Click here to purchase your copy. Rose Island Lighthouse, Rhode Island June 1880 Will she betray his trust to stay on the island she loves? Abbie Wilson is content to spend her days clamming, crabbing, and tending Rose Island Lighthouse. Her grandpa is the head light keeper, but his senility […]
Happy Tuesday, friends! Today’s topic from the awesome folks at The Broke and the Bookish is supposed to be the Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant to Read But Didn’t (But Totally Plan To). Good grief, y’all. Do you even KNOW how many books would be in this post […]
A woman running from God. And the man she desperately loves. Because of the lies she believes. Taken from her conquered Californio family during the 1846 Mexican-American War to be forced into marriage with a Yankee she despises, proud Spanish beauty, Maria Vasquez, draws a knife, and begins her journey […]
I am always super-happy when I get to chat with my author friend Jennifer Slattery! We got to meet in person at the Christian Fiction Readers Retreat this past August, and it was such a treat to chat face to face. She has a heart for Jesus and for hurting […]
Emily Price—fix-it girl extraordinaire and would-be artist—dreams of having a gallery show of her own. There is no time for distractions, especially not the ultimate distraction of falling in love. But Chef Benito Vassallo’s relentless pursuit proves hard to resist. Visiting from Italy, Ben works to breathe new life into […]
Can y’all handle one more favorites post? I know you’ve been inundated (especially here on my blog lol) but I didn’t want to skip over my favorite reads in December! What about you? What are some of your fave […]
Welcome to the first Sunday Book Club of 2017! It is COLD here. Like, single digits cold. Time to snuggle under blankets with a pile of books… if only I had some to read. LOL. Yes. Well. 🙂 Today on the Book Club, let’s talk about our goals/resolutions for […]
Hope in My Heart is a collection of short, heartwarming stories with characters in need of hope. In “Love Unexpected,” a car crash brings commitment-wary Sebastian and career woman Chandra together. Neither is looking for romance, but those around them see the potential, and Sebastian and Chandra discover that sometimes […]
I got an email from Goodreads this week, saying that I won a giveaway I’d entered! It was the book Shadow Warriors of World War II that I included in last Saturday’s giveaway list. Have you won any of the giveaways yet? I hope you will soon if you […]
When Father Gilbert traded in his detective’s badge for an Anglican priest’s collar, he never expected that murder would follow him. Even a church conference in the quant seaside town of Englesea offers no escape. The vision of a dead woman, water dripping from her body, draws Gilbert into a […]
Hi friends! As a Kentucky reader, I am delighted to chat today with a Kentucky author – James Markert. James Markert lives with his wife and two children in Louisville, Kentucky. He has a history degree from the University of Louisville and won an IPPY Award for “The Requiem Rose,” […]
Welcome to the first First Line Friday of 2017! We finally have snow on the ground here in Kentucky and I could not be happier! To celebrate the fact that it’s Friday, grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line! The book I’m featuring […]
A young woman finds her loyalties tested beyond limit and her desires torn beyond measure in 1846 California. After sailing around Cape Horn, and barely surviving the perilous journey, devout Protestant Rachel Tyler, arrives in California just in time for her father’s wedding and the unfolding of the Bear Flag […]
I am so delighted to welcome Paula Scott to the blog today, my first author chat of 2017! She is a joy to talk with on Facebook and I’ve really enjoyed getting to know her a little bit over the last several months. Paula began her writing career as a […]
Today on Top Ten Tuesday, we are talking about debuts we’re excited about in 2017. I must admit that my brain sort-of imploded on itself when I tried to follow this to the letter so … once again … I am straying a bit from the intended topic. Rebel that […]
Happy New Year’s Eve. I know some people feel like it’s “good riddance to 2016” and I’m tempted to say that too. But you know, honestly? In all the ways that matter, it’s been a good year. When I take my eyes off Jesus, I start to see the waves […]
Closing out this week of faves with my fave NONFICTION reads from 2016. While this isn’t my typical genre of choice, I am always in search of good nonfiction and when I find it I highlight and star and heart and circle all over the pages. And then usually shove […]
Happy New Year’s Eve Eve!! Today I’m doing something a bit different. Since I’ve been talking all week about my favorite reads of 2016, I thought we’d transfer that concept to First Line Friday too. So instead of reaching for the book nearest you and telling us the first line, […]
All week, we’ve been looking at my favorite reads of 2016! Monday – Contemporary Tuesday – Fantasy/YA/Fairy Tales Wednesday – Historical Thursday – Mystery/Suspense TODAY – Amish Fiction Saturday – Nonfiction Along with my other criteria for determining a great book (you can see them here), a “fave read” in […]
Betsy Huckabee might be a small-town girl, but she has big-city dreams. Writing for her uncle’s newspaper will never lead to independence, and the bigger newspapers don’t seem interested in the Hart County news. Trying a new approach, Betsy pens a romanticized serial for the ladies’ pages, and the new […]