Christina Rich is an inspirational romance author known for writing heartfelt Amish fiction and historical romances filled with faith, hope, and enduring love. A mother, grandmother, and associate pastor, Christina weaves Christian themes into stories that inspire readers and celebrate God’s grace. Her books include uplifting romances, marriage-of-convenience stories, and historical adventures that feature compelling characters and satisfying happily-ever-afters. Through her writing and ministry, Christina encourages readers to deepen their faith while enjoying captivating, clean romance novels. Explore her books and discover stories that blend romance, redemption, and inspiration. You can find more about her and her books at threefoldstrand.com
He Was Hers to Command
Swept away from her home and into the desert, Abigail is as much a prisoner as she is a princess. A ruthlessly ambitious captain of the palace guard intends to force her into marriage and rule Judah through her. Yet the badly beaten soldier Abigail rescues offers another choice—if she dares trust him.
She is royalty, yet Jesse is surprised by the gentle compassion Abigail shows him as he heals. In return, he will help her escape to Jerusalem, protecting her life with his own. But Abigail’s rank and Jesse’s deadly past makes any future impossible, unless forgiveness forged by love can triumph over all. AMAZON
With no brothers to carry on her father’s legacy, Sh’mira, the maimed daughter of a prosperous farmer, must marry a man willing to leave his home and join her family. Yet every suitor scorns her disfigurement except Ariel, her father’s bondservant.
In exchange for his freedom, Ariel’s master offers him Sh’mira as a bride and grants him the rights of a firstborn son. But the former Commander of the Temple Guard cannot accept such an honor. He is bound by a vow to protect Judah’s future king from the child’s murderous grandmother. When the queen’s guard attacks the tiny village where he has been hiding, Ariel discovers he cannot abandon his master’s daughter.
Levi Turner is content working for River Valley’s Volunteer Fire Department and caring for the town’s homebound residents. He hasn’t wanted anything more since the car accident caused by his twin brother tore their small town apart. Then his old high school sweetheart returns and makes him want to live again. But can he let go of the bitterness of the past and reach for a future with her?
Casey Johnson never planned to return to River Valley. However, her aunt’s upcoming surgery gives her the chance to keep a promise she made to the man responsible for her sister’s death. It also gives her the opportunity to tell the man she once hoped to marry about their son. But if Levi cannot forgive his brother, how can he ever forgive her? Can they move beyond their pain and find a happily ever after?
When Ettie Mae Porter was fifteen her mother abandoned her and her father uprooted her and moved her to Kansas. Ten years of pain and rejection has left her heart scarred and searching for a place to call home. After she receives a phone call about her grandfather’s passing, she returns to her childhood home only to find old friends waiting to break through her impenetrable walls of anxiety. Their overwhelming attention has her on the edge of freaking out and ready to run back to Kansas.
Jackson Lee Davis has never forgotten the carefree girl he loved as a teen and intended on marrying after she graduated high school. When she shows up unexpectedly at his father’s hotel, due to his sister’s scheming, he can’t help but swoop in and rescue her. Unable to help himself, he falls right back into the role of a suitor and tries to convince her home is in Biloxi with him, but first he has to convince her that romance isn’t just a script written for movies, and hope like crazy she’ll believe love is possible, especially between them. AMAZON
When Eliana Sims returns home for Christmas she tries to ignore Doctor Benjamin Northrop, the man she’d left standing at the altar nearly two years before, but when she receives an urgent letter, the secret she’s been keeping from him is bound to come to light. Can the doctor convince her of his love and have a family for Christmas? AMAZON
Noah Danner’s volunteer work at the VA in Silverdale dims his vision for the future, until a careening pink VW driven by Jade Bentley changes his course—proving the heart is ever hopeful for love’s uplifting influence. AMAZON
Although he was forced to leave town and his bride of a few days after the death of his father seven years before, Pinkerton Agent Ethan Wyatt jumps at the opportunity to go under cover and investigate the murders of some of T-Town’s elite with the hope of finding his father’s killer and clearing his wife’s name all before his true identity is discovered?
After the slanderous gossip surrounding her marriage and the death of her father-in-law, Sadie kept her daughter and her medical skills a secret in order to fall in line with the expectations of her father and the more prominent folks of T-Town, but when a villain falls prey to poison while in jail, Sadie rushes in to try and heal him so he can stand trial for his crimes and ends up kidnapped, along with her daughter.
Will Ethan be able to keep his identity a secret and protect her and their child from the consequences of his own actions? And when danger surrounds them, can he keep his growing affections hidden? But the real question captivating his thoughts, will Sadie forgive him for abandoning her and allow them a second chance at love? AMAZON
After the death of her father, Lettie Ryan is determined to find out the truth and clear her father’s good name, but after her brother is in a similar accident, she wonders if she’s gone too far.
Detective Dax Sawyer has kept his distance from his former fiancé, but when she becomes a target for the mob, he refuses to leave her side.
Can they work together to take down an elusive mob boss before it’s too late? AMAZON
When Detective Ian McTavish takes on an undercover assignment at Worthington Estate to catch a thief the last person he expects to help keep his secret is his former fiancee, a woman who broke his trust and the very reason he left high society.
Addie Maxwell is trying to find contentment as her aunt’s companion and the lady’s pet monkey’s caretaker, but her days are numbered as she must soon marry a man of her uncle’s choosing, a man she despises. When she discovers her former fiancee at Worthington Estate, she remembers what it was like to love and be loved.
Can she earn his trust and remind him of the happily-ever-after they had hoped for? AMAZON
After Preacher Avington Carver receives a petition of divorce from his marriage-of-convenience wife, he knows he must resign his position as Hopper Falls’ pastor and return to Boston and weather the scandal, but when his congregants are attacked and murdered in their sleep, he’s left caring for their orphaned children and is need of a wife.
Hezekiah Parry has given up hope of marrying, and is quite content being a motherless spinster, but when Ave makes a promise to a dying woman she begins to hope for a family of her own. AMAZON
Pinkerton detective Garrison McGuire has a mission. He must find his orphaned nieces, ensure their well-being, and return to Chicago’s darkest alleyways to quiet his conscience. Falling for a woman who gambles, misquotes Scripture, and rescues orphans was never part of his plan. Yet he cannot ignore the pull he feels toward her.
Darbigal O’Donnell has little use for God. Her parents traded her for a pickaxe and a shovel, and she has never forgotten it. Still, she is determined to honor the godly man who rescued her from a life of prostitution. She saves young girls trapped in similar circumstances, even when it means breaking the law. When she robs a train bound for Coaly Creek and shoots the wrong man, she begins to realize there may be more to life than revenge.
Can this hard-edged detective soften enough to admit his love for the outlaw who captured his heart and the children she protects?
Janie Mason agrees to write editorials about the eligible bachelors of Hopper Falls. She hopes the assignment will open new doors. More than anything, she wants to expose the injustices in her free-state community. She also wants to bring down the man whose family has spread fear throughout the town. Then she finds herself in a compromising situation with the very man she despises.
Alec Dunn is no stranger to gossip. He has learned to ignore wagging tongues. But when the target of the town’s latest rumors is cast from her home, his sense of honor demands he help her. Even if it means taking her hand in marriage.
Bernadette Chambers has one last assignment before graduating from Harris-Spotchnet’s Finishing School of the Peculiar Kind. Unfortunately, she needs more than her training has prepared her for. She must serve as governess to a small child who witnessed her father’s kidnapping. Yet the child proves easier to handle than her uncle. His determination to keep his niece safe—and the sparks between them—leave Bernadette completely unprepared.
Retired Society Agent Isaac Clanton Willoughby knows his brother was on the verge of a scientific breakthrough. The cure could save countless lives from the disease that claimed Isaac’s late wife. Then his brother vanished only days before unveiling the cure at Andropogon’s Worlds Fair. Now Isaac must decipher his brother’s secret codes, discover who took him, and protect his young niece. Hiring the perfect governess should make things easier. Instead, he finds himself distracted by Bernadette’s beauty and intelligence. He realizes nothing is as it seems. Can he set aside his doubts and trust her to help unravel the mystery before it’s too late?
Deputy Quinn McCall has spent the last two years waiting for his wayward wife to return home. When he learns the real reason she left, he wonders if she can ever forgive him for placing a bounty on her head.
Sadie McCall never expected to return to Drover’s Pass. But she can’t deny her father’s dying wish to be buried at the home he built with his own hands. Even if it means ending up behind bars, she must go home and tell her husband her biggest secret of all.