Book Reviews
Book Review: A Match Made in Texas by Karen Witemeyer, Mary Connealy, Regina Jennings, Carol Cox
A Match Made in Texas by Karen Witemeyer, Mary Connealy, Regina Jennings, Carol Cox. Bethany House Publishers, December 24, 2013 There's a secret matchmaker at work in frontier Texas! In the small town of Dry Gulch, Texas, a good-hearted busybody just can't keep...
Book Review: Smitten Book Club by Denise Hunter, Colleen Coble, Diann Hunt and Kristin Billerbeck
Smitten Book Club by Denise Hunter, Colleen Coble, Diann Hunt and Kristin Billerbeck. Thomas Nelson, January 14, 2014 "Consider that your beau is like a coveted novel whose compelling first lines you’ve just begun to read.” —A Gentlewoman's Guide to Love and Courtship...
Book Review: Dancing With Fireflies by Denise Hunter
Dancing With Fireflies by Denise Hunter Thomas Nelson, March 11th 2014 Jade returns home to Chapel Springs after years of protecting her fragile heart. Then along comes Daniel, making her long to dance again. Creative and complicated, Jade McKinley felt like a weed in...
Book Review: Welcome to Last Chance by Cathleen Armstrong
Welcome to Last Chance by Cathleen Armstrong Revell, August 1st, 2013 The red warning light on her car dashboard drove Lainie Davis to seek help in the tiny town of Last Chance, New Mexico. But as she encounters the people who make Last Chance their home, it's her...
Book Review: A December Wedding, by Denise Hunter
A December Bride by Denise Hunter Zondervan, November 26, 2013 A novella can be done badly and I've read a few that fall into that category recently. This one by Denise Hunter doesn't fall into that category though. A December Brides kicks off the series; A Year of...
Book Review: Wildwood Creek by Lisa Wingate
Wildwood Creek by Lisa Wingate Bethany House Publishers, 4th February 2014 Allie Kirkland has always heard the call of her father's unfinished destiny. When she's offered a production assistant's job on a docudrama filming in the hills near Moses Lake, Texas, the...
Book Review: Love’s Awakening by Laura Frantz
Love's Awakening by Laura Frantz Revell, 15 September 2013 Ellie Ballantyne, youngest child of Silas and Eden, has left finishing school. But back at her family home in Pittsburgh, Ellie finds that her parents are away on a long trip and her siblings don't seem to...
Book Review: Falling for the Farmer (Heartsong Presents) by Narelle Atkins
Falling For the Farmer (Heartsong Presents) By Narelle Atkins Love Inspired, 4th February 2014 KATE LAWSON IS A RUNAWAY BRIDE And she's incredibly grateful when Jack Bradley offers her a job on his apple farm. Working side by side in the orchards with her best...
Book Review: On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin
On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin Book 2, Wings of the Nightingale Revell, 1 August 2013 Lt. Georgiana Taylor has everything she could want. A comfortable boyfriend back home, a loving family, and a challenging job as a flight nurse. But in July 1943, Georgie's cozy...
Book Review: Unspoken by Dee Henderson
Unspoken by Dee Henderson Bethany House Publishers, 1st Octber, 2013 Charlotte Graham is at the center of the most famous kidnapping in Chicago history. The task force of FBI and local cops found her two abductors, killed them, rescued her, but it took four very long...
Book Review: Dangerous Passage by Lisa Harris
Dangerous Passage by Lisa Harris Revell, 1st September, 2013 When two Jane Does are killed on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia, detective and behavioral specialist Avery North discovers they share something in common--a tattoo of a magnolia on their shoulders....
Book Review: A Bride for Keeps by Melissa Jagears
A Bride for Keeps by Melissa Jagears Bethany House Publishers, 1st Oct 2013 A Tender Tale of Love on the Prairie Perfect for CBA Readers Although Everett Cline can hardly keep up with the demands of his homestead, he won't humiliate himself by looking for a helpmate...
Book Review: I’m No Angel by Kylie Bisutti
I'm No Angel by Kylie Bisutti Tyndale House Publishers, May 14, 2013 In December 2011, 21-year-old Victoria’s Secret model Kylie Bisutti stunned the fashion industry when she chose faith over fame and fortune and made the switch from supermodel to role model. In I’m...
Book Review: Spiralling Out of Control by Michelle Dennis Evans
Spiralling Out of Control by Michelle Dennis Evans Available on Kindle October 2013 Temptation, depression, seduction, betrayal ... Not what Stephanie was expecting at fifteen years of age. Uprooted from her happy, all-girl high school life with a dream filled future...
Book Review: A Matter of Trust by Lis Wiehl with April Henry
A Matter of Trust by Lis Wiehl with April Henry Thomas Nelson, March 19 2013 It all starts with a phone call from the dead. Mia Quinn is on the phone with Colleen, her best friend and coworker, when the unthinkable happens: she hears the sound of a gunshot. And...
Book Review: Gathering Shadows by Nancy Mehl
Gathering Shadows by Nancy Mehl Bethany House Publishers, May 6, 2014 Wynter Evans is a promising young reporter for a television station in St. Louis, but even a bright future doesn't take away her pain over the disappearance of her brother nine years ago. So when...
Book Review: Meant to Be Mine by Becky Wade
Meant to Be Mine by Becky Wade Bethany House Publishers, April 29, 2014 Ty Porter has always been irresistible to Celia Park. All through high school--irresistible. When their paths cross again after college--still irresistible. This time, though, Ty seems to feel...
Book Review: A Distant Melody by Sarah Sundin
A Distant Melody by Sarah Sundin Revell, 01 March 2010 A Distant Melody was Sarah's debut novel, and the first in the Wings of Glory trilogy about three brothers. I wasn't sure what I felt like reading the other day as I scanned my bookshelf. But then I saw I hadn't...
Book Review: Silenced by Danni Pettrey
Silenced by Danni Pettrey April 29, 2014 Bethany house Publishers Jake Knew Something Was Wrong. But He Never Guessed How Wrong. A relaxing day of rock climbing takes a disturbing turn when Kayden McKenna's route brings her face-to-face with a dead climber. Is it a...
Book Review: Until I Found You by Victoria Bylin
Until I Found You by Victoria Bylin Bethany House Publishers May 6, 2014 When Kate Darby swerves off a mountain road to avoid hitting a California condor, she ends up trapped in her car, teetering on the edge of a cliff. Terrified, she breathes a prayer that changes...
Book Review: Beloved by Robin Lee Hatcher
Beloved by Robin Lee Hatcher Zondervan, September 24, 2013 Diana Brennan came west on the orphan train and was given a home with a loving couple who cherished and spoiled her. At 17, she fell hard for Tyson Applegate, the son of a wealthy mine owner. After a whirlwind...
Book Review: Caught in the Middle by Regina Jennings
Caught in the Middle (Ladies of Caldwell County Book #3) by Regina Jennings Bethany house Publishers, April 1, 2014 She Wants the Freedom of the Open Plains. He Wants the Prestige of a Successful Career. Neither is Ready for What Comes Instead. The train to Garber,...
Book Review: The Heart’s Pursuit by Robin Lee Hatcher
The Heart's Pursuit by Robin Lee Hatcher Zondervan, May 13, 2014 A jilted bride desperate to save her family from ruin. A bounty hunter seeking vengeance for a ravaged past. An arduous trek toward justice--or redemption. Silver Matlock and Jared Newman know traveling...
Book Review: Life Support by Candace Calvert
Life Support by Candace Calvert Tyndale, Feb 21st 2014 Nurse Lauren Barclay put her life on hold to keep a watchful eye on her troubled sister. It’s why she’s back in Houston. But that means confronting the brooding physician assistant who caused painful turmoil in...
Book Review: To Die For by Sandra Byrd
To Die For by Sandra Byrd Howard Books, 09 August 2011 To Die For, is the story of Meg Wyatt, pledged forever as the best friend to Anne Boleyn since their childhoods on neighboring manors in Kent. When Anne’s star begins to ascend, of course she takes her best friend...