Archive for November, 2009

BOOK REVIEW | Cowboy Christmas

Title: COWBOY CHRISTMAS Author: Mary Connealy Publisher: Barbour Books September 2009 ISBN: 978-1-60260-145-1 Genre: Inspirational/historical romance Annette Tabot has a voice of an angel. And she loves singing for the Lord. But now she has a new boss and he is abusive, a gambler, and he is determined to dress Annette like a harlot and [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Engaging Father Christmas

ENGAGING FATHER CHRISTMAS by Robin Jones Gunn Miranda Carson has just returned to England to spend Christmas with her Scottish boyfriend, Ian, and his family, who manages a tea shop in a small town in the English country-side. But Ian is running late meeting Miranda at the airport, and the first person Miranda sees is [...]

INTERVIEW | Elisabeth Corcoran

Elisabeth, describe yourself for our visitors. I live with my husband, Kevin, and middle-school children, Sara and Jack, in Illinois .  I am the author of He Is Just That Into You, a collection of essays about God’s faithfulness and love; the devotionals, In Search of Calm and Calm in My Chaos; and the monthly [...]

The Real Battle

The Real Battle by Pastor Eric Lambert I feel a burden to share this with you, particularly because we are moving into the day of the supernatural and unfortunately, you and I have not been taught how to negotiate these waters of spiritual reality. Consequently, we vacillate between the land of reality (the spirit) and [...]

BLOG TOUR | Athol Dickson’s Lost Mission

Check out the latest book release from critically acclaimed author, Athol Dickson. A review will be posted soon! Seattle, WA – Critically acclaimed author, Athol Dickson’s writing has been favorably compared to the work of Octavia Butler (Publisher’s Weekly), Daphne du Maurier (Cindy Crosby, Christianity Today fiction critic) and Flannery O’Connor (The New York Times). [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Cowboy Christmas

Mary Connealy Barbour Publishing 2009 Fiction/Christian/Romance Reviewed by Cindy Loven Annette Talbot is in trouble, sent to a girl’s school after her mother died, working with a mission group after school is finished, the mission group is taken over by a ruthless man, and his plans for Annette are not good. He tries to make [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Menu for Romance

Kaye Dacus follows up her debut novel Stand-In Groom with this lovely new offering in the “Brides of Bonneterre” series, Menu for Romance. Publisher’s Summary: After eight years of unrequited love, Meredith Guidry decides it’s time to move on, to try to find someone who’ll love her in return. So she makes a prayerful New Year’s resolution [...]

INTERVIEW | J. M. Hochstetler

J.M., describe yourself for our visitors—hobbies, favorite music, ministries I love to garden and do crafts. Last summer I started scrapbooking, but I’ve been too busy to work on my projects this winter, and it’s driving me crazy! I’m also very interested in interior decoration and could happily make a career of it. I’d redo [...]

BOOK REVIEW | A Cousin’s Prayer

Indiana Cousins Book 2 Wanda E. Brunstetter 2009 Barbour Publishing Fiction/Christian/Amish Reviewed by Cindy Loven It has been a year since Katie Miller’s boyfriend was killed in a horrible accident. She returns to her home, for her cousin’s wedding after staying in Florida with her grandparents. However she cannot go back to Florida with her [...]

BOOK TRAILER | The Last Word by Kathy Herman

The Last Word, by Kathy Herman from David C. Cook on Vimeo.