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08 Jun

The Secret Slipper (Amanda Tero) – Review + Giveaway

~ About the Book ~ Being a cripple is only the beginning of Lia’s troubles. It seems as if Bioti’s goal in life is to make Lia as miserable as possible. If Lia’s purpose is to be a slave, then why did God make her a cripple? How can He make something beautiful out of her deformity? Raoul never

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05 Jun

The Divide (Jolina Petersheim) – Review

~ About the Book ~ In this gripping conclusion to The Alliance, nearly six months have passed since Leora Ebersole’s Old Order Mennonite community fled to the mountains for refuge after an attack destroyed the power grid and altered life as they knew it. Since then, Leora has watched and waited

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05 Jun

Weekend Book Buzz – 3/4 June 2017

My goodness! Is it June already? Where did the first half of the year go? This weekend has been a flurry of activity at our house (hence the later-than-usual-book-buzz-post) as we’re preparing to leave for our trip to Melbourne on Tuesday (an 11-12 hour drive that we will be doing over

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02 Jun

First Line Friday – 2 June 2017 – The Divide (Jolina Petersheim)

Hello and welcome to another edition of First Line Friday! 🙂 My first line this week comes from a much anticipated sequel: The Divide by Jolina Petersheim. I read and reviewed The Alliance last year and have been eagerly awaiting the conclusion to the story. It most certainly did NOT

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01 Jun

Sailing Out of Darkness (Normandie Fischer) – Review + Giveaway

  ~ About the Book ~ Love conquers all? Maybe for some people. When Samantha flies to Italy to gain distance from a disastrous affair with her childhood best friend, the last thing on her mind is romance. But Teo Anderson is nothing like her philandering ex-husband or her sailing buddy,

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31 May

Word Nerd Wednesday – Absquatulate

Happy Wednesday, Word Nerds! What I want to know is, can you wrap your mouth around today’s word? absquatulate That’s right, ab-SQUAT-u-late. I saw this word in a post a friend had shared on Facebook this week, so maybe you have too, but I thought it would be a fun word with which

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31 May

What Hope Remembers (Johnnie Alexander) – Review

~ About the Book ~ When Amy Somers loses her job as a lobbyist, she moves to Misty Willow, well aware that she’s crossing bridges she’d burned years before. With all the mistakes she’s made and the uncaring things she’s done–even to her own family–she can

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30 May

Top Ten Tuesday – Most Anticipated for the Second Half of 2017

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I just love looking at all the fantastic books in my future. I’ve tried to be conservative with this list, but I’ve still gone a little over ten. 😊 And it’s entirely conceivable I’ve left some out completely by accident! Click on the covers for

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