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A Fragile Hope (Cynthia Ruchti) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Josiah Chamberlain’s life’s work revolves around repairing other people’s marriages. When his own is threatened by his wife’s unexplained distance, and then threatened further when she’s unexpectedly plunged into an unending fog, Josiah finds his expertise, quick wit and clever quips are no match for a relationship that is clearly broken. Feeling betrayed, confused, and ill-equipped for a crisis this crippling, he reexamines everything he knows about the fragility of hope and the strength of his faith and love. Love seems to have failed him. Will what’s left of his faith fail him, too? Or

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Top Ten Tuesday – My Spring (Autumn!) TBR Part 1

We still have one week before we get back to our regular Top Ten Tuesday post care of the girls at The Broke and The Bookish, but when I took a look at the topic for next week (Top Ten Books on my Spring TBR) I thought, You’ve got to be kidding me. Just 10? So, welcome to Top Ten Books on my Spring TBR Part 1! 😄 This week, I’m featuring books releasing in March and the first half of April (in order of release date). Tune in next week for books releasing in the second half of April and

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Restoring Christmas (Cynthia Ruchti) – Review

  Publisher’s Description: Alexis Blake has one chance to land her own show on the Home Project Network and nothing, not an uncooperative client, a job site without indoor plumbing, or a challenging videographer, is going to stand in her way. Elsie, at seventy-plus, is far from the ideal client, but she knows exactly what she wants her fieldstone house to look like, and no designer can tell her otherwise. Gabe Langley, the man with the camera, is caught in the middle and it is his wisdom and warmth that just may be the bridge that will bring these two

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Song of Silence (Cynthia Ruchti) – Review

  Publisher’s Description Lucy and Charlie Tuttle agree on one thing: they’re committed to each other for life. Trouble is, neither of them expected life to look like this. While Charlie retired early, Lucy is devoted to a long-term career . . . until the day she has no choice. Forced to retire from her position as music educator in a small Midwestern K-8 school, Lucy can only watch helplessly as the program her father started years ago disintegrates before her eyes. As the music fades and a chasm separates her from the passion of her heart, Lucy wonders if

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