Summer is here…and with it I keep waiting for life to slow down. To settle into a dull, boring routine. We haven’t found that yet in Putman-ville. How about y’all? It has me on a quest to define normal. Yesterday we went strawberry picking and to the library. Follow that with a chaser of school (yes, I am that mom …
A Most Peculiar Circumstance
I loved Jen Turano’s free novella Gentleman of Her Dreams and thoroughly enjoyed her debut novel A Change of Fortune. While I enjoyed A Most Peculiar Circumstance, it didn’t have the same level of fun that floated through the other two. Arabella is a heroine determined to do good in the world with a penchant for finding trouble. Toward the …
Catch a Falling Star Review
If you’re looking for a romance with a few twists, but that stays focused on the true north of finding a lifelong love, then this book may be for you. Kendall is someone with a plan, who finds her plans not going as she’d imagined. Instead, she’s 36, a successful doctor, but resigned to staying single. Griffin is an Air …
Ebooks & a Survey
This year, one of my publishers has been playing with the prices on my ebooks they published. Currently, A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island, is on sale for $2.99. While it’s a full length novel, the publisher has put some of my shorter World War II novels at 99 cents at various times. I’m very curious to see how all …
A Baby Changes Everything: Cynthia Ruchti
It is my pleasure and delight to share my blog with my friend and to share my friend with you. Cynthia Ruchti is a delightful person, one I wish I lived much closer to so that we could spend hours talking, brainstorming, and encouraging each other. Fortunately there are phones — even though it is not the same. Cynthia is …
A Day in the Life
Sometimes it’s fun to step behind the curtain and see what life is really like in Oz — err — Putman mayhem. It also helps everyone to see just how insanely normal the life of this writing mom is. 7 a.m. Wake up thanks to the 2 y.o., but played possum as much as possible until 8. Not easy with …
A Perfect Fairytale: Once Upon a Prince Review & Giveaway
I have been waiting for a series a long time and the first book is finally here! Rachel Hauck’s new Once Upon a Prince is a dream of a book. From the first page I wanted Susanna to find herself and happiness, and Prince Nathaniel — happy sigh — is the perfect hero. He’s romantic. He’s honorable. He’s conflicted. And …
In the face of disaster, what can we do?
Here is a post I wrote in the face of Joplin. As we pray about Moore and how we can help another community that is devastated, this post from May 2011, seemed more than appropriate to share again. Let’s determine to be intentional about helping those confronted with disaster. I’ve been burdened by the tornadoes and their horrific paths of …
He can Still the Storms
There are days when life seems too hard. Yesterday, when the news of the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, hit, my heart broke. I know I’m not the only one. I gathered my family in the backyard last night and we prayed. I know that God is sovereign. I know that He is in control. On days like yesterday, I have …
Mother’s Day: Pain or Joy?
In the shadow of Mother’s Day, I’m reminded of how painful Mother’s Day can be. It’s a holiday laced with immense pain for many… those who struggle to have children… those who had a bad relationship with their mother. Then there are those who have lost a child. Those who wait with longing for a child they’ve been matched with …