I recently returned to 19th Century England to finish the story of Ariana Forsythe and Phillip Mornay, in The House in Grosvenor Square. I was introduced to these delightful characters in Before the Season Ends, which I reviewed here. As Ariana and Phillip near their wedding day, the bride-to-be is flustered by her fiance’s sudden…
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Books for Christian Teens: Becoming Beka Series
Teaching youth girls in Sunday School has piqued my interest in available fiction for teens. I like to know what they’re into and how I can relate better to them. Also, since I have a tween, I like to see what’s on the reading horizon for her. I haven’t been impressed with the current popular…
Comforts from the Kitchen
If there’s one thing Southerners do right, it’s iced tea. Sweet tea. With enough sugar to make you gain weight just looking at it. I could drink a big ole’ pitcher glass every day (to be honest, I do most days!). As much as I adore sweet tea, it doesn’t even compare to the deliciousness…
The Moment Between
The Moment Between is not an easy read. It’s fraught with emotion and desperation. Full of unlikeable characters, yet surprisingly a book I couldn’t put down. Abigail Bennett is a driven young woman who suddenly leaves behind her high-powered career to track down the object of her obessession, Tyler Kamp. As she locates Tyler and…
Things Worth Remembering
I thoroughly enjoyed Tender Grace, which was the first book I read by Jackina Stark (Lisa, Lauren & I reviewed it here). So I was excited to have the opportunity to read her latest work, Things Worth Remembering. I was not disappointed. Maisey Laswell is about to be married to the man of her dreams….
Books on Screen: The Inheritance
For the Louisa May Alcott Bookclub, I read The Inheritance. It was Miss Alcott’s first novel (written when she was a mere 17), but went undiscovered until well after her death. This work caught my attention because it was set in my favorite era, 19th century England. My full review can be found here. After…
Daisy Chain & A Slow Burn
It’s taken me a while to write my review of Mary E. DeMuth’s Daisy Chain and A Slow Burn (Defiance Texas Trilogy Books 1 & 2). In part, because they were so intense that it took me a while to recover from them. Also because I feared any attempt to review the books would fall…
Civil War Series by Cathy Gohlke
My 6th and 7th grade history teacher was a big Civil War buff. He taught my daughter this past year, and I had the fun of relearning all the interesting facts I’d buried deep in the recesses of my brain. I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed learning about that time in America’s history. That’s why…
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