Leaning on Air by Cheryl Grey BostromSeries: A Standalone but includes characters from Bostromโs Sugar BirdsPublisher: Tyndale House Publishers (May 7, 2024) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS Two science nerds marry, and one of them is autistic with an aversion to being touched. What could possibly go wrong? Celia is an ornithologist and an agnostic. Burnaby... Continue Reading →
All My Secrets by Lynn Austin
All My Secrets, by Lynn AustinStand AloneTyndale House Publishers (February 6, 2024) Review by Kelly Goshorn Lynn Austinโs latest release, All My Secrets, is an inspiring time-slip story of three generations of Gilded Age women and the secrets they struggle to keep hidden. Themes of forgiveness, resentment, and bitterness are woven throughout as characters grapple... Continue Reading →
I, Saul by Jerry B. Jenkins
I, Saul by Jerry B. Jenkins (with James S. MacDonald)Series:โA Standalone (see note at end of review)Publisher:โWorthy Books (August 27, 2013)Review by Mae Clair Jerry B. Jenkins has written so many books Iโve loved, it doesnโt surprise me to find anotherยญโif olderยญโtitle. I, Saul is a dual-time line thriller/suspense novel that straddles modern day and... Continue Reading →
Their Inseparable Bond by Jill Weatherholt
Their Inseparable Bond by Jill WeatherholtSeries: Book 17 of 17, K-9 CompanionsPublisher: Love Inspired, January 23,2024 Review by Gwen M. Plano Jake Beckett loves his job. He trains service dogs for those who need special assistance. Between his work and his responsibilities for his young twins, there is little time left in the day. His wife... Continue Reading →
A Bird Alone by Ericka Clay
A Bird Alone by Ericka ClaySeries: A StandalonePublisher: Believable Books (January 8, 2024) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS A Bird Alone tells the story of Marge, a widow, and her young daughter, Whitney. They live in Arkansas during the 1980s, and they bump heads. Over the 23-year span of the story, their lives are tangled up... Continue Reading →
Relative Silence by Carrie Stuart Parks
Relative Silence by Carrie Stuart ParksStand-alone NovelPublisher: Thomas Nelson (July 14, 2020) REVIEW BY KELLY GOSHORN Relative Silence centers around the Boone family and their lives on the private and exclusive Curlew Island. The heroine, Sandpiper โPiperโ Boone still reals from her own tragedy, the loss of her only child fifteen years prior that destroyed... Continue Reading →
The Moonlight School by Suzanne Woods Fisher
The Moonlight School by Suzanne Woods FisherSeries:โA StandalonePublisher:โRevel (February 2, 2021) Review by Mae Clair I have a fondness for stories set in Appalachia. The setting is always so rich and the characters wonderfully authentic. In this case, the yearโ1911โadds to the vibrancy of the novel. I was unfamiliar with Cora Wilson Stewart prior to... Continue Reading →
The Divine Proverb of Streusel by Sara Brunsvold
The Divine Proverb of Streusel by Sara BrunsvoldSeries: A StandalonePublisher: Revell (January 16, 2024) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS First, letโs tackle that awesome title. Nikki is a twenty-something high school teacher. Itโs summer, and she finds a handwritten recipe book in her late grandparentsโ farmhouse. Is it her grandmotherโs book? A great auntโs, or maybe... Continue Reading →
The Samaritanโs Patient by Chevron Ross
The Samaritanโs Patient by Chevron RossSeries: A StandalonePublisher: AIA Publishing (January 25, 2024) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS Chevron Ross is a brave Christian fiction author who deals with disturbing, contemporary issues even while fostering themes of atonement and forgiveness. Seventeen-year-old Paige creates a website to help young people who have suicidal feelings. But social media... Continue Reading →