The Shadow of Your Smile is the newest offering in the Deep Haven series by Susan May Warren. Although I have read several of the other books in the series, it has been a while and I don’t recall many of the details, so I was glad that this story stood on its own. After…
Category Archives: Fiction
The Loom
One of the things I enjoy about historical fiction is the opportunity to learn while enjoying a good story. Did you know that in the pre-Civil War South, older slaves worked in the plantation’s loom room? Because they were too worn out for physical labor, they spent their days weaving, creating clothing and other necessary…
The Flight of Gemma Hardy: Review
The Flight of Gemma Hardy is a resetting of Jane Eyre into 1960s Britain, but it’s not a slavish retelling. Author Margot Livesey takes the basic plot outline and reimagines it, changing some things but preserving main events and, most importantly, Jane’s fearlessness, impudence when necessary, and flair for surviving difficult circumstances with tenacity and…
House of Secrets, with Giveaway
Bailee Cooper’s life is going very well. She is on a successful career path at a growing publishing company, and the boss’s son Mark, who happens to be a really nice guy, would love nothing more than to develop a relationship with her. Unfortunately, Bailee resists emotional ties with anyone, except for her younger sisters….
The Encounter
Acceptance. Forgiveness. Grace. These are profound topics deftly woven into this powerful short novel about a man searching for the truth. In The Encounter, teaching pastor Stephen Arterburn introduces us to the character of Jonathan Rush. Jonathan is a successful entrepreneur with a much less successful personal life, and he has come to Fairbanks, Alaska…
Lunatics, Review and Giveaway
Okay, there are a few things that you need to know right off the bat about the new novel Lunatics from the wacky minds of Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel: When I said “wacky,” I meant it. These two authors must have the oddest creative minds ever, but please know that I mean that in…
11/22/63
Stephen King has written over 50 books, all of them bestsellers, and most of them horror. But before you click off to the next review, let me try to persuade you that 11/22/63 is not typical Stephen King. King has a tendency to include too many characters, too much fluff in the middle, too much…
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