ���hear��� God (and how to dis...

New Releases in Christian Fiction (March 2025)

March 2025 New Releases

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website

 Biblical:

The Daughter of Rome by Angela Hunt — In Nero’s Rome, Calandra helps her father, a renowned sculptor, complete the most significant commission of his illustrious career. But then a catastrophic fire nearly destroys the imperial city, leaving Calandra reliant on a group of Christians–unusual individuals unlike any she has encountered before. Intrigued by their worship of ...

Review: A Forboding of Petrels, by Steve Burrows

A Forboding of Petrels, by Steve Burrows (Point Blank, 2022)

If you like British-based police procedurals, unconventional detectives, down-to-earth characters, and plenty of bird sightings, the Birder Murder Mystery series is for you. This particular mystery will take you to rural England and to Antarctica.

In England: A disciplinary suspension bars DCI Dominic Jejeune from involvement in any active cases. Not that there’s much going on except someone setting a few fires. Well, until t...

Are You Aging or Maturing as a Reader? (Guest Post)

Image by ♡♡ Julita ♡♡ from PixabayAre You Aging or Maturing as a Reader?by Steph Beth Nickel

Over the next couple of months, I will be having cataract surgery on both eyes and may need corneal transplants in the years to come. I can no longer go as long between workouts and not get stiff—not the good kind that comes from beneficial exercise but the kind that comes from too much inactivity. My sleep patterns are wonky, admittedly because I often stay up too late.

Are these signs of ...

New Releases in Christian Fiction (February 2025)

February 2025 New Releases

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website

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Contemporary Romance:

Small Town Harmony by Milla Holt — Faith, fame, and family collide as a Christian music power couple hides a secret discord. (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)

Only You Can Love Me by Carolyn Miller — Dr. Jess Martin–Doc Martin to her local community–might be used to solving the veterinary problems of rural south east Washington, but she ...

Review: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, by John Mark Comer

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, by John Mark Comer (WaterBrook, 2019)

Subtitle: “How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World”

���The problem isn���t when you have a lot to do; it���s when you have too much to do and the only way to keep the quota up is to hurry.��� (p, 21)

Can you relate? In this book, author John Mark Comer invites us to discover ���what the way of Jesus has to say to the epidemic of hurry.��� (p. 76)

He���s appro...