Welcome to March’s new releases.
Today we have 3 books to share with you. We also have news on Showcase by CASQ.
Core Values: Rebekah Robinson, Anne Hamilton
Publisher: Beckon Creative (Releases: 4 March 2025)
The DNA of God Series:
The world has never seen a patience like that of God. For longitude and latitude, it has no rival.
This fourth volume looks at ways in which the patience of God inspires us to adopt the qualities of forbearance and grace that are so natural to Him.
Like Stars That Shine by Jenny Glazebrook
Publisher: Jenny Glazebrook (Release Date: 24 March 2025)
She is returning home.
He has never had a home.
Esther Ladan has lost all confidence in her ability to read people. A very public break-up with her boyfriend has dealt a devastating blow to her heart and her pride.
Now two of the town’s most big-hearted, big-mouthed elderly ladies are determined to find her perfect match.
After years in witness protection, Tanner Elliott is finally free to live his life without looking over his shoulder. Still, he’s learned to be more observant than most and he’s an expert in reading body language.
When Esther asks him to scrutinize the dates her friends arrange for her, the results are not what either of them expect.
Can Esther and Tanner overcome their difficult pasts, learn to trust Jesus with their hearts, and shine for Him in a broken world?
A FINDING FREEDOM, SMALL TOWN REDEMPTION ROMANCE
These Long Shadows by Jennifer Mistmorgan
(Release Date: March 21, 2025)
“These Long Shadows is haunting, powerful, beautiful, and most of all, a true testament to the victory that faith and love brings us. This one won’t be letting me go for a long while!” ~ Roseanna. M. White, bestselling, Christy Award winning author
“A heartachingly tender tale of second chances set against the backdrop of a city rising from the ruins of the Second World War. Historical romance fans will savor every page of this beautiful novel.” ~ Amanda Barratt, Christy Award-winning author of The Warsaw Sisters and Within These Walls of Sorrow
How do they rebuild a marriage that wasn’t real in the first place? If you love epic wartime romance with a dash of intrigue, you’ll love this second-chance, marriage-of-convenience love story.
London, 1945: Two years ago, Jonty Ables married Katie Baines to save her and her unborn baby from shame. But now the war is all but over, the baby is gone and they must work out where their shaky marriage fits into lives irrevocably changed by war.
Clinging to the memory of a time before all happiness evaporated, Katie works hard during the day as a seamstress. At night she comes home to a tiny terrace on a bomb-scarred street, crammed with her extended family and their problems. Years of estrangement sit between her and her recently demobilised husband. She’s not even sure she loves him. So why is she so crushed that he calls out another woman’s name in his sleep?
Jonty is determined to honor the vows he made no matter how many ghosts plague him. But with such separate lives, his wife is more of a stranger than ever. When Katie’s friend goes missing, Jonty seizes the opportunity to help her find him just so they have reason to talk. But the war casts long shadows over their efforts, and fighting for their future might just be the hardest battle of them all.
Book 3 of the On Victory’s Wings series, These Long Shadows, is easily read as a standalone novel.
Christian Authors Showcase Queensland 25
Saturday and Sunday 12-13 April, 2025.
Coopers Colonial Motel, Beaudesert Road, Acacia Ridge.
Our theme this year is ‘Flourish’.
We are excited to announce this year’s keynote speaker will be, Judi Hetherington, from the Christian Bookselling Association of Australia.
Judi is a great supplier of independent Christian Authors and is keen to meet with our people to find out more about our books, so she can promote them through CBAA.
Some of you met Judi last year when she popped in on her way back to WA.
This will be another great weekend full of fun, frivolity, fellowship, prizes and presentations.
Our amazing anthology ‘Symphony of Grace’ will be launched during this week-end.
We have some super sessions lined up. There’s always room for more suggestions, though, so if you have any ideas let us know. As usual, we will be giving priority to presentations with more than one person out front!
Late bird rate – $150 for 2 days – after 1st March
Single day rates- $85 each day if paid after 1st March
TIMES
Saturday 8:30am to 5.00pm.
Sunday 9.00am to 4.30pm.
Price includes room hire, presentations, yummy, scrummy M.T. lunch and A.T. and all-day tea and coffee. The food is amazing!
Again, if you’d like to stay for Saturday night dinner – at your own expense – you are welcome.
If you are planning on staying at the motel, it might be a good idea to book soon.
We will, again, have a book stall. There will be room on the table for 3 copies of your book – (but have some more ready for when your book goes out the door!) As usual there’ll be a 10% fee which will go towards the running oof the event. Please put a sticky note inside the front cover with – your name, the name of your book and what you’d like to charge.
There will also be opportunities during the weekend for you to present a 90 second pop up – It’s a spiel/ elevator pitch of your book.
We have booked a professional photographer who is happy to take author photos at a discounted rate of $150. Kate is easy to work with and her photos are amazing. You’ll be able to view the photos on the day and make your own choices.
Narelle Atkins has started a weekly roundup of books on preorder. The post goes live every Friday night.
Congratulations to the authors with a new release! A stellar list. 😊