30 must-read christian fiction books like A Five and Dime Christmas by Cynthia Hickey

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A Five and Dime Christmas

By: Cynthia Hickey

4.15

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Christmas Is a Time for Romance at an 1880s Department Store. Christmas Romances in One Collection …

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1. The Rose and the Thistle

By: Laura Frantz

4.17

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In 1715, Lady Blythe Hedley's father is declared an enemy of the British crown because of his Jacob… read more

Similar categories in Laura Frantz's The Rose and the Thistle book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
  • audiobook
"You cannot change the past, only how you regard or respond to it. Nor should you dwell on it."

-Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

"Her defenses had been bridged, compromised. She should have continued to find him maddening, even infuriating. NOT enthralling."

-Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

"You are still my English rose," he said, laying their clothing over a chairback. "While I remain your Scottish thistle." -Laura Frantz, the Rose and the Thistle 2023"

-Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

"Perhaps I should apply my scholarship to your speech, milord. Labor over a dictionary of your peculiar language. 'Tis a great garble of words and growls, at least to my Northumbrian ears."

-Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

Cover of A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2) by Julie Klassen

2. A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2)

By: Julie Klassen

4.21

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Royalty comes to Sidmouth, bringing unexpected danger and the sweet possibility of romance. . . . … read more

Similar categories in Julie Klassen's A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Take two chickens and dress them very neatly. - Mrs Glasse, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy"

-Julie Klassen, A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2)

Cover of The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores, #1) by Julie Klassen

3. The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores, #1)

By: Julie Klassen

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

When their father's death leaves them impoverished, Sarah Summers convinces her sisters to open the… read more

Similar categories in Julie Klassen's The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores, #1) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"A solitary soul can do little. But together...what lasting beauty we create."

-Julie Klassen, The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores, #1)

"Of course the disease was not your fault, " Mr. Hornbeam said more softly. "But we choose how we respond to life's misfortunes."

-Julie Klassen, The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores, #1)

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4. The Blackout Book Club

By: Amy Lynn Green

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European Front puts Avis Montgomery i… read more

Similar categories in Amy Lynn Green's The Blackout Book Club book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I have found that books make fine friends--but fellow readers even better."

-Amy Lynn Green, The Blackout Book Club

"Wasn't that one purpose of stories? The best ones might be about good and evil in fictional lands, but they were meant to help people recognize them in the real world. And maybe even teach them how t…"

-Amy Lynn Green, The Blackout Book Club

Cover of Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1) by Karen Witemeyer

5. Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

By: Karen Witemeyer

4.29

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Beauty has been nothing but a curse to Penelope Snow. When she becomes a personal maid for a famous… read more

Similar categories in Karen Witemeyer's Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You don't have to earn your place here, Penelope," he'd said. "This is your home now. You're one of us, and we take care of our own."

-Karen Witemeyer, Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

"She cold dance with butterflies all she liked. That wouldn't stop him from clipping her wings if that's what it took to see justice done."

-Karen Witemeyer, Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

"She could dance with butterflies all she liked. That wouldn't stop him from clipping her wings if that's what it took to see justice done."

-Karen Witemeyer, Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

"In all the daydreams she'd woven about her and Titus sharing intimate conversations, never once did they entail discussing corset burglary."

-Karen Witemeyer, Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1)

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6. Authentically, Izzy (Skymar, #1)

By: Pepper Basham

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

“Dear Izzy—I feel certain there’s a book-loving man living relatively nearby waiting to speak booki… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's Authentically, Izzy (Skymar, #1) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • christian romance
  • audiobook
"The place where they lived within my heart is still being held for them, like a bookmark of sorts - waiting to see them again."

-Pepper Basham, Authentically, Izzy (Skymar, #1)

Cover of I Am In Here: A Breathtaking Christian Thriller by Creston Mapes

7. I Am In Here: A Breathtaking Christian Thriller

By: Creston Mapes

4.54

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

"Little do they know, I can hear and see everything." Eighteen-year-old Hale Frodele is presumed br… read more

Similar categories in Creston Mapes's I Am In Here: A Breathtaking Christian Thriller book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. A Quilt for Christmas

By: Melody Carlson

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Christmas should be celebrated with family. But for Vera Swanson, that's not an option this year. W… read more

Similar categories in Melody Carlson's A Quilt for Christmas book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Anything but Plain

By: Suzanne Woods Fisher

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It's not easy being the bishop's daughter, especially for Lydie Stoltzfus. She's not like other Ami… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Woods Fisher's Anything but Plain book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • christian romance
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10. On the Way to Christmas: Three Stories

By: Sheila Roberts

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, anything can happen. In this glittering and heartwarming col… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Roberts's On the Way to Christmas: Three Stories book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Embers in the London Sky

By: Sarah Sundin

4.22

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

As the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940, Aleida van der Zee Martens escapes to London to… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sundin's Embers in the London Sky book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Positively, Penelope (Skymar, #2)

By: Pepper Basham

4.21

Format: 396 pages, Paperback

Told mostly through letters, texts, and email, this contemporary romance will charm its way into he… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's Positively, Penelope (Skymar, #2) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • christian romance
  • audiobook
"But don’t let all those big dreams in your head stop you from seeing that sometimes the best adventures can still be in the simplest things. Like home and family."

-Pepper Basham, Positively, Penelope (Skymar, #2)

"He’d never met anyone who wore sunshine quite like Penelope Edgewood. At first, it had been too much. Too overpowering and seemingly inauthentic, but then, over the weeks, her vibrancy melded into th…"

-Pepper Basham, Positively, Penelope (Skymar, #2)

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13. Yours Truly, Thomas

By: Rachel Fordham

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For three years, Penny Ercanbeck has been opening other people's mail. Dead ends are a reality for … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Fordham's Yours Truly, Thomas book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There's nothing so fine as a man who knows to turn down a different road."

-Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

"You don't want to miss the love that's perfect for you because you're too busy searching for a fairy tale."

-Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

"I'd rather never marry than marry for any reason but love. Don't you want something more? Someone you can't imagine living without?"

-Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

"I'm a better person in Azure Springs than I was in Alexandria. And pain brought me here. I'm still making peace with it all, but I'm grateful I got here even if the road was rocky and marred with pai…"

-Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

Cover of The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright

14. The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

By: Jaime Jo Wright

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a position as housemaid at a midwestern Wisconsin castle and… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Jo Wright's The Vanishing at Castle Moreau book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"A woman is a powerful creature, Daisy François. Do not underestimate the power you wield."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

"I’m sorry. . . . For whatever happened to you to steal the life from your eyes. To make you so afraid."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

"Death had avoided her, while life itself had extended a hand and insisted there was purpose. There was refuge."

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

"You realize that if you aren’t an ambassador for your own feelings and thoughts, then no one else shall be either?"

-Jaime Jo Wright, The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

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15. A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

By: Angela Bell

4.02

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Miss Clara Marie Stanton's family may be eccentric, but they certainly aren't insane. London, En… read more

Similar categories in Angela Bell's A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You are "

-Angela Bell, A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

"You are a maker. Not the Maker."

-Angela Bell, A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

"Dearest Clara, I would rather be absurd with you than normal with anyone else."

-Angela Bell, A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

"Heaven knows you're precious and worth protecting even when men don't, and heaven will defend you even when men fail."

-Angela Bell, A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure

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16. The Mistletoe Countess (Freddie & Grace Mystery, #1)

By: Pepper Basham

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Will the magic of Christmas bring these two newlyweds closer together, or will the ghosts of the pa… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's The Mistletoe Countess (Freddie & Grace Mystery, #1) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Clearly you’ve not been reading your Sherlock. Every mystery starts with a remote theory based on inconclusive findings."

-Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess (Freddie & Grace Mystery, #1)

Cover of The Cairo Curse (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #2) by Pepper Basham

17. The Cairo Curse (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #2)

By: Pepper Basham

4.23

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Clue meets Indiana Jones with a fiction-loving twist only Grace Percy can provide.   Newlyweds Lo… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's The Cairo Curse (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #2) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
  • audiobook
"I must say here is another perfectly good example of the value in having a rope along with you at all times."

-Pepper Basham, The Cairo Curse (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #2)

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18. The Letter Tree

By: Rachel Fordham

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mere words can’t end their families’ feud, but the Campbell heir and the Bradshaw heiress plan to w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Fordham's The Letter Tree book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
  • audiobook
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19. The British Booksellers

By: Kristy Cambron

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Inspired by real accounts of the Forgotten Blitz bombings, The British Booksellers highlights the c… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Cambron's The British Booksellers book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Perhaps days like this are exactly why we have books in the world. To remember that not all is lost, even if we find ourselves in the unknown. I like to think we provide a haven for the wanderer. And…"

-Kristy Cambron, The British Booksellers

Cover of A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1) by Jen Turano

20. A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

By: Jen Turano

4.19

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Miss Gwendolyn Brinley accepted a temporary paid companion position for the Newport summer season, … read more

Similar categories in Jen Turano's A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I knew underneath that intimidating demeanor of yours was a reasonable woman,"

-Jen Turano, A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

"But you succeeded in your assignment because you, my darling Gwendolyn, are my perfect match"

-Jen Turano, A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

"I’m perfectly comfortable with who I am— a bluestocking at heart, who besides loving the written word has a great affection for cats."

-Jen Turano, A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

"We’ll receive everyone in the parlor, but only after I have Gibbons leave them lingering about in the receiving room for a good ten minutes or so."

-Jen Turano, A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

Cover of Targeted by Lynette Eason

21. Targeted

By: Lynette Eason

4.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Get ready for triple the excitement, intrigue, and romance with three heart-stopping stories from y… read more

Similar categories in Lynette Eason's Targeted book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • christian romance
  • audiobook
Cover of The Maid of Ballymacool by Jennifer Deibel

22. The Maid of Ballymacool

By: Jennifer Deibel

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Brianna Kelly was abandoned at Ballymacool House and Boarding School as an infant. She has worked t… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Deibel's The Maid of Ballymacool book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
"Ya were meant for greatness in this world, a stoir. Even if yer station never changes."

-Jennifer Deibel, The Maid of Ballymacool

"You're a daughter of the Creator of the universe. Ya have a purpose far grander than you could ever imagine."

-Jennifer Deibel, The Maid of Ballymacool

"Child, there's more to yer story than ye could ever know. And there's things the good Laird has for ye to do that no one else can."

-Jennifer Deibel, The Maid of Ballymacool

"Micheal studied the woman's face. She was beautiful, aye, but there was something about her, something he couldn't place, that absolutely captivated him."

-Jennifer Deibel, The Maid of Ballymacool

Cover of Engaging Deception (The Joplin Chronicles, #3) by Regina Jennings

23. Engaging Deception (The Joplin Chronicles, #3)

By: Regina Jennings

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Olive Kentworth has spent her life hiding her interest in architecture, even though she pores over … read more

Similar categories in Regina Jennings's Engaging Deception (The Joplin Chronicles, #3) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Song of Sourwood Mountain by Ann H. Gabhart

24. The Song of Sourwood Mountain

By: Ann H. Gabhart

4.41

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

While the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean's hopes of being a wife and mo… read more

Similar categories in Ann H. Gabhart's The Song of Sourwood Mountain book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
Cover of Beneath His Silence by Hannah  Linder

25. Beneath His Silence

By: Hannah Linder

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Will Seeking Justice Lead to Her Own Demise?   A Gothic-Style Regency Romance from a Promising Youn… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Linder's Beneath His Silence book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You may be a bit presumptuous, Miss Woodhart, and may lack certain habits of good etiquette. But in dancing, you exceed many—and in loveliness, I have known no equal."

-Hannah Linder, Beneath His Silence

Cover of What We Hide (Tupelo Grove #1) by Colleen Coble

26. What We Hide (Tupelo Grove #1)

By: Colleen Coble

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Savannah Webster is trying to find her way forward. She and her husband, Hez, have been separated s… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Coble's What We Hide (Tupelo Grove #1) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On My Honor (Heroines of WWII) by Patty Smith Hall

27. On My Honor (Heroines of WWII)

By: Patty Smith Hall

4.12

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

A Girl Scout Troop Joins the Battle of the Atlantic  Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this… read more

Similar categories in Patty Smith Hall's On My Honor (Heroines of WWII) book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes

28. Born of Gilded Mountains

By: Amanda Dykes

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When newcomer Mercy Windsor arrives in Mercy Peak in 1948 after a scandal shatters her gilded world… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Dykes's Born of Gilded Mountains book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Spatts is strong. - Rusty"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"I sometimes think, when our dreams seem impossible to us, perhaps we just haven't seen yet how God will chase after our hearts with those very dreams, in the unlikeliest ways."

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"Sunsets here were more an experience than a sight. They marked the soul. Pierced it, rearranged things with all that shifting color and light, and sealed it up again, a little more whole than it was …"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

"On a stage of earth, beneath a canopy of stars, with a score of scattered laughter, Mercy watched a story unfold more enchanting than any the Dream Factory of Hollywood could have produced. Even the …"

-Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

Cover of A Five and Dime Christmas by Cynthia Hickey

29. A Five and Dime Christmas

By: Cynthia Hickey

4.15

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Christmas Is a Time for Romance at an 1880s Department Store. Christmas Romances in One Collection … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond Ivy Walls by Rachel Fordham

30. Beyond Ivy Walls

By: Rachel Fordham

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, a recluse and a young woman discover that the scars of life ar… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Fordham's Beyond Ivy Walls book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • christian romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann by Gill Paul

31. Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann

By: Gill Paul

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Mad Men  meets the world of publishing in international bestselling author Gill Paul’s new novel ab… read more

Similar categories in Gill Paul's Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann book and Cynthia Hickey's A Five and Dime Christmas

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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