Evangelical Church Library Association

Beth Swanson, voracious reader These empty places Sarah Loudin Thomas Bethany House https://bakerbookhouse.bethanyhouse May 5, 2026 Paperback 376 pages 1916 in North Carolina, Claire Roth, her husband and daughters live in comfort on Lake Toxaway. They enjoyed the lake until the dam broke and now it is simply a dry lake bed. Claire’s husband dies, leaving her feeling quite alone. When she meets Lena, part of a young couple, they click.

Ceil Carey, retired public librarian and long time book discussion leader Sons of day & night (Volume 1) (The Chronicles of Twinsbane) Mariposa Aristeo Enclave https://www.enclavepublishing.com/ 2025 Hardcover 272 pages Everyone in the Kingdom of Twinsbane has a double and they are cursed to die when their double passes on. There is such a potion as a separator but the king has it hidden away and will allow no one to have access to it.

Ceil Carey, retired public librarian and longtime book discussion leader It’s snowing in Sapporo again today I. W. Berns Self published November 10, 2025 Paperback 416 pages Ten years ago a tragic accident took the life of Jun’s mother and he has not been the same since, particularly at Christmastime, a season his mother especially loved. He and his father Kazuya have drifted farther and farther apart since the accident until they barely interact with each other.

Chris Jager, Baker Book House fiction buyer The Ladies Hall: A Novel of Three Women Who Refused to Be Silenced Vanessa Miller Thomas Nelson https://www.thomasnelson.com/wpublishing/ August 11, 2026 Paperback 384 pages Vanessa Miller with her writing has brought little known parts of history to light. In The Ladies Hall, Miller tells the story of three young women who not only go to college in the 1880’s, they take the gentlemen’s courses.

Beth Swanson, voracious reader In pursuit of civility (Merriweather Academy for Young Ladies #2) Jen Turano Bethany House https://bakerbookhouse.bethanyhouse April 21, 2026 Paperback 304 pages Annalise Merriweather again is a headmistress of the Academy for Young Ladies while her sister is on a honeymoon. Annalise does not really feel up to the challenge of being the headmistress and sure enough, she loses two girls while out to the county fair.

Ceil Carey, retired public librarian and long time book discussion leader In the light of the sun Angela Shupe Waterbrook https://waterbrookmultnomah.com/ October 7, 2025 Paperback 384 pages In the light of the sun is based on true events occurring in the 1940’s. Sisters Caramina and Rosa are talented singers; Rosa already an opera singer and Caramina with dreams to become one. But when war breaks out, Caramina’s family is forced to take refuge in the jungles of the Philippines.

Chris Jager, Fiction Book Buyer for the Baker Book House The Dogwood Gospel Cindy Morgan Tyndale Publishers https://www.tyndale.com/ November 3, 2026 Paperback 384 pages Cindy Morgan has once again graced us with a book that is not to be missed. She pens a story of young Charlie whose life has had more than one huge twist to it. Taken from her home after her mother was killed, she is left on the doorstep of a couple who have lost their daughter. What happens to her after that is not to be missed.

Ceil Carey, retired public librarian and longtime book discussion leader The fisherman’s wife (Hearts of the Twelve) Kaylee Scherer Closer to Him Ministries http://closertohim.org August 30, 2025 Paperback 389 pages The subtitle Hearts of the twelve may make you feel this is a story simply about one of the apostles, in this case Simon Peter.

Beth Swanson, voracious reader The Manhattan confessions (On Central Park, Book 3) Jocelyn Green Bethany House https://bakerbookhouse.bethanyhouse April 7, 2026 Paperback 400 pages New York City, Fall of 1926. Ivy Malone is a librarian for the New York Historical Society and rents a room from her best friend. An elderly society grand dame, Adeline King, asks Ivy to write her story and in doing so, reveals a highly desired secret.

Ceil Carey, retired public librarian and longtime book discussion leader The bridge Ashley N. Hudson Wipf and Stock https://wipfandstock.com/ October 7, 2025 Paperback 226 pages Ethan Russell is a ten year old whose parents die in a tragic accident. For him the world goes silent and he no longer speaks or makes any noise at all, not even screaming which we might expect from a child who loses his parents.