Posts tagged with ‘review’

  • “When Hope Blossoms” by Kim Vogel Sawyer Book Review

    By Ruth on October 8, 2012
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    Summary Amy Knackstedt hopes a new start in Weaverly, Kansas, will help heal the pain of losing her husband and provide a better future for her three children. But her new neighbor, Tim Roper, is not pleased to have an Old Order Mennonite family living next to his apple orchard. Tim left the Mennonite faith years ago and doesn’t want […]
  • “Life With Lily” by Mary Ann Kinsinger & Suzanne Woods Fisher Book Review

    By Ruth on October 6, 2012
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    Book 1 in the “Adventures of Lily Lapp” series. Lily is six in this story, just starting first grade in a one-room schoolhouse in upstate New York. Her parents are busy building a farm, and soon animals join the family—Jenny the cow and Chubby the miniature horse. A baby brother arrives, too, which Lily has mixed feelings about. (She wanted […]
  • “Love’s Providence” by Jennifer H. Westall Book Review/Excerpt

    By Ruth on October 4, 2012
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        YA Edgy Christian Romance   Date Published: May 24, 2012   Synopsis:   Collegiate athlete Lily Brennon has always been the piece that doesn’t quite fit in the puzzle, especially in her fragmented family, and no amount of rule-following perfection seems to bring her any closer to the love and acceptance she desperately seeks. If not for Jackson […]
  • “Sierra” by Taylor Dean Book Review

    By Ruth on October 3, 2012
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      Title: Sierra Author: Taylor Dean Genre: Romantic Suspense  Publisher: Self Published Number of Pages: 342 Formats Available: Paperback, E Book Alyssa Fontaine’s life, loved ones–everything familiar and dear–are brutally taken from her. Taken captive by two men, she endures a horrific nightmare. A new life is forced upon her and even a new name. Just when it appears that no hope is in sight, she […]
  • Book Review: “Eliza” by Joyce Proell

    By Ruth on October 2, 2012
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    Historical Romance Date Published: 10/1/12 Synopsis: Posing as a widow, Eliza Danton flees an abusive marriage determined to bury the past and live a solitary life on the Minnesota frontier. When she finds herself homeless, her livelihood threatened and her safety compromised, she relies on her only resource, a man who stirs a forbidden longing and rocks the very foundation […]
  • “Attorney-Client Privilege” by Pamela Samuels Young Book Review

    By Ruth on October 1, 2012
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    ABOUT ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE A brutal murder, missing documents and an unscrupulous opposing counsel lead attorney Vernetta Henderson on a quest for justice—and ultimately—revenge. The hotshot L.A. lawyer takes on a corporation with a long history of discriminating against women. While Vernetta simply wants justice for her clients, the corporation’s hired gun wants to win . . . and she doesn’t […]
  • “Love’s Debt” by Rachel Brimble Book Review

    By Ruth on September 30, 2012
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    Love’s Debt by Rachel Brimble Published by The Wild Rose Press Historical Romance Available at: The Wild Rose Press Blurb: To keep herself from the depths of poverty, Milly Shepherd needs to be appointed manager of the Red Lion Tavern. The elderly owner is in failing health and has promised her the job permanently if no one more suitable applies. […]
  • “The Spy Lover” by Kiana Davenport Book Review

    By Ruth on September 30, 2012
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    Kiana Davenport’s latest novel is a powerful epic about the American Civil War, which extends this beloved writer’s vision to an entirely new level. Based on her family history, it is at once a historical novel, a haunting love story, and a brilliant expose on the treatment of minorities during the Civil War.  Meticulously researched, it is finally a story […]
  • “With Every Letter” by Sarah Sundin Book Review

    By Ruth on September 28, 2012
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    Book 1 in the Wings of the Nightingale series Lt. Mellie Blake is looking forward to beginning her training as a flight nurse. She is not looking forward to writing a letter to a man she’s never met–even if it is anonymous and part of a morale-building program. Lt. Tom MacGilliver, an officer stationed in North Africa, welcomes the idea […]
  • "The Deliverer" by Kathi Macias Book Review

    By Ruth on September 15, 2012
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    Summary (from goodreads): In book three of the “Freedom” series, the main character, Mara, finds herself the object of her uncle’s revenge. From a life sentence in prison, Uncle Jefe, who held her as a sex slave in his San Diego brothel, uses his underground connections to kidnap and drag Mara back into the dark shadows of human trafficking. Now […]