The Pirate Daughter’s Promise
Pirates & Faith, Book 1
Molly Evangeline
Paperback, 228 pp., $9.99
CreateSpace (February 2, 2010)

Orphaned at a young age, Skylar McHenry grew up shunned by everyone around her because of her reputation as a pirate’s daughter. Just when an unexpected encounter gives Skye a small glimmer of hope, she is kidnapped by pirates. The cruel captain’s intentions are clear. He will use any means necessary to learn the location of the treasure hidden by her father. For Skye to divulge the location would mean breaking the last promise she made to him. She’s certain she never will, but what happens when the lives of those dearest to her are at stake?

The Ark, the Reed, & the Fire Cloud
Jenny L. Cote
Paperback, 464 pp., $14.99
AMG Publishers (September 30, 2008)

In a magical adventure of animals traveling worldwide to Noah’s ark Max, a Scottish terrier, and Liz, a brilliant, black cat from France, become the leaders for their group, and eventually, for the entire ark. As the voyage on the ark begins, a sinister plot develops. Someone is out to kill Noah and his family. Liz follows clues that lead her to discover a stowaway who has deceived them all. Max and Liz foil the plot, but at a high price. The end climaxes with unexpected twists and turns, taking the reader from despair to hope.

No Greater Love: Book One Extreme Devotion Series
Kathi Macias
Paperback, 320 pp., $10.19
New Hope Publishers (April 5, 2010)

Orphaned when their parents were murdered, Chioma and her brother Masozi live and work on an Afrikaner family’s farm. When Chioma and the farm owner’s son find a mutual attraction, tragedy revisits their lives. Cultures clash in life-or-death struggles, and Chioma must choose between violence and revenge, or forgiveness and selfless love. Based on historical events and set near Pretoria, South Africa, in the violent upheaval prior to Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990, this story of forbidden romance produces an unlikely martyr.

Powers
John Olson
Paperback, 400 pp., $14.99
B&H Books (December 1, 2009)

“Bury me standing. I must be buried standing.” Mariutza’s grandfather utters a mysterious last request before dying in her arms. Even afer his killers die, strange powers pursue Mari through the swamps of southern Louisiana where she has always hidden from “the Badness.” Mari’s only hope of survival is to find Jaazaniah the Prophet, the hero of her grandfather’s bedtime stories. But she has never been outside the swamp or known anyone besides her grandfather and one teacher. How can one lone girl survive?

Rebecca’s Choice
Jerry Eicher
Paperback, 288 pp., $11.99
Harvest House Publishers (February 1, 2010)

The Adam’s County Trilogy concludes with a story of a young couple’s love, a community of faith, and devotion to truth. Rebecca Keim is engaged to John Miller, but when she departs to attend her teacher’s funeral, John receives a mysterious letter accusing her of scheming to marry him for money. John tries to push the accusations from his mind, but upon Rebecca’s return, disturbing news quickly follows: She is named as the heir to her teacher’s farms—if she marries an Amish man. Then Rachel Byler, the vengeful but rightful heir to the property, arrives and reveals secrets from the past…