21 New Christian Book Releases in July 2023
Christian fiction July 2023
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Are you looking for something new to read this July? If so, then you’ll be delighted with the upcoming Christian book releases in July 2023! From thrilling suspense novels to heartwarming romances, there is sure to be a novel that will capture your heart and soul.
Whether you are seeking an inspirational story or just a good read, these exciting books provide readers with unique perspectives on faith and life. With characters who face real-life struggles and situations full of hope, these stories will leave readers feeling refreshed and inspired.
So get ready for some inspiring summer reading as we look forward to the best Christian book releases in July 2023!
List of new Christian book releases in July 2023
Release Date: July 6, 2023
1 | This Child of Mine By Emma-Claire Wilson
Christian Contemporary Fiction
Stephanie is faced with a heartbreaking decision when she learns that her long-awaited pregnancy comes with the devastating news of an illness. Her husband pleads for her to save herself, however, due to his secrets and lies, she can’t trust him anymore. What would you do if put in this impossible situation?
Release Date: July 17, 2023
2 | Olivia by Elaine Manders
Historical Romance
Jonah Dykes, a preacher unjustly accused of scandalous behavior, sets off on a quest to the Colorado mines in hopes of reuniting with his brother and clearing his name.
Along the way, he discovers Olivia – an injured young woman who has lost all memory of her past. With no one else to turn to she falls under Jonah’s protective wing as together they embark on an adventure full of danger, mystery, and unexpected romance.
Release Date: July 11, 2023
3 | I Am Not Alone In Here by Jeffrey McClain Jones
Christian Paranormal Mystery
Struggling with loneliness, Mike Merriweather embarks on a journey of self-discovery when he encounters an eerie shape-shifting creature in his home.
With humor and courage, he must confront the pain from past losses while also facing fears about what lies ahead – eventually discovering that sometimes it’s not so bad to have another presence around.
Release Date: July 18, 2023
4 | How Sweet It Is by Andrea Christenson
Christian Contemporary Romance
Robin Fox, a former gourmet baker in Paris returns to her hometown of Deep Haven and finds that ordinary moments can be the sweetest. With help from Sammy Johnson, an old high school friend who is struggling with his own life, they work together on reviving the family bakery while also discovering what it means to find true love within their small-town community.
Will Robin choose between her glamorous dreams or settle for something sweeter?
Release Date: July 24, 2023 (Ebook)
5 | Not Another Christmas by Jaycee Weaver
Christian Contemporary Romance
Cindy Sinclair is determined to escape her chaotic family life over Christmas by taking a promotion – only for it to be given at the last minute to Nick Hoover, her childhood rival and enemy.
Forced back home together on their boss’s insistence, they must face old hurts from the past and try find common ground if love has any chance of winning out in time for the holidays. With help from meddling relatives, will these two rivals set aside preconceptions and finally bury the hatchet?
Release Date: July 1, 2023
6 | Through Every Danger by Lisa Phillips, Michelle Aleckson, Lynn Shannon, Rebecca Hemlock
Christian Romantic Suspense, Novella Collection
Undertow – Lisa Phillips
Selena, a former social media star looking to retire from her career, and Peter, an aspiring security operative with a troubled past are brought together by unexpected circumstances. When they join forces on board a cruise ship in pursuit of one last job for Selena and redemption for Peter’s wrongdoings, their lives take an unforeseen turn as they become embroiled in political intrigue involving dangerous foreign adversaries. With the stakes higher than ever before – survival itself hangs in balance against the powerful undertow of fate!
Swept Away – Michelle Aleckson
Malani Davis, a passionate California science teacher and ocean lover, is surprised to find Minnesota Deputy Lukas Berglund at the beach wearing cowboy boots. Despite her initial reservations, she accepts his help in searching for her missing foster sister. With their friends’ support and courage beyond measure, they bravely face danger head-on as they’re swept away by unexpected waves of peril!
Fractured Memories – Lynn Shannon
Felicity Capshaw, a Texas Ranger with amnesia from witnessing a murder as a teenager, reopens an old cold case only to get attacked before she can uncover the truth. Detective Noah Hodge has experienced loss in his life and is determined to protect her while also trying not to reopen his own heartache. As puzzling memories resurface for Felicity, danger lurks around every corner- will they be able to solve the mystery of what happened or will it remain buried forever?
Lethal Inheritance – Rebecca Hemlock
Kelly Blithe, a K-9 officer with the Oakwood Springs PD is faced with an unthinkable task – to investigate her brother’s murder. With help from Detective Harry Miller, she embarks on a mission that uncovers unexpected secrets buried in inheritance and leads them down a path of danger where they must work together to solve their case before it claims another victim. But as emotions run high between them both, can they unravel who has the motive for this heinous crime?
Release Date: July 25, 2023
7 | Frozen in Jeopardy by Melanie D. Snitker
Christian Romantic Suspense
Officer Gabe Harrison and his K-9 partner, Loki, stumble upon a dangerous drug shipment during a raging winter storm. When shots are fired from the tree line, Loki is hit by one of them.
Desperate to save her life before it’s too late, Gabe rushes with her to Dr. Paige Wade’s clinic for help while trying their best to fend off an attack from violent gang members who want to free their captured member. With time running out in this epic showdown between man vs nature vs criminal forces – can they survive the night?
Release Date: July 6, 2023
8 | Aarons Anguish by J. L. Dawson
Christian Romance
Aaron Carter has experienced immense pain and loss in his life, leading him to retreat into darkness. Bess does her best to bring Aaron out of the shadows but when she leaves for the city he is left alone with his grief.
Suddenly a tragedy on Aaron’s property offers an unexpected glimmer of hope: could this be what brings him back from despair? Can love eventually free him from anguish and help heal his broken heart?
Release Date: July 1, 2023
9 | Finding Us by Tracie Peterson
Historical Romance
Eleanor Bennet, a passionate photographer living in Seattle, captures an image of a woman with a sorrowful expression and holding onto her infant at an exposition.
She befriends Bill Reed -a botanist- who recognizes this woman as his lost sister-in-law Amelia Reed. To reunite them both Eleanor and Bill embark on the adventure to find Amelia while they also face dangers along their journey trusting that God will guide them through it all.
Release Date: July 11, 2023
10 | The All-American by Susie Finkbeiner
Christian YA Historical Sports Fiction, Baseball
In 1952, sixteen-year-old Bertha Harding dreams of a life beyond the traditional roles expected of women. After her father is accused of being part of the Communist Party and their family moves to a small town in Michigan, Bertha finds an opportunity unlike any other – tryouts for The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League’s Workington Sweet Peas team.
With courage and determination, she embarks on an unforgettable journey that will challenge everything she thought possible about herself.
Release Date: July 11, 2023
11 | Cold Pursuit by Nancy Mehl
Christian Romantic Suspense
River Ryland, a former FBI profiler suffering from PTSD, moves to St. Louis for a fresh start and opens an investigation firm with her friend Tony. When they’re approached by the mother of a missing teen boy who disappeared four years ago, they take on the case despite its daunting odds.
As their search progresses, however, it leads them into danger – that of an unknown murderer determined to punish anyone in his way!
Release Date: July 15, 2023
12 | The Starlet Spy by Rachel Scott McDaniel
Historical Romance
Amelie Blake, a Hollywood actress from Sweden, is recruited by the US Office of Strategic Services to use her brilliant memory and fluency in multiple languages to uncover top-secret atomic research files before they fall into Nazi hands.
She must be careful as she navigates Stockholm’s “Casablanca of the North,” but finds herself hindered at every turn by Finn Ristaffason – an enigmatic shipping magnate with unknown motives. With danger lurking around each corner, it will take all of Amelie’s cunning and acting skills if she hopes to survive this world filled with spies trying desperately to keep their secrets safe.
Release Date: July 24, 2023
13 | Like Honey for the Bones by Brandy Heineman
Christian Historical Romance, Dual Timeline
In the present day, Solveig Borja and Kyle Benton’s unexpected romance is thrown into disarray when they discover a century-old skeleton at Rice Caverns. As their story unravels, it reveals startling connections to 1919 – where Gussie Rice battles for her beau’s return from the Great War while harboring an illicit secret.
Now standing on opposite sides of time with growing danger in pursuit, both pairs must face dark truths that could lead them either toward hope or to destruction deep within the cavern’s hidden places.
Release Date: July 11, 2023
14 | Managing Millie by Susan Sloan
Christian Historical Romance
Millie Gibson and Troy McNeil have been in love for years, but when the Civil War strikes, they are forced to separate. When he returns from dodging Confederate forces, however, their reunion is cut short as he is arrested by Union Soldiers on suspicion of spying.
Amidst this chaos between two warring sides, can their romance survive? Only God knows if true love will prevail amidst a time of conflict and turmoil or fade away forever…
Release Date: July 11, 2023
15 | Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke
Christian Historical Fiction, Romance
Adelaida Rose MacNeill discovers an unexpected bond with three other girls at Lakeside Ladies Academy, forming the “Ladies of the Lake.” But their sisterhood is challenged by love and war.
Seventeen years later, Rosaline Murray receives a phone call from Dorothy – now headmistress of Lakeside – that forces her to confront memories she had been determined to forget; secrets about a man she once loved and why Adelaide stopped being who she was all those years ago.
Release Date: July 18, 2023
16 | Refuge for the Archaeologist by Danielle Grandinetti
Christian Historical Romantic Suspense
In 1930’s Wisconsin, Cora Davis is struggling to heal her ailing health and career while Silas Ward attempts to provide for his family.
When danger arrives at their doorstep in the form of lies and greed, they must decide whether protecting those closest will mean sacrificing all that matters or if uncovering the truth can set them both free. Welcome to Crow’s Nest—where romance hangs delicately on peril!
Release Date: July 18, 2023
17 | Over the Horizon by Penny Zeller
Christian Historical Romance
Pushed to the brink by a desperate situation, Paisley Abbott and Tyler Shepherdson find themselves in an unconventional agreement that unexpectedly leads them down the aisle.
As they attempt to build a family for three orphans on their farmstead in 1870s Idaho Territory, these two must learn how to trust God – and each other – as love slowly blossoms from this spontaneous marriage of convenience.
Release Date: July 28, 2023
18 | Murder Goes Glamping by Malissa Chapin
Christian Cozy Mystery
Piper Haydn is a wealthy music academy owner who prefers to play sonatas than huddle around campfires – until the local police chief teases her into it. But when she returns late from a piano conference, horror strikes as she finds herself standing over an unsolved homicide!
With her hippie pal missing and an unpleasant sheriff eager to pin the murder on her, can this terrified thirty-something clear her name before facing life behind bars? It’s up to Piper to do some amateur sleuthing if justice will be served in time for one final encore.
Release Date: July 11, 2023
19 | In the Shelter of Hollythorne House by Sarah E. Ladd
Christian Regency Romance
Anthony and Charlotte were once in love, but when her father made a wealthy arrangement for her to marry Roland Prior, they had no choice. Years later, after Roland’s untimely death leaves his estate vulnerable and their infant son Henry in danger of being targeted by those looking to make trouble with the inheritance, she takes him back home where he is protected as part of William Walstead’s watchmen – including none other than Anthony himself!
Faced again with old feelings neither expected would return so strongly between them both must decide how much they are willing to risk for an opportunity at redemption and a new future together.
Release Date: July 1, 2023
20 | Rebecca by Shannon McNear
Christian Historical Romance
Mato’aka, daughter of a Powhatan chieftain, is faced with the challenge to embrace or reject her newfound connection between herself and John Rolfe – an English widower.
As their friendship grows amidst the curiosity surrounding Jamestown’s colonists from across the eastern waters, Mato’aka must grapple with whether she will stay true to her roots or forge a new path forward that could ultimately become part of Roanoke Colony’s legacy.
Release Date: July 4, 2023
21 | Pixels and Paint by Kristi Ann Hunter
Christian Contemporary Romance
Emma Trinket is a computer programmer determined to make her family proud, but she’s entering an unfamiliar world. Meanwhile, Carter Anderson feels his inspiration fading and needs someone to reignite it—which he finds in the form of Emma.
As they push each other out of their comfort zones while trying to gain an advantage over one another, sparks fly between them despite their conflicting interests. Will they be able to reconcile these differences or will opposites eventually drive them apart?
Did you discover the best Christian book releases in July 2023?
As we approach the release date of July 2023 for these Christian books, there is much anticipation and excitement among readers. Whether you are a fan of romance or historical stories, each book promises to be an inspiring read that will encourage faith in God’s plan and purpose.
With engaging characters, thought-provoking themes, and captivating storylines, these Christian books have something special for everyone. So mark your calendar for July 2023 – it promises to be an amazing month!
