Christian Fiction Reviews by Christian Authors
Intersecting Dreams by Linda EdmisterSeries: Book 2 in Edmister’s Intersections seriesPublisher: Mister Ed Books (November 7, 2025) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS When I first heard of this book, contemporary issues like progressive sex ed in the classroom and a growing Muslim population in the Western world piqued my interest. Add a young woman, Rose, looking... Continue Reading →
A Christmas To Remember by Penny ZellerSeries: Book 2 of 2 | Hilltop SeriesPublisher: Maplebrook Publishing, LLC. (December 9, 2025)Review by Gwen M. Plano A Christmas to Remember is a tender frontier Christmas story set in a small town in Montana, during the 1906 influenza pandemic. The disease left towns and communities struggling to care for... Continue Reading →
Shanghai Road by Claire O’SullivanSeries: Book 3 in the Whiskey River Mysteries seriesPublisher: Elk Lake Publishing (November 23, 2024) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS Shanghai Road is a Christian mystery and police procedural novel. It’s the third book in a series set in Whiskey River, Oregon, but it works perfectly well as a standalone. Allie is... Continue Reading →
Christmas in the Castle Library by Ann SwindellSeries: In the Castle Library, Book 1Publisher: White Crown Publishing (October 15, 2024) REVIEW BY KELLY J. GOSHORN Christmas in the Castle Library is a heartwarming Christmas novel that blends romance, spiritual healing, and a deep love of books into a cozy seasonal escape. The novel opens as... Continue Reading →
The Invitation by Joyce and Alexandra SwannSeries: Book 1 of 6 | The Kinsmen SeriesPublisher: Frontier 2000 Media Group (December 22, 2016)Review by Mae Clair This short novel (192 pages) is set over Thanksgiving and Christmas, a perfect read this time of year. Kevin Marshall has a miserable life. He’s stuck in a dead end... Continue Reading →
What We Hide by Collene Coble and Rick AckerSeries: Tupelo Grove Book OnePublisher: Thomas Nelson, July 2, 2024 Joan Hall The Well Read Fish is sad to announce that one of our dear reviewers, author Joan Hall, passed away last weekend.We were blessed to have Joan’s reading/reviewing experience at The Well Read Fish. She was... Continue Reading →
Restoring Hope by Philippa CleallSeries: StandalonePublisher: Ark House Press (October 31, 2025) REVIEW BY GWEN M. PLANO In some ways, Restoring Hope is a familiar story. A young woman, Hope Elkins, escapes an abusive marriage and returns to her hometown to rebuild a family café and rediscovers herself. As the story unfolds, so do the foundational... Continue Reading →
Mercie's Secret by Michael GarrettSeries: Stand AlonePublisher: MegaCross (September 9, 2025) REVIEW BY KELLY GOSHORN Triggers: Sexual assault, betrayal, violence, emotional manipulation Mercie’s Secret is a deeply emotional Christian suspense novel that weaves together themes of redemption, betrayal, faith, and the lasting scars of past trauma. The novel centers on two complex protagonists, Mercie Halford... Continue Reading →
The Ballad of Midnight and McRae by Jess LedermanSeries: StandalonePublisher: Azure Star, LLC (July 24, 2025) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS This is going to be a divisive review for a divisive book because The Ballad of Midnight and McRae is a Christian Western with a gay protagonist. Matt is a contemporary man who tells the... Continue Reading →
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