Happy Friday & Happy December & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today I’m featuring the first line of Once Upon a Dickens Christmas by Michelle Griep! I got to hang out […]
THIS PASSING HOUR by Leslie Gould SERIES: Amish Memories #2 GENRE: Dual Timeline / Amish Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: November 28, 2023 PAGES: 400 After the death of her parents, Mennonite Brenna Zimmerman relocates to the Lancaster County farm of her Old Order Amish grandparents. There, she […]
Happy Tuesday! For today’s Top Ten Tuesday ‘book setting’ prompt, I decided to look at a bunch of series that are set in Georgia… and a handful of standalone titles I’ve enjoyed that are set here too. And by ‘bunch’, I mean ‘however many I can think of’ – sticking […]
today’s book: A Gift for All Time We are continuing this year’s blog series spotlighting (over 70 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! This is the 7th year for the Christmas Reads Giveaway series, and I think I get more excited about it every year 🙂 Christmas is still […]
today’s 1st book: Christmas Bells and Wedding Vows Last week, we kicked off this year’s blog series spotlighting (over 70 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! This is the 7th year for the Christmas Reads Giveaway series, and I think I get more excited about it every year 🙂 […]
Happy Thanksgiving 2023, my reader friends! I am thankful for many things this year – Jesus, my family, my friends, my church, YOU, and – of course – books. So I thought I’d send y’all a little Thanksgiving greeting based on some of the books I’m thankful to have read […]
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROMISE by Misty M. Beller SERIES: Sisters of the Rockies #2 GENRE: Historical Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House Publishers RELEASE DATE: November 21, 2023 PAGES: 314 “Misty Beller is one of the most amazing and enticing storytellers. I love reading her books and enjoy her ability to bring […]
I HEARD A FLY BUZZ WHEN I DIED by Amanda Flower SERIES: An Emily Dickinson Mystery #2 GENRE: Historical Mystery/Amateur Sleuth (Clean) PUBLISHER: Berkley RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2023 PAGES: 337 When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves embroiled in a […]
TO SPARK A MATCH by Jen Turano SERIES: The Matchmakers #2 GENRE: Historical/Gilded Age Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2023 PAGES: 364 “Turano takes readers on a lighthearted romp through matchmaking season . . . . This is a delight.”–Publishers Weekly on A Match in the […]
today’s book: A Merry Heart On Monday, we kicked off this year’s blog series spotlighting (over 70 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! This is the 7th year for the Christmas Reads Giveaway series, and I think I get more excited about it every year 🙂 Christmas is still […]
Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today, it is my absolute joy to share with you the first lines of all The Christy Award 2023 Winners! I love so […]
Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Knowing You by Tracie Peterson hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! I’m delighted to chat with Tracie today about her book! KNOWING YOU by Tracie Peterson SERIES: Pictures of the Heart #3 GENRE: Historical Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: November 7, […]
today’s book: The Yuletide Angel On Monday, we kicked off this year’s blog series spotlighting (over 70 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! This is the 7th year for the Christmas Reads Giveaway series, and I think I get more excited about it every year 🙂 Christmas is still […]
I’m delighted today to welcome author Jodie Wolfe to the blog to talk about what you can expect to find in her new historical romance, Wooing Gertrude! WOOING GERTRUDE by Jodie Wolfe SERIES: Burrton Springs Brides #3 GENRE: Historical Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: White Rose Publishing RELEASE DATE: September 15, 2023 […]
I recently gave A Million Little Choices by Tamera Alexander a 5-star rating (it’s so good, y’all!), so I’m super excited to welcome her to the blog today to talk about writing with a critique partner! A MILLION LITTLE CHOICES by Tamera Alexander GENRE: Women’s/Southern Fiction (Christian) PUBLISHER: Focus on […]
RSVP TO MURDER by Carol Pouliot SERIES: The Blackwell and Watson Time-Travel Mysteries #4 GENRE: Time-Travel Mystery (Clean with mild language) PUBLISHER: Level Best Books RELEASE DATE: September 26, 2023 PAGES: 311 A new twist on the 1930s English country house mystery. Embarking on their most daring time-travel experiment to […]
Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for The Lord and the Lady Astronomer by Alissa Baxter, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! THE LORD AND THE LADY ASTRONOMER by Alissa Baxter SERIES: The Grantham Girls #3 GENRE: Historical/Regency Romance (Clean) PUBLISHER: Dragonblade Publishing RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2023 PAGES: 272 […]
THE PEASANT KING by Tessa Afshar GENRE: Historical/Biblical Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Tyndale House RELEASE DATE: November 7, 2023 PAGES: 376 Jemmah has always thought of herself as perfectly ordinary . . . until she faces extraordinary circumstances. When her mother, the Persian king’s famous senior scribe, is kidnapped, Jemmah and […]
KNOWING YOU by Tracie Peterson SERIES: Pictures of the Heart #3 GENRE: Historical Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: November 7, 2023 PAGES: 304 Could a captivating art exhibit hold the key to truth–and love? Budding artist May Parker is captivated by the Japanese exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition […]
I am delighted today to chat with the fabulous Tessa Afshar about her new novel, The Peasant King! Tessa Afshar is an award-winning author of biblical and inspirational historical fiction. She holds a Master of Divinity from Yale University, where she served as cochair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the […]