When image becomes everything, it’s up to love to refocus the heart. Photographer Jenna Harrison wants every bride and groom to look picture perfect on their special day, putting her heart into every wedding to give the couple memorable images of their love. But her own heart is still broken, […]
How can the wounds that keep us from living the life we want to live be mended and healed? In Tattered and Mended, Cynthia Ruchti walks readers through a gallery of reclaimed and restored art as well as broken and restored lives of those who have gone before us. With a gentle touch […]
Over 20 years ago, the Old Order Amish in Clara’s Pennsylvania community voted unanimously (or so it was recorded) to shun those who had moved just across the border to embrace the Mennonite’s practice of Sunday School for the children. Shortly after that, Clara’s mother died giving birth to her stillborn […]
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday post is all about those books that everyone is talking about … everyone but me anyway, because I still haven’t read them. Some of these hurt, y’all. What about you? Which talked-about books are you forced to keep silent about because you haven’t gotten to them yet? […]
Five Days in Skye by Carla Laureano Reviewed by Carrie Schmidt Radiant Lit Blog Tours Genre: Romance Publisher: David C. Cook Date: July 6, 2015 Hospitality consultant Andrea Sullivan has one last chance to snag a high-profile client or she’ll have to kiss her dreams of promotion good-bye. When she’s sent […]
Following on the heels of its predecessors – Welcome to Last Chance and One More Last Chance – the third book in Cathleen Armstrong’s popular series catches readers up on beloved characters and follows two more troubled souls who now call Last Chance, New Mexico, home. Kaitlyn Reed and Steven Braden, each the proverbial […]
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best thought, by day or by night. Waking or sleeping, Thy Presence my light. Amelia Christiansen – baby of the family, epic photographer in the making – is fantastic at capturing […]
Don’t taste it / Don’t share it /Just throw it away / If you try my bakery pie / You won’t live to see another day. You wouldn’t think an Amish Artisan Village in Indiana would attract many violent crimes, but amateur sleuths Amber Bowman and Hannah Troyer know differently. […]
Earlier in the week, I reviewed the first book (Murder Simply Brewed) in this cozy whodunit series set in an Amish Artisan Village in Middlebury, Indiana. Today, I’m talking about book #2 – Murder Tightly Knit. If you’re like me and you sometimes think (for a millisecond or two) about trying to solve one […]
Can you believe that today is the last day of June already? Today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is the top books we’ve all read so far this year. That’s really hard for me to narrow down to only 10, but I’ll give it a whirl 🙂 In no particular order […]
Do not miss this sale!! When the Smoke Clears, the first book in my favorite series (Deadly Reunions) by romantic suspense author Lynette Eason, is only $1.99 for Kindle/apps and Nook. Summary: After a brush with death due to equipment failure, smokejumper Alexia Allen is ordered to take time off […]
It’s award season in Christian-fiction land! The 2015 Christy Awards ceremony is going on right now (June 29th) in Orlando, Florida. The 2015 Inspy Award winners were just announced the other day. The finalists for the 2015 Carol Awards have also just been announced. Winners will be revealed September 19th at […]
I confess: I have never read a book by Vannetta Chapman until Murder Simply Brewed. It may have been my first but it definitely won’t be my last! Murder, intrigue, romance, and faith are all blended to create one entertaining story! Summary: Amber Wright, a 40-something single woman who lives with her cat on […]
I am embarrassed to admit that I am sorely behind in my Elizabeth Camden reading, so today I decided to play catch up and checked out the first one I hadn’t read, With Every Breath, from my county library’s Overdrive account. (Side note: if your library has Overdrive for ebooks, you need […]
I hate saying goodbye to my favorite series. TV shows, movies, books. Especially books. Although… my family might argue that point slightly, seeing as I spent the majority of my brother’s 3rd birthday party glued to the television watching the series finale of “Happy Days” (see photographic evidence). This was very […]
If you like westerns, detective novels, romantic stories, and books that will make you laugh out loud, then you need to read Undercover Bride without further delay! Summary: Pinkerton detective Maggie Cartwright is tasked with going undercover as a mail order bride. Her “fiancé” is widower Garrett Thomas, aka the suspected […]
How does an author write a romance when she’s never really been in love? Maybe the real-life cowboy next door can give her some inspiration… Whenever You Come Around, the third book in Hatcher’s Kings Meadow series, can easily be read as a stand-alone without feeling lost. The characters felt […]
You may remember me talking (raving/flailing/gushing) about A Proper Pursuit by Lynn Austin during one of my recent Favorites Friday posts. If not, refresh your memory here. Today is your lucky day because the ebook version of A Proper Pursuit is on sale for $1.99!! Click on the picture below to snag […]
Author Varina Denman (one of our blog favorites!) is currently giving away 5 sets of her first two books, Jaded and Justified!! You can enter by visiting her blog and joining in the great discussion about “When Christians Judge Christians”. “It all comes down to love.”
I’m a sucker for cold cases. Back eons ago (last year) when we had DirecTV, I happily spent hours watching shows about solving long dead cases and putting away criminals who thought they’d gotten away with it. It’s true – Netflix could support my habit and I do still get my […]