If the Boot Fits by Karen WitemeyerSeries: Texas Ever After, Book 2Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (March 17, 2024) If the Boot Fits is the second fairytale retelling with a Texas twist in Karen Witemeyer's Texas Ever After series. The story opens when Samantha Dearing returns home from Finishing School to learn her father intends for... Continue Reading →
The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch AlbomSeries:โStandalonePublisher:โHarper, Reissue Edition (November 12, 2013)Review by Mae Clair Once again, Mitch Albom delivers a story overflowing with creativity and originality. I can always count on Albom to keep me entertained and guessing while challenging the way I think. In this case, several people from the tiny... Continue Reading →
Braving the Valley by Rebecca Hartt
Braving the Valley by Rebecca HarttSeries: Acts of Valor Book FivePublisher: Rise UP Publications, July 18, 2023 REVIEW BY JOAN HALL Braving the Valley, book five of the Acts of Valor series, was my first time reading author Rebecca Hartt. Grace Garrett is determined to remain in Venezuela until she can leave with her adopted... Continue Reading →
Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery by Charles Martin
Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery by Charles MartinSeries: A StandalonePublisher: Thomas Nelson (February 10, 2008) REVIEW BY GWEN M. PLANO Chasing Fireflies is ultimately a journey of self-discovery. Through the struggles of the impoverished but proud Southern family of Willie McFarland and the skill of author Charles Martin, readers are drawn into the pain associated... Continue Reading →
The Choices She Made by Felicia Ferguson
The Choices She Made by Felicia FergusonSeries: A standalonePublisher: End Game Press (October 18, 2022) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS The Choices She Made is a dual-timeline, coming-of-age/womenโs-fiction novel. In 1997, a teenager named Madeline is assaulted and becomes pregnant. The rest of the book follows the results of the choices she makes, some good, some... Continue Reading →
The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda Barratt
The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda BarrattSeries: Stand Alone NovelPublisher: Revell (November 3, 2023) REVIEW BY KELLY GOSHORN Amanda Barratt's The Warsaw Sisters is a captivating stand-alone novel that takes readers on a poignant journey through the travails of war-torn Warsaw. The story follows the lives of twin sisters, Antonina and Helena Dฤ browska, as they navigate the... Continue Reading →
Bitter Autumn by Lyn Cote
Bitter Autumnย by Lyn CoteSeries:โNorthern Shore Intrigue Series, Book 2Publisher:โIndependently Published (May 15, 2020)Review by Gwen Plano In this Christian Romance Suspense novel, an unlikely hero arises that captures the attention of everyone in the town of Winfield on the Lake Superior shore. Grey Lawson returns home after serving seven years in prison for killing two... Continue Reading →
Finding Riley by Dan Walsh
Finding Riley by Dan WalshSeries: The Forever Home Series Book TwoPublisher: Bainbridge Press, October 1, 2016 REVIEW BY JOAN HALL I've enjoyed several of Dan Walsh's suspense stories, and being an animal lover, I was eager to try his Forever Home series. Riley is a high-spirited canine who travels with his family for a December... Continue Reading →
Last Light by Terri Blackstock
Last Light by Terri BlackstockSeries:โBook 1 of The Restoration SeriesPublisher:โZondervan (Reprint Edition, May 18,2009)Review by Mae Clair This book has been sitting on my Kindle for a while. Iโm not sure why I didnโt dive into it immediately, but once I did, it was almost impossible to put down. I found myself thinking about the... Continue Reading →