Best-selling romance authors Caudill, Putman, and Strong follow three generations of the Weise family in this third collection of Christmas novellas from Kregel that will prove just as popular as the previous award-winning volumes.

"Star of Wonder" by Crystal Caudill
The Christmas-themed maiden voyage of his family's grand steamer ship was supposed to be Aldrich Weise's chance both to instill investor confidence and to romance Celestia Isaacs. Instead, he must foil a criminal and leave his lady love behind forever.

"Beauty Bright" by Cara Putman
Lieutenant Charles Weise served as a Monuments Man after World War II and now works to restore stolen art to rightful owners. Captain Lillian Thorsen pairs up with him not only to return treasures but also to fix the war-torn lives around them.

"Perfect Light" by Angela Ruth Strong
Essential oils mogul Brendon Wise is drawn to Lacey Foster, the event planner for his huge Christmas lights festival. But when he inadvertently makes a spectacle of her on television, Lacey wants nothing to do with him. Will a chance to give gifts to those in need at Christmas be the key to discovering common ground--and maybe love?

This latest romantic legal thriller by bestseller Cara Putman shines a light on the shadowy world of scientific secrets and corporate vendettas—and the ethical dilemmas that plague the place where science and commerce meet.

Bestselling author Cara Putman returns with a romantic legal thriller that will challenge the assumptions of truth tellers everywhere.

What happens when the truth and journalism collide? At what cost should Savannah drive to unearth what is really happening? How do you find truth in a fake news world?

Mackinac Island is accessible only by ferry or small plane. Its laid back pace, sans cars, is the perfect place to recover from hurt—unless the injury occurred there. As Alanna Stone tries to reconcile past to present she discovers her future lies in learning to listen to God.

Hayden McCarthy is on track to become the youngest partner in her prestigious D.C. law firm . . . if the case she's just been handed doesn't destroy her first.

“…a relatable and fascinating story…Remarkably akin to today’s news headlines…a legal thriller that is intricately written to keep readers on edge.” CBA Market

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To the world it seems obvious: Kaylene Adams killed her daughter and then was shot by police. Attorney Emilie Wesley knows a different story: Kaylene would never hurt anyone and was looking for a way out of a controlling, abusive relationship. Her death shakes Emilie’s belief that she can make a difference for women in violent marriages. Self-doubt plagues her as she struggles to continue her work in the wake of the tragedy.

This thrilling installment of the Hidden Justice series explores the healing power of resolution and the weight of words given voice. And as Jaime pursues delayed justice of her own, she unearths eternal truths that will change the course of her life.

How could a killer have struck in a crowded theater? That was the question plaguing TV news reporter Dani Richards.

Her mother's house was first. Then her brother's. County prosecutor Tricia Jamison is sure she's next on the arsonist's list. But who is after her family? And why does every fire throw her in Noah Brust's path?

During World War II, attorney Audra Schaeffer travels with the Hollywood Victory Caravan---but she's more interested in finding her sister's killer than selling war bonds. Then two people are found dead on the train. Are the deaths related to her sister's? Could the murderer be the man Audra loves?

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Things were business as usual for family law attorney Ciara Turner, until she walked into her mentor’s office to find the judge had been murdered. To make things worse, the emotional moments were witnessed by Ciara’s nemesis, opposing counsel David Evans—the man she once thought she’d spend the rest of her life with.

One phone call can change your life. What you do after that is up to you.

Joci Littleton is recovering from law school finals and preparing for Christmas when she receives a call that changes everything. Her twin Nathan is the victim of a mugging in Washington, DC. Her family needs her to go to DC to identify him, while her mom stays home with her sick father. Joci agrees and that decision launches her on a path that has her hunting for the truth and running for her life.

"My heartbeat seemed to stall for a moment and then it started back up, beating double-time in my chest. I scrambled to find something to use as a weapon if needed. I grabbed a fifteen-pound weight. It would do some damage—if I could swing it with enough force to get it airborne. While Nate would have pumped it like it was a three-pounder, I felt slightly off-balance as I gripped it."

Danger and suspense await you in this novella!

Get caught up in romance and suspense with this novella from award-winning author Cara Putman.

What’s supposed to be a relaxing geocaching adventure in the spectacular Lake of the Ozarks area of Missouri turns into a race for her life for Reagan Graham. A woman who has always played it safe, doing things by the book aren’t working for her any more. Then she meets her brother’s frat brother Colton Ryan, a guy who has his life mapped out, too. Before she can decide if he might be the man for her, a shadow from her past is back…and quickly closing in. Can they figure out who the shadow is before he takes her or worse?

In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Audrey Stone wants to help in the war effort. But what's a young schoolteacher from Nebraska to do? Can she find love while also finding a way to serve during the war?

Lainie Gardner dreamed of becoming a nurse. Of serving her country. Of doing something important in the war. When her dreams are dashed, is it possible new dreams will bring her more joy than she imagined?

Any dreams Anna has for her future are held captive by the responsibilities the war and life have thrust upon her. In her heart, she knows she can’t do everything demanded of her, but whom can she trust to carry the burden with her?

Relive the glory days of WWII on the Nebraska home front and watch as dreams come full circle. Audrey and Willard work together through their war torn grief. Lainie and Tom try to build new goals for making a difference in the war effort. Anna and Sid learn to trust and rely on others in times of need. Can faith and love win the battles in each heart that will make these couples’ partnerships last forever?

Award-winning WWII novel

Desperate to save her dying mother, Rachel accepts her newspaper’s assignment to travel to Italy to capture images dangerously close to the front lines of WWII. Then she's assigned to a Monument's Man and joins the chase to find art before it's destroyed. What she doesn't expect is to find love.

Turn back the clock to a different time, listen to Bing Crosby sing of sleigh bells in the snow, as the realities of America’s involvement in the Second World War change the lives of the Turner family in Lafayette, Indiana.

When Kat Miller makes All-American Girls Professional Softball League, she struggles with long road trips, grueling practices, and the challenge of making time for God. Can she find love while learning how to stand on her own?

Christmas is in the air in Kedgewick Creek, North Carolina, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Will romance find four couples in the month of December or will the pressure to maintain the festivities Mistletoe Square is known for keep these couples apart? Find out in this collection of four novellas from inspirational authors Pepper Basham, Cara Putman, Janine Rosche, and Teresa Tysinger.

Josie begins her newlywed life with excitement and love. Art Wilson is everything she's hoped for in a husband. Can they keep the promises they vowed and build a love that will last a lifetime?

Evelyn Happ is done with promises. So in the midst of World War II, when the Navy WAVES gives her the chance to get out of Washington, D.C., and contribute to the war effort, Evelyn can’t leave fast enough. Will a new relationship be another casualty of war, or will it bring about the birth of a true promise of love?

Step into 1940s Ohio when dreams are challenged by a climate of war. Newlyweds, Josie and Art are struggling to begin their life in a new city where war refugees are seeking shelter. Evelyn joins the WAVES to be of assistance, but Mark, an engineer, feels she is a distraction. Kat makes the All-American Girls Professional Softball League, but Jack, a reporter who wasn’t physically qualified to serve his country in war, takes his bitterness out on her. Where are God’s promises of peace and love during World War II?

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When a Congressional Medal belonging to World War II veteran Deanie Spangler goes missing at her hundredth birthday party, Priscilla is determined to find answers to the theft. Who would stoop so low to steal a keepsake from a decorated war hero? Can they recover the medal before all traces of its whereabouts dissolve? As Priscilla and Mildred scour the museum where the party was held, they begin to notice other artifacts missing. Is the thief preparing to strike again?

As the annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival is set to begin, Priscilla accompanies Mildred and a group of islanders to receive delivery of one of the giant sharks used as a prop in the blockbuster hit Jaws, which has been filmed on the island. But when they arrive on the beach where the shark was to be delivered, it’s not there. Mildred quickly enlists Priscilla’s help in finding the shark, but Priscilla doesn’t even know where to begin.

Meanwhile, Priscilla agreed to host an event for Third Time Productions at the lighthouse, but everything seems to be going wrong. Can Priscilla possibly find the missing shark while racing to fulfill all the production company’s many needs?

An announcement that the Boston based public television show American Antiques is coming to Martha's Vineyard to shoot an episode has the island's residents digging through drawers and attics in search of hidden treasures. The show's hosts are famous for revealing the worth of unsung antiques that are brought to the show. Priscilla's cousin Gail asks Priscilla to help her search a friend's cottage at the Camp Association for valuable items to be appraised. But when their search turns up a large model ship that looks old, Wanda, the cottage's owner, is baffled. How did the ship get there, and, perhaps even more importantly, who left it there? As Priscilla sets out to investigate this seemingly innocuous collectible, she finds herself drawn into a bizarre web of intrigue that stretches from Boston to the cozy environs of Martha's Vineyard and back.

During an effort made by the community of Sugarcreek to help those affected by domestic violence, dozens of old coins are found and stored in Cheryl’s safe at the Swiss Miss Gift Shop. When the money is stolen, Cheryl embarks on an investigation that leads her back into the pages of history! Will she be able to recover the coins and uncover the thief, or is the mystery destined to remain unsolved forever? Find out in the tenth contribution to the Sugrcreek Amish Mysteries series, a wonderful tale of charity and modesty from the charmingly picturesque town of Sugarcreek!

Cheryl Cooper is visiting Swissters, a cheese shop down the street from the Swiss Miss, when she hears that a local business has burned down. Heini’s Cheese Chalet and Factory is a local favorite, and word has it that arson is suspected. Who would want to burn down a cheese factory? And why?

But nothing seems to go quite as planned. Cheryl had hopes of cutting back on her workload a the Swiss Miss in the week leading up to the wedding.

...Cheryl and Levi Miller find a fresh set of challenges and adjustments...to be made as the Englisher and her Amish farmer husband learn to live together. But by observing their friends and loved ones in the Sugarcreek community, the newlyweds see firsthand how God uses each new phase of life to reveal inspiring insights, spiritual truths, and future surprises...all while they harvest a whole new crop of mysteries as well!

When their church hosts a children's choir from Aunt Mitzi's mission in Papua New Guinea, Cheryl and Levi invite Jennifer Lewis, a young single woman and chaperone for the group, to stay in their dawdy haus. An hour before they need to leave to meet the group for its first rehearsal, they realize the woman has vanished. Has Jennifer left voluntarily--or is something more sinister afoot? As Cheryl sets out to learn what happened to their guest, a cryptic note left behind in the guest bedroom is her only clue.

Meanwhile with toddler Rebecca growing more charming and delightful every day, Cheryl and Levi begin to wonder: is it time to open their hearts and home to another child?

Set in a historic village nestled in beautiful New England, every novel in this good, old-fashioned page-turning “Whodunit” series reveals the power of dreams and shows that faith in God always triumphs over anxiety and fear.

While cleaning out a desk at the Grace Church furniture drive, Mary discovers a false bottom in one of the drawers. Inside, she discovers a manuscript that is the first part of a memoir that confesses to burning down the Ivy Bay clock tower fifty years ago. The manuscript holds the key to what happened all those years ago—and someone doesn’t want Mary to figure it out.

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When Vanessa Sawyer hosts a fabric swap at Wild Goose Chase, quilters from all over the area come to the store to trade fat quarters. Sarah leaves with all kinds of fun new fabrics, including a beautiful calico that is perfect for the quilt she’s making for the town’s 225th anniversary celebration.

When Vanessa Sawyer hosts a fabric swap at Wild Goose Chase, quilters from all over the area come to the store to trade fat quarters. Sarah leaves with all kinds of fun new fabrics, including a beautiful calico that is perfect for the quilt she’s making for the town’s 225th anniversary celebration.

But she notices something strange about the calico swatch: There are small traces of metallic ink on it. It doesn’t take her long to deduce that the ink is related to a series of counterfeit bills that have been circulating in town. This means one of the women at the swap is involved in the counterfeiting. Can Sarah track down which quilter brought which fabric swatches to find out who the culprit is?

When Mary's sister is late to come home one night, she doesn't think too much of it. But then Eleanor Blakely, Betty's sister-in-law, calls to tell Mary that she has just received a distressing phone call: Betty has been kidnapped, and the kidnapper wants Eleanor to pay a hefty ransom.
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Mystery arises at Secondhand Blessings when Martha promises to hold a unique crazy quilt for her late mother’s best friend Anne, who says it is a family heirloom. But then an elderly Amish customer comes along and demands that she be allowed to buy the quilt, claiming that it belonged to her family. Do the two share some connection the Classens don’t know about? Can Amish neighbor Rachel Fischer help the sisters uncover the clues they need from members of the tight-lipped Amish community? As the sisters piece together the patchwork of tantalizing clues amid Amish and Englishers alike, they soon realize that solving this mystery is not as easily sewn up as they had hoped. Meanwhile, a friendly Mennonite deliveryman joins Bill in the queue of would-be suitors for free-spirited Mary. But is she ready to give her heart to him, or anyone else, just yet?

Save the date for two waterfront weddings. . .Includes A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island

A geocaching adventure in the spectacular Lake of the Ozarks area of Missouri is the setting for four romances.

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Encounter mystery, mayhem, and murder near Washington, DC, alongside four professional females.

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Three Ohio women seek God’s promises for peace on the 1940’s home front. Josie is a new bride struggling with dreams unfulfilled. Evelyn serves with the WAVES, but feels unappreciated. Kat becomes a professional softball player amidst criticism. Can each of them find love in such times of trial?
This volume is a compilation of A Promise Kept, A Promise Born and A Promise Forged.

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Beyond Justice

Hayden is on track to become the youngest partner in her prestigious DC law firm . . . If the case she’s just been handed doesn’t destroy her first.

The longer she keeps the case active, the higher the stakes become. Unknown enemies seem determined to kill the case—or her. Logic and self-preservation indicate she should close the case. But how can she, when justice is still just beyond her reach?

Imperfect Justice

The police say the woman was a murderer. Emilie Wesley knows they can't be talking about her client . . . can they?

Thrown together in the race to save her client's surviving daughter, Emilie and her client’s brother, Reid, pursue the constantly evasive truth. If they can hang on to hope together, can they save a young girl—and find a future for themselves in the process?

Delayed Justice

She had long given up the desire to be loved. Now she only needed to be heard.

Jaime Nichols went to law school to find the voice she never had as a child, and her determination to protect girls and women in the path of harm drives her in ways both spoken and unspoken. As Jaime, now a criminal defense attorney, prepares to press charges against someone who wronged her long ago, she must face not only her demons but also the unimaginable forces that protect the powerful man who tore her childhood apart.

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Charlotte Montgomery was forced to leave everything behind to shield her son from a dangerous life. As an artist, she’s built a new world of safety and security for them both, far from the shadows that once haunted her. But the peace she’s fought so hard to maintain is shattered when her past comes crashing back.

The Italian crime family she escaped from has reappeared, determined to pull her back into their web of deceit and crime. This time, they want her to participate in their money-laundering scheme—and they won’t take no for an answer. But Charlotte has other plans. She’s willing to play along, but only to bring down the ex who tore her life apart.

Enter Carter, an accountant who’s been approached by the FBI to help trace money connected to the same crime family. Drawn into the dangerous game Charlotte is playing, Carter becomes both an ally and a complication. As they work together, the line between duty and desire blurs, and the stakes grow higher.

As her worlds collide, Charlotte must navigate a deadly game where the risks are greater than ever. With everything she’s built on the line, it’s a race to survive—and this time, she’s not fighting alone.

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