On the surface, Blue Jean Bayou by Janis Jakes is a slow-burn contemporary romance, but it doesn't take long to notice the richness behind the genre. It's a story about the wounds we carry from early loss, the identities we build to survive them, and the grace that...

Some stories arrive dressed as mysteries but turn out to be something far richer, like meditations on grace, community, and the stubborn persistence of hope in the face of old wounds. Killing Spring by Anita Klumpers is that kind of story, but then, that's just the...

From Sisterhood to anxiety to fear and a faltering faith, author Tracy Wainwright shies away from none of it. Today, she reveals her thoughts and influences while writing Scorched Dreams, number six in the Fruit of the Spirit Christian women's fiction series. PBG:...