Christian Fiction Reviews by Christian Authors
Survival Secrets by Lana ChristianSeries: Book 2 of 2 (Book 3 to come)Publisher: Scrivenings Press LLC (September 23, 2025)Review by Mae Clair I love Biblical fiction, especially when it is well-researched and presented. Lana Christian promises an “immersive experience” for readers and more than delivers with this sprawling tale set shortly after the birth of... Continue Reading →
Secondary Target by Angela CarlisleSeries: Book 1 of 2 in the Secrets of Kincaid seriesPublisher: Bethany House, May 7, 2024 REVIEW BY JOAN HALL Secondary Target is Angela Carlisle's debut novel. I purchased the book last year when it was first released because the description was intriguing, but it sat on my Kindle for over... Continue Reading →
Cowboy Walking Away by Jessie Gussman Series: Book 1 of 12, Coming Home to North Dakota SeriesPublisher: Jessie Gussman (March 1, 2022) REVIEW BY GWEN M. PLANO In this Christian romance story, Rose’s husband leaves her for another woman. She is devastated and questions herself, life, and even God. Soon thereafter, she meets Derek, who... Continue Reading →
Leah’s Faith by Joanne LehmanSeries: Book 1 of the Benville Community SeriesPublisher: Masthof Press (February 24, 2024) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS Leah is an Amish teenager with severe scoliosis. Surgery would help her, but she and her family accept her disability as God’s will. The story takes place in Ohio. Even though Leah is young,... Continue Reading →
Storm Warning by Elizabeth GoddardBook One of Hidden BayPublisher: Revell, February 18, 2025 REVIEW BY JOAN HALL When you can’t remember all the past, who do you trust? Former Army photographer Remi Grant escaped to Cedar Trails Lodge on the rugged Washington coast. Where better to hide than a place with no internet, no television,... Continue Reading →
The Feathered Bone by Julie CantrellSeries: StandalonePublisher: Thomas Nelson (January 26, 2016) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS Amanda is mother to Ellie and a chaperone for her daughter’s sixth-grade field trip to New Orleans. Ellie and Sarah are classmates and best friends. Sarah disappears on the field trip. Amanda and the teacher panic—they have LOST Sarah!... Continue Reading →
Unexpected Witness by Penny ZellerBook 1 of 3 Mountain JusticePublisher: Maplebrook Publishing, October 22, 2024 REVIEW BY GWEN M. PLANO In this Christian Suspense novel, nurse Mila Casey completes her shift at the local hospital and walks to her car in the employee parking lot. She notices some peculiar behavior, draws closer, and then witnesses... Continue Reading →
Evermore, by Jody HedlundSeries: The Lost Princesses, Book 1Published: Northern Lights Press (August 27, 2019) REVIEWED BY KELLY GOSHORN The story opens with Adelaide masquerading as her male cousin in a joust. Soon after, she learns that her true identity is the Crown Princess of Mercia. From that moment forward, she is on a quest... Continue Reading →
What the River Keeps by Cheryl Grey BostromSeries: StandalonePublisher: Tyndale Fiction (August 12, 2025) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS In this contemporary women’s fiction novel, thirty-four-year-old Hildy is a wildlife biologist in the state of Washington. She knows a lot about rivers and trees and fish, especially fish. When Hildy was little, she told her dad... Continue Reading →
The Well Read Fish 