Sweetwater Gap, Women of Faith Series #18 By Denise Hunter / Thomas Nelson When Josephine’s family insists she come home to help with the harvest, the timing works. But her return isn’t simple benevolence-she plans to persuade the family to sell the failing orchard. The new manager’s presence is making it difficult. Grady MacKenzie takes an immediate disliking to Josephine …
Kiss: review
I enjoyed some of Dekker’s early books like Blink. Then he slid into what I’ll call horror, and I stopped reading them. Kiss intrigued me. One, because it was co-authored, and two, the title piqued my interest. Kiss had the threads of Dekker novels I enjoy: suspense, a sci-fi/supernatural twist, without the elements I shy away from. Shauna McAllister awakes …
Engaging Father Christmas
Today I want to mention a book that I read this week that is a delightful novella. Usually, I stay away from novellas because it’s hard to imagine a story that short that has depth and meaning. However, last year I read Finding Father Christmas by Robin Jones Gunn and thoroughly enjoyed it. This week I picked up Engaging Father …
Dark Pursuit Review
If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you know that I am a fan of Brandilyn Collin’s books. I discovered her with the Hidden Faces series, wrote a character on the first year of the character blog for Kanner Lake, and just read Dark Pursuits last week. I LOVED it. The premise: what if suspense writer Darell …
Out of Her Hands Review
Out of Her Hands is Megan DiMaria’s second release. I thoroughly enjoyed Searching for Spice, and this book is a wonderful follow-up. Linda Revere is back and this time her focus is her kids. Nick is up to something, but no one’s sure what. And Emma is within months of leaving for college. Life is changing, and Linda’s not comfortable …
Great Reads this Week
I’m currently reading three books: Shade by John Olson: Not letting myself get deeply into this book yet, becuase I know once I do, I won’t be able to put this down. John’s editor, Karen Ball, believed so deeply in this book that she worked for close to ten years to find the right home for it. It’s the vampire …
Two Books I read last week and LOVED
Last week I read two wonderful Bethany House releases by debut authors. Both books are written in a lovely lyrical style, and wouldn’t necessarily be books I normally gravitate towards. Nobody is killed, and they aren’t romances – though there are romantic elements in each. Instead, each is the tale of a young woman finding healing from past scars. Home …
Less Than Dead Review
I am a huge fan of Tim Downs. Eric and I were first introduced to him when he and his lovely bride joy emceed the Family Life Today Weekend to Remembers that we attended. Loved his slightly sarcastic midwestern style.And that’s why we picked up his first novel. From page one, we’ve been hooked. I have honestly loved each book …
Faking Grace by Tamara Leigh
Saturday night Tamara Leigh won the Book of the Year award for Splitting Harriet, one of my favorite books from last year. This week I’ve been reading her latest release, Faking Grace. Faking Grace is a delightful read, that is more than chick lit. As with Perfecting Kate and Splitting Harriett, Leigh dives below the surface to point out flaws …
Review: In the Shadow of Lions
In the Shadow of the Lions is a book that will sweep you back in time to the days of Henry the VIII. I’m a huge history buff, and remember reading so many biographies as a teen on the wives of Henry and then on his daughters. There’s something captivating about royalty! As I read this book I could smell …