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

Most Anticipated Books of 2018 – Historical Settings

Hello again, book lovers. Welcome to the second of my ‘Most Anticipated Books of 2018’ posts. Yesterday I shared the contemporary releases I’m most anticipating, so today I’m going to share my most anticipated historical releases, in order of release: This post has affiliate links. Click here for full disclosure.

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Weekend Book Buzz – 14/15 October 2017

Hello book lovers! Welcome to the weekend. We finally got some rain here this weekend, which we desperately need. How’s the weather where you are? Is it perfect book reading weather? (Although, really, is there any weather that isn’t good for book reading? 😉 ) Whatever the weather is doing, I hope you’re well and ready for a whole lot of bookish news!

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Top Ten Tuesday – My Reading Wishlist

It’s Top Ten Tuesday, and today’s topic from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is Ten Things on Our Reading Wishlist. My list today will be generally referring to things I’d like to see more of in Christian fiction, as that is where I pick up most of my books. Well, where to start? 😉

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Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite ‘Hate to Love’ Romances

Whew! I wasn’t sure I was going to make it to a Top Ten Tuesday post this week. After a week of intensive editing, I’ve got a whole lot of reviews to catch up on (not to mention housework…) But it’s Valentine’s Day, and the topic today from the girls at The Broke and The Bookish is a ‘pick-your-own-romance-trope-and-run-with-it’ kind of day. How could I resist?

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The Magnolia Duchess (Beth White) – Review

  Publisher’s description As the War of 1812 rages across the newly formed United States, another war rages in Fiona Lanier’s heart–one that threatens to tear her family apart. Fiona can scarcely take in the news of her brother’s capture and imprisonment by the British Navy. It is almost as unbelievable as the half-drowned British sailor who is washed ashore on the beach of Navy Cove. Charlie Kincaid claims to have no memory of his life before being discovered by Fiona, but in a world that seems saturated with treachery, she cannot be sure he is telling the truth. As

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