I’m a CDQ (caffeinated drama queen) who does everything passionately, whether piping company’s initials into twice-baked potatoes or writing Christian romance. Dubbed the CBA’s “Kissing Queen,” I fell in love with romance at age twelve after reading Gone With the Wind. Today I write Irish-family sagas that evolve into 3-D love stories: the hero, the heroine, and the God that brings them together. As American Christian Fiction Writers 2009 Debut Author of the Year, I’ve garnered 21+ romance awards, was Family Fiction magazine’s #1 Romance Author 2011, 2012 Reader’s Choice Awards, Best of 2014, 2015, and Essential Christian Romance Authors 2017-2021. So, I know passion—and these authors have it!
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Isle of Hope: Unfailing Love (Isle of Hope Series Volume 1)
By
Julie Lessman
What is my book about?
Can a wild girl gone good rebuild bridges with a good boy gone bad? At eighteen, Lacey Carmichael was a wild girl bent on fun, promised to Jack O'Bryen, a straight-and-narrow pastor’s kid bent on the seminary. When her father kicks her out of the house, she runs away from Isle of Hope, Georgia, turning her back on everything she loves.
Eight years later, she’s back as a woman of faith, hoping to make amends to the father she defied, the boyfriend she deserted, and the best friend she denied. But bridges she’s burned are still smoldering, kindled by an adulterous affair by Jack’s pastor father that damaged his son’s faith. Can a turning of tables—and hearts—lead back to “hope” for them all?
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The Books I Picked & Why
Redeeming Love
By
Francine Rivers
Why this book?
Based on the Biblical story of the prophet Hosea and his prostitute wife, Gomer, Redeeming Love is the pinnacle 5-star book in the Christian market. A Christian bestseller list since 1991, it has sold more than three million copies and is a major motion picture. I love how Francine Rivers transports this important Biblical story into 1850 Gold Rush times, driving its lesson home in a most powerful way.
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Stay with Me
By
Becky Wade
Why this book?
A friend once told me to read Becky Wade because her books were similar to mine.
I did and wow, I loved her style and immediately put everything of hers on auto-buy! Realistic temptation and passion mixed with heart- and soul-wrenching life lessons—home run for the Christian romance reader!
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Sweetbriar Cottage
By
Denise Hunter
Why this book?
I love realistic romantic passion with an accent mark on true-to-life spiritual lessons, and believe it or not, that’s not necessarily an easy find in the Christian market. So when I judged Denise in an American Christian Fiction Writers contest, I knew she was definitely an author for me.
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To Win Her Favor
By
Tamera Alexander
Why this book?
Tamera and I had the same agent who said Tamera’s books and mine were similar in that both were “a cut above” your typical Christian romance. I concur because Tamera’s books are not only beautifully written, they are a wealth of spiritual passion that perfectly dovetails with classic romantic passion.
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The Mistletoe Countess
By
Pepper Basham
Why this book?
I asked my readers which authors/books were most similar to mine in romantic and spiritual passion. If I heard Pepper’s name once, I heard it a dozen times—passionately! I know firsthand that when it comes to Christian “passion,” Pepper’s books certainly deliver with kisses that quicken the pulse and lessons that stir the soul.
