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

The Widows (Jess Montgomery) – Review + Giveaway

Kinship, Ohio, 1924: When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel Ross, the town’s widely respected sheriff, is killed while transporting a prisoner, she is devastated and vows to avenge his death. Hours after his funeral, a stranger appears at her door.

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Royally in Trouble (Jenny B. Jones) – Review

~ About the Book ~ If an ex-popstar-turned-event planner can’t find a Ren-faire killer, she may not survive the final act. As a former member of a popular girl-band, Paisley Sutton knows what it means to be in the spotlight. So after she takes on an event- planning gig for the new Sugar Creek Renaissance faire, she’s counting on a smooth opening night. But when one of the cast is murdered, Paisley knows her event has gone lethally off-script. When her old flame Beau is named the prime suspect, Paisley enlists the help of her trigger-happy, ex-CIA grandmother and aunt.

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First Line Friday – 2 November 2018 – Royally in Trouble (Jenny B. Jones)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I was hoping to have read this book by now—it released over a week ago now—but it hasn’t quite made it to the top of the pile yet. Nevertheless, when I saw the first lines, I couldn’t resist sharing them here. The book is Royally in Trouble by Jenny B. Jones, and if you’ve ever read any of her stuff before, you’ll know how funny she is.

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An Hour Unspent (Roseanna M. White) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Once London’s top thief, Barclay Pearce has turned his back on his life of crime and now uses his skills for a nation at war. But not until he rescues a clockmaker’s daughter from a mugging does he begin to wonder what his future might hold. Evelina Manning has constantly fought for independence, but she certainly never meant for it to inspire her fiancé to end the engagement and enlist in the army. When the intriguing man who saved her returns to the Manning residence to study clockwork repair with her father, she can’t help

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A Sparkle of Silver (Liz Johnson) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Ninety years ago, Millie Sullivan’s great-grandmother was a guest at oil tycoon Howard Dawkins’ palatial estate on the shore of St. Simons Island, Georgia. Now, Millie plays a 1920s-era guest during tours of the same manor. But when her grandmother suggests that there is a lost diary containing the location of a hidden treasure on the estate, along with the true identity of Millie’s great-grandfather, Millie sets out to find the truth of her heritage–and the fortune that might be hers. When security guard Ben Thornton discovers her snooping in the estate’s private library, he

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