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Jane By The Book (Pepper Basham) & Crossed Out (Christina Coryell) – Review

Have you heard about the Once Upon a Laugh romance novella collection? It released in July this year, and is still available for just $0.99! Can you believe that? And not for just one novella, but eight! It includes a story from each of the following authors: Pepper Basham, Christina Coryell, Mikal Dawn, Heather Gray, Jessica R. Patch, Krista Phillips, Betsy St. Amant, and Laurie Tomlinson. And today, I’m going to be spotlighting two of these novellas for you!

1 September 2018

Cover Reveal + Giveaway! – Jane by the Book (Pepper Basham)

~ About the Book ~ Four years ago, Jane Warwick escaped the shame and heartbreak of being jilted at the altar by becoming a housekeeper at the secluded Inn at Simeon Ridge. Predictable and quiet, the inn helps Jane find a place to heal and celebrates her strengths, where she is promoted to head housekeeper. But an unexpected visit to Bath, England, upsets Jane’s plans and sends her out of her comfort zone, directly into the harrowing path of historical detective author, Titus Stewart. The only plans Titus sticks to are family holidays and the ones that send him careening

31 May 2018

Can't Help Falling Close To You Takeover Tour + Giveaway

Welcome to the Can’t Help Falling Close to You Tour! ~ About the Books ~ Title: Can’t Help Falling Author: Kara Isaac Publisher: Howard Books Release Date: October 11, 2016 Genre: Inspirational Contemporary Fiction Emelia Mason has spent her career finding the dirt on the rich and famous. But deep down past this fearless tabloid-reporter façade, there’s a nerdy Narnia-obsessed girl who still can’t resist climbing into wardrobes to check for the magical land on the other side. When a story she writes produces tragic results, she flees to Oxford, England–home to C.S. Lewis–to try and make amends for the damage she

27 February 2018

The Cupcake Dilemma (Jennifer Rodewald) – Review

~ About the Book ~ My name is Kirstin Hill. I’m a simple girl trying to figure out life in a small town. There are a few things you should know about me before we begin. I grew up in the city. I’m a teacher, a first-year teacher (some of you understand that significance). And finally, when it comes to cooking, I’m a disaster. Maybe none of those things seem story worthy, but trust me—I have a story. I call it The Cupcake Dilemma, and it literally changed my life. How? I’m glad you asked. It all started with an

12 February 2018

First Line Friday – 9 February 2018 – The Cupcake Dilemma (Jennifer Rodewald)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! Since Valentine’s Day is next week, I thought I would share the first line of a very fun novella that will be releasing that day: The Cupcake Dilemma by Jennifer Rodewald. My review will be posted on Monday, but just take my word for it. If you only read one Valentine’s Day story, make this one it! And since the first line is actually included in the book’s description, I’m giving you a little bonus today…

9 February 2018

Fast Five Review Roundup

Hello, book lovers! If you wondering whether I’ve suddenly lost the ability to count, let me assure you, I have not! But my plans for this edition of the Fast Five Review Roundup were derailed somewhat when I stumbled upon the Brew Ha Ha series about two weeks ago and ended up binge-reading the whole lot! I couldn’t resist giving you my thoughts on the series, but that’s six books, and I already had two that were waiting for a Fast Five Review Roundup.

1 February 2018

Best of 2017 – The Emoji Files, Part II: The LOL Awards

Welcome to Part II of my Best of 2017 series: The Emoji Files. You can find our more about this series in yesterday’s Part I post, which also includes the Swoony Awards, so I highly recommend you check it out! As you might well imagine from the title, today’s list contains books that I read in 2017 that tickled my funny bone. The humour in these stories raised everything from a wry smile to a gut-busting belly laugh.

4 January 2018

Charming the Troublemaker (Pepper Basham) – Review

~ About the Book ~ When Dr. Alex Murdock is demoted to a university in rural Virginia, the last thing he expects to find is a future. But country charm never looked as good as it did on Rainey Mitchell. Rainey Mitchell does not need a high-class flirt in her wounded world, but trouble and temptation wafts off the new professor as strong as his sandalwood-scented cologne. When circumstances thrust them together to save her tutoring clinic, can the troublemaker find the hero inside and encourage the reticent Rainey to open her heart again?

16 November 2017

The power of fiction, the beauty of words, and the God who made us to wield them for His glory.