Julie Klassen
Whispers at Painswick Court
By Julie Klassen (Bethany House Publishers)
Release date: December 2, 2025
Anne Loveday, a surgeon\’s daughter, is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful year. Soon after arriving, Anne is asked to serve as sick-room nurse to Lady Celia, who forbade her nephew to marry Anne\’s sister years before. Pushing aside resentments, Anne moves into Painswick Court, a shadowy old house rumored to be haunted. Also in residence are Lady Celia\’s spinster daughter, her handsome adult nephews, and a secretive new lady\’s maid.
Melissa Koslin
Dangerous Beauty: A Novel
By Melissa Koslin (Revell)
Release date: September 6, 2022
Liliana Vela hates the term victim. She\’s not a victim, she\’s a fighter. Stubborn and strong with a quiet elegance, she\’s determined to take back her life after escaping the clutches of human traffickers in her poor Mexican village. But she can\’t stay safely over the border in America–unless the man who aided in her rescue is serious about his unconventional proposal to marry her. Meric Toledan was just stopping at a service station for a bottle of water.
Sherri Kukla
Suspicious Minds (Dry Brook: Christian Mystery & Suspense Romance Book 1)
By Kukla, Sherri (S&S Publishing Inc.)
Release date: September 14, 2023
“I can’t believe I killed someone!”Lorelai Gatlin is single with a good career, solid friendships and a strong Christian foundation. But then she dreams about hiding evidence of a murder. Awakens to discovers her gun is missing and her memory is gone. And the morning news reports a body has been discovered. Maybe she isn’t the upstanding citizen everyone believed her to be.

