Reader’s Choice Giveaway – Winter Edition 2025 – Historical Fiction

A Happy New Year for me means happily perusing websites for the first new releases coming out this winter. There’s nothing like wiling away a cold winter’s day in the company of a good book and a cuppa hot cocoa. And it’s that time again — when we get to look ahead and plot out our reading futures…and that’s where this Reader’s Choice Week comes into play.

Here’s how this week’s giveaway works: You recommend CHRISTIAN FICTION genre specific titles with release dates in January, February or March 2025 (up to 3 suggestions per genre day) and you have a chance to win one of your recommendations! BUT it’s a little more complicated than that so be sure to read ALL the details before entering.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: These giveaways are available in paperback or ebook format to US and Canadian readers. Ebooks available internationally if you have a .com kindle account (US Amazon)

IT’S HISTORICAL ROMANCE/FICTION GIVEAWAY DAY!

To be entered in the draw just leave a comment (or 3) below, including the title(s) of the books in the Historical Fiction genre you would like to win.

Historical Romance/Fiction – a full length story or novella or collection of novellas set in any time period before 1980. May cross genres such as YA, Suspense, Amish etc. and may include dual timelines.

How does it work?

Easy Peasy! Make recommendations in the comment section and if you win, you win the book you suggested.

BUT YOU GOTTA FOLLOW THE RULES!

Publication date must be January, February or March 2025

Each day is genre specific, so only submit titles from that genre

Christian Fiction books only please!

You can offer up to three suggestions per genre day BUT they need to be made in 3 separate comments (easier for me to keep track of.)

No email entries this time round since WP comments are working

OF SPECIAL NOTE: IF YOU HAVEN’T COMMENTED ON THIS BLOG BEFORE, YOUR FIRST COMMENT WON’T APPEAR UNTIL I APPROVE IT. AFTER THAT YOUR COMMENTS WILL POST AUTOMATICALLY.

Entrants must submit their own selections (no piggybacking on someone else’s log in.)

It’s helpful to include your email (using AT and DOT instead of @ and . to protect yourself from spammers) but you only need to add it to one of your comments per day. If you choose not to include your email then it’s up to you to contact me if you are a winner.

DRAW WILL BE HELD AND WINNER ANNOUNCED ON

Saturday January 11 2025

(You can enter any of the giveaways up until noon on January 11. Winners will be announced later that afternoon.)

177 thoughts on “Reader’s Choice Giveaway – Winter Edition 2025 – Historical Fiction”

  11. Hello Friday! with all the holidays I’ mixed up, I have to remind myself what day of the week it is, they all seem like take-it-easy Saturdays, haha

    When Stars Light the Sky by Elzabeth Camden

    thanks for the giveawy Kav! tracey14567 at gmail dot com

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    1. This one released in Feb 2024 but we’re in 2025 now so it’s no longer a new release. Sarah Sundin is releasing another book in Feb 2025 — Midnight on the Scottish Shore — would you like to substitute that title? Or pick another book.

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  15. Before the King by Heather Kaufman

    I’m picky about my biblical fiction but this one looks intriguing and I’m a pushover for a great cover. I’ve never read anything by this author so I’m picking this book as one of my new-to-me authors for January 🙂

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  16. If I were so very fortunate to be selected, I would love the opportunity to read CLOAKED IN BEAUTY by Karen Witemeyer.

    Thank you for the wonderful chance to win a copy!

    MURDER BY THE LETTER by Carmen Radtke is a new release historical cozy I heard about that would be a great read too I think. 

    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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    1. Sorry, Kay, but Cloaked in Beauty released in December so it doesn’t work for this give-away since the books need to be published in Jan, Feb or March 2025. Also, Murder by the Letter looks fantastic but it’s not Christian Fiction so doesn’t work either. Feel free to choose other titles.

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      1. That’s what happens when you are still recovering from nerve burns in the hip and lower back. I’ve tried again below. 🙂

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  20. Spark of the Revolution by Megan Soja

    thnx Kav! I found so many books I added to my TBR when searching for releases this spring😂😅

    sarahdar0801ATgmailDOTcom

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    1. Oohhhh — some exciting new-to-me authors here. And isn’t that always the way — finding tons of books for the next season instead of this one? Happens every Reader’s Choice Week. 🙂 Good luck, Sarah!

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  33. Happy Fri, Kav. I kept thinking yesterday was Monday so how can it be so close to the weekend already? 🙃

    1) Heart of the Glen by Jennifer Deibel 1/21

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    1. I love Tracie Peterson’s books and for some odd reason I’ve left her behind. So that being said…

      3) A Constant Love by Tracie Peterson (the cover is gorgeous!)

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  38. #3. The Dreams We Knew, Rachel Scott McDaniel, 2/25

    Sandyavery at comcast dot net

    (my copy of The Indigo Heiress is also preordered)

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  44. I’m going to share an observation. It seems since Bethany and Revell merged, Bethany is keeping a lot of their digital and paperback books at full retail until well after they release. They used to always drop a few weeks before, but no more.

    I noticed this with Cloaked in Beauty and Cornered. I did not purchase them at that retail price, and they dropped the week after. Now I see it with The Indigo Heiress and When Stars Light the Sky. I don’t know if they are trying to push buyers to Baker House to buy paperbacks there or what (?)

    All that to say this, if perchance I win any books this week that are still at retail on release day, I would be willing to wait a week to see if they drop in price. Just my readerly 2 cents. I’m not paying retail for books and I don’t want you to have to either Kav 🙂

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    1. They revamped and merged their review teams . I re applied but didn’t make the cut. Glad I have netgalley and other sources to get my print copies for review.
      Baker usually gives great discounts on pre orders. 40% off and free shipping. Christian Book is having quite a sale on older books. I got several for 49cents and 99 cents. They frequently have codes for free shipping too.

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      1. Bethany is a division of Baker Publishing, and I think they are trying out this new strategy to try and “encourage” buyers over to them while their new releases are at 40%. It makes sense, and I’ve bought from them, but I read almost exclusively ebook now so I’m having to wait for these new releases to come down to a more reasonable price range. I’m going to be watching if it stays that way, or if they realize readers are noticing.

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    2. Tracey, I agree. The prices are outrageous! $18.99 for paperback and $17.99 for ebook. No wonder they have turned down our requests from getting free books on NetGalley. I’ve noticed though that some of those prices will drop ON release day. At least they did last year. No pre-ordering ebooks on Amazon for sure unless it’s an indie like one of Christy Barritt’s that’s not very expensive.

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    3. Thanks for sharing this, Tracey. I’ve noticed that the Kindle prices are the same as the paperback prices which seems bizarre to me. I didn’t think prices went down until months later so it’s interesting that the price goes down a week after the release day. I wonder if they offer the discount on preorders? If not, what’s the incentive to preorder and since publishers count preorder numbers to decide the success of a book release overpricing is just messing everything all up. They’re actually discouraging people from preordering! Crazy!

      And thanks for offering to wait to see if the price goes down per chance you win. 🙂

      Oh — and I don’t think it’s them trying to push buyers to Baker House because those steep prices are coming from every single publisher. It seems like the market value of books has gone up that much…or maybe retailers are charging too much to carry the books? If Baker House can afford to stay in business while offering 40% discount on new releases plus free shipping, well, that’s speaks to the actual value of the books. 😦

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      1. I looked up the books I have on my must buy list on amazon this morning and did a breakdown of price/publisher to compare:

        Bethany 15 books= 9 @ retail 16.99-18.99, 5 @ 18.04 from 18.99, 1 @ 12.82 from 18.99

        Thomas Nelson 3 books= 1 @ 7.99 from 11.99, 1 @ 7.99 from 12.99, 1 @ $9.99 from 17.09

        Tyndale 1=18.99

        Kregel 1= $9.99 with the paperback at 16.99

        Indie books 10= 2.99-5.99

        It would appear Bethany and Tyndale are going for the higher retail through release day, while Thomas Nelson and Kregel are following the old system and reducing ahead of time, Indies are holding steady.

        Per your observation about what’s the advantage to preorder through amazon, of course there isn’t any at full retail, but if you read paperback, clearly the best choice is Baker Books and that’s the observation I was making. I wish them the best at taking on the big A, but for ebook readers like me it’s a wait and see how long it takes to drop game.

        Sorry Kav, I didn’t mean to turn historical day into a Sunday Conversation with Kav day ,lol.

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      2. No apology necessary, book conversations are wonderful any day of the year! This is fascinating — and I found it in my pending folder for some strange reason…maybe because of the prices with the @ symbol? Anyway — I see your point about Baker House. They seem to be enticing readers away from Amazon and I’m all for that. But, like you say, does not help ebook readers at all or audio book readers either, though I can get any book for $13 if I buy credits – another reason I’m buying more audio than print myself. And that’s Canadian dollars, not US so for American Audible it’s probably $10 which is an awesome deal for any of these new releases.

        Interesting how much cheaper indie books are in ebook when they are often quite pricy in print. Sigh — I need to head to my optometrist again and figure out what’s up with my wonky eyeballs. 🙂

        Thanks for some more intrepid reporting, Tracey.

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  45. Here are some others that might not have been mentioned:

    The Daughter of Rome by Angela Hunt

    Written in Secret by Cristal Caudill

    Worth Fighting For by Pegg Thomas

    The Dreams We Knew by Rachel Scott McDaniel.

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    1. Thanks for adding to my list, Paula! I’m intrigued by Crystal Caudill’s book — love the mix of history and suspense. And interesting to find another revolutionary war novel in the mix. There’s been quite a few mentioned today — must be the new hot theme.

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