Motherhood – Fiction Aficionado

Love Her Well (Kari Kampakis) – Excerpt and Giveaway

Moms are eager for tips and wisdom to help them build strong relationships with their daughters, and Kari Kampakis’s Love Her Well gives them ten practical ways to do so, not by changing their daughters but by changing their own thoughts, actions, and mind-set.

For many women, having a baby girl is a dream come true. Yet as girls grow up, the narrative of innocence and joy changes to gloom and doom as moms are told, “Just wait until she’s a teenager!” and handed a disheartening script that treats a teenage girl’s final years at home as solely a season to survive.

19 August 2020

Blog Blitz + Giveaway: The Art of Motherhood (Rachel Marie Martin)

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and I’m joining up with JustRead Publicity Tours to tell you about a great gift for Mum this year! Keep reading for more info on a special ebook price to make your gift giving even easier AND a book club kit giveaway!

1 May 2019

You Were Always Mine (Nicole Baart) – Review

This review is part of a TLC Book Tour for You Were Always Mine. ~ About the Book ~ Jessica Chamberlain, newly separated and living with her two sons in a small Iowa town, can’t believe that a tragedy in another state could have anything to do with her. But when her phone rings one quiet morning, her world is shattered. As she tries to pick up the pieces and make sense of what went wrong, Jess begins to realize that a tragic death is just the beginning. Soon she is caught in a web of lies and half-truths—and she’s horrified

7 November 2018

Top Ten Tuesday – Memorable Mothers

Happy Tuesday, reader friends. I’ve gone rogue for Top Ten Tuesday today. This week’s topic with That Artsy Reader Girl is Books I disliked/hated but am really glad I read. I have a grant total of ONE book on that list: Vanity Fair. It probably could have been half of its 800+ pages and still told the same story (which was oddly unsatisfying in the end anyway), but I can say I stuck it out and made it to the end—for what it’s worth. But I’m not sure one book qualifies as a list, so I put my thinking cap on. And

15 May 2018

Becoming the Talbot Sisters (Rachel Linden) – Review

This review is posted as part of TLC Book Tours blog tour ~ About the Book ~ Twin sisters Waverly and Charlie Talbot have drifted far apart as they pursue opposite dreams of stardom and service to the poor. On an astonishing journey across Central Europe, they must come together to face their fears, find their courage and fight for what they love. Celebrity chef Waverly Ross has built a successful career with her home-entertaining show Simply Perfect. Yet she and her husband, Andrew, have never been able to realize the true desire of Waverly’s heart: to become a mother. Meanwhile Waverly’s twin sister,

14 May 2018

Interview with Rachel Linden – Becoming the Talbot Sisters

Rachel Linden’s latest novel, Becoming the Talbot Sisters, released on the first of this month. Today, she’s joining me to talk about her inspiration behind the story of twin sisters Waverly and Charlie Talbot.

11 May 2018