28 must-read fiction books like Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2) by C.J. Darlington

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Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

By: C.J. Darlington

4.20

Format: None pages, ebook

Alt Cover: ASIN B00GM0I680 Roxi Gold feels like a throwaway. Shuttled from one foster home to an…

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1. When Crickets Cry

By: Charles Martin

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A man with a painful past. A child with a doubtful future. And a shared journey toward healing for … read more

Similar categories in Charles Martin's When Crickets Cry book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • adult
  • fiction
"From out of your heart, you speak." -Emma, When Crickets Cry"

-Charles Martin, When Crickets Cry

"If anything in the universe reflects the fingerprint of God, it is the human heart"...It derives no benefit from the blood it pumps making it the most unselfish of organs...it is also the most courag…"

-Charles Martin, When Crickets Cry

"Back home, I went to my closet and pulled out the old engineer’s transit case stored there. When we were kids, Emma and I had found it in the attic, dusty and empty, and the leather strap used to car…"

-Charles Martin, When Crickets Cry

"But what I knew in my head stayed up there, swirling about the other ten zillion things I had retained. That knowledge informed my actions, what I did and how I did it. What Emma knew filtered from h…"

-Charles Martin, When Crickets Cry

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2. Submerged (Alaskan Courage, #1)

By: Dani Pettrey

4.07

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A sabotaged plane. Two dead deep-water divers. One single clue. Bailey Craig vowed never to … read more

Similar categories in Dani Pettrey's Submerged (Alaskan Courage, #1) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
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3. Wildflowers from Winter

By: Katie Ganshert

4.11

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Like the winter, grief has a season. Life returns with the spring. A young architect at a prestigio… read more

Similar categories in Katie Ganshert's Wildflowers from Winter book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"She doesn't sing in church anymore." "Maybe she realizes there's nothing to sing about." "Someday, Bethany, I hope you find out that you're wrong. There's so much to sing about."

-Katie Ganshert, Wildflowers from Winter

"Evan to Bethany: "Just trust me." "You say it like it's so easy." "Of course it's not." "Then how am I supposed to 'just trust' you?" "Funny thing about trust...Sometimes you have to give it before y…"

-Katie Ganshert, Wildflowers from Winter

"Wildflowers burst from the ground in vivid blues and whites and violets, creating a picture more pleasing than anything her hands could design. She didn't understand how it was possible, but Evan had…"

-Katie Ganshert, Wildflowers from Winter

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4. What She Left Behind

By: Ellen Marie Wiseman

3.65

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

In this stunning new novel, the acclaimed author of THE PLUM TREE merges the past and present into … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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5. Not a Sparrow Falls (Second Chances Collection, #1)

By: Linda Nichols

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Fleeing the men who have led her away from the practices of her faith, Mary Bridget Washburn finds … read more

Similar categories in Linda Nichols's Not a Sparrow Falls (Second Chances Collection, #1) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
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6. Stranded (Alaskan Courage, #3)

By: Dani Pettrey

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

When her friend vanishes from a cruise ship, reporter Darcy St. James isn't satisfied with their ex… read more

Similar categories in Dani Pettrey's Stranded (Alaskan Courage, #3) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery

7. Handyman

By: Linda Nichols

3.80

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Maggie Ivey is about to make the best mistake of her life. A struggling twenty-six-year-old single … read more

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8. The Road to Paradise: A Vintage National Parks Novel (Shadows of the Wilderness #1)

By: Karen Barnett

3.84

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

In 1927, Margie Lane, an avid naturalist, convinces her Senator father to procure her a position at… read more

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9. Just Once

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” (Woman’s World) wr… read more

Similar categories in Karen Kingsbury's Just Once book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • fiction
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10. Appalachian Song

By: Michelle Shocklee

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Forever within the memories of my heart. Always remember, you are perfectly loved. Bertie Jenkins… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Shocklee's Appalachian Song book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
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11. 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 C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"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

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12. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

By: Lucy Adlington

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Adlington's The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • adult
"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que era pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que c…"

-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que eran pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que …"

-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

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13. Newport Harbor House (Newport Beach #1)

By: Cindy Nichols

4.10

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Jen Watson is worried that this may be her last summer at the family’s beach house. She looks forwa… read more

Similar categories in Cindy Nichols's Newport Harbor House (Newport Beach #1) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
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14. You Make It Feel Like Christmas

By: Toni Shiloh

3.38

Format: 208 pages, ebook

Starr Lewis reluctantly returns home for the holidays jobless, single, and not at all prepared to b… read more

Similar categories in Toni Shiloh's You Make It Feel Like Christmas book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"I really want to kiss you."

-Toni Shiloh, You Make It Feel Like Christmas

"It was time to let the hurt go, even if Angel never said she was sorry."

-Toni Shiloh, You Make It Feel Like Christmas

"Starr’s voice had gotten quiet. Waylon couldn’t sit by and let her get railroaded by her obnoxious sister."

-Toni Shiloh, You Make It Feel Like Christmas

"Starr wanted to roll her eyes at his political grin. How had she ever thought him to be sincere and trustworthy?"

-Toni Shiloh, You Make It Feel Like Christmas

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15. All's Fair in Love and Christmas

By: Sarah Monzon

3.52

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Every December two things are guaranteed for graphic designer Mackenzie Graham--Christmas celebrati… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Monzon's All's Fair in Love and Christmas book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"Memories are precious things. Not to be taken for granted. They have the power to bring comfort, to make us smile and feel warm inside. Everyone should take the time to cherish the memories they have…"

-Sarah Monzon, All's Fair in Love and Christmas

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16. The Undertaker's Assistant

By: Amanda Skenandore

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An enthralling novel of historical fiction for fans of Lisa Wingate and Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Un… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Skenandore's The Undertaker's Assistant book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • mystery
  • fiction
"No one to mourn you in death meant no one to hurt you in life."

-Amanda Skenandore, The Undertaker's Assistant

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17. The Last Lifeboat

By: Hazel Gaynor

4.33

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

A Most Anticipated Book by Real Simple ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ and more! Inspired by a remarkable… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Gaynor's The Last Lifeboat book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • adult
  • fiction
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18. 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 C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • mystery
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
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19. Under the Magnolias

By: T.I. Lowe

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This night not only marked the end to the drought, but also the end to the long-held secret we'd ke… read more

Similar categories in T.I. Lowe's Under the Magnolias book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
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20. A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

By: Roseanna M. White

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Left with an estate on the brink of bankruptcy after their father's death, Lady Marigold Fairfax an… read more

Similar categories in Roseanna M. White's A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • mystery
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"I think the truth always changes us. I think it always should."

-Roseanna M. White, A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

"The truth isn't always pretty. But I like to think it's always beautiful."

-Roseanna M. White, A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

"The truth isn’t always pretty. But I like to think it’s always beautiful."

-Roseanna M. White, A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

"How very boring he'd painted his faceless future spouse. No wonder he'd never been inspired to search for her."

-Roseanna M. White, A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

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21. The Juliet Code (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #3)

By: Pepper Basham

4.41

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New My… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's The Juliet Code (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #3) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • mystery
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
Cover of The Mistletoe Countess (Freddie & Grace Mystery, #1) by Pepper Basham

22. 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 C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • mystery
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"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)

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23. The Slow March of Light

By: Heather B. Moore

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Based on a true story. Inspired by real events. A riveting and emotionally gripping novel of an Ame… read more

Similar categories in Heather B. Moore's The Slow March of Light book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian
  • fiction
Cover of Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1) by A.J. Pearce

24. Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1)

By: A.J. Pearce

3.80

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

A charming, irresistible debut novel set in London during World War II about an adventurous young w… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Pearce's Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • adult
  • fiction
"Find out what you're good at...and then get even better. That's the key."

-A.J. Pearce, Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1)

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25. The Seamstress of Acadie

By: Laura Frantz

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shor… read more

Similar categories in Laura Frantz's The Seamstress of Acadie book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
Cover of The Lost Castle (The Lost Castle, #1) by Kristy Cambron

26. The Lost Castle (The Lost Castle, #1)

By: Kristy Cambron

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Launching a brand-new series, Kristy Cambron explores the collision of past and present as she disc… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Cambron's The Lost Castle (The Lost Castle, #1) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
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27. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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28. Fear Has a Name (The Crittendon Files #1)

By: Creston Mapes

4.21

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

How Far Will He Go To Keep Them Safe? It was more than a break-in. More than a stalking. It was pe… read more

Similar categories in Creston Mapes's Fear Has a Name (The Crittendon Files #1) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Love's Mountain Quest (Hearts of Montana, #2) by Misty M. Beller

29. Love's Mountain Quest (Hearts of Montana, #2)

By: Misty M. Beller

4.43

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Young widow Joanna Watson is struggling to make a new home for her five-year-old son, Samuel, in th… read more

Similar categories in Misty M. Beller's Love's Mountain Quest (Hearts of Montana, #2) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • fiction
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • suspense
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30. The Legacy of Longdale Manor

By: Carrie Turansky

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In 2012, art historian Gwen Monroe travels to England's Lake District to appraise the paintings and… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Turansky's The Legacy of Longdale Manor book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"Time is fleeting, the days fade fast. Treasure faith and family, only they will last. ~text from Charlotte's diary"

-Carrie Turansky, The Legacy of Longdale Manor

"How she longed for a more meaningful connection and to be seen and loved despite her mistakes and weaknesses. ~Gwen"

-Carrie Turansky, The Legacy of Longdale Manor

"When we choose to forgive others, we are not excusing what they did or saying it was right. We’re releasing them into God’s hands and allowing Him to deal out justice as He sees fit."

-Carrie Turansky, The Legacy of Longdale Manor

"I’ve learned forgiveness is just as much for my benefit as it is for the other person. It’s like giving up my right to hurt someone back and letting God handle the justice of the situation as He thin…"

-Carrie Turansky, The Legacy of Longdale Manor

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31. Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

By: C.J. Darlington

4.20

Format: None pages, ebook

Alt Cover: ASIN B00GM0I680 Roxi Gold feels like a throwaway. Shuttled from one foster home to an… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2) book and C.J. Darlington's Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2)

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
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  • mystery
  • adult
  • new adult

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Charles Martin

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Hazel Gaynor

4.33

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