Back Deb's Picks | December Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Deb's Picks  
The Measure of a Heart (Women of the West #6)

Janette Oke · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 219
Format: eBook

Anna Trent, the oldest child in a family of six brothers, finds it difficult to overcome her feelings of inadequacy
Read More check catalog
 
 
Ties That Bind: A Novel

Cindy Woodsmall · WaterBrook
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Ariana's comfortable Old Order Amish world is about to unravel. Will holding tightly to the cords of family keep them together - or simply tear them apart?

Twenty-year-old Ariana Brenneman loves her family and the Old Ways. She has two aspirations: open a café in historic Summer...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: The New Mitford Novel

Jan Karon · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

"Karon knits Mitford's small-town characters and multiple story lines into a cozy sweater of a book....Somewhere Safe hits the sweet spot at the intersection of your heart and your funny bone. 4/4 stars" - USA Today

"Welcome home, Mitford fans...to...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Atonement

Beverly Lewis · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 325
Format: Hardcover

A Must-Have Novel from the #1 Name in Amish Fiction

The mistakes of the past haunt Lucy Flaud, who years ago stopped attending the activities for courting-age young people in her hometown of Bird-in-Hand. Now twenty-five and solidly past the age of Amish courtship, Lucy has given...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Confession

Robert Whitlow · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 406
Format: Paperback

"Fans of John Grisham will find much to like here." - Library Journal

Confession is good for the soul, but it could mean death to an ambitious young lawyer.

Assistant DA Holt Douglas has made a career of getting confessions from criminals. With a confession in hand,...

Read More check catalog
 
 
Honeysuckle Dreams

Denise Hunter · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Brady Collins is juggling full-time fatherhood with the booming auto repair business he runs out of his barn. His ex-wife's sudden death has shaken him, but the devastating news that follows leaves him reeling: Sam is not his biological son.

When Sam's wealthy maternal grandparents...

Read More check catalog
 
 
Hester on the Run

Linda Byler · Good Books
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

The setting is the beginning of an Amish settlement in colonial America in the forests of eastern Pennsylvania. There, a young Amish couple, Hans and Kate Zug, are in their ninth year of marriage, still waiting to have a child. Then, one April morning, Kate finds a Native infant, wrapped...

Read More check catalog
 
 
That Certain Summer: A Novel

Irene Hannon · Revell
Pages: 299
Format: Paperback

Karen and Val are family--yet they're anything but close. Karen has carried the burden of responsibility for her aging mother ever since her gorgeous sister left town years ago to pursue a career in theater. But Val had darker reasons for leaving town--as well as a secret to keep--and coming...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Streams of Mercy

Lauraine Snelling · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 496
Format: Large Print

The Heartwarming Drama Continues in the Song of Blessing Series

Anji Baard Moen, a recent widow, returns from Norway with her children. She quickly settles back into life in Blessing, teaching Norwegian history in the high school and writing articles for the Blessing Gazette. When...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Theodore Boone: the Abduction

John Grisham · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever. When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone--who knows April better than anyone--has answers.

As fear ripples through his small hometown...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Award: A Novel

Danielle Steel · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Capturing historical events, terrifying moments of danger, tragedy, the price of war, and the invincible spirit of a woman of honor, The Award is a monumental tale from one of our most gifted storytellers - Danielle Steel's finest, most emotionally...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Peacemaker (Men of the Saddle #1)

Lori Copeland · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback

Bull-headed Wynne Elliot has one goal in mind: to track down Cass Claxton and shoot him dead for leaving her at the altar and running off with her money. But when Cass's brother Cole shows up, Wynne finds herself on an unexpected adventure, and she just might lose her heart.

Beloved...

Read More check catalog
 
 
Escape from Fred

Brad Whittington · B&H Fiction
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback

From 2004 Christy Award-winning author Brad Whittington. Mark Cloud ("the enormously appealing, literate, self-deprecating young hero," says Publishers Weekly) escapes Fred, Texas, to relish the anonymity of college in the final book of this widely adored fiction series about...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Devil's Food Cake Murder

Joanne Fluke · Kensington Press
Pages: 535
Format: Large Print

When someone shoots visiting Lutheran minister Matthew Walters, Hannah Swenson and cronies investigate Matthew's background, especially his relationship to his creepy, paroled convict cousin, Paul.

Read More check catalog
 
 
Ulterior Motives

Terri Blackstock · Zondervan
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback

The police think he killed someone. He swears he's innocent. All she knows for certain is his crime against her. Louis Dubose, international art dealer, has been murdered. The police are certain they've got their man. Recently fired by Dubose, Ben Robinson has a motive backed by a convincing...

Read More check catalog
 
 
The Firm

John Grisham · Doubleday
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

At the top of his class at Harvard Law, he had his choice of the best in America. He made a deadly mistake. When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Twelve Ordinary Men: How the Master Shaped His Disciples for Greatness, and What He Wants to Do with You

John MacArthur · Nelson Books
Pages: 261
Format: Paperback

Contrary to popular belief, we do not have to be perfect to do God's work. Look no further than the twelve disciples whose many weaknesses are forever preserved throughout the pages of the New Testament. Jesus chose ordinary men - fisherman, tax collectors, political zealots - and turned...
Read More check catalog