Torchflame Books is excited to announce our upcoming new releases for the Fall 2025 catalog! From sweet love stories to mysteries to history and self-improvement, these new releases are certain to entertain and engage your mind.
Steadfast Love
Christian Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Romance
Processing the loss of her mother and in need of friends her age, Beth Delaney joins a bible study at her church. In this midst of the 2010 recession, most of her free time is filled by picking up extra shifts at the hospital. But while keeping busy is a great distraction, it isn’t filling the gaps she feels. She’s hopeful a bible study may help bridge the gap between her and God.
John Beaumont is successfully running his family’s furniture business, but despite his success, he still feels empty. He feels most alive when he’s helping others find God through the bible study he co-leads, and he’s seeking direction and fulfillment when he and Beth cross paths.
As Beth and John get to know each other, they discover an undeniable draw to one another and get on the path to a quick marriage. But merging two lives is no simple task, especially when family, their careers, and the world itself seem against the couple.
John and Beth must deepen their trust in God if they are to weather the storms coming their way and discover what it truly means to love someone.
Releasing August 26, 2025
Green Glitter Girl
Memoir, Psychology
A courageous exploration of survival, healing, and hope.
After the preventable death of her baby sister, a tragedy that shaped her life from age three to adulthood, Connie faced unimaginable challenges—from her parents’ severe depression to abusive relationships and the physical toll of generational trauma. With raw honesty, she shares her journey of resilience and recovery, seamlessly blending her expertise as a therapist and Melanie’s experience as an energy healer with cutting-edge insights from neurobiology and psychology.
This powerful memoir also offers a practical, easy-to-follow exercise to help readers break free from the grip of trauma and reclaim their lives. If you’re searching for inspiration, healing, or a path to self-discovery, Connie’s story will guide you toward hope and transformation.
Releasing September 2, 2025
Going to School in Black and White (Second Edition)
“The challenges of identity, assimilation, achievement, and politics that were faced by Lahoma and Cindy are the same challenges our youth are facing today.” –Jaki Shelton Green, poet and NC Literary Hall of Fame inductee
The school careers of two teenage girls who lived across town from each other—one black, one white—were altered by a court-ordered desegregation plan for Durham, NC in 1970.
LaHoma and Cindy both found themselves at the same high school from different sides of a court-ordered racial “balancing act.” This plan thrust each of them involuntarily out of their comfort zones and into new racial landscapes. Their experiences, recounted in alternating first person narratives, are the embodiment of desegregation policies, situated in a particular time and place.
Cindy and LaHoma’s intertwining coming of age stories are part of a bigger story about America, education and race—and about how the personal relates to the political.
This dual memoir covers the two women’s life trajectories from early school days to future careers working in global public health, challenging gender biases, racial inequities, and health disparities. LaHoma and Cindy tell their stories aware of the country’s return to de facto school segregation, achieved through the long-term dismantling of policies that initially informed their school assignments.
As adults, they consider the influence of school desegregation on their current lives and the value of bringing all of us into conversation about what is lost or gained when children go to school in black and white.
Releasing September 16, 2025
Whispers on the Mountain
Crime Fiction, Thriller, Suspense
A woman vanishes and a reporter will stop at nothing to bring her home alive.
When Celia Patrick arrives at the Bingham Reserve in the North Carolina mountains, something is very wrong. Celia is supposed to be on a much-needed family vacation, but when she hears whispers about a missing woman in the beautiful but treacherous landscape, she can’t ignore the pull of the mystery.
Did Pamela Stevens get lost? Was she lying injured on the trail? Or did something more sinister happen? Soon, Celia is mired in the middle of a potential murder investigation, and everyone has something to hide:
The Type-A Resort Manager
The Devastated Husband
The Rest-on-his-Laurels Deputy
The Grizzled Local Water-Sports Guide
With each passing day, the road to unraveling the mystery grows colder and the odds of finding the lost hiker alive diminish. Despite the risk to her family, her sanity, and her safety, Celia refuses to give up the search. She’s been down this dark path of obsession in a case before, and this time she is determined to find the missing woman alive.
Releasing September 23, 2025
5 Simple Truths of Leadership
Business Leadership, Self Improvement
Leadership is a skill, a mindset, and a way of life. It’s time to elevate your own leadership and inspire those around you to be their best.
In 5 Simple Truths of Leadership, veteran law enforcement leader and national leadership trainer Dean Crisp shares the five essential lessons that define great leaders:
- Direction – Know where you’re headed before leading others.
- Intentionality – Make deliberate choices that align with your vision.
- Teams – Success is never a solo journey. Build strong teams.
- Standards – Raise the bar for yourself and your organization.
- Getting Ahead of Your Day – Take control of your time and leadership.
Filled with real-world insights, historical case studies, and actionable strategies, this book is a must-read for anyone looking to lead with clarity, purpose, and impact.
Are you ready to become a leader of significance?
Releasing May 6, 2025
When the World Dies
Nuclear Warfare, History, Nonfiction
A Bold Exploration of Nuclear History and Humanity’s Future
In When the World Dies, D. E. Davis delves into the chilling history of nuclear warfare, tracing its origins from the first atomic bomb in 1945 to the modern-day threats of global annihilation. This thought-provoking book examines the political, societal, and historical forces that have brought humanity to the brink of nuclear Armageddon.
But amidst the darkness, Davis offers hope—a radical vision for “re-civilization” that emphasizes human rights, creativity, and collective action to prevent the end of civilization as we know it. With compelling insights and vivid storytelling, this book challenges readers to confront the realities of our “Age of Infamy” while inspiring them to imagine a brighter future.
Releasing October 21, 2025
Ancestral Landscapes
Memoir, Genealogy, Family History
A Story of Connection, Discovery, and the Complexities of Heritage
While standing on her grandfather’s porch, Cindy was drawn by her ancestors to discover who she is by learning who they were and where they came from.
As she uncovered her family history with the use of various genealogy databases, she began to piece together the puzzle of her family’s story—from trans-Atlantic migrations and roots in England, the Netherlands, and Germany to the homes and lives built in Virginia, New York, Iowa and North Carolina her quest became a journey across the world.
Standing where they stood, she found connection to them, but she also found questions. Why had they left? Did they find what they hoped for in the new places? Who had they harmed along the way? And what was her role in repairing those relationships on behalf of her ancestors?
Through essays and original photography organized by lineage and location, Cindy weaves together narratives that situate her life within the particular nexus of personal and historical legacies of heartbreak and desire.
For anyone who has sought their own place in the world, Ancestral Landscapes provides a guide for genealogical research and offers grace for what may be found along the way.
Releasing October 28, 2025
Introducing Torchflame Books Large Print!
We are excited to announce that these books and more will be available in large print editions! Shop wherever books are sold. To learn more, please visit Torchflame Books Large Print.
