Romantic Suspense

By Debby Giusti (Love Inspired Suspense)

Granted, he hadn’t known her long, but returning war hero Jude Walker expected to eventually marry the woman he’d met during his last leave. Not fi nd her missing. Or learn that her last known address was a homeless shelter in a dangerous part of the city. The shelter’s temporary director, Sarah Montgomery, didn’t know Jude’s friend. But she knew the streets, knew the dangers—from drugs and prostitution to the most cold-blooded of criminals—right outside her door.

By Jim Kraus (David C. Cook)

Hays Sutton’s research unearths a virus unlike anything the world has ever seen, but before he can alert officials to the horrific danger, the samples vanish, along with all of his research. While tracking down the virus and those responsible for its theft, Hays is faced with moral and spiritual issues that he can not resolve—lying, stealing, and endangering the lives of human beings within the terrorist network are just the beginning. While he knows that such things are acceptable in a war, he is still deeply troubled by what he is forced to do. Is violence ever the right thing? Can God condone the killing of a few in order to save thousands of innocent lives? Download the Readers’ Guide.

By Diane Burke (Love Inspired Suspense)

Three deaths, one connection—the anonymous calls all three women reported in the weeks before they died. Detective Tony Marino wants to close this case before another woman disappears. Especially when he meets a fatherless little boy whose mother is being stalked. Single mom Erin O’Malley tells Tony about her anonymous caller’s heavy breathing and unnerving silences. And the feeling of being watched—constantly.

By Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson)

Losing her sight turns Lanie’s world upside down, bringing danger, mystery. and unexpected romance. A seemingly random shooting at her aunt’s coffee farm has left Lani Tagama blind.

By Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson)

“Lani opened her eyes fully, straining to see something, anything. It was as though she swam in a black sea that blacked out all light, all visual sensation. ‘I can’t see,’ she whispered. ‘I can’t see!’ Her shriek rose and echoed off the blackness. “A seemingly random shooting at her aunt’s coffee farm has left Lani Tagama blind.

By Noel Hynd (Zondervan)

When a mysterious relic is stolen from a Madrid museum, people are dying to discover its secrets. Literally. U. S. Treasury agent Alexandra LaDuca returns from Conspiracy in Kiev to track down the stolen artwork, a small carving called The Pietà of Malta.

By Mary Ellis (Harvest House Publishers)

Midnight on the Mississippi begins the new Secrets of the South Mysteries from bestselling author Mary Ellis. These complex crime dramas follow an investigator’s quest to make the world a better place. solving one case at a time.

By Abigail Wilson (Thomas Nelson)

Can one develop feelings for the man you swore to see hanged? That’s just what Rebecca fears she has done in this Gothic Regency romance.  After her brother’s mysterious death, Rebecca Hunter vows to expose the man she believes responsible: Mr. Lewis Browning—known by the locals as the Midnight Devil and by Rebecca as her new guardian. Summoned to his reclusive country estate to await her London season, Rebecca plans her own secret investigation among the darkened corridors of the mysterious Greybourne Hall. Yet Lewis Browning is not as she once imagined, and his motivation is horribly unclear.

By Sarah Sundin (Revell)

In a time of war, danger lurks beneath the water–and in the depths of the human heartAs the German war machine devours the Netherlands, the only way Cilla van der Zee can survive the occupation is to do the unthinkable–train to become a spy for the Nazis. Once dispatched to Britain, she plans to abandon her mission and instead aid the Allies. But her scheme is thwarted when naval officer Lt. Lachlan Mackenzie finds her along the Scottish shore and turns her in to be executed. Yet perhaps she is more useful alive than dead.

By Sarah Sundin (Revell)

In a time of war, danger lurks beneath the water–and in the depths of the human heartAs the German war machine devours the Netherlands, the only way Cilla van der Zee can survive the occupation is to do the unthinkable–train to become a spy for the Nazis. Once dispatched to Britain, she plans to abandon her mission and instead aid the Allies. But her scheme is thwarted when naval officer Lt. Lachlan Mackenzie finds her along the Scottish shore and turns her in to be executed. Yet perhaps she is more useful alive than dead.