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

The Reunion (Amy Matayo) – Review

It’s been quite the year for the Hayes/Gamble family, but now things are looking up. When you’ve survived a tornado, a concert shooting, and being stranded on a deserted island, what else can possibly go wrong? After all, isn’t that the rule—three strikes, and you’re out?

That should totally be the rule.

Dillon Hayes has dreamed of her wedding day since childhood. Now, after months of planning, the chapel is booked, the invitations are sent, and the dress is ready and waiting. In only a few days’ time, Dillon will become Mrs. Liam Gamble in front of God, Tennessee, and everyone she loves.

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Katie & Rel’s Novel Gift Guide

Welcome, reader friends! Christmas is fast approaching, and if you’re anything like me, you’re still searching for the perfect gift for some of your family and friends. 😬 Last year, my dear friend Rel (from Relz Reviewz) and I put our heads together to give you some great recommendations to make your Christmas shopping a little bit easier, and we had so much fun we decided to do it again! As a result, here is Katie & Rel’s Novel Gift Guide for 2019!

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Top Ten Tuesday – Christmas-Themed Reads

Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. Today we’re talking about holiday reads, or as I’ve tweaked it for today, Christmas-Themed Reads. I have a wide selection for you today, from Bodie & Brock Thoene’s Fourth Dawn, which is a fictional retelling of the birth of Christ, right through to historical and contemporary Christmas novellas and even an adrenaline-packed Discarded Heroes novella from Ronie Kendig. Plenty of Christmas reading for you to choose from!

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Plan B (Erin Stevenson) – Review

Kelsea Anderson is a jilted bride with nothing left but a battered heart and a plane ticket to the Caribbean. The only part of her doomed wedding that she had any say in was the honeymoon. She paid for it, and there’s no reason she can’t come to the romantic resort alone, so Kelsea jumps on a plane the day after New Year’s to escape the icy St. Louis winter and come up with a Plan B for the rest of her life.

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The Hope of Christmas Past (Stephenia H. McGee) – Book Spotlight

When a mysterious painting offers her a trip to the past, will Isla find new hope for her future?

On the brink of aging out the foster system, the last thing Isla Laird wants is to spend Christmas in an old-fashioned plantation. What’s the point of bonding with her foster mom when it’s too late to ever be adopted? But when a mysterious painting suddenly thrusts her into the nineteenth century, Isla is forced to face hurts and memories she’s long tried to bury.

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Discover a New Author: Sarah Monzon

Welcome to the weekend, book lovers! Are you ready to discover a new author with me?

This week I’m featuring an author who wears a few different genre hats. Her Carrington Family novels are time-slip stories (a contemporary and a historical plot that are linked), her stand-alone romance novels are contemporary retellings of a biblical story, and her Book Nerds and Boyfriends novellas are fun romcoms. But despite these differences…

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Discover a New Author: Amanda Dykes

Hello, reader friends, and welcome to the weekend! Since it’s Saturday, it’s time to introduce you to another author.

I first discovered Amanda Dykes when I read her novella in The Message in a Bottle Romance Collection, which released in 2017. Anyone who writes a novella that includes the first performance of Handel’s Water Music is going to get my attention! And now…

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