Gail Baines gets some bad news on the eve of her daughter’s wedding. Then her ex-husband shows up on her doorstep with an abandoned housecat and makes himself at home. It’s a perfect scenario for an Anne Tyler novel, her twenty-fifth. And though Three Days in June is not her…

Today's newsletter is dedicated to author Megan Miles. Megan's biggest passion centers around creating character-driven historical fiction with themes reflecting God’s grace. After penning her first story at age nine, she made writing an unstoppable habit that has filled her free time and her dreams ever since. She first saw…

March 2025 Book Releases Happy Friday, Chevron Ross followers! Below you'll find information on newly released books by members of American Christian Fiction Writers. More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Biblical: The Daughter of Rome by Angela Hunt -- In Nero's…

Today it’s my privilege to feature author Nicole Dunlap. She’s a member of Brave Authors, a collaboration of Christian fiction writers. Author Background Nicole Dunlap (author N. Y. Dunlap) is an emerging Christian romance novelist who loves to string together words in a creative, poignant way. God called, and she…

Can you imagine a disaster that could bring joy to a family? Dorothy Canfield Fisher succeeded in doing just that with her 1924 novel The Home-Maker. After fourteen years of marriage, Evangeline Knapp is so frustrated with domestic life that she has become a tyrant to her three children. Her…

Sticking to your ideals is difficult when others pressure you to abandon them. Such is the story of Martin Arrowsmith, the protagonist of Sinclair Lewis’s 1925 novel about the medical profession. Martin knows early in life that he wants to study bacteriology. Blessed with curiosity, cursed with poor social skills,…

  February 2025 Book Releases Happy Friday, Chevron Ross followers! Below you'll find information on newly released books by members of American Christian Fiction Writers. More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Small Town Harmony by Milla Holt -- Faith,…

Today it’s my privilege to feature author Hannah Lucero. She’s a member of Brave Authors, a collaboration of Christian fiction writers. Author Background Hi! I'm Hannah. Christ-follower, wife, and mother are my primary roles. I've held so many titles in my lifetime that I can't remember them all. My favorite…

Historians date the start of America’s Civil War with a rebel attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861. What Erik Larson adds is the suspenseful and dramatic series of events leading to the attack. In vivid detail, Larson describes a South emboldened by its self-righteous defense of slavery, and a…

Now that the United States has declared war on immigrants, it’s appropriate to look back to the Great Depression. John Steinbeck’s classic novel The Grapes of Wrath recalls a time when Americans faced persecution from their fellow citizens for the crime of being poor and desperate. The Grapes of Wrath follows the…