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For a Lifetime Book Review
About the Book Grace and Hope are identical twin sisters born with the ability to time-cross together between 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, and 1912 New York City. As their twenty-fifth birthday approaches, they will have to choose one life to keep and one to leave behind forever–no matter the cost. In 1692, they live and work in their father’s tavern, where they must watch helplessly as the witch trials unfold in their village, threatening everyone. With the help of a handsome childhood friend, they search for the truth behind their mother’s mysterious death, risking everything to expose a secret that could save their lives–or be their undoing. In 1912, Hope dreams…
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The Secrets Beneath Book Review
About the Book Anna Lakeman has spent her life working alongside her paleontologist father, drawing intricate sketches at every dig. When they find dinosaur bones near their home in Wyoming Territory, they’re swiftly caught up in the era known as the Bone Wars. But when her father becomes sick and an old beau, Joshua Ziegler, returns for the summer, Anna’s world is upended and the practical, orderly life she has made for herself shatters. Medical student Joshua Ziegler left his hometown to forget the one woman he truly loved and deeply hurt–Anna Lakeman. But when he returns, time hasn’t erased the feelings they’ve always had for each other. When Joshua’s…
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She’s All That Book Review
About the Book With her two best friends, San Francisco fashion designer Lilly Jacobs is contemplating life, love, and the pursuit of the perfect pedicure. When Lilly Jacobs’s coveted promotion as a designer is given to her less-talented co-worker and her boyfriend develops issues with monogamy, she’s convinced her bad hair is responsible for it all. Will a spa weekend with her Spa Girls help? Or will it take more desperate measures to convince her that love is in the air? My Thoughts While this was not my first experience with a Kristin Billerbeck book, it will forever be one of my favorites by her. Believe it or not, some…
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Julia Monroe Begins Again Book Review
About the Book Julia Monroe has just turned forty and hopes this next decade goes much better than the last, in which she became a young widow raising two children on her own. With both her boys off to college, it’s time for new beginnings, and she can finally focus on expanding her New Orleans-based cleaning business–but God has other plans. Samuel Reed, the ruggedly handsome Green Beret who broke her heart over twenty years ago, has returned to town and is the kind of distraction she never saw coming. After their first interaction in years leaves her mind spinning and her emotions out of control, Julia knows she needs…
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The Accidental Guardian Book Review
About the Book When Trace Riley finds the smoldering ruins of a small wagon train, he recognizes the hand behind the attack as the same group who left him as sole survivor years ago. Living off the wilderness since then, he’d finally carved out a home and started a herd–while serving as a self-appointed guardian of the trail, driving off dangerous men. He’dhoped those days were over, but the latest attack shows he was wrong. Deborah Harkness saved her younger sister and two toddlers during the attack, and now finds herself at the mercy of her rescuer. Trace offers the only shelter for miles around, and agrees to take them…
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The Place Where You Belong Book Review
About the Book Hallie just might be able to revitalize the town and a heart. Public Relations specialist Hallie Nichols returns home to Village Green, determined to stay just long enough to make living arrangements for her aging mother while avoiding the rejection and painful memories of her past—specifically her ex-boyfriend, banker Trey Gunther. Irked to find Hallie unrepentant for the hurt she caused him ten years ago, Trey dishes a little payback by mandating she meet with him weekly about her mother’s finances. His plan backfires when his old attraction to Hallie flares. He’s the one suffering, and worse, he discovers Hallie may hold the solution to his beloved…
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Review Rewind – The Colonel’s Lady by Laura Frantz
About the book: Laura Frantz’s The Colonel’s Lady is historical fiction at it’s best, capturing readers with a powerful story of love, a search for the truth and, finally, forgiveness. It’s 1779 when Roxanna arrives from Virginia to the Kentucky fort commanded by Colonel Cassius McLinn. Told that her officer father has died, Roxanna suddenly finds herself penniless and destitute and is forced to take her father’s place as the fort’s scrivener. It soon becomes clear that Cassius is attracted to her, but she realizes the colonel has secrets of his own, some of which have to do with her father’s sudden death. Can Roxanne ever love Cassius as long as the…
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Top Ten Books from 2023
Did you have a great reading year? I certainly did! It’s a miracle that this list has been whittled down to just 10 because I could easily add at least 5-10 more books to it! 2023 has been a spectacular year for Christian fiction, and I have been so impressed with the quality of books that continue to be published in this genre. For those who have wondered whether they should dip their toes into Christian fiction genre, believing it to be your grandma’s kind of stories, I think you’ll find that things have changed – and definitely for the better! This list has a consistent theme of historical fiction…
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Top Ten Tuesday – Atmospheric Books
It has been ages since I last participated in a Top Ten Tuesday post. Today’s prompt sounded like a load of fun, so I couldn’t resist. What comes to mind when you think of Atmospheric Books? I honestly have never given it a second thought, but after looking back in hindsight, there are definitely some books that have had an uncanny way of completely transporting me to a particular place and time. Hopefully, there will be 10 books by the time we get to the end of this list! This description is mentioned at That Artsy Reader Girl today — The Novelry explains this concept as: “A novel feels atmospheric when…
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Millie’s Treasure Book Review
I hardly know where to begin in describing how much I LOVED this book! I’ve read a lot of books by Kathleen over the years, and by far, this has been my favorite one. I may be a little biased because the majority of the story takes place in my (nearby) hometown of Memphis, TN, but the story itself stands on its own merits regardless of the setting. So, if you don’t know anything about Memphis history, a lot of the landmarks, streets, and descriptions will not mean much to you. However, after living here almost my entire life, I had no trouble visualizing every bit of it. Adams Avenue…
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