Category: FICTION

BOOK REVIEW | A Suitor for Jenny

A SUITOR FOR JENNY by Margaret Brownley Jenny Higgins read in the newspaper that Rocky Creek, Texas, is the ideal place to look for husbands. Desperate to get her two sisters married off to wealthy men, the three of them arrive in town and Jenny sets up interviews, following strict guidelines. But it isn’t as [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Grace

GRACE by Shelley Shepard Gray The Brenneman family is preparing for a family Christmas. They have no guests scheduled, so they are going to fill the rooms with family. But then they get an unexpected reservation—one sent my mail that traveled the country before arriving, and their guest, Levi is due to arrive that day. [...]

BOOK REVIEW | A Simple Amish Christmas

A SIMPLE AMISH CHRISTMAS by Vannetta Chapman Annie Weaver left home during her rumspringa to live with an aunt. While there, she got her GED and her RN. She has a good job at a Children’s hospital when she gets a call that her dad was in an accident. Annie drops everything and rushes home [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Christmas at Harrington’s

Title: CHRISTMAS AT HARRINGTON’S Author: Melody Carlson Publisher: Revell October 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8007-1925-8 Genre: Inspirational/Christmas Lena Markham has recently been released from serving an eight-year prison sentence for a crime she didn’t commit. She wants a fresh start in a new town, and the social worker set her up with a few ill-fitting second hand [...]

BOOK REVIEW | The Gold Standard

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> The Gold Standard Lisa J. Lickel 2009 Barbour Heartsong Presents ISBN 978-1-59789-525-5 Genre: Fiction/Cozy Mystery Reviewed by Cindy Loven Judy Winters is overwhelmed and sad, her aunt who raised her, has died suddenly, and it appears to be murder, instead [...]

BOOK REVIEW | A Prisioner of Versailles

Title: A PRISONER OF VERSAILLES Author: Golden Keyes Parsons Publisher: Thomas Nelson 2009 ISBN: 978-1-59554-627-2 Genre: Inspirational/historical Madeline Clavell, her husband, and their three children have fled from France to Switzerland, hoping to escape the long arm of King Louis XIV. Madeline’s family has plans to flee to the New World, but before they are [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Love Finds You in North Pole, Alaska

Sam Sinclair is HOT!! Steaming mad that is. She sold her townhouse, and her possessions, bought an RV and drove to Alaska with a letter of a promise of a job, only to arrive to find out the boss let his nephew have the job. She is mad. Lucky for her she is quickly able [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida by Sandra D. Brick

Another LFY book, this one was definitely a great story! Cassie, a new widow, heads to Holiday Florida to her vacation home for her first Florida Christmas ever. Her grown daughter has plans, and Zan Cassie’s husband had always wanted to spend a Christmas in Florida. So she heads to Florida. Determined to get the [...]

BOOK REVIEW | A Distant Melody by Sarah Sundin

Never pretty enough to please her gorgeous mother, Allie will do anything to gain her approval–even marry a man she doesn’t love. Lt. Walter Novak–fearless in the cockpit but hopeless with women–takes his last furlough at home in California before being shipped overseas. Walt and Allie meet at a wedding and their love of music [...]

BOOK REVIEW | The Rose Legacy by Kristen Heitzmann

My introduction to Kristen Heitzmann was through her most recent contemporary romantic suspense novel The Edge of Recall and I loved it. When I found out that she also had previously written a series in my favorite genre of Christian Historical Fiction I added it to my TBR list. Then I discovered that Bethany House [...]