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

Lies We Tell Ourselves (Amy Matayo) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Presley Waterman is a rescuer: of animals, of businesses, of people. Like the stray cat she’s allergic to, but continues to care for. Like her small-town newspaper, a business that’s been dying a slow death for the better part of a decade. And like Micah. Her best friend and the man she has loved since they were kids, back when no one else cared. As for him… Micah Leven loves Presley. She’s the girl who’s always been there to help, the one who knows all the ugly things about him and makes him believe he can

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22 September 2018

Author Chat with Kelly Goshorn

Welcome, reader friends! It’s almost a week now since Kelly Goshorn’s debut novel, A Love Restored, entered the world, and it’s been getting some fantastic reviews. If you missed mine earlier this week, you can find it here. Today, I’ve invited Kelly to chat with us about her novel, and she’s even offering you all the chance to win a copy of her novel!

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5 July 2018

A Love Restored (Kelly J. Goshorn) – Review

~ About the Book ~ With pert opinions and a less-than-perfect figure, Ruth Ann Sutton doesn’t measure up to Society’s vision of a perfect lady. When she accepts a position teaching in a Freedman’s School, it threatens the only marriage offer Ruth Ann is likely to receive. She’s forced to choose between life as a lonely spinster or reinventing herself to secure a respectable proposal. Determined to rise above his meager beginnings, Benjamin Coulter’s reputation as a fast learner and hard worker earns him the opportunity to apprentice with a surveyor for the railroad—a position that will garner the respect

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3 July 2018

Killing Wonder Woman (Tenaya T.J. Tison) – Review + Giveaway!

~ About the Book ~ POW! BLAM! OOF! Working women of faith are subjected to daily blows of lies and deception. We are barraged with messages that we’re not good enough, smart enough, thin enough, spiritual enough. We believe that our professions mean very little in the eyes of God. We’re feeling tired and discouraged from holding ourselves to impossible standards. These damaging lies and labels now have a name: Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is a symbol of the unobtainable. She is a blend of all the women both real and fictional–that we idolize. She is the whispers of doubt

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29 May 2017

Author Interview with Varina Denman

It’s my pleasure to welcome Varina Denman to the blog today to chat about her new book, Looking Glass Lies. If you’d like to read my review of this book, you’ll find that here. As you may have gathered, I like to ask authors to nominate a snack and a drink for us all to share during our chat. As a little side note, I tell interviewees that all dietary restrictions are null and void for the duration. Well, here’s Varina’s response to that:

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13 May 2017