Return of the Song

Fans of Phyllis Clark Nichols will not be disappointed by her latest work, Return of the Song. The story is rite with her signature descriptive style; writing that places readers right in the middle of the architecture, artwork, or home cooking of her characters. Caroline Carlyle is a talented musician who essentially stopped living six Read More

At First Glance

Any woman who has struggled with fitting into society’s ideal of beauty, or struggled with her self-worth, will easily connect with Susan L. Tuttle’s main character, Penny Thornton. Penny is smart, determined, kind, and thoughtful but cannot see past her scars, extra pounds, and the false knowledge that somehow she will never measure up to Read More

Christmas Revelation

Christmas Revelation by Anne Perry was painfully boring.  I really wanted to like it, but there simply wasn’t anything likable. The point of the story lies buried beneath multiple layers and oddball characters. Readers are unceremoniously dumped into a wild goose chase, without any groundwork.  Convinced I’d missed something important, I reread the first few Read More

An Unpresentable Glory

Imagine returning home one evening and finding an injured man sprawled in the yard, what now? Societal norms dictate a call to 911 the next logical action, but what if the injured individual is adamantly opposed because he has secrets such a call would reveal? Linda Jensen found herself in this very situation. Her impulsive decision Read More