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One of the things I love about reading is experiencing something new and fresh. I’m not one to enjoy formulaic writing, which is one reason I tend to shy away from pure romance. Too often, the story is predictable and stale. However, if I know there is more to the characters than a search for the perfect mate, I’m in. …
So often I will pick up a book that starts well then fizzles after the first few chapters—as if the author put all her creative energy into the beginning and hoped it might carry the novel. This is definitely not the case with The Hideaway. I enjoyed it from the first page to the last. They say you shouldn’t judge …
About the Book Book: Treasure Atop the Mountain Author: Tonya L. Matthews Genre: Faith-based Christian Fiction Release date: August, 2019 Broken by the unfathomable. Frightened of the future. And unaware of God’s hand at work. Gracie grew up working in her grandfather’s ice cream shop in the small Kentucky town of Ridgewood. Ridgewood is a quiet town known for little …
Last month, I had a big birthday. I’m not going to share which one, but it ended in a zero. Nine years ago, when my husband Chris reached this landmark age, I threw him a birthday bash. He didn’t figure there would be a good turnout since it was only a couple weeks before Christmas. He was wrong! Now was …
A couple of years ago, I read and reviewed Sharlene MacLaren’s historical romance A Love to Behold. It was Book 3 in her Forever Freedom Series. It was one of the only two books I’ve ever given a five-star review. Although it is part of a series, I didn’t feel at all as if I missed anything by not reading …
About the Book Book: Footprints on Her Heart Author: Tabitha Bouldin Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance Release date: November 23, 2021 He’s saving the world, one animal at a time. Trent Raines’ opinion, happily ever after has four paws and doggy breath. He spends his days isolated at the shelter, taking care of animals. Especially now that romance seems to be …
About the Book Book: Shut the Front Door Author: L.M. Karen Genre: Contemporary Christian Fiction Release date: July 15, 2021 The zany story of an alpha male pursuing a headstrong woman and the hilarious entanglements that follow. Maddy’s dating profile couldn’t be more together. Maddy, however, feels utterly not together when Derek is in the room. She thought living next …
Historical fiction author Blossom Turner recently released her third novel in the Shenandoah Series, Lucinda’s Defender. I previously read the first two—Katherine’s Arrangement and Amelia’s Heartsong. I love how Blossom has taken five sisters and created a story for each of them. Of the three already published, I connected most deeply with Lucinda’s Defender. What I liked: There is a …
The first thing that came to mind when I read the back cover copy of The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman was Kristin Hannah’s Firefly Lane. Both were about friends and interwove a time slip of a period close to my heart—and personal history. Shipman’s story is about four girls—Emily, Liz, Veronica, and Rachel—who first meet in 1985 at a …
Several years ago, I experienced Savannah, Georgia for the first time—and I was smitten. Like a schoolgirl in the throes of a first love, I saw it through the rose-colored glasses my mom once accused me of wearing. And she was right. There have been decisions made in much of my adulthood that were based off what I wanted to …
