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The Kingdom of Heaven, Evelyn M. Lewis

The Kingdom of Heaven

Alex, an agent of a dystopian government police force, is assigned to infiltrate a small religious cult and finds her life transformed in the process.
Reader ages: adults
The Genesis 6 Project, Michael Ferguson

The Genesis 6 Project

After the escape of a biblical Nephilim from a US genetics lab, Agent Frank Ironhorse Whitman must stop the beast on the Crow reservation.
Reader ages: adults
That Pale Host, L. G. McCary
Reviewed

That Pale Host

As her daughter grows, so does Charlotte’s fear. Whoever is watching has a message and will do anything to make her understand.
“That Pale Host slips through the walls of time, exposing spectral groanings too deep for words and the hope of healing that often lingers just out of reach.”
—Lorehaven review, 2021
Reader ages: adults
Urban Angel, A. J. Chamberlain

Urban Angel

Alex Masters wants to share the good news of Jesus with her generation, and her enemies, physical and spiritual, will do all they can to stop her.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Invading Hell, Bryan Davis

Invading Hell

The aliens are conquered, but the sinister force behind them remains to be defeated.
Reader ages: adults
The PRISM Conspiracy, Mary Schlegel
Reviewed

The PRISM Conspiracy

A gullible artist’s dream job gets complicated when she’s partnered with an infuriating android who is much more than he seems.
“Mary Schlegel’s gentle sci-fi The PRISM Conspiracy offers an attractive blend of possibility and sweet romance.”
—Lorehaven review, 2021
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Salt Heart, K. L. Pezzutto

Salt Heart

After humanoid creatures wash ashore, a young woman learns of her angelic descent and uncovers an ancient plot to destroy her people.
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Chapel Street, Sean Paul Murphy

Chapel Street

Rick Bakos straddles the boundary between sanity and madness while battling a demonic curse that has driven his family members to suicide for generations.
Reader ages: adults
I Call Him HIM, Scott W. Kimak

I Call Him HIM

Can a young girl save a mighty warrior from losing his soul?
Reader ages: adults
Bargaining Power, Sarah Awa

Bargaining Power

A secretary is the only one who can save the king’s life and stop a beguiling demon-fairy-woman from destroying countless other lives.
Reader ages: adults
Winter, Oliver D. King

Winter

A college Goth girl discovers she has the gift of prophecy and must use it to protect her friends from a Satanic priest.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Amish Werewolves of Space, Kerry Nietz

Amish Werewolves of Space

A resurgent zombie horde and mysterious nightly howls signal doom, not only for the Amish, but for the entire galaxy.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
2085: The Rise and Fall of The Sisters, Christopher J. Weeks

2085: The Rise and Fall of The Sisters

In the year 2085, militaristic feminism rules and a small group of renegade Christians holds the key to the world’s survival.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Bad Company, Joshua C. Chadd

Bad Company

Two brothers try to survive the end of the world with their faith and humanity intact.
Reader ages: adults
The Reluctant Disciple, Jim O'Shea
Reviewed

The Reluctant Disciple

Is the increase in paranormal phenomena across the globe a harbinger of amazing things to come, or something much more sinister?
“The Reluctant Disciple tours popular thematic attractions via disquieting paths.”
—Lorehaven review, spring 2019
Reader ages: adults
Wolf Pack, Joshua C. Chadd

Wolf Pack

Two brothers try to survive the end of the world with their faith and humanity intact.
Reader ages: adults
Walker's Vale, John J. Zelenski

Walker’s Vale

James Cooper, his wife Maria, and their four year-old autistic daughter soon discover that the ideal life they wanted comes with a steep price.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

Surrender

Bobby Roland, a socially-awkward psychic, must face an enemy who can make people see and hear illusions.
Reader ages: adults
War Demons, Russell Newquist

War Demons

A young soldier returns home from war in Afghanistan to find that he must face his literal war demons.
Reader ages: adults

Balor

Mixed martial arts meets Mississippi hoodoo in this supernatural tale.
Reader ages: adults
Battleborn, Joshua C. Chadd

Battleborn

Two brothers try to survive the end of the world with their faith and humanity intact.
Reader ages: adults
Mindfire, Allen Steadham

Mindfire

Power alone does not make a hero or villain.
Reader ages: adults
The Road to Armageddon, Clabe Polk

The Road to Armageddon

Mark Bishop never suspects that he is buying into a strategy for world domination operated by the Antichrist.
Reader ages: adults
Harvest of Prey, Alexander Preston

Harvest Of Prey

A team of naturalists find themselves face to face with an abomination spawned by unimaginable evil.
Reader ages: adults
The Xerxes Factor, Anna Zogg

The Xerxes Factor

Special agent Kelli Layne is determined to save a child’s life, even if it means traveling to an alien planet and becoming a fugitive from the law.
Reader ages: adults
Monster, Mirriam Neal

Monster

In 2053, WorldCure scientist Eva Stewart’s medical career becomes a nightmare when she discovers writing on her Subject’s cell wall. “I still have a soul.”
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Sanguine Rose, Jonathan Cross

Sanguine Rose

Leslie McKarron and the angel Ghallaram fight against demons and her father’s evil to restore the spiritual balance of our world.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Hidden Thrones, Russ Scalzo

Hidden Thrones

Jack Bennett can see evil. His unusual gift catapults him into a spiritual world that threatens not only his life but the human race.
Reader ages: adults
The Paradise Protocol, Anna Zogg

The Paradise Protocol

When bio-scientist Aric Lindquist is blacklisted for her outspoken defense of indigenous humanoids, Sean Reese is sent to her remote planet with a mission.
Reader ages: adults
Sacrifice, J.S. Bailey

Sacrifice

Bobby Roland isn’t ready to drive out demons, but sets out to find the woman and free her from her captors.
Reader ages: adults
The Battle for Halcyon by Peter Kazmaier

The Battle For Halcyon

Dave, Al, Pam and Floyd work with their Hansa allies to stop Meglir’s army and find a way to return Halcyon home to its own space-time.
Reader ages: adults
The Lost Prophet, James B. McPike

The Lost Prophet

After one of the Holy Land’s most sacred monuments is destroyed, the Ministry has to turn to their most prolific investigator to solve the case—Vince Ramsey.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Shift Tense, Patrick Todoroff

Shift Tense

Tam, Jace, Poet9 and the Triplets face Somali pirates, child soldiers, rival mercenaries, killer drones … and it’s just the beginning.
Reader ages: adults
Memory's Door

Memory’s Door

With a victory against the Evil One under their belts, the four of the Prophecy have managed to bring even greater adversity their way.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

Nightriders

A tale of the last years of the Texas Wild West – of oncoming civilization in all its savagery, a last ride by five vigilantes in the name of God, and a final confrontation with an evil unbounded by time or place. Supernatural thriller / fantasy western for adult readers.
Reader ages: adults

The Maze

With his family in danger and his soul in peril, Jamie Burroughs is forced to reevaluate the kind of man he truly is as he struggles to escape The Maze before it’s too late. Book 1 of the The Lost Labyrinth series, spiritual-warfare fantasy for young-adult readers.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

The Judgment Stone

What if praying became a curse instead of a blessing? Those who touch the Stone can see into the spiritual world.
Reader ages: adults
Quicksilver by R. J. Anderson

Quicksilver

Back in her hometown, Tori Beaugrand had everything a teenaged girl could want—popularity, money, beauty. But she also had a secret. A secret that could change her life in an instant, or destroy it.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

Codename: Winterborn

After a nuclear war in 2090 a third of the world is in ruins, and spy Kevin Anderson is sent to find the nuclear arsenal of the Islamic Republic of France.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

Dark Hour

Greensboro has fallen. For ex-reverend Jeff Weldon and those under his care, it is a losing battle, but the tale turns with the return of his brother Dras.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
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