BOOK REVIEW | The Call of Zulina
The Call of Zulina Grace in Africa Kay Marshall Strom 2009 (Release August 2009) Abingdon Press Fiction/Historical Reviewed by Cindy Loven Grace Winslow, a pampered daughter of a white slave trader and African princess, has come to a place of decision. Will she marry the rich white man who wants her as a possession or [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Beloved Counterfeit
Beloved Counterfeit by Kathleen Y’Barbo When the less-than-reputable Ruby O’Shea washes up on the shores of Fairweather Key, she’s determined to bury her past and make a new life for herself and her three nieces. But doing so will entail secrecy and deception. Is that any way to start anew? When Micah Take, a wrecker, [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Highland Blessings
Title: HIGHLAND BLESSINGS Author: Jennifer Hudson Taylor Publisher: Abingdon Press May 2010 ISBN: 978-1-4267-0226-6 Genre: Inspirational/historical Akira MacKenzie was kidnapped on her wedding day by Bryce MacPhearson. Akira had been promised to marry the MacPhearson clan chief, but Bryce’s brother, the chief is hesitant to keep promises his now deceased father made. So he refused [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Shadow of Colossus
Shadow of Colossus by T. L. Higley 2009 Christy Award Historical Nominee In a world enslaved by money and power, one woman dares to be free. Will an explosive secret enslave her again? The place is the island of Rhodes; the time, 227 BC. In the ten years that Tessa of Delos has been in [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Pearl In The Sand
Title: PEARL IN THE SAND Author: Tessa Afshar Publisher: Moody Publishers September 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8024-5881-0 Genre: Inspirational/historical/biblical You remember reading the story of Rahab in the Bible. She’s the one that hid the spies in the city of Jericho, and then helped them escape by rope from her window on the wall of the city. [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Memory Between Us
A MEMORY BETWEEN US by Sarah Sundin Army nurse Lieutenant Ruth Doherty doesn’t date. And she can keep the men in her ward at bay, despite many attempts to win her affection. But when Major Jack Novak lands in the hospital after a plane crash, he is determined to win the challenge. Ruth might not [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico
Philip Smith is old and decrepit, needing help from his mining friend, Jeremiah, to take care of things. But Jeremiah is flabbergasted when Philip decided to write for a mail order bride. Jeremiah is determined to send the woman right back home on the train. What use does Philip have for a woman? She’d only [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Making Waves
Marguerite Westing’s father has made the announcement that the lake is the place to see and be seen this summer. It is the hot spot for all the rich folk in the area. So the servants load up the tents, the beds, party clothes, and other miscellaneous items, and off they go. Unfortunately, the man [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Nightingale
NIGHTINGALE by Susan May Warren Esther Lange made a mistake. One night, in the backseat of a car with a man she didn’t love—a man who didn’t love her. Finding herself pregnant, her family rejected her and with nowhere to go, she went to Linus’s family. They hated her, but put up with her since [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Hope Undaunted
A HOPE UNDAUNTED by Julie Lessman Katie O’Connor is the spoiled youngest daughter, used to getting whatever she wants. She dreams of becoming a lawyer, after all, she is a woman and women were rising above the beaten down, worthless lot her ancestors were, and becoming self sufficient, and campaigning for the right to vote. [...]
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