Romantic Suspense

By (Guideposts)

When the Taste Network rolls into Copper Mill to film a popular cooking show, the town is in for big excitement, big personalities — and one very big mystery! A recipe for disaster. Kate Hanlon is thrilled about reconnecting with her childhood friend, Susannah Applebaum, now the host of Great Chefs of the South. But when the network’s producer mysteriously disappears, all clues point to Susannah as somehow being involved. Susannah pleads her innocence, but how well does Kate really know her friend after all this time? And just what is so special about the secret recipes that Susannah has been hiding? With so much on the line, can Kate find the missing ingredient to this mystery before it’s too late?

By Valerie Fraser Luesse (Revell)

There was another South in the 1960s, one far removed from the marches and bombings and turmoil in the streets that were broadcast on the evening news. It was a place of inner turmoil, where ordinary people struggled to right themselves on a social landscape that was dramatically shifting beneath their feet. This is the world of Valerie Fraser Luesse’s stunning debut, Missing Isaac. It is 1965 when black field hand Isaac Reynolds goes missing from the tiny, unassuming town of Glory, Alabama. The townspeople’s reactions range from concern to indifference, but one boy will stop at nothing to find out what happened to his unlikely friend.

By Nancy Mehl (Barbour Publishing, Inc.)

Watch the tangled mess a Kansas hairdresser gets herself into when she reports to the funeral home that the body she is to work on is not the same as in her reference photo. Is she being punished when the director accuses her of stealing a diamond ring? Will Hilde Higgins’s former boyfriend help her unravel the issue or only bring more trouble to her life?

By (Love Inspired Suspense)

Six years ago Crown Prince Thaddeus abandoned his new bride and went into hiding. His motive was to protect his country and his family from a ruthless tyrant. But when his estranged wife tracks him down, Thaddeus knows it’s time to make a stand. Restore the royal line. And reclaim the crown.

By Shirlee McCoy (Love Inspired Suspense)

Leave while you still canThe warning had been spray-painted on Lauren Owens’s walls. And whoever had vandalized her house meant business. But Lauren couldn’t—wouldn’t—leave the Magnolia College campus. Not when she’d fi nally found her way back to Seth Chartrand, the single father who’d broken her heart years ago. And not when the cold-case murder everyone was talking about remained scarily unsolved—including the young woman’s identity.

By Craig Parshall (Harvest House Publishers)

After a nerve–shattering encounter with military justice in The Accused, Craig Parshall’s third novel, all lawyer Will Chambers wants to do this summer is relax with his wife, Fiona. A long stay on the North Carolina coast seems perfect. But when Will reluctantly looks into a local inheritance case involving Jonathan Joppa, a down–on–his–luck preacher— “Piracy charge—Joppa’s ancestor? What.

By Lynette Eason (Love Inspired Suspense)

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By Shelley Shepard Gray (Avon Inspire)

Shelley Shepard Gray, New York Times bestselling author of the Families of Honor, Seasons of Sugarcreek, and Sisters of the Heart series, returns with another page-turning romance set in Amish country. Gray’s eagerly anticipated fourth series, The Secrets of Crittenden County, begins with Missing, a poignant and compelling tale of an unlikely romance born of tragedy. When the shocking death of a young man rocks a quiet Amish community, the dead man’s former girlfriend and his “Englisher” best friend find themselves murder suspects. But they are strengthened by their faith, and by an unanticipated love that awakens. Readers of Christian romance and inspirational fiction are captivated by stories of love among the Amish, as proven by the phenomenal success of Beverly Lewis, Wanda Brunstetter, Cindy Woodsmall, and the previous novels of Shelly Shepard Gray.

By Virginia Vaughan (Love Inspired Suspense)

COVERT ASSIGNMENTWhen Blake Michaels’s cover as a local cop is blown and a corrupt officer attempts to kill him, he’s forced to go on the run. Under his protection is Holly Mathis, also a target for what she may know about her late husband’s investigation into corruption on the police force. Blake can’t complete his assignment without help from the beautiful widow, but getting close to a woman again is out of the question. Trapped inside the town limits by police barricades, Blake won’t surrender the mission until he finds the source of the deadly drug ring that brought him here. But as he circles closer to his target, can he get his man—and save his woman—without sacrificing his own life?

By Terri Reed (Love Inspired Suspense)

Enter the world of the Military K-9 UnitA riveting new series begins!When the Red Rose Killer leaves his calling card for Staff Sergeant Felicity Monroe, she knows exactly what that means—she’s on his revenge list. Her boss, Master Sergeant Westley James, and K-9 German shepherd Dakota become her guardians, but they’ll have to act fast to escape the man who wants her dead.