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

The Heart's Appeal (Jennifer Delamere) – Review + Giveaway

~ About the Book ~ Strong-minded and independent Julia Bernay comes to London to study medicine and become a doctor–a profession that has only just opened up to women. She witnesses a serious accident, and through her quick actions saves the life of an ambitious young barrister named Michael Stephenson. Coming from a family that long ago lost its money and its respectability, Michael Stephenson has achieved what many would have thought was impossible. Hard work and an aptitude for the law have enabled him to rise above his family’s stigma and set him on the path to wealth and

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24 March 2018

The Innkeeper's Daughter (Michelle Griep) – Review

~ About the Book ~ A London officer goes undercover to expose a plot against the Crown Dover, England, 1808: Officer Alexander Moore goes undercover as a gambling gentleman to expose a high-stakes plot against the king—and he’s a master of disguise, for Johanna Langley believes him to be quite the rogue. . .until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm. All Johanna wants is to keep the family inn afloat, but when the rent and the hearth payment are due at the same time, where will she find the extra funds? If she doesn’t come up with

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15 March 2018

Three Words and a Kiss (Sondra Kraak) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Washington, 1892 Cameron Wallace thrives as both the blacksmith and the minister in his community of Pine Creek. Out of the fires of a chaotic childhood, he’s forged a peaceful life filled with safe relationships and predictable routines. But when the smithy he’s been renting is sold out from under him, the impulsive woman who buys it stokes the embers of emotions he’d rather keep unlit—and even has the audacity to lend a helping hand to his smithy work. Samantha Klein has never been afraid to push boundaries when it comes to helping those whom

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3 March 2018

First Line Friday – 16 February 2018 – Love the War Woman (April Gardner)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! Do you enjoy reading novels about Native Americans? If so, you need to discover April Gardner’s Creek Country Saga! I read the first in this series at the end of last year, and I was hooked! (You can read my review here.) Book number five in the series, Love the War Woman, released last week, so I’m going to share the first line with you today.

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16 February 2018

Beneath the Blackberry Moon: The Red Feather (April W. Gardner) – Review

~ About the Book ~ On a moonless night in 1813, Adela McGirth encounters a set of wolves and the steely eyed warrior who slays them, searing himself on her heart. When he returns, it’s with a brand of a different sort–the flaming arrow that destroys her life. In the copper-haired captive, Totka Lawe finds the other half of his spirit. He vows he would die ten deaths to protect her, and he would kill any who tried to steal her away. With bluecoat soldiers pursuing him, a jealous cousin pursuing her, and the woman herself pursuing home, that vow

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28 December 2017

The Dishonorable Miss DeLancey (Carolyn Miller) – Review

  ~ About the Book ~ Will a damaged reputation and desire for society’s approval thwart the legacy of grace? Tainted by scandal and forced to leave London for the quieter Brighton countryside, the Honorable Miss Clara DeLancey is a shadow of her former society self. She’s lost the man she loved to another and, in a culture that has no patience for self-pity, is struggling with depression. A chance encounter brings her a healing friendship with the sisters of an injured naval captain. But Clara’s society mama is appalled at the new company she’s keeping. Captain Benjamin Kemsley is

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27 October 2017