HOW TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR WITHOUT BEING WEIRD by Amy Lively GENRE: Non-Fiction/Relationships (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2015 PAGES: 224 “I want to love my neighbor, but I don’t know how.” Most of us feel guilty about Christ’s command to love our neighbor, but let’s be […]
NO PLACE TO HIDE by Lynette Eason SERIES: Hidden Identity #3 GENRE: Romantic Suspense (Christian) PUBLISHER: Revell RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2015 PAGES: 338 It’s not every day you see your childhood friend and one-time crush on national news. Jackie Sellers just wishes it were under different circumstances. She can’t […]
A FAITH OF HER OWN by Kathleen Fuller SERIES: Middlefield Amish #1 GENRE: Contemporary/Amish Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson RELEASE DATE: March 27, 2015 PAGES: 310 Can Anna Mae heed God’s call on her life, even if it means leaving behind everything she knows . . . and everyone she […]
Once upon a time, I met a supercute guy at college and he became my best friend. We got so tired of telling people that we were never going to date each other that we decided to just go ahead and date each other. We were married a year later […]
THE WOOD’S EDGE by Lori Benton SERIES: The Pathfinders #1 GENRE: Historical Fiction (Christian) PUBLISHER: WaterBrook RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2015 PAGES: 391 At the wood’s edge cultures collide. Can two families survive the impact? The 1757 New York frontier is home to the Oneida tribe and to British colonists, […]
A LOVE LIKE OURS by Becky Wade SERIES: Porter Family #3 GENRE: Contemporary Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2015 PAGES: 370 2016 RITA Award Finalist Former Marine Jake Porter has far deeper scars than the one that marks his face. He struggles with symptoms of PTSD, […]
My husband Eric is one of 12 grandchildren on his mother’s side alone. TWELVE. Now, you have to understand – I come from a very small immediate and extended family. One brother, four cousins (and I rarely saw them, except my brother of course). So, when I married my husband, […]
A PROPER PURSUIT by Lynn Austin GENRE: Historical Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: September 1, 2007 PAGES: 491 The World’s Fair. Chicago, 1893. It seems a perfect backdrop for what Violet Hayes longs to experience: a little mystery, a little romance. To be honest, it is more than […]
After my interview with Melanie Dickerson where I admittedly drooled all over both of us, my husband politely informed me that I am allowed one flailing/gushing/drooling interview. That was his kind and gracious way of telling me that I had met my quota. Perhaps I should have begged him for […]
TO WIN HER FAVOR by Tamera Alexander SERIES: Belle Meade Plantation #2 GENRE: Historical Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Zondervan RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2015 PAGES: 370 A gifted rider in a world where ladies never race, Maggie Linden is determined that her horse will become a champion. But the one man […]
I’ve been a bit absent in blogdom this week. There’s a reason for that – a great reason, actually! My baby brother had a baby! Ok, so his wife was the one who actually delivered the baby but still…the point is, I have a brand new nephew! He gave his mommy […]
TIFFANY GIRL by Deeanne Gist GENRE: Historical Romance (Clean) PUBLISHER: Howard Books RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2015 PAGES: 545 From the bestselling author of It Happened at the Fair and Fair Play comes a compelling historical novel about a progressive “New Woman”—the girl behind Tiffany’s chapel—and the love that threatens […]
THE HUNTRESS OF THORNBECK FOREST by Melanie Dickerson SERIES: A Medieval Fairy Tale #1 GENRE: Historical Romance / Fairy Tale Retelling (Christian) PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2015 PAGES: 312 In the Robin Hood reimagining, a beautiful maiden poaches to feed the poor, while a handsome forester is […]
Yes, that’s right! You read correctly. MELANIE DICKERSON is chatting with me today about her new fairy tale retelling The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest! I have pinched myself so many times that I’m starting to bruise lol. You all. Melanie. Dickerson. The queen of fairy tale retellings. (All of which I adore.) […]
TAKEN by Dee Henderson GENRE: Romantic Suspense (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2015 PAGES: 433 An investigator who knows tragic loss firsthand, and his new client, missing far too long…Abducted at the age of sixteen and coerced into assisting the Jacoby crime family, Shannon Bliss has finally […]
I cut my teeth on the Nancy Drew books. I also frequently morphed into Nancy Drew while biking around the neighborhood searching for strange and mysterious goings-on. But that’s a topic for another blog post. Or not. Today is a very special day in Nancy-Drew-dom! On April 28th, 1930, the […]
Every once in a while, a book comes along that you know will stay with you forever. Pepper Basham’s The Thorn Bearer is the latest to fall into that category for me. As I said in my review here, her characters are rich and her language is poetic but her theme […]
THE THORN BEARER by Pepper Basham SERIES: Penned In Time #1 GENRE: Historical Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Vinspire RELEASE DATE: April 11, 2015 PAGES: 362 BRONZE MEDAL—CHRISTIAN FICTION—READERS FAVORITE BOOK AWARDS FINALIST—2015 GRACE AWARDS SHORT-LISTED—2015 INSPY AWARDS From the decks of the ill-fated Lusitania to the smoke-filled trenches of France, Ashleigh […]
FIVE DAYS IN SKYE by Carla Laureano SERIES: MacDonald Family Trilogy #1 GENRE: Contemporary Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: David C. Cook RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2013 PAGES: 332 RITA award winner! Andrea Sullivan is so consumed by her hospitality-consultant job that she’s forgotten what brings her joy. She dreads her new […]
Since Jaded has the honor of being the first book I reviewed on my blog, I felt it would be fitting if Varina Denman was the first author I interviewed on the blog as well. (Okay, so she’s also the first author I’ve interviewed ever but let’s keep that our little […]