Happy fall, readers! You’ve come to the right place for five amazing new book suggestions. Go ahead and add them to your TBR pile, Kindle list, or Christmas gift suggestions. (Yes, it’s far too early to start thinking about the holidays, but I know many overachievers who like to get their shopping done long before Thanksgiving. It’s crazy.) For a look at what’s inside, click on the cover of each to start reading a first chapter.
Blind Spot by Dani Pettrey
Plot: When a terrorist investigation leads FBI agent Declan Grey to a closed immigrant community, he turns to crisis counselor Tanner Shaw for help. Despite the tension between them, he needs the best of the best on this case. Under imminent threat, they’ll have to race against the clock to stop a plot that could cost thousands of lives—including theirs.
Where We Belong by Lynn Austin
Plot: Despite Victorian society’s strict rules for women, Rebecca and Flora Hawes’ desire for adventure has led them to the Sinai Desert. Accompanied by their young butler and their maid, the sisters search for a biblical manuscript. On their exotic journey, they experience challenges and wonders, and recall the events that brought them to this time and place.
A Plain Leaving by Leslie Gould
Plot: Returning for her father’s funeral, Jessica faces the Amish life—and love—she left behind years prior. Struggling with regrets, she learns about the life of a Revolutionary War–era ancestor who confronted some of the same choices she has. Will Jessica find peace during her visit, along with the resolution she hopes for?
A Dangerous Legacy by Leslie Gould
Plot: Telegraph operator Lucy Drake is a master of Morse code, but the presence of Sir Colin Beckwith at a rival news agency puts her livelihood at risk. When Colin’s reputation is jeopardized, Lucy agrees to help in exchange for his assistance in recovering her family’s stolen fortune. However, the web of treachery they’re diving into is more dangerous than they know.
Too Far Down by Mary Connealy
Plot: When an explosion at the mine kills workers and damages the CR Company, the Boden family is plunged deep into the heart of trouble yet again. As they try to identify the forces against them once and for all, Cole Boden finds himself caught between missing his time back in the east, and all that New Mexico offers—namely, his family and cowgirl Melanie Blake.
Question for you, readers: with cooler weather on the way, do you drink coffee, tea, or another warm beverage while reading?
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Wow, you have a great line-up this month! I generally prefer tea, but there is a definite place for cocoa with a mountain of real whipped cream, and I never turn down a hot, spiced cider. But coffee I will turn down. Every time.
What a good looking selection for fall. I love my coffee in the morning but savor a cup of tea in the afternoon!
Tea or warm cider and then some tea 😊
What a great line up (as always)!
I love coffee, tea, hot chocolate, hot apple cider….
Looking forward to all of these! I love coffee but sometimes drink a cup of tea in the afternoon.
Depending on how warm it is, I drink either cold tea or hot herbal tea when reading a book this time of year.
All year round I drink coffee in the morning, hot tea in the afternoon, and coffee again in the evening. Sometimes it’s hot tea in the evening and not coffee. In the cooler weather it pretty much stays the same. Sometimes I drink hot chocolate in the evening instead.
I drink hot tea all year round but I also like hot cocoa in the afternoon when the weather is chilly. Lots of good books on this list!