Charisma Magazine

By Robin Caroll | B&H Fiction | softcover | 320 pages | $14.99

The suspense novel Deliver Us From Evil raises awareness about child sex trafficking within the United States. U.S. Marshal Roark Holland is assigned the task of escorting a donor heart for a major witness who can break open a child-trafficking case in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.

Becca Daniels enjoys all types of adventure—from dyeing her hair wild colors to skydiving. When a broken ankle grounds her, she doesn't take it well. Her book-club girlfriends, who are all Christians, don't make it easier on her when they tease Becca about her lack of commitment in relationships. Becca decides to prove them wrong and promises to date the next guy who asks her out for three months, or 25 outings.

By Martha Rogers | Realms | softcover | 304 pages | $10.99

In Becoming Lucy, the first installment of the Winds Across the Prairie series, Boston heiress Lucinda Bishop is shaken when a tragic carriage accident kills her parents. She moves to her aunt and uncle's ranch in Oklahoma Territory, where she struggles to face her grief and adjust to a primitive land.

With a new city, a new career and a new name, Piper Wick, the central character of Tamara Leigh's Leaving Carolina, thinks she has left Pickwick—the town and the family—for good. However, when her rich uncle decides to make retribution for the family's wrongs by dividing up the estate in his will, the family calls on Piper, his favorite niece, to intervene.

The Carousel Painter is a romantic tale of a young woman's journey to find peace despite the turmoil and injustice surrounding her. Judith Miller takes readers back to a time when the lines of class and gender are strictly drawn, and a single woman trying to support herself in a man's world faces serious problems.

By Cindy Woodsmall | WaterBrook Press | softcover | 352 pages | $13.99

Known for her Sisters of the Quilt series, Cindy Woodsmall returns with a standalone work, The Hope of Refuge. Young widow Cara Moore and her 7-year-old daughter live hand-to-mouth while attempting to escape the clutches of a stalker. The search for a peaceful life leads them to an Amish community where Cara has more of a history than she realizes.