Isabel “Izze” Vez, bridal consultant extraordinaire, has been helping brides find The Dress for years. She loves nothing more than helping make wedding dreams come true…but sometimes the happy endings grate on her. How many times can a girl discover someone else’s gown without dreaming of the day it’ll be […]
The riveting story of one brave young woman’s struggle to free herself from a web of deceit. For misfit Libby Archer, social expectations for young women in Rochester, New York, in the mid-1950s don’t work. Her father has died, leaving her without parents, and her well-meaning friends are pressuring her […]
It’s Halloween Freebie week on Top Ten Tuesday! I’m not into vampires or werewolves (except Remus Lupin of course). I do like ghost stories but they have to be done right. I’ve only read two horror-type novels in my life – and liked them both – but they were really […]
A poignant breakout novel, for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan and Elin Hilderbrand, about a single mother who inherits a beautiful beach house with a caveat—she must take care of the ornery elderly woman who lives in it. For years, Maggie Sheets has been an invisible hand in the glittering […]
There are 8 weeks until Christmas. More appropriately, there are only a few days until my birthday 😀 Either day sends people scurrying to come up with what to get a bookworm! (Other than books, of course. And Amazon gift cards.) Ok… so maybe Christmas IS the bigger gift-buying occasion […]
Hello, my friends! Welcome to The Sound of Silver birthday blog tour! I’m excited to be posting today about Rachelle Rea Cobb’s second installment in the Steadfast Love series, an inspirational historical romance set during the 16th century! Rachelle is also the author of The Sound of Diamonds, the first […]
Y’all. It’s Friday!! Since it’s Friday, it’s also time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line! The book I’m featuring today is The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson. I chose this particular book on this particular day because a) this Beauty & […]
I have been a fan of Kristen Heitzmann’s books ever since I first read Secrets … and then A Rush of Wings … oh and good goobers The Still of Night and The Breath of Dawn (tear your heart out GOOD) … and of course most recently Told You So […]
Shelley Shepard Gray’s superpower is WRITING, for sure and certain. She just released the last two books in her The Charmed Amish Life series – nearly back to back – and she’s already hard at work on her new series which releases next March. (And it’s another Amish mystery/suspense set […]
Bright, curious, and restless, Ruthie Stoltzfus loves her family but is stuck in a sea of indecision about her future: Should she stay Amish? Or should she leave? She’s done all she can to prepare to go–passed the GED, saved her money–but she can’t quite set her journey into motion. […]
Caroline O’Connor never dreamed she’d be back home in Cold River, Missouri, the Ozark Mountain town where everyone is ‘up your business.’…they mean well as they drive you crazy. She thought she’d left town for good, but now she’s back, helping to care for her New York born mother—struck with […]
It’s Tuesday which means yesterday was Monday (yay! it’s over!) AND it’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday. Today, the folks over at The Broke and the Bookish have prompted us with the following theme: Ten Characters I’d Name A Child/Dog/Cat/Car/Etc. After. As usual, I’m tweaking it a bit to […]
I am honored and excited to have author Carrie Fancett Pagels join me on the blog today for a Q&A. Besides having the best first name, Carrie writes great books! I got to meet her in person at the Christian Fiction Readers Retreat in August, and she’s so lovely – […]
Cole Sanders is a changed man. The university quarterback questions his direction in life after serving on a mission trip in Honduras. Things that used to fill Cole’s ego seem empty after witnessing the developing country’s extreme poverty and the death of a precious child. The one glimmer of hope […]
Unblemished by Sara Ella Publisher: Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins Release Date: October 11th 2016 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Rating: 5 stars Synopsis: Eliyana has always recoiled from her own reflection in the mirror. But what if that were only one Reflection—one world? What if another world existed where her blemish could become her strength? Eliyana is used […]
Life had been going swimmingly until biologist Dr. Robert Fielding was bewildered by a squall that still threatens to shipwreck him. Tormented by the losses in his life, he finds a dozen reasons why he doesn’t need the friendship of his new neighbour, Anna Fawcett. After all, the senior and […]
Good Sunday morning, my reading friends! 🙂 I have to confess… I am exhausted today lol. The nephew and all his adorable sweetness is in town this weekend/next week, and I’m coolaunting. It’s a full-time job. 😉 We went to a local orchard yesterday and had tons of fun … […]
Happy Saturday, my friends! I’m off to my library’s annual Book Sale. If you never hear from me again, it’s okay. I’m in paradise. Giveaways Ending 10/17 Click on the book covers to be taken to Goodreads Giveaways Ending 10/18 Giveaways Ending 10/20 Giveaways Ending […]
Welcome to my stop on the God, Me, and Sweet Iced Tea blog tour! In the South, nothing is more refreshing than a glass of sweet iced tea. Nothing, that is, except experiencing God in those small, everyday moments. God, Me, and Sweet Iced Tea is a deeply personal collection […]
Eliyana can’t bear to look at her own reflection. But what if that were only one Reflection—one world? What if another world exists where her blemish could become her strength? Eliyana is used to the shadows. With a birthmark covering half her face, she just hopes to graduate high school […]