Book Blast (and a Giveaway!): The Tremayne Family Romances by Anna J. Stewart

Book Blast (and a Giveaway!): The Tremayne Family Romances by Anna J. Stewart

Posted April 19, 2016 / 15 Comments

  General Market, Contemporary Romance Please note: These books are NOT Christian fiction. The usual general market disclaimers apply. Asking for Trouble: Morgan Tremayne has a heart of gold, but to keep her children’s charity afloat she’s had to resort to some less than legal means: donations from a notorious cat […]


Top Ten Tuesday: Need Another Laugh?

Top Ten Tuesday: Need Another Laugh?

Posted April 19, 2016 / 89 Comments

  This week’s theme is books that make you laugh.  My first thought was, “Really?” Because it feels like I just did that topic (probably since I did).  So I thought about doing some bookish humor instead… but … eh.  At the end of the day, I decided I have enough […]


Review (and a Giveaway!): Sit Stay Love by Dana Mentink

Review (and a Giveaway!): Sit Stay Love by Dana Mentink

Posted April 18, 2016 / 5 Comments

  What do you get when you add one abrasive professional athlete, a quirky out-of-work schoolteacher, and an overweight geriatric dog? A lesson in love—Tippy style—in Dana Mentink’s new book, Sit, Stay, Love. As Gina travels through Cal’s world with Tippy in tow, she begins to see Cal in a different light. Gina […]


Review (and a Giveaway!): Hold Me Close by Marguerite Martin Gray

Review (and a Giveaway!): Hold Me Close by Marguerite Martin Gray

Posted April 16, 2016 / 35 Comments

Louis Lestarjette, a Frenchman, arrives in Charles Town, South Carolina, in 1772 without purpose or plans. He encounters a society on the brink of revolution and is forced to make decisions that include finding meaning and direction in his carefree life. Who can he trust in his endeavors to prosper? […]


First Line Fridays – #3

First Line Fridays – #3

Posted April 15, 2016 / 41 Comments

It’s Friday again! (FINALLY!) Time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line! Why don’t I go first? Today, my “first line” is from Rachelle Rea’s The Sound of Emeralds, which released TODAY!!! And the first line is… “Though ours was not the love […]


Review (and a Giveaway!): Uneven Exchange by S.K. Derban

Review (and a Giveaway!): Uneven Exchange by S.K. Derban

Posted April 15, 2016 / 9 Comments

Like fire and ice, Alexandra Callet’s life runs hot and cold. At the age of thirty-three, Alexandra owns a stunning home and a successful interior design company. But she is in love with her business partner, Jake Taylor, and he doesn’t even seem to realize she’s a woman. She should […]


Author Interview: Rachelle Rea

Author Interview: Rachelle Rea

Posted April 15, 2016 / 7 Comments

  It’s here! It’s here! What’s here, you may be asking? RELEASE DAY for The Sound of Emeralds, of course! I’ve been waiting with bated breath for this final episode in the Steadfast Love series by Rachelle Rea ever since I finished The Sound of Diamonds & The Sound of Silver, the first two books […]


Review (and a Giveaway!): The Reluctant Duchess by Roseanna M. White

Review (and a Giveaway!): The Reluctant Duchess by Roseanna M. White

Posted April 14, 2016 / 4 Comments

  Purchase your copy here. Will Fleeing the Scottish Highlands Only Leave Her in More Danger? Lady Rowena Kinnaird may be the heiress to a Highland earldom, but she’s never felt good enough–not for her father, not for the man she thought she’d marry, not for God. But after a […]


Author Interview: Rachel McMillan

Author Interview: Rachel McMillan

Posted April 14, 2016 / 8 Comments

My week of awesome author interviews continues! I’m bouncing up and down a little bit right now because Rachel McMillan is here today! She’s seriously one of the coolest people I sorta know. And she’s from Canada.  So there’s that. 😉 Rachel McMillan is a keen history enthusiast and a […]


Review (and a Giveaway!): Breaking Free by Jennifer Slattery

Review (and a Giveaway!): Breaking Free by Jennifer Slattery

Posted April 13, 2016 / 9 Comments

  Sometimes it takes losing everything to grab hold of what really matters. Women’s ministry leader and Seattle housewife, Alice Goddard, and her successful graphic-designer husband appear to have it all together. Until their credit and debit cards are denied, launching Alice into an investigation that only leads to the […]


Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Jennifer Slattery

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Jennifer Slattery

Posted April 13, 2016 / 37 Comments

Ooh! Ooh! Y’all! Jennifer Slattery is here today! Fun story about Jennifer – After connecting with her on Facebook, I commented on one of Jennifer’s statuses… and then my sister-in-law did too. And they had – like – a conversation. Clearly, my sister-in-law was not merely a fan. Also, clearly, my […]


Behind the Scenes (and a Giveaway!): More Than a Promise by Ruth Logan Herne

Behind the Scenes (and a Giveaway!): More Than a Promise by Ruth Logan Herne

Posted April 12, 2016 / 4 Comments

  Genre: Christian, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Franciscan Media Publication date: February 23, 2016 Number of pages: 292 “My Three Sons”… Naughty sons, at that!… meets “Sarah, Plain and Tall” in this delightful marriage of convenience story that shows how amazingly inconvenient love… and life… can be! Widower Matt Wilmot is in trouble. His boys […]


Review (and a Giveaway!): Always With You by Elaine Stock

Review (and a Giveaway!): Always With You by Elaine Stock

Posted April 12, 2016 / 2 Comments

  Can she move forward without knowing her past? Will he enjoy his present if he can’t free himself from what he left behind? In the heart of the Adirondacks, Isabelle lives in the shadow of a dark family secret whose silent burden strips her family of emotional warmth and […]


Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read If You’re a WW2 History Buff

Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read If You’re a WW2 History Buff

Posted April 12, 2016 / 79 Comments

Hi Y’all! Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday 🙂 This week’s topic is officially “Books that every (fill in the blank) needs to read”. I’m excited to see what everyone posts and I hope we get a variety of themes! I’m going with “books that every WW2 history buff needs […]


Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Elaine Stock

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Elaine Stock

Posted April 11, 2016 / 74 Comments

I have been looking so forward to this interview! Today on the blog, I’m talking with Elaine Stock – an author who was new to me until just recently.  Elaine writes fiction “fusing family drama with psychological suspense”, and her romantic suspense novel Always With You released in January 2016 from […]


Review: The Carpenter’s Daughter by Jennifer Rodewald

Review: The Carpenter’s Daughter by Jennifer Rodewald

Posted April 10, 2016 / 10 Comments

  One word can change a life. Sarah Sharpe has grown up as a carpenter’s daughter, knowing only the rough and work-heavy world of her father’s blue-collar profession. Abandoned by her mother as a baby, she’s lived twenty-one years content to drive nails at her dad’s side. Following her father […]


It’s my FIRST blogiversary! (plus some giveaways!)

It’s my FIRST blogiversary! (plus some giveaways!)

Posted April 10, 2016 / 164 Comments

Y’all. One year ago today – April 10, 2015 – I started this little blog. I thought maybe like 3 people would read it besides me. My parents and my husband. And even then, probably not all 3 at once. 😉 You, my dear more-than-three readers, have exceeded my wildest […]


March in Review

March in Review

Posted April 9, 2016 / 10 Comments

  I had a really busy – but FUN – March here on the blog! Most notably, I migrated from wordpress.com over here to this lovely new home. Here’s how the brand spankin’ remodeled blog spent its time in March… Click on the book cover to be taken to that review. […]


Review (and a Giveaway!): Pocket Prayers by Max Lucado

Review (and a Giveaway!): Pocket Prayers by Max Lucado

Posted April 8, 2016 / 5 Comments

Pocket Prayers (with various authors; Thomas Nelson, March 2016) Bestselling author Max Lucado has teamed up with six authors to write the Pocket Prayers series for those in need of peace, renewal, rest, faith, hope, joy, direction, serenity, and courage. Short, simple prayers are very effective, which is why each […]


First Line Fridays – #2

First Line Fridays – #2

Posted April 8, 2016 / 40 Comments

It’s Friday again! (Already!) Time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line! I’ll go first (appropriately enough)… Today, my “first line” is from Jennifer Rodewald’s The Carpenter’s Daughter, which I spotlighted earlier today. And the first line is… “I think it’s a woman.” […]