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

What Matters Most (Kellie Coates Gilbert) – Review

  Publisher’s description Leta Breckenridge is forced to drop out of college to care for her dementia-ridden mother. After learning a severely delinquent account may force her mother into a less desirable facility, Leta steps out of her comfort zone and lands a high-paying job at an Austin public relations firm. But her dream job turns into a nightmare when she learns the firm is a front for a political opposition machine–and that the research she’s been collecting will be used against her new love interest, Nathan Emerson. Nathan is a rising political star being pressured to run a bid

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22 July 2016

Perilous Judgment (Dennis Ricci) – Review

  Publisher’s Description Federal judge Edward Lamport is no stranger to controversy and danger. Nine months into his tenure, he’s received two death threats and is under the protection of US Marshals. But when he receives a plea for help from a woman with whom he had a brief romance twenty-five years earlier, he must face a peril of a different sort, one that involves his long-lost son, Carlos. While working for a bank in his native Mexico, Carlos discovers an international money-laundering scheme. Now he’s on the run from those who want him dead. To get the young man

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5 July 2016

Blood of a Stone (Jeanne Lyet Gassman) – Book Review

“Awakened by his own screams, he lay in his bed, shaking, drenched in the stink of his fear, uncertain of what was real and what was imagined.” I will admit, I initially judged this book by its cover (which looks a little amateurish to me) and did not have high expectations. The opening chapter was a little awkward, but after another chapter or two I was surprised to find myself becoming invested in Demetrios’ story. The main reason I have only given this book three and a half stars is because I felt short-changed by the ending. I had barely

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16 November 2015