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 | Certain Jeopardy
Title: CERTAIN JEOPARDY Jeff Struecker with Alton Gansky Publisher: B&H Books Copyright: 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8054-4853-5 Genre: Military Christian Fiction “Your safety rests in the hands of six men . . . they are Special Ops and their mission has just been upgraded from difficult to impossible.” I am forever grateful that my freedoms are protected [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Texas Heat
Title: TEXAS HEAT Author: Debra White Smith Publisher: Avon Inspire 2009 ISBN: 978-0-06-148316-4 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary/intrigue Jack Mansfield has loved Charlie forever, but when she dumped him for a fast-working, smooth-talking jerk, Jack was sure Charlie had ripped his heart out along with his liver and kidneys and all other vital organs. So, when Charlie comes [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Plain Perfect
Title: PLAIN PERFECT Author: Beth Wiseman Publisher: Thomas Nelson 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59554-630-2 Genre: Inspirational/Amish Lillian Miller is tired of the life she’s been living. An abusive boyfriend, a neglectful mom, and a teaching career going nowhere. So, in desperation, she leaves her boyfriend, and boards a plane to Amish country, Lancaster County, where her maternal [...]
BOOK REVIEW | An Unlikely Blessing
Title: AN UNLIKELY BLESSING Author: Judy Baer Publisher: Guideposts October 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8249-4814-6 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary Alex Armstrong is a former college professor in his hometown of Chicago, but now he’s finding himself going to North Dakota to serve as a first-time pastor. His first assignment is two churches that are too small for a pastor, [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Dining with Joy
Title: DINING WITH JOY Author: Rachel Hauck Publisher: Thomas Nelson November 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59554-339-4 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary romance When Joy Ballard’s down-home cooking show Dining with Joy is picked up by a major network, Joy starts looking for a way out. After all, she can’t cook. Her old producer knew this and allowed all the cooking [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Autumn’s Promise
AUTUMN’S PROMISE by Shelley Shepard Gray Lilly Allen has been pregnant out of wedlock, miscarried and lost her baby and as a result, grew up a lot in the time her parents lived in Sugarcreek. She is a world away in differences from her old friends, and beginning to fit in well in the Amish [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Waiting
THE WAITING by Suzanne Woods Fisher Jorie King has been waiting for Ben Zook to come back to Lancaster County. He’d been sent to Vietnam to serve as a medic, since he was a conscientious objector. But then life starts falling apart. Caleb Zook’s wife is diagnosed with an aggressive cancer which is threatening her [...]
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