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

First Line Friday – 8 September 2017 – A New Shade of Summer (Nicole Deese)

Happy Friday to you, where ever you are. And with all the natural disasters threatening at the moment, particularly in the States, I pray that where ever you are, you are safe. If you’re looking for a read to help you escape the here and now for a little while, I can highly recommend today’s pick—although you’ll have to wait to Tuesday to pick it up. Nicole Deese’s new release, A New Shade of Summer, releases on 12 September and I promise you will very quickly fall in love with Callie, Davis, and Brandon. Beth Erin over at Faithfully Bookish shared

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8 September 2017

Top Ten Tuesday – Summer Reads

Here in the southern hemisphere, summer is just a distant dream, so this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic with the girls from The Broke and the Bookish is the closest I’m going to get for a while. We’re talking summer reads, so set up the beach umbrella, the hammock, or the pool-side recliner, and settle in for a read. 🙂

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23 May 2017

Top Ten Tuesday – Motherhood

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday with the girls at The Broke and the Bookish has a motherhood theme, for obvious reasons. I don’t know about anyone else, but my Facebook feed over the weekend made it clear that Mother’s Day is a day of conflicting emotions for many. For many of us, it is a day of celebration—and at its core, motherhood is a precious gift that should be celebrated—but in this fallen world, it often brings pain as well.

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16 May 2017

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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14 February 2017

Best of 2016!

Well, you could be forgiven for thinking I have dropped off the face of the earth over Christmas.  I may live in Australia, but December definitely snowballed on me this year.  Please accept my belated wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy new year. 🎄🎉 Amidst all of the December busyness, I have been giving thought to my favourite reads over the year.  Let me tell you, it is a daunting business, coming up with a blog post about your favourite reads for the year.  For starters I read around 250 books this year 😳  Secondly, different books stick

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30 December 2016

The Promise of Rayne (Nicole Deese) – Review

  Publisher’s Description: Rayne Shelby has spent her entire life trying to earn the approval of her high-powered family, with the hope of one day managing her late grandfather’s prestigious Idaho lodge. But when she makes a mistake that puts her future in jeopardy, she faces an impossible choice: defy her family or deny her dream. The only way to fix the mess she’s created is to enlist the help of her neighbor, Levi, the apprentice of her family’s greatest enemy. And if Rayne gets caught crossing the divided property lines, the consequences will be irreparable. Levi Harding has never

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26 October 2016