Category: Christian Romance – Contemporary

#1 bestselling author Karen Kingsbury tells the heartwrenching story of Cody Gunner, a widower fighting for stability, and the woman who wants to help him trust again — even when trust is the most terrifying thing of all.

Still aching over his wife’s death, Cody Gunner can’t bear the thought of also letting go of his Down’s Syndrome brother, Carl Joseph. Cody wants his brother home, where he will be safe and cared for, not out on his own in a world that Cody knows all too well can be heartless and insecure. So when Carl Joseph’s teacher, Elle, begins championing his independence, she finds herself at odds with Cody. But even as these two battle it out, they can’t deny the instinctive connection they share, and Cody faces a crisis of the heart. What if Elle is the one woman who can teach Cody that love is still possible? If Cody can let go of his lingering anger, he might just see that sometimes the brightest hope of all lies just beyond the clouds.

The heroes are deliciously imperfect, but the way they love will leave you breathless. It’s a good thing no one ever said the path to happily ever after would be easy.

Inside the pages of this laugh-out-loud romcom boxed set, you’ll find heartwarming and binge-worthy full-length romance novels filled with flawed and hunky heroes, sassy heroines, mixed signals, accidental attractions, dating disasters, unexpected twists, and huge jaw-dropping gestures to help balance out their many wrong turns along the way.

Industrial City, Ava Starling’s hometown, is struggling to survive with businesses and industries closing and jobs at a minimum.

She’s desperately trying to help assist the needy through the thrift store she owns and operates, but homelessness is on the rise. Ava doubts the recent assignment of the young and handsome Brandon Sparks as senior pastor of the defunct Union Street Church can breathe hope into empty hearts. 

War is brewing in the town of Stone Rivers, and flower shop owner Nicole Jones is in the middle of it.

When the new owner of the Moore Ranch won’t allow the town to use the barn for the Valentine’s Day Dance, Nicole doesn’t hesitate to confront the tyrant. His ego is as big as the barn, and he doesn’t care whom he has to take down to get his money out of the property. To not only save the town’s event but to stand up for the event’s legacy, she becomes a crusader, leaving no stone unturned in her quest to get the new owner to say yes. She is determined to not only plan the dance of a lifetime but also to shut down the greedy Derek Moore.

He’s a handsome billionaire. She’s not impressed.

Katie McKenna has never loved any man but one; New Orleans billionaire Luc DeForges. He was her first love. But there are a billion reasons why she’s chosen to get engaged to Dexter Hastings, a solid and stable man who wants the same things she does; marriage and a family. But when Luc enters her life again, all bets are off.

She fears she’ll be hurt again. He knows he made a big mistake. Thrown back together, will they let their love rekindle?

Dr. Joy Gilbert is in a tailspin. Fired for rejecting her employer’s advances, she returns to her small hometown only to find her mother desperately ill and her old boss’s teenage daughter a stowaway. And with no salary coming in to pay the bills, her sole option is to take a job in the ER with the man who broke her heart.

Opposites attract when a determined caterer butts heads with an idealistic and driven Senator’s aide.

He thinks she is a tree-hugging hippie.
She thinks he is just another sellout.
Is working together recipe for disaster?

If Paige Jackson is going to keep her business afloat, she needs to find some high-end clients pronto – even if it means working overtime to convince the uptight guy from the Senator’s office that her local, sustainable dishes are perfect for the fundraising dinner.

Jackson Trent finds himself begrudgingly in charge of the next event for his boss. When Paige introduces Jackson to sustainable fare, it’s not just the food that piques his interest.

What is a woman to do when the man she’s dreamed of kissing for half a century finally says he has feelings for her?

In the past, James saw Callie as the girl next door. His friend’s tagalong sister. A nuisance.

Not anymore!

It took him five decades to wake up to the truth, but now he’ll do anything to convince her to marry him and spend their lives together. So what if they’re in their sixties? Their best years are yet to come!

Vivian Bradford is a woman on the run from her past.

When her estranged grandmother dies and leaves Vivian the family home, she finally thinks her life might be heading in the right direction. After the people of Carson’s Bayou realize who she is, will they welcome her into their small-town community? Or will she be forced to run again?

With one “yes” everything Hope Fuller has sought could be hers.

Hope Fuller has life all planned out. Following a short trip to Briar Creek, North Carolina to help her sister, Hope will return home to Florida and begin her teaching career. Alas, keeping her trip short proves challenging after she sees someone from her past—a handsome lawyer who makes her heart want to plant itself within the community.

Dylan Gaines is just starting out his small-town legal practice and has his own plans for life. However, his reunion with Hope just might change some of them. Then again, their last attempt at romance ended up straining their friendship.

What will it take for Dylan and Hope to strike out on a different journey this time, one where love takes the wheel and leaves solitary plans in the dust?

“All is fair in love and the Pear Pie Wars.”

Tori Bevan must have heard her grandmother say that phrase more times than she could count growing up on Bevan Pear Farms. Every year Grandma Bevan went for the coveted Clarksville Pear Festival Best Pear Pie award. And every year, she’d lose to Ben Holden—the owner of Holden Acres, another pear farm and her enemy for over seventy years. Tori believes this year she has the blue ribbon in the bag. Only one problem stands in her way . . . Dane Holden, Ben’s grandson, waltzing back in town, much to Tori’s disliking.

He loved her then. Will she love him now?

When Mallory Barrows finds an old diary in a box of books, the story she finds within sends her on the hunt for the owner–and maybe more.

Theirs is a story ripped from a country song. A wedding, a former love presumed dead, her new love stepping aside. And over forty years later, their story is one few remember.

How much can one heart endure?
Claire Sallaway has lived with an unpredictable heart condition for most of her life. With a plan in place to manage her symptoms, she has avoided any major health problems and live a relatively normal life. With work, church and friends, her life is indeed full. Or so she thought.

They made a pact of friendship. Love was not supposed to be part of the deal.

Lauren is desperate to escape the massive shadow of her father’s and sister’s political careers.

Matt is running from the biggest disappointment of his life.

After a messy meeting in a snowbound airport, they launch a new friendship, founded on a mutual love for the Lord and an agreement of respect. Working together at the Lake Shore Resort, they are thankful to have each other as they each carve out a fresh start. But as the winter season wears on, one begins to feel more, and the other . . . well.

Two quiet souls collide in this ‘feels like coming home’ romance.

Madison agrees to a last-minute writers’ retreat. But with her anxiety at an all-time high, she seeks out quiet in the only place she’s sure to find it, the stables that remind her of her past. While grateful for the solace, she can’t afford to rekindle her past with the sweet, handsome cowboy who keeps meeting her there. They are opposites in every way and she’s a fish out of water in his world.

Lilies endure and so does Brittany. She’s never had a better reason to face her fears than when her son makes friends with a handsome new neighbor. 

A sweet and sentimental story of friendship, first love, and overcoming your fears that’s sure to give you the warm and fuzzies.

Brittany Masters has big plans for a quiet summer chasing her six-year-old son around the pool and trying to stay on top of her yard work. Distracted by her full time job as a nurse and being a single mom, she doesn’t think much about the new neighbor that moves in next door.

It may seem odd to seek peace by moving to a war-torn African country, but for medical missionary Dr. Cynthia Myers, it provided a way to escape a shallow life of unearned wealth, a philandering fiancé, and a father now square in the public eye as vice president of the United States.

At least here she knows her work and life have meaning. But all that is thrown into chaos when she fails to save the life of a local warlord’s mortally wounded son.

As part of the Army Special Forces “A-Team” on a mission to capture and subdue the warlord, Captain Rick Norton is compelled to use deadly force to save Cynthia’s life. Enraged at the violence she witnessed and riddled with guilt that men died because of her, Cynthia tries to hold on to her anger–but an unwanted attraction is taking hold.

In this charming rom-com, two enemies find something they never expected in one another—taking “all’s fair in love and war” to a hilarious and heartwarming new level.

Actress Bree Leake doesn’t want to be tied down, but just when it’s time to move on again, Bree’s parents make her an offer; hold steady in Abingdon for one full year, and they will give her the one thing she’s always wanted—her grandmother’s house. Her dreams are coming true . . . until life throws her some curve balls.

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Despite her success, model Camryn Tate longs for something more. She’s lived a life of privilege, lacking for nothing, so why can’t she be content?

As an outreach minister for an inner-city church, Trace Gardner serves the homeless in Seattle. Although the work is rewarding, he envisions providing life-changing opportunities for the destitute. One problem stands in his way—raising the funds needed for renovations on a building that will house new programs.

He likes streamline. She prefers embellishments. His forte is business. Hers is atmosphere. Will they realize each has what the other needs most to create the perfect romance with a touch of Jane Austen flair?

When a country girl travels to Bath, England to visit Jane Austen country, will a serious businessman ruin her regency-dream?

Caught in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, Hope has no choice but spend the holiday at the Starlight Inn. Will she be touched by the magic of Christmas with a little help from a handsome stranger?

Hope Garland is at a crossroads. Nothing she does feels like it’s getting her to where she wants to be in life… It’s time for a change. Leaving everything in Dallas behind was a difficult choice, but she’ll have to make sacrifices to get the life she’s always wanted, even if that means being away from home for Christmas in order to show up on time for her new job at the prestigious firm in Chicago.

Eleanor and Albert, the youngest Hannigan siblings, together endured the cold indifference and frequent anger of their father.

Growing up, Elinor longed for a relationship that would make everything all right. Now married, her life appears to be heading in the direction she had always hoped.

Until her past collides with her present, threatening to destroy it all.

Dr. Christopher Ringle is the last person you’d expect to find moonlighting as Santa Claus at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving.

But it is there that he meets a young man named Molar Alan, who desperately needs a new perspective on the underlying value of Christmas. Dr. Ringle recruits Mo and his older brother as volunteers at a nearby children’s hospital for the holiday season. At the hospital, Mo is tasked to help bring holiday cheer to the young cancer patients on the fifth floor. His biggest challenge is befriending a decidedly angry girl who is so embarrassed by her scarred appearance that she hides her face behind the safety of a paper bag. Almost in spite of himself, Mo finds that Christmas joy emanates from a source far greater than the North Pole, while the young girl learns that she is more beautiful than she had ever imagined.

Christmas. It’s a bittersweet time of year for me.

While I embrace the reason for the season, my heart weighs heavy with grief whenever the first strains of Jingle Bells hit the airwaves. All I want for Christmas this year is a secluded cabin, a good book, and a Do Not Disturb sign on the front door. I need time alone. Time away from happy families and holiday cheer. Away from flashing lights and endless carols. Away from work parties and all things holly and jolly.

Eden Martelli is too busy fleeing the clutches of danger to realize she’s running straight into the arms of a new love.

Speeding north through rural Maine, Eden Martelli wonders how her life came to this—on the run with her mute five-year-old son dozing fitfully in the passenger seat. When a breakdown leaves them stranded in Summer Harbor, Eden has no choice but to stay put through Christmas . . . even though they have no place to lay their heads.

Do you have to give God two-weeks’ notice when you quit the ministry?

After a lifetime of being her father’s right-hand girl, Ezra gets a small taste of freedom during her friend’s honeymoon visit to the Suamalie islands and decides enough is enough. All she needs is to find a replacement secretary, teacher, project manager, accountant… et cetera.

In fact, what he needs is a wife.

He’s a handsome billionaire. She’s not impressed.

Katie McKenna has never loved any man but one; New Orleans billionaire Luc DeForges. He was her first love. But there are a billion reasons why she’s chosen to get engaged to Dexter Hastings, a solid and stable man who wants the same things she does; marriage and a family. But when Luc enters her life again, all bets are off.

Can true love mend broken hearts?
Read these three full-length novels in the Fulton Ridge Christian romance series and see what draws these couples closer together.
Meet Adam. He wonders if their relationship will end because of his girlfriend’s potential success. Meet Curtis. He’s waiting on the widow who lives next door to start dating again. And finally, Donovan. He wants his girlfriend to trust him and give her new hometown a second chance.
Enjoy cheering these heroes on as they find the women who turn out to be the loves of their lives.

He has all he wants for Christmas. But she’s got what he needs.

Shane Cassidy’s wish list is short this year. The young widower just wants his little daughter to be happy, and his quiet son to come out of his room once in a while. Shane is determined to be there every minute for his kids, but when he runs into big trouble with the family horse farm around Christmas time, he realizes they just might need a helping hand.

A Delectable Holiday Confection

“Felix Huber told me that the only thing wrong with my love story was that it was in the wrong time signature. That if I didn’t find the rhythm and meter aligning with the romance I deserved, I merely needed to allot a tempo change.”

Freelance reporter Johanna Murphy declared war on charming Felix Huber the
moment he stole an exclusive interview that cost her a vital promotion. Now, with time ticking to turn her temporary work visa into a permanent one, she needs a scoop that will capture the magic of Vienna at Christmas to entice international press syndication.