On the ship from Ireland, Eliza O’Connor loses her mother and husband to cholera. After training under the local physician, she longs to become a doctor, but few schools accept women. Now the doctor has passed away, and she works at her father's boarding house. When a handsome physician arrives, beaten and stripped of his jacket and boots, she believes he's another gold-crazy miner heading for the hills where her brother has ventured.At his mother's desperate request, Dr. Levi Dumont travels from Boston to find his younger brother and bring him home. After Levi is robbed, his trustworthy horse drops him at the O'Connor's Boarding House where the enchanting Eliza treats his wounds.When Eliza's brother returns from the gold fields with a broken leg, Eliza learns her friend who traveled to the mine with her husband needs medical attention. Eliza is determined to make the treacherous journey. When she accompanies Levi to Diamond Falls, Levi discovers affection for Eliza despite his engagement to a woman in Boston.Though Eliza and Levi come from different worlds, their hopes are the same. Will Eliza have opportunity to study medicine? Can Levi find a life with the Irish lass despite his fiancé and medical practice in Boston?

The one place she wants to avoid…Is the home she needs to save.Josie Shepherd never expected to inherit her estranged father's horse stables—not after fifteen years of painful silence. But keeping the failing business is the only way to protect her hometown from developers, even if it means partnering with Brady King—the man who once broke her heart. Saving the property won't be easy…but could forgiveness be the key to reopening their hearts?From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.Shepherd's CreekBook 1: Journey to ForgivenessBook 2: The Bronc Rider's Twins

2026 READERS’ FAVORITE AWARD WINNER — BEST CHRISTIAN THRILLERIn 2038, cybersecurity expert David Bishop believes his greatest battles will be fought behind firewalls—until a simple favor becomes an urgent calling he can’t ignore.When his pastor’s website—dedicated to the mysterious Shroud of Turin—suddenly crashes, and the hosting company can’t explain why, David agrees to investigate. What he uncovers is chilling: nearly every Shroud-related site on the internet has been systematically hacked and erased. Someone—or something—is trying to silence the world’s most controversial relic and bury the scientific evidence pointing to the resurrection of Christ.After isolating a highly sophisticated viral worm and restoring his pastor’s website, David becomes the next target. The attacks escalate from digital to deadly, placing David and Seattle police detective Jordan Hernandez in mortal danger. As they’re drawn deeper into the conspiracy, David finds himself torn between a mission he believes God has placed before him and growing feelings for Jordan—feelings that threaten to distract him from the truth he’s called to protect.As the full scope of the threat emerges, David confronts an impossible enemy—a rogue artificial intelligence determined to erase the Shroud and everything it represents. To expose the truth, he must outthink a machine that views human lives as acceptable losses—and decide whether faith, duty, or love will ultimately define his choices.But what begins as an attack on faith is only the opening move in a far larger technological contest—one unfolding at a level few even know exists, with consequences that could reshape the balance of global power.

With everything on the line, search-and-rescue men and dogs will save the day in two inspirational romantic suspense thrillers from bestselling authors.Flood Zone by Dana Mentink, New York Times–bestselling authorMia Sandoval's friend is murdered—and the single mother is a suspect. Her only ally is search-and-rescue worker Dallas Black. Working with the secretive Dallas, Mia discovers he's as complicated as the murder they're forced to investigate. Yet as a flood ravages their small Colorado town, a killer is determined that Mia, Dallas and their evidence get swept away to a watery grave.To Save Her Child by Margaret Daley, USA Today–bestselling authorWhen a young boy goes missing from wilderness day camp, Alaskan search-and-rescue worker Josiah Witherspoon is on the case. The former marine promises to find the child and return him to his mother. But Ella Jackson has a secret that could put them all in danger. Ella and Josiah are ready to risk their lives to save her son, but will they risk their hearts?

A former bully-turned-doctor has a hard-working nurse second-guessing her life plan in this inspirational romance by a CBA–bestselling author.Between her dedicated nursing at Mercy Hospital and plans to be a missionary in India, Ketura Lindsey had no time to think about marriage. But to follow God's plan, she had to acknowledge that love was part of His higher purpose for her life. Yet did He really intend her to find wedded bliss with her high school nemesis, Jared Pierce?Jared, the star of the baseball team, had hurt tall, gangly Ket with his teasing. Now an intern at Mercy, he was a constant presence in her heart and mind. But would Jared, who dated beauty queens, ever notice—let alone propose to—a plain Jane?

A woman dreaming of a family of her own falls for a handsome single father with a wounded heart in this inspirational romance.Taking pictures of other people's happiest moments is the perfect job for Hannah Hart. Secretly fearing that she won't ever have a family of her own, Hannah prefers to hide behind the camera. Until she meets assistant principal Jude Bradley, whose twelve-year-old daughter instantly bonds with Hannah. Jude might just be the man to give Hannah a reason to smile—if he can let go of the past. The more Hannah and Jude discover they have in common, the more Hannah wonders if there's a family in her future after all.