In the year 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains -- and comes to know and love the resilient people of the region, with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, and their yearning for beauty and truth. But her faith will be severely challenged by trial… Continue reading Book Review: Christy by Catherine Marshall
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge
Just a few years after their father’s business scandal shatters their lives, Jane and Celia Woodward find themselves forced out of their San Francisco tea shop. The last thing Jane wants is to leave their beloved shop on Valencia Street, but when Celia insists on a move to Austin, Texas, the sisters pack up their kid… Continue reading Book Review: Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge
Book Review: Fly Away by Lynn Austin
Wilhelmina Brewster has been a college music professor for 41 years, devoting her life to her career and never marrying. Now, after her forced retirement at age 65, she is mourning her loss and searching for something to fill the empty hours. Widower Mike Dolan is a pilot and World War II veteran who has… Continue reading Book Review: Fly Away by Lynn Austin
Adult Coloring Book Review: The Beautiful Word, Creative Coloring and Hand Lettering
Find peace in the beauty of scripture as you color and reflect on favorite verses from the Bible. Each of the 50 verses is accompanied by intricate pen-and-ink illustrations for you to color. As an added bonus, you’ll learn simple techniques of hand lettering with easy-to-understand tutorials, tracing templates, and space to practice hand lettering… Continue reading Adult Coloring Book Review: The Beautiful Word, Creative Coloring and Hand Lettering
Book Review: The Road to Paradise by Karen Barnett
An ideal sanctuary and a dream come true–that’s what Margaret Lane feels as she takes in God’s gorgeous handiwork in Mount Rainer National Park. It’s 1927 and the National Park Service is in its youth when Margie, an avid naturalist, lands a coveted position alongside the park rangers living and working in the unrivaled splendor… Continue reading Book Review: The Road to Paradise by Karen Barnett
Review: Jane Austen’s Lady Susan and Love and Friendship
I had the pleasure of watching the latest Austen movie, Love and Friendship, in the same week that I read one of her earliest stories, Lady Susan. Since these are lesser known works, I thought it would benefit you to get a full review. For those who didn't know, Love and Friendship is based on… Continue reading Review: Jane Austen’s Lady Susan and Love and Friendship
Book Review: Finding Margo by Jen Turano
Off the charts and on the run. International pop star Margo Hartman could use a night off. A grueling tour and overbearing entourage have sent her over the edge. It's time for this diva to disappear. And who would think to look for the superstar in a small Dutch town in Ohio? Sheriff's deputy Brock Moore is… Continue reading Book Review: Finding Margo by Jen Turano
Book Review: Freedom’s Price by Christine Johnson
When Englishwoman Catherine Haynes loses both her parents and her home in 1856, she decides to cross the Atlantic to find her American mother's family in Louisiana. She enlists the help of Tom Worthington, a dashing Key West man who makes his living salvaging wrecked ships, but whose real goal in life is to bring… Continue reading Book Review: Freedom’s Price by Christine Johnson
Summer Reading: Recommendations and Wish List
Hello, fellow Christian Fiction fans!! I'm bringing you 12 books today for your summer reading list. My Summer Wish List: Here are 6 books that are releasing THIS summer. I'm hoping to read and review each of them. Fly Away by Lynn Austin Does this title sound familiar? It should. It was one of her first books and… Continue reading Summer Reading: Recommendations and Wish List
Book Review: Seven Brides for Seven Mail-order Husbands Romance Collection
Seven women seek husbands to help them rebuild a Kansas town. Meet seven of Turtle Springs, Kansas’, finest women who are determined to revive their small town after the War Between the States took most of its men. . .and didn’t return them. The ladies decide to advertise for husbands and devise a plan for… Continue reading Book Review: Seven Brides for Seven Mail-order Husbands Romance Collection
