Best christian romance books according to redditors

If you like fantasy mixed with horror, I have Miserere: An Autumn Tale, which is currently on Kindle Unlimited.

I'm also working on a novella set for publication in October 2014. It's called The Broken Road and introduces a brand new world. It is more horror than Miserere and very much in tone like Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

There are a couple of freebies on my web site too if you want a taste before a bite.

Miserere would probably fit. The blurb completely neglects that it's portal fantasy.

My favorite is a bit odd. I love the story of Hosea.

You have to read between the lines quite a bit, but God calls Hosea, a holy prophet, to marry a prostitute. He's thinking, OK, God, but I'm gonna have to make sure it's you first...lol.

So he marries Gomer, and they have a couple of kids. The way the Hebrew reads, the first is probably his, but the second, there is no mention of his being involved.

Then they split up. She could not remain faithful to him. Time goes by. Eventually he's going to the market, and there he sees her: on the auction block being sold as a slave.

God tells him to "buy back" his wife, and command her to live with him and him only from that point on.

The whole scenario is an analogy of Israel's relationship with God, and deeper than that, our relationship with God. We are, and have been unfaithful to God, repeatedly, and sold into slavery to sin. But God, through Jesus, bought us back to be faithful to Him.

It's a wonderful love story, and a great Biblical lesson. I love it.

There is a fictional re-telling of it by Francine Rivers, called "Redeeming Love" available at Amazon. I have not been paid for this endorsement...:)

Rapture of Canaan?

http://www.amazon.com/Rapture-Canaan-Sheri-Reynolds/dp/0425162443/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418856824&sr=1-1&keywords=rapture+of+canaan

I think you might really enjoy almost anything by Guy Gavriel Kay, but especially his early series, a trilogy called The Fionavar Tapestry. The first book is The Summer Tree

Here's a blurb from the Amazon page for The Summer Tree: 'I'm not just impressed by THE SUMMER TREE - I'm overwhelmed' Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Seriously, this is one of the best fantasy trilogies I've ever read and it makes me sad that more folks don't know about it. Read it and you'll probably start proselytizing about it too.

ugh i've finished everything worthwhile in my local library been reading e-books but running low on those as well

heres some off the top of my head.. be warned these are more character driven then anything else... I hate books with a giant cast of characters ( though malazan was an exception )

Old Shit:
The Fionavar Tapestry (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Tree-Fionavar-Tapestry-Book/dp/0451458222/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279523697&sr=1-2

Farseer Trilogy (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Apprentice-Farseer-Trilogy-Book/dp/055357339X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279523843&sr=1-1

New Shit:
First Law Trilogy (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Blade-Itself-First-Law-Book/dp/159102594X/ref=pd_sim_b_1

The Name of the Wind (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Name-Wind-Kingkiller-Chronicles-Day/dp/0756405890/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257193424&sr=1-1

Codex Alera (fantasy)
http://www.amazon.com/Furies-Calderon-Codex-Alera-Book/dp/044101268X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279524012&sr=1-1

You want to read anything by Guy Gavriel Kay. Though not specifically set during these times and areas, the overarching themes are so apparent it’s almost appalling. Start with the The Summer Tree it’s hard to get into because he makes the characters hard to like before growing their personality. It’s worth it till the end though.

In addition to these five, he wrote a number of other short pieces set in the holiday season. These were mostly published in the periodicals of the day. Amazon has a collection for free, here.

Well, let's see. For the childhood classic favorites I think of when I think of AoGG, there's Little Women, and its two sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys; The Secret Garden; I also really remember enjoying Christy, but I really haven't read that in years, so I don't know how well it's held up.

When I got a little older, it was time for The Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings...both of which I think I read yearly at least until college.

As for what I read now, I'm a big SF/F nerd. My favorite author, easily, is Sharon Shinn, who writes fantasy with strong romantic elements--not "romance" novels, per se, but her stories, at the core, are usually love stories for at least one of the characters, with excellent dialogue and set in pretty interesting, well-developed worlds.

Other authors I like in a similar fantasy/romance vein are Jacqueline Carey
and Juliet Marillier. I haven't read everything they've written like I have with Sharon Shinn (or close enough to it, basically) so if you're interested in either one of them I'd be happy to give you more specific recommendations based on which books of theirs I've read myself.

Contemporary Christian romance

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https://www.amazon.com/Blessings-Love-Potters-House-Book-ebook/dp/B07K6NZDZK

Beverly: The chronicles of a barren woman is intertextualized from the account of Hannah, Elkanah’s wife who was barren until the curse of barrenness was broken from her life.


Beverly Peterson is a young colored lady who dwelt in Johannesburg. In her past she experienced a painful break-up with her guy, which led her to convert to Christianity. Above all she delighted herself in the Lord, for she had no way to remedy her inner-pain. Being a barren was uneasy for her to accept, she felt worthless. Everything in her life was not stable, to her, depression and happiness was like pendulum. However, she was attached to one thing, persistent prayer. The accumulation of her petitions later in her life birth a miracle. After an encounter with God, Beverly had a child and called her Grace.

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https://www.amazon.com/Beverly-Chronicles-Barren-Gopolang-Gubaza-ebook/dp/B07BNLNWPQ/ref=pd_ybh_a_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4XZXRWE5KNE81NHYQZ6V

Miserere might work. It's portal fiction about an additional plane between earth and heaven and hell. It's also very cheap as an ebook.

The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds

Second Chance Ranch - A Sweet Billionaire Romance .

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RLVSVT4

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In this book, I've put a unique twist on a typical love story where two orphans meet and start to fall in love. But the secrets in their past might be enough to keep them together in spite of the attraction they feel for one another.

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I've also included a link to the Audiobook version of this INSIDE of the ebook as well in case you're busy and would like to listen to it. I hope you enjoy it!

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I recommend reading the book "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers.
Sex is beautiful gift from God to us to enjoy with the love of our spouse/future spouse. Like you say, it is also a wonderful gift from us to our spouse/future spouse. However, sex might be important for a healthy marriage but know that it isn't everything. There is a lot more to a marriage than intercourse, intimacy; sex. If you marry this man, then know that he will make mistakes because he is not perfect -- when that happens, will you be there to pick him up and encourage him or will you tare him down? Will you forgive him? A healthy, strong and loving marriage revolves around God and forgiving your spouse is one of the greatest 'actions' we can do for our brethren... just as God does daily for us. To me, and in my marriage, sacrificial love appears to be one of the biggest keys to our healthy marriage alongside communication and loving forgiveness. Like I said, sex is a beautiful gift from God that we share with our love, but it isn't everything in a marriage. I pray and encourage you to forgive this man because in God's eyes he is pure... Show the world that a God-loving, a God-fearing couple can overcome the desires of our hearts to condemn one another by the simple act of forgiveness and compassion. It isn't easy and neither is a life of marriage.

I just published my first Christian novel, entitled Glory in the Flower.


The granddaughters of a powerful evangelist, sisters Kate and Mia walk very different paths.


Kate’s living a golden life, happily married to the loving, dynamic Ollie. Her joy only increases when she discovers she’s expecting a baby. But her idyll is shattered with a shocking, impossible diagnosis, and her marriage is turned on edge. Facing the reality of being HIV-positive and pregnant, along with the gossip and suspicion rising up from her community, Kate’s normally-unshakeable faith soon wavers.


Mia lost her trust in a loving God long ago. Caught in a downward spiral, fueled by anger and futile longing, she makes a grasping attempt at redemption with the help of Gabriel, a gospel singer with dark secrets of his own. Faced with yet another betrayal, Mia sees no way out.


As the family draws together in the aftermath of Mia’s final, horrifying attempt to end her own pain, they must confront their own secrets, and see the weaknesses they’ve ignored for too long. In the end, everyone must decide what it means to trust God through suffering and lay their lives at the foot of the Cross.


It can be bought here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JDCLHLM

"Christy"?

Yeah, it's too wacky for analogies.

I haven't read it, but I hear that https://www.amazon.com/Redeeming-Love-Francine-Rivers/dp/1590525132 is a pretty interesting "modern" retelling of the book of Hosea.

The Fionavar Tapestry remains one of my absolute favorite works of fiction, easily ranking up there with Way of Kings or The Name of the Wind.

The first book is The Summer Tree.

I haven't read it, but I heard about one just yesterday called My Fault.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D7SMFGY

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