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 House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright
The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo WrightStand-alone NovelPublisher: Bethany House Publishers, November 21, 2017 REVIEW BY JOAN HALL I enjoy a well-written dual-timeline story. About a year ago, Mae Clair introduced me to Jaime Jo Wrightโs books, and I was hooked. The House on Foster Hill is her debut novel. Two years after... Continue Reading →
The Offer by D L Wood
The Offer by D L WoodSeries: The Deadly Series Collection Book TwoPublisher: Silverglass Press, August 5, 2023 REVIEW BY JOAN HALL Chef Addie Nichols is living her dreamโowning a fledgling upscale restaurant in Greenwich Village. But the dream doesnโt come without challengesโsix months into opening the restaurant, her finances are dwindling. When a woman named... 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 →
Chasing Whispers by Jennifer Youngblood
Chasing Whispers by Jennifer YoungbloodSeries: The Honeysuckle Island Series Book 1Publisher: Arbor House Books; April 28, 2021 REVIEW BY GWEN M. PLANO Jennifer Youngbloodโs Chasing Whispers combines suspense with romance in this Christian-themed novel. Situated on the fictional Honeysuckle Island, readers are quickly drawn into a baffling mystery involving those associated with the Oliver Hotel.... Continue Reading →
Break of Day by Colleen Coble
Break of Day by Colleen CobleSeries: Annie Pederson Book ThreePublisher: Thomas Nelson; July 4, 2023 REVIEW BY JOAN HALL Break of Day is the third and final book in Colleen Cobleโs Annie Pedersen series and is my favorite of the three. Iโll try to be careful with this review because I donโt want to give... Continue Reading →
Frozen Footprints by Therese Heckenkamp
Frozen Footprints by Therese HeckenkampSeries: Book 1 of 3Publisher: Ivory Tower Press on November 14, 2015 REVIEW BY GWEN M. PLANO Charlene and Maxwell Perigard are eighteen-year-old twins. Their parents are deceased and the two live with their very wealthy, oil baron grandfather. The story begins with the disappearance of Max. This isnโt the first... Continue Reading →
Dark of Night by Colleen Coble
Dark of Night by Colleen CobleSeries: Annie Pederson Book TwoPublisher: Thomas Nelson; January 10, 2023 REVIEW BY JOAN HALL Dark of Night is the second book in the Annie Pederson series. The story takes place where book one leaves off with the revelation a minor character, Taylor, might be Annieโs long-lost sister. The book opens... Continue Reading →
Edge of Dusk by Colleen Coble
Edge of Dusk by Colleen CobleSeries: Annie Pederson Book OnePublisher: Thomas Nelson; July 12, 2022 REVIEW BY JOAN HALL I read and enjoyed Colleen Cobleโs Rock Harbor series, so when I learned this series was set in the same location, I decided to give it a try. Annie Pederson is widowed with an eight-year-old daughter.... Continue Reading →