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

Interview with Melissa Tagg: Remembering the Walker Family

I have such a treat for you today, especially if you’re a fan of Melissa Tagg’s Walker Family series. If you are, you’ll know that September was a bittersweet month: Sweet, because we finally got to read Bear and Raegan’s story, but bitter—or at least sad—because it also means the Walker Family series has come to an end. 😭 What a perfect time to chat with author Melissa Tagg and remember the fun times . . .

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Top Ten Tuesday – Food in Fiction

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday post should come with some kind of a health warning, because once you start, you may find yourself craving all kinds of foods, and I can’t promise all of them will be kind to your figures! Yes, the girls at The Broke and the Bookish have set a food theme for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday post, so don’t say you haven’t been warned!

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All This Time (Melissa Tagg) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Bear McKinley’s past refuses to let go. Ten years ago, Bear gave up everything—his freedom and his reputation—for his mess of a family. But after years of distance and too many attempts at starting over, he finally has a new life doing noble work in Brazil . . . until his past catches up to him once again. Suddenly he finds himself back in Maple Valley, charged with the care of his missing brother’s children, convinced he’s out of second chances to make his life count. And yet, with every day that passes, these kids,

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Top Ten Tuesday – Book Boyfriends

Well! This is quite possibly the most difficult Top Ten Tuesday post I have ever had to put together, because the topic for this week from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Book Boyfriends. Now, I’m a happily married, strictly monogamous woman, but I’m sure you can all relate to having developed a little crush on (okay, maybe flat-out swooned over) characters you’ve met in books. Today is all about those characters! But there’s just one problem. Do you know how many books I’ve read in my lifetime? (Seriously, because I think it would be kind

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First Line Friday – 29 September 2017 – All This Time (Melissa Tagg)

Happy Friday! I’m super excited for the book I’m sharing with you today. Bear and Reagan’s story is finally here, the final book in Melissa Tagg’s Walker Family series. Talk about bittersweet! If you haven’t met the Walker family yet, I strongly encourage you to check them out, because as far as contemporary romances go, these are some of my favourites. But for now, here’s All This Time.

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Weekend Book Buzz – 23/24 September 2017

Welcome to the weekend! Hope it’s a good one, wherever you are. In my part of Australia we seemed to have skipped spring and gone straight to summer. Today is mid-30s (85-95 degrees Fahrenheit) with a warm, gusty wind. Ick! Nice day to be inside checking out all the bookish news!

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Top Ten Tuesday – My Fall (*ahem* Spring) TBR

I’m back to Top Ten Tuesday after a two-week hiatus! And this week’s topic from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is one of those topics that I don’t even pretend to limit myself to a mere ten books! However, I have managed to be somewhat restrained. Limiting this list to books that are actually releasing between September and November went a long way towards that restraint! And obviously, this is actually my Spring TBR, because here in the antipodes, spring is in the air! September    Read my reviews for Crown of Souls, A New Shade of Summer,

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Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Series Recommendations for Lovers of Small-Town Settings

Top Ten Tuesday is back! The girls at The Broke and the Bookish have given us a certain amount of free rein this week with the topic of Ten Book Recommendations for . . .  After much umming and ahhing I decided I would do some series recommendations for those readers who lover small-town settings. Because when you find a place you really like, you want to be able to keep visiting, don’t you?

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