Category: Historical

BOOK REVIEW | A Proper Pursuit »

A PROPER PURSUIT by Lynn Austin Violet Rose Hayes is horrified when she returns home from a woman’s finishing school to discover that her father is engaged and has divorced her mother—a woman Violet has assumed ill in a hospital all her life. Upset about the lies her father has fed her, she arranges to [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Sandhill Dreams »

SANDHILL DREAMS by Cara C. Putman Lainie Garner wanted to be a nurse forever. She completed her training, hoping that she’d be able to go overseas to serve the U.S. soldiers and do her part in the war effort, but a terrible disease kept her stateside. So, she looks for a job in Fort Robinson, [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Better Than Gold »

BETTER THAN GOLD by Laurie Alice Eakes Lily Reese doesn’t plan to settle in Browning City, Iowa. She’s only there long enough to save enough money to escape to a big city. Someplace that is all hustle and bustle, with something to do and someplace to go every minute. She has her heart set on [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Just Jane »

JUST JANE (a novel about Jane Austen’s life) by Nancy Moser Many of us read and loved Pride and Prejudice as required reading during high school. Now, for the first time, we can read a bio/fiction account of Jane Austen’s life.

BOOK REVIEW | Najila »

NAJILA by C. J. Illinik Najila’s life has been defined by conflict from the day she was born. Her mother is a Muslim, who dies in childbirth when Najila is just a small child, and her father, a Greek Orthodox Byzantine ambassador does his best to pass on his Christian beliefs to his strong willed [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Pride and Prejudice »

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Insight Edition) Jane Austen PRIDE AND PREJUDICE have been enjoyed by women over the centuries, and even today is still routinely read. I haven’t read this book since I was in high school, but it was nice to revisit these timeless characters, and get reintroduced to the beloved Elizabeth Bennet, and the [...]

BOOK REVIEW | A Shadow of Treason »

A SHADOW OF TREASON by Tricia Goyer After following her fiancé, Michael, to Spain , and then witnessing his death during the Spanish Civil War, Sophie has fallen in love with another man, Philip. But now Philip is being shipped off to the front lines of the war, and Sophie discovers that her first love, [...]

BOOK REVIEW | A Whisper of Freedom »

A WHISPER OF FREEDOM by Tricia Goyer Sophie, Philip, and Walt hope to get the gold out of the country so Walt can sell it to collectors, but Michael has managed to get all possible ways of shipment blocked. So now Sophie and Walt are stuck in the mountains, trying to hide a truck-load of [...]

Better Than Gold »

BETTER THAN GOLD by Laurie Alice Eakes Lily Reese doesn’t plan to settle in Browning City, Iowa. She’s only there long enough to save enough money to escape to a big city. Someplace that is all hustle and bustle, with something to do and someplace to go every minute. She has her heart set on [...]

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