A Light So Lovely

With the release of the movie, “A Wrinkle in Time” stirring up controversy in the Christian community, it seems Sarah Arthur’s, A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle might provide valuable insight. It doesn’t. In her book, Arthur points to L’Engle as a highly intellectual and unique person.  The failure lies in Read More

Dangerous to Know

Set in early 1800 England, Megan Whitson Lee’s Dangerous to Know takes readers into the tumultuous world of pre-James Dean rebel, Lord Gregory Gordon Bromby.  Possessing the appearance of a proper gentleman, up and coming poet Lord Bromby is anything but a gentleman. Even for readers drawn to the bad boy type, Lord Bromby is not Read More

Dancing in the Rain

Dancing in the Rain co-written by Eileen Rife and Jennifer Slattery provides a unique view of forgiveness, a theme that remains strong throughout the story. As a teen-ager Loni Parker’s sight was ripped from her on the night a drunk driver hit the car in which she and her father were traveling.  Readers meet Loni on Read More

Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets by Barbara Cameron is yet another Amish love story.  Although it does contain some unique elements, readers are liable to grow weary with the number of times protagonist Rose brews coffee, tea or hot chocolate. However, the developing relationship between widowed Rose, her young son Daniel, and handyman, Luke Miller hired to bring Read More

Primary Suspect

Readers who appreciate an innocent love story mingled with a bit of intrigue are sure to enjoy Laura Scott’s Primary Suspect. ER nurse Dana Petrie just wanted to thank Mitch Callahan for trying to save her husband, but her good intentions quickly go south.  In a sudden twist of fate, she and Mitch find themselves Read More

The Rescue

For anyone struggling with whether God is real and intimately concerned with the lives of human beings, Jim Cymbala’s The Rescue provides sufficient evidence that he is and does. Readers will find the stories of seven different people each with unique stories and circumstances compelling.  The book is a quick, easy read that will leave Read More

Julie

In her lifetime, Catherine Marshall wrote nineteen books, two of the novels. Julie, her second novel and final book, may easily surpass them all. The foreword, written by Catherine’s husband, Leonard LeSourd, indicates she spent seven years developing the storyline, characters, and researching details of Julie. Within the pages of Julie’s story, Catherine’s dedication to Read More