BOOK REVIEW | Moonlight Masquerade by Ruth Axtell

Title: MOONLIGHT MASQUERADE Author: Ruth Axtell Publisher: Revell March 2013 ISNB: 978-0-8007-2089-6 Genre: Historical romance/espionage Lady Céline Wexham seems the model British subject. French by birth but enjoying life in 1813 as a widowed English countess, she is in the unique position of being able to help those in need—or to spy for the notorious Napoleon Bonaparte. When Rees Phillips of the British Foreign Office is sent to pose as the countess's butler and discover where her Read more ...

BOOK REVIEW | Firefly Island by Lisa Wingate

Title: FIREFLY ISLAND Author: Lisa Wingate Publisher: Bethany House February 2013 ISBN: 978-0764208232 Genre: Contemporary SOMETIMES LOVE TAKES YOU ON AN ADVENTURE COMPLETELY OFF THE MAP Mallory Hale's life quickly veers off course when she falls hopelessly in love. After a whirlwind romance, Mallory finds herself leaving the bustle and action of Capitol Hill for the remote town of Moses Lake, Texas--with husband, stepson, and a U-Haul in tow. A sweet, mishap-filled journey into marriage, Read more ...

BOOK REVIEW | Love in a Broken Vessel by Mesu Andrews

Title: LOVE IN A BROKEN VESSEL Author: Mesu Andrews Publisher: Revell March 2013 ISBN: 978-0800721695 Genre: Biblical fiction An epic journey of intimacy, rejection, betrayal . . . and hope God gives Hosea a difficult command--marry a prostitute in order to show God's people the nature and depth of His love for Israel. When Hosea goes to Israel to proclaim the Lord's message, the woman God directs him to marry turns out to be his childhood friend Gomer. He finds her broken and abused, Read more ...

BOOK REVIEW | Heart in Hand by Barbara Cameron

Title: HEART IN HAND Author: Barbara Cameron Publisher: Abingdon Press February 2013 ISBN: 978-1426714344 Genre: Amish After the wedding of her cousin Naomi, knitter Anna, a widow, finds herself missing love and the closeness of a husband. She feels a special connection with her grandmother as they both struggle to go on with life. Is Anna on the verge of finding happiness when she realizes Gideon Beiler is interested in her? Love begins to warm Anna’s heart, but will she be so afraid Read more ...

BOOK REVIEW | The Scent of Lilacs by Ann H. Gabhart

Title: SCENT OF LILACS Author: Ann H. Gabhart Publisher: Revell March 2013 ISBN: 978-0800730802 Genre: women’s fiction After the summer of 1964, life for Jocie Brooke will never be the same. Life-changing events rarely happen in quiet Hollyhill, Kentucky, and when they do, they are few and far between. But for young Jocie Brooke and her family, they happen all at once during the humid summer of 1964. Though on the surface things are just fine, it seems like everyone in Jocie's life has Read more ...