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Cherry Blossom Capers, Review and Giveaway

Cherry Blossom Capers is a fun novel — actually four related novellas written by four different authors. Each story stands alone, but recurring characters and settings tie them together. Each are less than 100 pages, so for those of you who don’t have the focus for an entire novel, this is a great way to…

The Queen

The Queen is the fifth in a gripping series of thrillers by author and storyteller Steven James. The Bowers Files, as the series is known, features Patrick Bowers, an FBI agent specializing in geographic profiling. Several of the other books in this series have been reviewed here, including The Bishop and The Knight. In The…

The Mercy

The Mercy by Beverly Lewis is the final installment in The Rose Trilogy, which began with The Thorn and continued in The Judgment. The story centers on Rose Kauffman, a young Amish woman who joined the church at an early age but has not yet married. As The Mercy begins, Rose has ended her engagement…

Wonderland Creek, with Giveaway

Alice Ripley couldn’t be happier. Although she is living during the Great Depression, her father’s job as a minister keeps the family fed and sheltered, and Alice loves her job at the local library. For someone who can’t keep her nose out of a book, life couldn’t be much better. When her boyfriend breaks up…

Hurry Less, Worry Less at Christmas

Judy Christie wants to help you Hurry Less, Worry Less at Christmas so that you can have the holiday season you long for. Are you in? Perhaps you are shaking your head at the mere mention of Christmas here the week before Thanksgiving! But that’s the point. This book not only gives you guidance about…

A Lasting Impression

I enjoy Christian fiction, and most novels that I read are by Christian authors (I am open to reading fiction by any author, but I prefer books without bad language and/or intimate scenes, and they are more and more difficult to find). Occasionally, I feel that I am in a reading rut, and the books…

The Baker’s Wife

It’s true that you can’t judge a book by it’s cover, but it’s also true that covers are powerful. When I saw the cover for Erin Healy’s new novel, The Baker’s Wife, I was drawn to it immediately. Thankfully, the story did not disappoint. The Baker’s Wife is a powerful, intricate, fast-paced novel–the kind that…

Love on the Line

Georgie Gail is a woman in a man’s world. As the switchboard operator for a small Texas town, she enjoys living alone and keeping the town connected. Georgie thinks everything is running smoothly, and then the telephone company sends a man to work with her. Georgie is frustrated by the presence of Luke Palmer, a…