Romantic Suspense

By Lis Wiehl (Thomas Nelson Inc)

When life is murder, who can you trust? One minute Mia Quinn is in her basement, chatting on the phone with a colleague at the prosecutor’s office. The next minute she hears a gunshot over the line, and Mia listens in horror as her colleague and friend Colleen bleeds to death. Mia’s a natural for heading up the murder investigation, but these days it’s all she can do to hold her life together. As a new widow with a pile of debts, a troubled teenaged son, and a four-year-old who wakes up screaming at night, she needs more time with her family, not less—and working Colleen’s case will be especially demanding. But Colleen was her friend, and she needs to keep her job.

By Lis Wiehl (Thomas Nelson)

When life is murder, who can you trust? One minute Mia Quinn is in her basement, chatting on the phone with a colleague at the prosecutor’s office. The next minute she hears a gunshot over the line, and Mia listens in horror as her colleague and friend Colleen bleeds to death. Mia’s a natural for heading up the murder investigation, but these days it’s all she can do to hold her life together. As a new widow with a pile of debts, a troubled teenaged son, and a four-year-old who wakes up screaming at night, she needs more time with her family, not less—and working Colleen’s case will be especially demanding. But Colleen was her friend, and she needs to keep her job.

By Joanie Bruce (Ambassador International)

“Do Not Return To Texas!” Marti Rushing gets the message, loud and clear. If she returns to Texas, her life is in danger. If she stays in Tennessee, she’s safe. But when she receives a letter telling her that Daniel, her ex-husband and the love of her life, is dying, she knows she has to defy the stalker and return to Texas to see him. Three years ago, Daniel accused her of things she couldn’t remember doing.

By Jo Kadlecek (NavPress)

When a series of mysterious messages appear on Jonna Lightfoot MacLaughlin’s voicemail, the reporter is thrown headlong into a story that may drastically affect her career, and, if she’s not careful, her life. Clues from untraceable sources collide with duplicitous ministers, ambiguous monks, and one exceptionally good-looking community center director. With the help of her supportive editor, her savvy, fellow chocoholic colleague and the protection of her big brother, she might break the biggest story of the year and find some of that inspiration after all.

By Jo Kadlecek (NavPress)

Religion reporter Jonna Lightfoot MacLaughlin has traded her beat in the Big Easy for a dream job in the Big Apple. But with the move, she finds that real witches and holy con men loom larger than anything she’s confronted before. And when an old friend leaks an Ivy League secret, Jonna must confront the dark forces that run deep within the city. What she discovers is more shocking than all of the stories she’s ever reported combined. Will she be able to withstand—and expose—the truth?

By Roxanne Rustand (Roxanne Rustand)

In A Montana Legacy, burned out cop Kate Rawlins must deal with a stubborn Montana rancher. she claims her inheritance, and he claims her heart. Prior to being sold to an editor, this book won First Place in the West Houston Emily, The Golden Rose, Haunted by Love, and We Dare You (Saskatchewan) contests.

By Jen Turano (Bethany House Publishers)

Delightful Blend of Love and Laughter in Turano’s Sophomore Novel Miss Arabella Beckett has one driving passion: to help the downtrodden women of America. Naturally, she supports the women’s suffrage movement and eagerly attends rallies and lectures across the country. On her travels, she makes a simple offer of assistance to a young woman in need that goes sadly awry and lands both ladies in more trouble than they can manage. An independent sort, Arabella is loath to admit she needs help and certainly doesn’t need help from an arrogant, narrow-minded knight in shining armor. Mr.

By Ramona Richards (Love Inspired Suspense)

The death of bestselling author Aaron Jackson turned Maggie Weston’sworld inside out. The manager of Jackson’s Writers Retreat, Maggieknew a murderer hid among her colleagues and friends. Was it actress Lily Dunne, target of a stalker’s obsession? Lily’s writer husband,struggling to make a name for himself? Money-loving Korie, Aaron’swife? Or someone else?Maggie herself stood to inherit from Aaron’s estate. As formerNew York City cop Fletcher MacAllister piled up evidence againstMaggie, only faith kept her strong. And Fletcher needed to rekindle hisown faith in time to prevent the killer from claiming another victim.

By Donna Fletcher Crow (Greenbrier Book Company, LLC)

Who will be the next victim of the murderer stalking the shadows of Oxford’s hallowed shrines? Translating an ancient document in an Oxford convent should be a harmless venture, but Felicity just can’t seem to avoid danger. It’s hardly Felicity’s fault that severed body parts start showing up in ancient holy reliquaries. Or that Felicity and one of the nuns is assaulted. Felicity’s curiosity leads her to wonder why the nuns are in danger. Or why an ancient document would appear to be at the heart of the matter.

By Danny and Wanda Pelfrey (Crosslink Publishing)

Riley Gordan is back in Adairsville, Georgia anticipating a leisurely vacation from the rigors of law school with her college friend, Trish. Then, as part of a political plot, one of her Sunday School girls is kidnapped. Stumbling upon the abduction, Riley and her friends are drawn headfirst into a search for the girl. Their probe leads them into a fast paced and dangerous string of encounters that include a Neanderthal named Houston, searches in some of the most hazardous places in North Georgia, a green Kia Soul, an old man with a big gun, and ultimately murder. It is an adventure that provides some unusual twists and turns and is highlighted by a beautiful relationship between an old baseball player entering politics and a spunky adolescent who are jointly known around town as \”Nate and The Kid.