Hope, Love, and Mystery: February Releases You’ll Want to Read

February is the perfect month to discover stories filled with hope, love, and intrigue. In this roundup of February book releases from Scrivenings Press, you’ll find uplifting Christian fiction across beloved genres, including romance, contemporary women’s fiction, and cozy mystery. Whether you’re drawn to heartfelt love stories, faith-filled journeys of healing, or a mystery that keeps you guessing, these new releases offer meaningful reads designed to encourage and inspire. Settle in and explore the stories readers are reaching for this month.

 

Title: Romancing the Elements (Novella Collection)

Authors: Ellen E. Withers, Delores Topliff, Tonya B. Ashley, and Jenny Carlisle

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: February 10, 2026

When love is rooted in God, no force of nature can stand against it.

In Romancing the Elements, four couples find themselves far outside their comfort zones—facing icy storms, relentless winds, rugged wilderness, and unyielding stone. Each story weaves faith, romance, and the raw beauty of God’s creation into journeys where love is tested, refined, and ultimately strengthened.

In Melting the Ice, a driven executive discovers that surrendering control may be the first step toward real partnership when an unexpected ice storm—and a gentle giant—disrupt her carefully planned life.

Anchor in the Wind follows a television reporter adrift in a new coastal city, where hurricane season and a quiet riverboat captain challenge her ideas of home, faith, and belonging.

In Enduring Stones, two battle-tested veterans confront old wounds and unexpected hope amid Montana’s unforgiving terrain, learning that endurance is forged through trust and grace.

And in Grace & Grit, a wilderness retreat pushes broken hearts onto the trail, where healing, humor, and faith walk hand in hand through fire and fear.

Across every element, these stories remind us that when God is at the center, love doesn’t just survive—it takes root and grows.

 

Title: Hope Even After

Author: Heather Greer

Genre: Women’s Fiction

Release Date: February 17,2026

Loving isn’t the problem. Living with the addiction is.

Daisy Taylor has loved her best friend since high school and she knows better than to hope for more. Grief shattered Luke Masters long ago, driving him from faith and into the numbing comfort of alcohol. Either wound would be enough to keep him safely in the friend zone. Together, harboring love for Luke is pointless.

When Pops died, Luke decided faith was nothing more than a crutch for the weak. The bottle became his sanctuary, his escape, his proof that he was still in control—no matter what anyone else believed. Especially Daisy.

But when Luke crosses a line he can’t take back, the slow, painful journey toward recovery begins. As Luke fights for sobriety, Daisy finds herself walking a razor’s edge—wanting to support him without rescuing him, to hope without reopening a love she buried years ago. Their happily ever after didn’t just fade… it died.

As old feelings resurface and healing tests them both, Daisy must decide whether hope is worth the risk. Will recovery strip away what little faith she has left or will it grow into something stronger, truer, and more beautiful than she ever imagined?

 

Title: No Egrets, Book 3 in the Empty Nesters Series

Author: Jen Dodrill

Genre: Mystery

Other Books in the Empty Nester Series: Birds Alive!, Where’s the Quetzal?

Release Date: February 24, 2026

When the birds disappear, the secrets take flight.

Life in Stone Creek Cove is full of charm, gossip… and now, missing egrets.

When the neighborhood’s beloved birds vanish without a trace, Peg Howard expects little more than a community scavenger hunt. Instead, she and her sharp-tongued mother-in-law, Hazel, are “volunteered” to lead the search—and stumble straight into trouble. Rumors swirl. Tempers flare. And before Peg can refill her coffee, a body turns up in the creek.

With a grandson to dote on, a mischievous new puppy underfoot, and two very different men vying for her attention, Peg already has enough complications. Adding amateur sleuth to the list wasn’t part of the plan. But when cryptic clues and not-so-subtle threats suggest someone wants the truth buried, Peg knows she can’t back away.

As Peg and Hazel dig deeper, they uncover secrets that stretch far beyond their quiet Pensacola neighborhood—secrets tied to shady deals, long-held grudges, and a killer determined to protect them.

Can Peg untangle the mystery before curiosity turns deadly—or will this case cost her more than a few feathers?

 

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