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

Now THIS is romance!

I know, I know.  It’s actually fantasy, but it is also a romance in the oldest sense of the term.  It is the story of a hero and his quest; a quest that carries both personal and universal significance. I’m talking about Merchant of Alyss, the second book in Thomas Locke’s Legends of the Realm series.  The Kindle version will release on 29th December 2015 and the paperback version releases on 5th January 2016. I will have a review of the book up later this week, but I just had to share this scene between Hyam and Joelle.  It almost seized

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14 December 2015

SALE! Cathy Gohlke’s ‘Promise Me This’

Looking for an historical romance read?  Love Edwardian/Titanic era stories? On sale this month from Tyndale Publishers: Australian Kindle buyers click here. Publisher’s Overview: Michael Dunnagan was never supposed to sail on the Titanic, nor would he have survived if not for the courage of Owen Allen. Determined to carry out his promise to care for Owen’s relatives in America and his younger sister, Annie, in England, Michael works hard to strengthen the family’s New Jersey garden and landscaping business. Annie Allen doesn’t care what Michael promised Owen. She only knows that her brother is gone—like their mother and father—and

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8 December 2015

At Home in Last Chance (Cathleen Armstrong) – Review

  “No one’s going to run you out of town.”  The teakettle whistled, and Elizabeth got up to make the tea.  “Yes, leaving Livvy here and taking off who-knows-where was a big mistake.  No one knows that better than you do.  But look what came of it.  Never underestimate what the Lord can do, honey.  He can take the biggest mess you ever saw and make something so beautiful it can take your breath away.” There is something so very life-like and down-to-earth about the people of Last Chance.  They’re the kind of people you can’t help liking, in spite

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29 November 2015