BOOK REVIEW | Gingham Mountain
GINGHAM MOUNTAIN by Mary Connealy Grant used to be an orphan. Now his heart is set on adopting all the kids who are homeless. He’s had as many as twenty-five children pass through his home so far. Right now he has six kids living under his roof, but never has he has so much trouble [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Surrender the Wind
Surrender the Wind by Rita Gerlach A quick~match tale of unexpected love . . . A fuse that burned rapidly … After a harrowing escape from the British, patriot Seth Braxton finds his father dead at Yorktown. Now battle scarred and grieving, he endeavors to settle down for a peaceful life along the shores of [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Dream to Call My Own
A Dream to Call My Own by Tracie Peterson Lacy Gallatin, the youngest of the Gallatin sisters, is a woman with a mission: to find her father’s killer. Haunted by the belief that she’s failed him, Lacy is also battling a desire to have something more than just revenge, something she can’t quite figure out. [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Honor in the Dust
Honor in the Dust A Novel by Gilbert Morris In the moral confusion of the court of King Henry VIII, young Stuart Winslow has many choices to make — and lives depend on what he will choose. Born in poverty when his father was forced to choose between the woman he loved and the wealth [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Maggie Rose
Maggie Rose Daughters of Jacob Kane Book 2 Sharlene MacLaren 2009 Whitaker House Christian Fiction/Historical Reviewed by Cindy Loven Maggie Rose Kane, has a deep conviction that God wants her to go to New York. Convincing her father was another story, but eventually Jacob Kane conceded that he should not stand in the way of [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Ransome's Honor
Ransome’s Honor by Kaye Dacus The Ransome Trilogy from exciting new author Kaye Dacus combines the wit, romance, and social commentary of Jane Austen with the sea-faring adventure of Horatio Hornblower. July 1814. The war with France has ended, and Captain William Ransome, known for never letting women aboard his ship, has returned to Portsmouth, [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Surrender the Wind
SURRENDER THE WIND by Rita Gerlach Seth Braxton fought with the Patriots during the Revolutionary War, and his life was saved by a compassion man when he was captured and sentenced to death by hanging. But life after the war wasn’t all easy. Seth’s Virginia home was damaged during the war, and his father has [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Paper Roses
Paper Roses by Amanda Cabot Paper Roses begins as many historical inspirational novels do: on a dusty road after the stagecoach drives away. But the similarities end there. This mail order bride, accompanied by her toddler sister, is greeted not by her intended husband, but by the terrible news that he has died. Worse, his [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Bride in the Bargain
A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist In 1860s Seattle, redwoods were plentiful but women scarce. Yet a man with a wife could secure himself 640 acres of timberland for free. Joe Denton doesn’t have a wife, though. His died before she could follow him to Seattle and now the local judge is threatening [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Love's Pursuit
Love’s Pursuit by Siri L. Mitchell In the small Puritan community of Stoneybrooke, Massachusetts, Susannah Phillips stands out both for her character and beauty. She wants only a simple life but soon finds herself pursued by the town’s wealthiest bachelor and by a roguish military captain sent to protect them. One is not what he [...]
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