Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad
Shari Braendel
Paperback, 208 pp., $14.99
Zondervan (July 16, 2010)

As the most sought-after and successful Christian speaker on fashion and beauty, Shari Braendel uses her twenty plus years of experience in the fashion field to inspire and motivate women of all ages and sizes to 1) learn to appreciate themselves regardless of what they look like or how much they weigh, and 2) understand exactly how they can look their best.

Never Without Hope
Michelle Sutton
Paperback, 280 pp., $12.99
Sword of the Spirit Publishing (June 1, 2010)

Hope believes she is above sexual temptation. After all, she’s a good Christian and has no reason to stray… until her husband starts neglecting her needs. Despite her pleas, he refuses to get help. She soon learns that she, too, is capable of such betrayal when she succumbs to the unthinkable. Steeped in the quagmire of adultery, Hope must find her way back to solid ground to save her marriage. But will she lose everyone she loves in the process?

A Wedding Quilt for Ella
Jerry Eicher
Paperback, 288 pp., $11.99
Harvest House Publishers (February 1, 2011)

Ella Yoder’s wedding with Aden Wengerd and the building of their dream house is set for June. But when Aden is suddenly taken from her, Ella begins to doubt God’s love. When her family pressures her to marry the new young bishop, Ella asks for six months to heal from Aden’s death. Meanwhile, Aden’s brother, Daniel, helps Ella build her dream house based on a drawing by Ella’s sister, Clara and now incorporated into Ella’s wedding quilt. Can healing come through a house…a quilt….a community?

Preparing To Be A Help Meet
Debi Pearl
Paperback, 296 pp., $19.95
No Greater Joy Ministries (April 9, 2010)

Being a good help meet starts long before marriage. It is a mindset, a learned habit, a way of life established as a young unmarried girl—or at least it should be. Most girls spend plenty of time planning for their wedding, but make no preparation for the weeks and years to follow. Trial and error is not the best teacher when it comes to marriage. All this could so easily be avoided with simple instruction. Preparing To Be A Help Meet contains six sweet love stories written by wives sharing how God taught them to be the help meets they are today.

Simple Secrets
Nancy Mehl
Paperback, 320 pp., $12.99
Barbour Publishing (June 1, 2010)

Can graphic designer Gracie Temple have it all: the big city life and a job at a successful advertising firm? Just when she feels life coming together she receives an unknown uncle’s inheritance in a quiet Kansas Mennonite community. The house comes with a dark legacy and a cast of interesting neighbors, including farmer Sam Goodrich. Can Gracie shake off the dust of this town or will its secret charms pull her in to stay?

Woman Beautiful
Amanda Schwab
Paperback, 212 pp., $13.99
Tate Publishing & Enterprises (July 14, 2009)

Fairy tales and innocence have always promised happily ever after, so what do you do when life isn’t turning out like you thought? Author Amanda Schwab leads you through the six areas that cause God-fearing women the most trouble, from mental, relational and spiritual problems to figuring out how to overcome financial, physical and sexual struggles. Open your eyes to the promise of hope and to see the full beauty of who you are created to be. Realize today that you are Woman Beautiful!

Faith
Michelle Larks
Paperback, 292 pp., $14.95
Keningston Books (May 29, 2010)

Faith is Monet and Marcus Caldwell’s story. They’ve been married twenty years and are living their version of the American dream. The only thing missing in their lives is the pitter patter of little feet. Monet has faith that she will eventually conceive her and Marcus’ child, because God told her. Much to Monet’s delight, she becomes pregnant, and to her dismay, the couple’s lives go terribly awry.

Eat the Cookie… Buy the Shoes
Joyce Meyer
Hardcover, 208 pp., $19.99
FaithWords (April 13, 2010)

In Eat the Cookie… Buy the Shoes, well known author and speaker Joyce Meyer brings the issue of balance in our lives to the forefront. Not diminishing the importance of discipline, she lets us know that every once in a while it’s okay to get off our structured regimen and enjoy a cookie, buy that pair of shoes you’ve been eyeballing, or even both! Jacketed hardcover, Spanish, Large-Print or Audiobook CD.

So Long, Insecurity
Beth Moore
Hardcover, 368 pp., $24.99
Tyndale House Publishers (February 2, 2010)

One of the issues all women face is insecurity. Beth Moore wants women to be free from the insecurity trap. So Long, Insecurity will strike a chord with women everywhere, as Beth speaks truth into the lives of readers, showing them how to deal with their innermost fears, rediscover their God-given dignity, and develop a whole new perspective—a stronger sense of self. Women of all ages and backgrounds will resonate with this message of security and discover truths that will free them emotionally and spiritually and lead them to a better life as they walk with God.

Beautiful Things Happen When a Woman Trusts God
Sheila Walsh
Hardcover, 224 pp., $21.99
Thomas Nelson (February 16, 2010)

Most Christian women live with a deep sense that they can’t get things right, that if only they were a little better, life would straighten out. Through her personal hardships, Sheila Walsh learned that “Christ comes not to get us out of our difficulties but to live in us through them.” She shows women that God has a beautiful moment of redemption for them that leads to a lifetime of peace and joy. She presents a moving look at her own story as she dives into the lives of Bible characters, drawing lessons from their trials that women can use to establish a deep, life-altering trust in the Father.