The Voyage of Promise
Kay Marshall Strom
Paperback, 320 pp., $14.99
Abingdon Press (October 2010)

The Grace in Africa series is a sweeping three-part historical saga of slavery and freedom that takes the reader from an island off the west coast of Africa to Southern plantations and finally on to Canada. In The Voyage of Promise, slavers blast into Grace Winslow’s life with guns blazing, and tear her family apart forever. As she watches her husband led away in chains aboard a ship bound for America, Grace finds herself scared, alone, and at the mercy of lecherous seamen. She passes her time at sea reading the Captain’s Bible and forms a desperate plot to find her husband.

Hometown Ties
Melody Carlson
Paperback, 336 pp., $14.99
David C. Cook (September 1, 2010)

In this second installment of Melody Carlson’s engaging Boomer series, four fifty-something women discover you really can go home again… but it’s not always easy!

Fear No Evil
Robin Caroll
Paperback, 344 pp., $14.99
B&H Books (August 1, 2010)

With his father in a nursing home and his mother needing support, former Great Smoky Mountains park ranger Lincoln Vailes moves to the bayou town of Eternal Springs, Louisiana, to become a police officer. Recent college graduate and eager social worker Jade Laurent has also moved there to try and right the wrongs of an abusive past. But someone is running her car off the road and pointing guns in her direction. As Lincoln investigates her case, he uncovers ties to big-city gang warfare up north that appears to be making its evil way down south.

Her Daughter’s Dream
Francine Rivers
Hardcover, 592 pp., $24.99
Tyndale House Publishers (September 14, 2010)

In the dramatic conclusion to the New York Times best seller Her Mother’s Hope, Francine Rivers delivers a rich and deeply moving story about the silent sorrows that can tear a family apart and the grace and forgiveness that can heal even the deepest wounds. Spanning from the 1950s to present day, Her Daughter’s Dream is the emotional final chapter of an unforgettable family saga about the sacrifices every mother makes for her daughter—and the very nature of unconditional love.

Love Finds You Under the Mistletoe
Irene Brand, Anita Higman
Paperback, 320 pp., $12.99
Summerside Press (September 1, 2010)

Two Christmas stories—one historical, one contemporary—under one cover. (1) Sparks fly when Julia Mayfield meets David Armstrong, a World War II veteran like herself. Even as shadows from the past weave a dangerous web around Julia and David, will their love flourish like the mistletoe that blankets the nearby hills? (2) Hollie Goodnight’s store has been voted best Christmas shop in America, drawing flamboyant novelist Van Keaton to town to write her story. She’s swept up with his beautiful words and fanciful interludes… until her lifelong best friend launches a plan to win her back.