Category: FICTION

Review: Annie’s Truth

Title: ANNIE’S TRUTH Author: Beth Shriver Publisher: Rheams May 2012 E-book ISBN: 978-1-61638-864-5 Genre: Inspirational/Amish Annie Beiler has always known she was different, but she didn’t know why until one day she and her sister were going through their chests in the attic. While looking through her family Bible, Annie notices that her birthday is [...]

Review: Wonderland Creek

Title: WONDERLAND CREEK Author: Lynn Austin Publisher: Bethany House October 2011 ISBN: 978-0-7642-0498-2 Genre: Inspirational/historical fiction Alice Grace Ripley lives in a dream world, with her nose stuck in a book. But the happily-ever-after she’s planned on suddenly falls apart when her boyfriend breaks up with her, accusing her of living in a fictional world [...]

Review: Waterfall

Title: WATERFALL Author: Lisa T. Bergren Publisher: David C. Cook February 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4347-6433-1 Genre: Inspirational/young adult/fantasy What do you do when your knight in shining armor lives, literally, in a different world? Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Betarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives there with their [...]

Interview: with Tricia Goyer

When the Titanic left Southampton on April 10, 1912, the world was fascinated with its size, the luxury, the symbol of prominence for the wealthy onboard, and the promise for the emigrants hoping for a better future in America. For the past 100 years since its sinking on April 15, 1912, the world has been [...]

Review: An Eye for Glory

Title: AN EYE FOR GLORY Author: Karl A. Bacon Publisher: Zondervan February 2011 ISBN: 978-0-310-32202-3 Genre: Inspirational/historical/Civil War Michael Palmer has a wife and three children, but honor and duty push him to leave his comfortable life and answer the call from Abraham Lincoln to fight for his country. Michael learns quickly that war is [...]

Review: Hiding in Plain Sight

Title: HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Author: Amy Wallace Publisher: Harvest House Publishers April 2012 ISBN: 978-0-7369-4731-2 Genre: Inspirational/Mennonite/women’s fiction Police officer, Ashley Walters is new to Montezuma, Georgia and thus the rookie on the force, even though she’s a good officer, proven in her old town. She is still healing, ten years later, from her [...]

Review: My Stubborn Heart

Title: MY STUBBORN HEART Author: Becky Wade Publisher: Bethany House May 2012 ISBN: 978-0764209741 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary romance Kate Donovan is burned out on her job working with children removed from their homes, and tired of her lack of a love life. When her grandmother offers Kate the opportunity to accompany her to Pennsylvania to restore [...]

Review: Beyond Hope’s Valley

Title: BEYOND HOPE’S VALLEY Author: Tricia Goyer Publisher: Broadman & Holman April 2012 ISBN: 978-1-5336-6870-8 Genre: Inspirational/Amish Where does her heart belong? Marianna Sommer returns to Shipshewana, Indiana, with her long-intended future husband, Aaron Zook, to help her brother Levi and his girlfriend prepare for a baby—and their wedding. She also needs to plan her [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Katy’s New World

Katy Lambright is starting a new chapter in her life. A chapter usually not a part of a young Old Order Mennonite girl, but one started with permission from the church. She is going to attend public high school. Katy has an inquisitive mind, with a great eagerness to learn more than she learned in [...]

BOOK REVIEW | False Pretenses

Zoe B’s is a happening brasserie in Cajun country, in the town of Les Barbes. Zoe Broussard and her husband Pierce, have worked hard and have established a successful business, but Zoe realizes that her life is built upon deception, that will soon be revealed when she starts receiving notes that she knows will lead [...]