Set in 1914 England, Roseanna White’s A Name Unknown is an intriguing tale of secrets, national pride, family ties, loyalty, love letters and royal connections all woven into one story. Orphaned at a young age, Rosemary Gresham aligns herself with other street urchins who eventually bond into a family unit of “brothers and sisters”. Together Read More
If I had to sum up Jonathon Daugherty’s Secrets in only one word, I’d choose, “courageous”. Daugherty offers an unapologetic view into his own personal struggle with sexual addictions. Rarely does one encounter an author willing to peel back the external layers to candidly reveal a true self. This book is a definite must read Read More
An authentic story about following the call of Christ, Jennifer Slattery’s Healing Love takes a rare look at how missions work impacts not only those who serve, but the ones being served. Life’s circumstances often dictate what we carry in our relational baggage; Slattery’s main characters American Brooke Endress and Salvadoran Ubaldo Chavez are no Read More
While Kate Lloyd’s A Letter from Lancaster County isn’t absolutely appalling, it is rather dull. Had the paperback version been available this reader would’ve sorely tempted to skip multiple pages. The story is told from the perspective of two very different sisters, Angela and Rose. The constant change in voice from one sister to the Read More
Authors Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould gambled writing a book within a book. My Daughter’s Legacy is actually two stories running parallel, one set in present day Virginia, the other 1864 Virginia. The risk doesn’t pay off; the two stories don’t mesh together well. The book starts out in the present day jarring the Read More
How many different Amish stories can be written? Although Shelley Shepard Gray’s, His Guilt delves into a different aspect of the Amish community, it still feels stale. This book is surprising; however, as it addresses a darker side of the Amish community, not often written about; families who are Amish in name, if not in Read More
Grounded Hearts set in Ballyhaven, County Clare, Ireland 1941 is an interesting story of a fallen Canadian pilot and the Irish midwife who nurses him back to health. Nan carries guilt not only over her husband’s suicide, a sin according to her Catholic upbringing, but also because she allowed the entire community including her priest; Read More
