Release date: December 1, 2020
Author: Connilyn Cossette
Plot summary: TBA
To Dwell Among Cedars by Connilyn Cossette (December 1, 2020)
Tag: Upcoming Christian Novels
If I Were You by Lynn Austin (June 6, 2020)
Release date: June 6, 2020
Author: Lynn Austin
Plot summary: In the wake of the war, Audrey Clarkson leaves her manor house in England for a fresh start in America with her young son. As a widowed war bride, Audrey needs the support of her American in-laws, whom she has never met. But she arrives to find that her longtime friend Eve Dawson has been impersonating her for the past four years. Unraveling this deception will force Audrey and Eve’s secrets―and the complicated history of their friendship―to the surface.
Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green (February 4, 2020)
Release date: February 4, 2020
Author: Jocelyn Green
Plot summary: Meg and Sylvie Townsend manage the family bookshop and care for their father, Stephen, a veteran still suffering in mind and spirit from his time as a POW during the Civil War. But when the Great Fire sweeps through Chicago’s business district, they lose much more than just their store. The sisters become separated from their father and make a harrowing escape from the flames with the help of Chicago Tribune reporter Nate Pierce. Once the smoke clears away, they reunite with Stephen, only to learn soon after that their family friend was murdered on the night of the fire. Even more shocking, Stephen is charged with the crime and committed to the Cook County Insane Asylum. Though homeless and suddenly unemployed, Meg must not only gather the pieces of her shattered life, but prove her father’s innocence before the asylum truly drives him mad. This novel begins Green’s new series, Windy City Saga.
Daughter of Rome by Tessa Afshar (February 4, 2020)
Release date: February 4, 2020
Author: Tessa Afshar
Plot summary: When the daughter of a prominent Roman general meets a disinherited Jewish immigrant, neither dreams they’ll eventually become the most influential couple in the early church. And no sooner are Priscilla and Aquila married than they’re banished from their home by a capricious emperor! Joining forces with Paul, they’re catapulted into the heart of history.
From Sky to Sky by Amanda G. Stevens (February 1, 2020)
Release date: February 1, 2020
Author: Amanda G. Stevens
Plot summary: Zac Wilson doesn’t age—and knows others just like him. But then he meets two more of his kind who say others in their circle have died. Are their lives finally ending naturally? Or is somebody targeting them? It would be a good time to ask for help from God—if facing Him wasn’t Zac’s greatest fear. This novel is the second installment in Stevens’ No Less Days series.
Cry of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse (February 4, 2020)
Release date: February 4, 2020
Author: Morgan L. Busse
Plot summary: Lady Selene Ravenwood has come into her full power as a dreamwalker just as the war with the Dominia Empire begins. Working with the other Great Houses, Selene and Damien use their gifts to secure the borders and save those devastated by the war. But conflict, betrayal, and hatred begin to spread between the Great Houses, destroying their unity as the empire burns a path across their lands. At the same time, Damien Maris starts to lose his ability to raise the waters, leaving the lands vulnerable to the empire’s attacks. The only one who can unite the houses and restore her husband’s power is Selene Ravenwood. But it will require that she open her heart to those who have hurt her and let go of her past, despite the one who hunts her and will do anything to stop her power. Will Selene survive? Or is she destined to fall like the dream-walkers before her?
A Long Time Comin' by Robin W. Pearson
Release date: January 7, 2020
Author: Robin W. Pearson
Plot summary: Just because Beatrice Agnew finds out she’s dying doesn’t mean she can’t keep her mouth shut about the truth. Her granddaughter, Evelyn Lester, shows up on Beatrice’s doorstep anyway, burdened with her own secret baggage. Determined to help her Granny B mend fences with her far-flung brood, Evelyn turns her grandmother’s heart and home inside out. Evelyn’s meddling uncovers a tucked-away box of old letters, forcing the two women to wrestle with their past and present pain as they confront the truth Beatrice has worked a lifetime to hide.
Like Flames in the Night by Connilyn Cossette (March 2020)
Release date: March 3, 2020
Author: Connilyn Cossette
Plot summary: Strong-willed Tirzah wants to join her people in driving the enemy from the land of Israel and undergoes training for a secret mission inside the stronghold of Shechem. But soon after she has infiltrated the ruthless Aramean commander’s kitchen, she makes a reckless decision that puts her and her allies in grave danger. Fresh off the battlefield, Liyam returns home to discover his beloved daughter is dead. After his vow to hunt down her killer leads to months of fruitless pursuit, his last hope is in a family connection that comes with strings attached. Strings that force him to pose as a mercenary and rescue an infuriating woman who refuses to leave her mission uncompleted. When an opportunity to pave a path to a Hebrew victory arises, can Tirzah convince Liyam to fight alongside her in the refuge city of her birth? Or will Liyam’s thirst for vengeance outweigh his duty to his people, his God, and the woman he’s come to love?
The Shepherd’s Wife by Angela Hunt
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Release date: Winter 2020/Spring 2021
Author: Angela Hunt
Plot summary: This novel, the second installment in Hunt’s new Jersusalem Road series, will depict the life of Jesus’ sister.
Stories That Bind Us by Susie Finkbeiner (June 2, 2020)
Release date: June 2, 2020
Author: Susie Finkbeiner
Plot summary: Betty Sweet is still recovering from the loss of her husband when she becomes the temporary guardian of a five-year-old nephew she never knew she had. As they struggle to move forward, they build a relationship upon the foundation of storytelling and its special kind of magic.
Daughter of Cana by Angela Hunt (March 31, 2020)
Release date: March 31, 2020
Author: Angela Hunt
Plot summary: Thomas and Tasmin, twin siblings hired to oversee a wedding feast in Cana, worry when the host runs out of wine . . . until a guest tells Tasmin to have the servants fill the pitchers by the gate with water from the cistern. Reluctantly, she obeys and is amazed when rainwater turns into the finest wine ever tasted in Cana.
Star of Persia by Jill Eileen Smith (March 3, 2020)
Release date: March 3, 2020
Author: Jill Eileen Smith
Plot summary: In an effort to complete a war his father had planned to win, King Xerxes calls every governor, satrap, and official in his vast kingdom to his palace in Susa to strategize and feast. When they finally leave, he decides on one more week of frivolity, which ends in the banishment of his favorite wife, something he never intended to do. But when he discovers Esther, Xerxes is sure he has a second chance at happiness. In her wildest dreams, Esther could never have imagined that she would end up as queen of Persia. Yet she knows better than to become complacent. Another of Xerxes’s wives is vying for position, and his closest advisor has a deep and dangerous grudge against Esther’s adoptive father. Caught in the middle of palace politics, Esther will find herself in an impossible position: risk her life or consign her people to annihilation.
Author’s note: This post will be updated as more information is released.
Isaiah's Legacy by Mesu Andrews (February 18, 2020)
Release date: February 18, 2020
Author: Mesu Andrews
Plot summary: As a child, Shulle is brought from a small village to tutor the young prince. Then his father dies suddenly, and 12-year-old Manasseh assumes the throne—and marries her! Then Assyria’s crown prince starts twisting the young king’s mind toward cruelty, and Queen Meshullemeth begins a long and harrowing journey toward the Yahweh she’s never known.
