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

Her Stand-In Cowboy (Crystal Walton) – Review

When a wary farm girl takes on a big city chiropractor as her stand-in boyfriend, convincing her family they’re in love might be easier than convincing themselves they’re not.

There are certain things a single country mom learns to accept. Like the fact that she now shares a sacred bond of empathy with her dairy cow, that spit-up can reach places it never should be able to, and that a pretend relationship is far less complicated than one her southern mama insists on setting her up in. At least, it is when you have anyone’s luck besides Ainsley Jamison’s.

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11 December 2019

First Line Friday – Her Stand-In Cowboy (Crystal Walton)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. I have a confession to make this week. My TBR’s just a liiiiiittle bit backed up right now. Anyone relate? I mean, I always have plenty of books on my TBR; that’s nothing unusual. But my reading time is a lot more scarce than I’d like at the moment, hence I haven’t had a chance to read today’s First Line Friday choice yet: Her Stand-In Cowboy by Crystal Walton.

Another confession: I don’t usually go for cowboy stories. Especially ones that actually have “cowboy” in the title. 😊 But I’ve been a fan of Crystal’s stories for a while now,

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22 November 2019

Chasing Someday (Crystal Walton) – Review

~ About the Book ~ A country boy looking to win his best friend’s heart. A waitress afraid of giving hers away. And one crazy, impromptu dating plan that’s about to change everything. Ex-model Livy Hensley has exactly three talents: making coffee, landing herself in the most awkward moments known to man, and failing miserably at relationships. But when the sweetest southern boy on the planet offers to be your dating coach, who could say no? Between struggling to open a café and trying to atone for a consequence of her past, Livy can use all the help she can

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6 October 2018

First Line Friday – 5 October 2018 – Chasing Someday (Crystal Walton)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I’m totally in love with the book I’m sharing with you today—or perhaps, more honestly, the hero. Chase Thompson had me in a puddle at his feet from the first page, so make sure you pick up a copy of Chasing Someday by Crystal Walton. Best of all, it’s just $0.99 at the moment on Kindle!

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5 October 2018

Best of 2017 – The Emoji Files, Part II: The LOL Awards

Welcome to Part II of my Best of 2017 series: The Emoji Files. You can find our more about this series in yesterday’s Part I post, which also includes the Swoony Awards, so I highly recommend you check it out! As you might well imagine from the title, today’s list contains books that I read in 2017 that tickled my funny bone. The humour in these stories raised everything from a wry smile to a gut-busting belly laugh.

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4 January 2018

Best of 2017 – The Emoji Files, Part I: The Swoony Awards

Happy New Year, reader friends! Welcome to the first part of my Best of 2017 series, which I’ve affectionately called ‘The Emoji Files’. When I sat down to try and do my ‘Best of 2017’ post, I ended in a completely bookish mess. I read 200 books in 2017, and since I’m pretty good at picking books I really enjoy, it gets difficult to narrow it down to a list of 10, or even 20. Then there’s the fact that I’m a pretty eclectic reader within the Christian fiction genre. I enjoy different books for different reasons, so it’s kind

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3 January 2018