Inspirational Chick Lit

Updated 05/10

Design on a Crime by Ginny Aiken
Haley is just getting started in her own interior decorating business when her mentor is murdered. Haley has to face her own demons and struggle with her faith when the police focus on her as the main suspect in the crime. This book is about losing faith and finding God, even in the dark places.

Million Dollar Dilemma by Judy Baer
When more than $20 million falls into her lap shortly after she moves to Minneapolis, Cassia Carr views her Midas touch as a cross, not a blessing, including the unexpected difficulty of giving it away!

Catch a Rising Star by Tracey Bateman
Accepting an opportunity to reprise her role on a popular soap opera, Christian actress Tabby Brockman finds herself encountering the factors that prompted her initial separation from the job, forcing her to draw on her faith for guidance.

What a Girl Wants by Kristin Billerbeck
As a successful patent attorney, Ashley Stockingdale has all the makings of a perfect catch—the looks, the brains, even a convertible. But at 31, she's beginning to wonder if she's been passed over for good. Deciding to adopt a new attitude, Ashley suddenly becomes the romantic interest of three men within a matter of days. Is it more than Ashley can handle? Or is it exactly what she wants?

Love the Sinner by Lynn Bulock
Amateur detective Gracie Lee Harris must rely on her quirky group of church friends to help clear her name in the murder of her two-timing husband. With suspects that include his pregnant mistress and the daughter he swindled, Gracie has her hands full.

Spring Broke by Melody Carlson
With creditors hounding her, Kendall's spendthrift lifestyle has finally caught up with her. Her roommates are caught up in problems, too. So when Lelani's parents offer to host the girls in Hawaii, it sounds like the vacation everyone needs—but no one can afford. A really big garage sale is scheduled, but fraying tempers threaten the teamwork needed to pull it off. Will they finally turn to the One who can really help?

Mother of Prevention by Lori Copeland
Arriving in San Francisco with her young daughters to start a new life after the death of her husband, cosmetologist Kate Madison meets two extraordinary people who show her the true meaning of friendship and faith—and help her overcome her own fears and insecurities.

Consider Lily by Anne Dayton
At 27, Lily Traywick is still living in her parents' house, languishing in the children's department of their San Francisco department store and beginning to think that she's never going to go on a real date. Deciding a major life makeover is just the ticket, she trades softball gloves and jeans for fishnet stockings and flirting lessons, and soon has the new life she dreamed of. But has she lost herself in the process?

Sahm I Am by Meredith Efken
Told entirely in e-mails, this hilarious novel details the relationship between five Christian stay-at-home moms—Dulcie, Zelia, Jocelyn, Brenna and Phyllis—and their angst against the "Martha Stewart Reborn" moderator, Rosalyn, who has issues of her own.

Flippin’ the Script by Aisha Ford
Working hard to achieve a promotion in spite of a difficult boss and a budding office romance, talk show producer and Christian Sabrina Bradley accepts an opportunity to produce a television segment involving kept New Year's resolutions, but finds the offer compromised by her own resolution that she would fall in love.

Made of Honor by Marilynn Griffith
“I, Dana Rose, do solemnly swear to say 'I won't' the next time someone asks me to be in their wedding party. My weak will has gained me a closet full of unflattering bridesmaids' dresses in various sizes to accommodate my ever-fluctuating waistline.” So says the main character of Made of Honor, Dana Rose—but the moment she thinks she’s figured it out, life throws her a curve.

Sisterchicks on the Loose by Robin Jones Gunn
Sharon’s uneventful life changes when her best friend of 20 years, Penny, takes an impulsive trip to seek out her only living relatives in Finland—and brings Sharon with her. The land of reindeer and saunas holds infinite varieties of zaniness for these two unlikely friends, who return home with a new view of God, a new zest for life and a big impact on those around them for decades to come.

Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson
A group of Chicago-area women from totally diverse backgrounds and life experiences are thrown together at a big weekend conference. Forming a prayer group, the women begin to chat via e-mail, having no idea how God's going to change their lives! As they write, their conversations get "too hot," and they decide to meet in person. Ruffled feathers are soon smoothed, and even super-Christian Jodi Baxter learns that we're all sinners, saved by grace.

Sadie-in-Waiting by Annie Jones
Accepting the position of Wileyville, Kentucky’s, newest graveyard superintendent, Sadie adds "Fraidy Sadie the Cemetery Lady" to the other roles that sometimes seem unreal to her—former Dogwood Blossom Queen, pharmacist's wife, mother of two teenagers, daughter of a man who fancies himself King Solomon—or King Lear? But her daddy's antics and a journey with her sisters into the past bring Sadie a stunning revelation, and an understanding of what she's been waiting for.

Leaving Carolina by Tamara Leigh
Piper Wick left her hometown of Pickwick, North Carolina, 12 years ago, shook the dust off her feet, ditched her drawl and her family name, and made a new life for herself as a high-powered public relations consultant in LA. Now all of Piper's hard-won happiness is threatened by a reclusive uncle's bout of conscience.

Tiger Lillie by Lisa Samson
Fifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of Ted, her childhood sweetheart, gutsy and daring Lillie Bauer—bungee-jumper, book addict and delightfully offbeat coordinator of "extreme" high-concept weddings—is ready to find love again.

Dreaming in Black and White by Laura Jensen Walker
Phoebe Grant lives in a cool apartment (even if it does need a little work), works at the city newspaper (OK, she writes obits—but she's sure she'll get her dream job reviewing movies), and has a best girlfriend (that would be Lindsey) to play straight-woman to her life's witty script. But when she loses her job and her mother breaks both arms, Phoebe finds her carefully constructed screenplay being rewritten in ways she hadn't planned.

Everything’s Coming Up Josey by Susan Warren
When her sister marries her ex-boyfriend and her secret crush gets engaged, Josie, after hearing an inspirational speech at her local church, decides to become a missionary and, leaving the small town of Gull Lake, Minnesota, behind, journeys to Russia, where romantic chaos ensues.