The four books in Stephanie Dees’ Family Blessing Series are full of faith, family bonds, sacrifice, determination, and love. While the stories share many characters and commonalities, each one can also stand-alone. However, anyone choosing to read the entire series will undoubtedly enjoy getting to know the many characters a bit more intimately. One word Read More
A story within a story, Robin Lee Hatcher’s Who I Am with You weaves the tale of a patriarch’s faith within the modern story of his great granddaughter’s journey. Betrayed, pregnant and widowed, Jessica Mason struggles between her grief and anger at both her husband and God. Unwittingly drug into a politic scandal, Ridley Chesterfield Read More
Abortion, adoption, and teenage pregnancy; all emotionally charged subjects that bring out the worst amongst dissenters, yet Christina Suzann Nelson’s Swimming in the Deep End dares to take an in depth look at each subject through the eyes of impacted individuals. Swimming in the Deep End is an intimate story of five incredibly different, and Read More
Phyllis Clark Nichols’ Silent Days, Holy Night is an improbable love story, with absolutely no romantic overtures amongst the characters. Eleven-year-old Julia Russell is a precocious, highly intelligent child, with an insatiable quest for knowledge, who never stops asking questions. These somewhat annoying personality traits prove invaluable when Julia meets deaf and wheelchair-bound recluse, Henry Read More
Part of The MissAdventure Brides Collection, Kimberley Woodhouse’ MissTaken Identity is the curious story of a Texas Ranger and his prisoner, a woman, disguised as a man. Set in Texas, 1883, the characters are both interesting and likable. Accident prone and passionate, spitfire Abigail finds herself in the middle of an unlikely scenario. Determined the Read More
What happens when three close-knit sisters put their lives on hold to care for their cancer-stricken mother, then have to sell their childhood home while navigating through their grief after her death, in addition to dealing with their father’s wildly unusual behavior? Deborah Raney’s Reason to Breathe introduces readers to the Chandler Sisters; Phylicia, Joanna, Read More
As a staunch supporter of adoption, I was excited for the opportunity to review Katie Cruice Smith’s, Why Did You Choose Me? The book itself, however, left me with an unsatisfied feeling. I wanted more. Although not an adoptive parent or adoptee myself, I have witnessed first hand the depth and beauty of adoption and Read More
