BOOK REVIEW | The Mountains Bow Down
Title: THE MOUNTAINS BOW DOWN Author: Sibella Giorello Publisher: Thomas Nelson March 2011 ISBN: 978-1-59554-535-0 Genre: Inspirational/suspense FBI Special Agent Raleigh Harmon needs a vacation. So, she boards a cruise ship to Alaska with her mother, her aunt, and her aunt’s friend, Claire the Clairvoyant. The backdrop of the Last Frontier is a dream destination [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Bride Backfire
The Bride Backfire by Kelly Eileen Hake Opal Speck and Adam Grogan have both worked for years towards peace between their families. Set in 1857, the Specks and the Grogans have been fueding for years over a peice of property they both claim is their own. Opal and Adam just want peace, but it seems others [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Winter’s Awakening
Winter’s Awakening by Shelley Shepard Gray My rating: 4 of 5 stars Honestly Shelley Shepard Gray is probably my favorite Amish Fiction author of the current Amish Fiction craze. Her reflections into the lives that interact and are affected by the Ohio Amish are fresh and refreshing. I enjoyed her previous Sisters of the Heart [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Highland Blessings
Highland Blessings by Jennifer Hudson Taylor Abingdon Press May 1, 2010 Akira MacKenzie’s joyous wedding is blemished by not only the absence of her intended husband but her own kidnapping at the hands of their enemy clan, the MacPhearsons. The middle brother carries her off to keep the oath he made to honor his late [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Lightkeeper’s Daughter
The Lightkeeper’s Daughter (Mercy Falls #1 ) by Colleen Coble Thomas Nelson January 12, 2010 When she was too young to remember the events or her parents, Addie was rescued from a shipwreck by the local lighthouse at the scene of the wreck. The couple who took her in raised her as their own though [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Spring’s Renewal
SPRING’S RENEWAL Author: Shelley Shepard Gray Publisher: Avon Inspire April 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-185236-7 Genre: Inspirational/Amish Clara is the local Amish school teacher. When Clara was five-years-old, she was severely burned in a kitchen fire, and now her mother tells her that no one will have Clara since she is deformed. Clara is resigned to staying [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Cousin’s Prayer
A COUSIN’S PRAYER Author: Wanda Brunstetter Publisher: Barbour Books November 2009 ISBN: 978-1-60260-061-4 Genre: Inspirational/Amish Katie Miller’s boyfriend, Timothy, was killed in an accident a year earlier. Long before she’s ready, Katie is invited to return to her home in Indiana to stand up for her cousin at the wedding. At first, Katie wants to [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Heading Home
Heading Home: A Novel Renee` Riva 2010 David C. Cook Eight years is a long time to carry a flame for someone. Even if you are keeping their dog for them. But what if you are fourteen and the girl is only ten. A.J. Degulio has always known she would return to Indian Island, her [...]
BOOK REVIEW | One Lane Bridge
ONE LANE BRIDGE Author: Don Reid Publisher: David C. Cook October 2010 ISBN: 978-1-4347-6508-6 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary John David (J.D.) Wickman and his wife, Karlie, have been married twenty years. They live a good life, but when their family restaurant starts having problems, J.D.’s mother needs more attention, and their college-age daughter wants to drop out [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Pastor’s Wife
THE PASTOR’S WIFE Author: Jennifer AlLee Publisher: Abingdon Press February 2010 ISBN: 1-426-70225-9 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary women’s fiction Maura Sullivan couldn’t handle being married to a pastor. Nick Shepherd was more into his congregation than he was her. They called, he was there. But when she needed him, he wasn’t. Now, six years later, Maura is [...]
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