BOOK REVIEW | Najila
NAJILA by C. J. Illinik Najila’s life has been defined by conflict from the day she was born. Her mother is a Muslim, who dies in childbirth when Najila is just a small child, and her father, a Greek Orthodox Byzantine ambassador does his best to pass on his Christian beliefs to his strong willed [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Pride and Prejudice
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Insight Edition) Jane Austen PRIDE AND PREJUDICE have been enjoyed by women over the centuries, and even today is still routinely read. I haven’t read this book since I was in high school, but it was nice to revisit these timeless characters, and get reintroduced to the beloved Elizabeth Bennet, and the [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Shadow of Treason
A SHADOW OF TREASON by Tricia Goyer After following her fiancé, Michael, to Spain , and then witnessing his death during the Spanish Civil War, Sophie has fallen in love with another man, Philip. But now Philip is being shipped off to the front lines of the war, and Sophie discovers that her first love, [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Whisper of Freedom
A WHISPER OF FREEDOM by Tricia Goyer Sophie, Philip, and Walt hope to get the gold out of the country so Walt can sell it to collectors, but Michael has managed to get all possible ways of shipment blocked. So now Sophie and Walt are stuck in the mountains, trying to hide a truck-load of [...]
Better Than Gold
BETTER THAN GOLD by Laurie Alice Eakes Lily Reese doesn’t plan to settle in Browning City, Iowa. She’s only there long enough to save enough money to escape to a big city. Someplace that is all hustle and bustle, with something to do and someplace to go every minute. She has her heart set on [...]
Beloved Castaway
BELOVED CASTAWAYby Kathleen Y’Barbo Isabelle Marie Gayarre needs a passage to Europe where she hopes to obtain her rightful inheritance instead of the life that she’s living in New Orleans. She’s saved up enough money for the trip, and now she has to convince Captain Josiah Carter into allowing her to ride on his boat. [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Distant Heart
Distant Heartby Tracey Bateman A wagon train. What images do those words bring to mind? As the book opens, this particular wagon train has stopped. A group of Indian warriors has ridden into camp under a flag of truce. They’re interested in a trade, but not an ordinary trade. The chief had his eyes set [...]
Threads of Silk
Threads of Silkby Linda Lee Chaikin This is an historical novel based in France during the time that Catherine de’ Medici was the Queen Mother. She plays a key role in the novel as the main characters, Rachelle Macquinet and Marquis Fabien de Vendome are under her authority and are put into many dangerous situations [...]
Forevermore
Forevermoreby Cathy Marie Hake Hope Ladley drifts about the Texas farmlands like a dandelion “wishieâ€â€”helping out wherever she’s needed, then moving on to the next place God sends her. But when she and her mule, Hattie, stop at the Stauffer farm, Hope’s life takes on a drastic change. This time her heart gets tangled up [...]
To Love Anew
TO LOVE ANEWby Bonnie Leon Hannah Talbot has lost her mother, her business, and her home. Forced to go to work as a scullery maid, she is only there a brief time before her employer brutally rapes her. Hannah has nothing left but her dignity. Unfortunately, she soon finds herself banished to an Australian prison, [...]
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