Riptide by Chad Robichaux and Jack Stewart Series: Silent Horizons SeriesPublisher: Tyndale Fiction on May 12, 2026 REVIEW BY STACI TROILO If secret cabals, political machinations, and clandestine off-book missions in various locations around the world spark your interest, youโll want to read this novel. Authors Chad Robichaux and Jack Stewartโeach with impressive records of... Continue Reading →
Seaside Cowboy’s Love at First Sight by Alexa Verde
Seaside Cowboy's Love at First Sightย by Alexa VerdeSeries: Book 6 of 10 in Seaside Cowboys seriesPublisher:ย self-published (April 24, 2024) REVIEW BY GWEN M. PLANO This sweet romance story unfolds slowly as a love interest builds between two unlikely characters - cowboy Barrett Lawrence and businesswoman Zoey Crawford. Barrett is a respected resident of Seaside and... Continue Reading →
Grandma Ruth Doesn’t Go to Funerals by Sharon J. Mondragรณn
Grandma Ruth Doesn't Go to Funerals by Sharon J. MondragรณnSeries: Stand AlonePublisher: Kregel Publications (February 11, 2025) REVIEW BY KELLY J. GOSHORN I wasnโt really sure what to expect when I started listening to Sharon J. Mondragรณnโs Grandma Ruth Doesnโt Go to Funerals, but what I found was a warm and whimsical contemporary Christian novel.... Continue Reading →
The Cost of the Crown by Joy Crain
The Cost of the Crown by Joy CrainSeries: Book 1 of 2 of The Royals of AndelarPublisher: White Crown (September 26, 2023)Review by Mae Clair Missy Hanson has been alienated from her father since he left to assume the role of American Ambassador to the small island kingdom of Andelar after her motherโs death when... Continue Reading →
Unintended Detour by D.L. Wood
Unintended Detour by D.L. Wood Series: The Unintended SeriesPublisher: Silverglass Press on October 21, 2021 REVIEW BY STACI TROILO Unintended Detour is the final installment of D.L. Woodโs Unintended trilogy. This Christian thriller combines elements of mystery, suspense, and family drama to create a dynamic novel that kept me captivated from the first word to... Continue Reading →
Come Rain or Come Shine by Jan Karon
Come Rain or Come Shine by Jan KaronSeries: Mitford Series Book 13 of 15Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons (May3, 2016) REVIEW BY GWEN M. PLANO Come Rain or Come Shine is the story of a country wedding. For those who have followed the series, the book focuses on the long-awaited marriage of Father Timโs son, Dooley,... Continue Reading →
South of Somewhere by T.I. Lowe
South of Somewhere by T.I. LoweSeries: a standalonePublisher: Tyndale Fiction (March 10, 2026) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS Junie is a widowed mother in her 20s living on Sullivanโs Island in South Carolina. She has lost custody of her two-year-old daughter due to drunk driving and a prison sentence. Sheโs out on parole and determined to... Continue Reading →
Unintended Witness by D.L. Wood
Unintended Witness by D.L. Wood Series: The Unintended SeriesPublisher: Silverglass Press on October 11, 2018 REVIEW BY STACI TROILO Unintended Witness is the second installment in D.L. Woodโs Unintended series. This Christian thriller picks up not long after the first book (Unintended Target) ended, and while the richness of the story world benefits from the... Continue Reading →
Who Touches The Mountains by Deborah Raney
Who Touches the Mountains by Deborah RaneySeries: The God Who, book 1 of 2Publisher: self published (November 23, 2024) REVIEW BY GWEN M. PLANO Liesl Bachman drives into the North Carolina mountains to write her next travel guide. Her destination is The Inn at Rosebud Lane. The proprietor, Zach Freylan, is a widower who shoulders... Continue Reading →