BOOK REVIEW | Safe from the Past
Title: SAFE FROM THE PAST Author: Patricia Miller Mauro Publisher: P3 Press September 2010 ISBN: 978-1-933651-84-2 Genre: Self-help Patricia Miller Mauro’s parents divorced when she was very young, and she was forced to go hungry when food stamps ran out. Used to the same and stigma of being poor, Patti could hardly imagine a better [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Cowboy’s Touch
Abigail is on a vacation/leave of absence, a forced one. Her health is suffering, high blood pressure is making her sick. Her mother has insisted she take off three months and sends her to Montana to check on her Aunt Lucy. What her mother doesn’t tell Abigail is that the magazine they both work for [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Chasing Sunsets
Title: CHASING SUNSETS Author: Eva Marie Everson Publisher: Revell June 2011 ISBN: 978-0-8007-3436-7 Genre: Inspirational/women’s fiction Kimberly Tucker’s ex-husband, Charlie, has just petitioned the courts for an extra week of visitation time with his sons. Kimberly is furious, he doesn’t spend the time with the boys anyway, he’s hanging out with other women. But Charlie [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Fatal Judgment
Title: FATAL JUDGEMENT Author: Irene Hannon Publisher: Revell January 2011 ISBN: 978-0-8007-3456-5 Genre: Inspirational/romantic suspense U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor has just relocated to his hometown of St. Louis. But he’s no sooner arrived than a shooting occurs at the home of a federal judge. The judge is no stranger to him, she was married to [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Amish Nanny
Title: THE AMISH NANNY Author: Mindy Starns Clark & Leslie Gould Publisher: Harvest House July 2011 ISBN: 978-0-7369-3861-7 Genre: Inspirational/women’s fiction A cave behind a waterfall… A dying confession… A secret agreement hidden for a century… Ada Rupp is an Amish girl who knows nothing about these elements of her family’s past. Instead, she has [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Someone to Blame
Title: SOMEONE TO BLAME Author: C. S. Lakin Publisher: Zondervan September 2010 ISBN: 978-0-310-32759-4 Genre: Inspirational/women’s fiction The Moore family is struggling to readjust after a tragic loss to their family. Hoping to escape their memories, Matt and Irene sell almost everything they own and move to the first place that offers Irene a job—a [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Sue Ellen’s Girl Ain’t Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy
Title: SUE ELLEN’S GIRL AIN’T FAT, SHE JUST WEIGHS HEAVY Author: Shellie Rushing Tomlinson Publisher: Penguin May 2011 ISBN: 978-0-425-24085-4 Genre: Self-help Guided by principles by the ancient Belle Doctrine, Shellie talks about everything from health and fitness—managing the caloric calculations without going Straight Running Crazy and surviving the Raging Inferno Syndromo to the fine [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Praying for Your Future Husband
Title: PRAYING FOR YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND Authors: Robin Jones Gunn and Tricia Goyer Publisher: Multnomah May 2011 ISBN: 978-1-60142-348-1 Genre: Nonfiction/relationships/single living Have you ever thought about praying for your future husband? Will it make a difference? There’s only one way to find out. Most of us dream about our future husbands from the time [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Branded: Sharing Jesus with a Consumer Culture
Title: BRANDED: Sharing Jesus with a Consumer Culture Author: Tim Sinclair Publisher: Kregel Publications May 2011 ISBN: 978-0-8254-3894-3 Genre: Inspirational/Evangelism Marketing…It’s just not a word that most people think of in terms of Jesus. Yet, Tim Sinclair, a professional marketer, maintains that marketing is actually what evangelism is. We put “Jesus Saves” bumper stickers on [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Reluctant Queen
Title: A RELUCTANT QUEEN Author: Joan Wolf Publisher: Thomas Nelson June 2011 ISBN: 978-1-59554-876-4 Genre: Inspirational/biblical fiction Esther was orphaned as a young girl, and raised by her Uncle Mordecai. Uncle Mordecia worked for the palace as a treasurer and was privy to some of the palace gossip, so he knew some news, and shared [...]
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