Shelley Shepard Gray’s, Her Secret, the first book in her latest series, “The Amish of Hart County”, puts a unique twist on life in the Amish community, a mystery of sorts. At the novel’s end, Gray informs readers this series will include six books total, each suspenseful in nature. For those fond of stories of Read More
Although more widely accepted today than twenty years ago, bi-racial relationships still face challenges, challenges that are not widely discussed nor understood. Deborah Ramey’s Home At Last delves into that sensitive subject via the two likable main characters, Link and Shayla. Twenty-nine-year-old Link Whitman is from a white, upper middle-class family with absolutely no clue Read More
For any woman struggling with balancing work, home, family, children, friends, finances, diet, exercise or any other area, Lisa Pennington’s candidly written Tightropes & Teeter-Totters offers practical, easy to follow suggestions on how to manage even the toughest of circumstances. Pennington allows readers right into her home to witness, the good, the bad, and the Read More
Although it takes a few chapters to adjust to the characters’ use of formal English, Carolyn Miller’s, The Elusive Miss Ellison is a page-turner sure to capture and hold any reader’s attention. Set in 1813, St. Hampton Heath, Gloucestershire, England, the story centers around the simple yet intelligent and outspoken preacher’s daughter, Lavinia Ellison and Read More
Set in Sudan, Jana Kelley’s, Door to Freedom takes a rarely seen look inside a deeply religious Muslim country. In a unique presentation, Kelley’s novel provides the reader two stories in one as she shares tales that run parallel, delicately intersecting at carefully selected locations. Readers follow Americans Mia and Michael, devout Christians, who with Read More
Home to Paradise is a charming story of love in the Amish Community of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A cautionary advisory, Barbara Cameron’s characters often use words native to their culture, but foreign to those outside of it. The glossary on page 266, which sadly remained undiscovered until the story’s end, is quite helpful if used Read More
My initial excitement over reading Brian Barcelona’s “The Jesus Club” dimmed quickly as I began to explore the contents. Selling out completely for the gospel, giving up the pursuit of a career or education is admirable & requires a great deal of faith. Still, I struggled to believe the contents of this journey in its Read More
