Book Reviews
Book Review: Disaster Status by Candace Calvert
Disaster Status by Candace Calvert Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., June 3, 2010 ER charge nurse Erin Quinn escaped personal turmoil to work on the peaceful California coast. But when a hazardous material spill places Pacific Mercy Hospital on disaster status and...
Book Review: Love at Any Cost by Julie Lessman
Love at Any Cost by Julie Lessman Revell, April 15 2013 He’s looking to take care of his family. She’s looking to take care of her heart. Trouble is . . . love’s looking to take care of them both. Cassidy McClare is a spunky Texas oil heiress without a fortune who...
Book Review: Water’s Edge by Robert Whitlow
Water's Edge by Robert Whitlow Thomas Nelson, July 19, 2011 Sometimes small towns hold the biggest secrets. Ambitious young attorney Tom Crane is about to become a partner in a high-profile Atlanta law firm. But first he must clear one final matter from his docket-the...
Book Review: Saving Hope by Margaret Daley
Saving Hope (Men of the Texas Rangers Book 1) by Margaret Daley Abingdon Press, March 1, 2012 When a teenager goes missing from the Beacon of Hope School, Texas Ranger Wyatt Sheridan and school director Kate Winslow are forced into a dangerous struggle against a human...
Book Review: A Bride for All Seasons
A Bride for All Seasons by Margaret Brownley, Debora Clopton, Robin Lee Hatcher and Mary Connealy Thomas Nelson, January, 2013 It All Started with an Ad in a Mail Order Bride Catalogue…Melvin Hitchcock of the Hitching Post Mail Order Bride Catalog isn’t dishonest—not...
Book Review: Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyer
Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyer Bethany House Publishers, June 1, 2013 A cowboy who wants to be a preacher. An outlaw's daughter who wants to change his mind. On his way to interview for a position at a church in the Piney Woods of Texas, Crockett Archer...
Book Review: Injustice for All by Robin Carroll
Injustice For All By Robin Carroll B&H Books; January 1, 2012 A federal judge lies bleeding on his office floor, betrayed by a most unlikely source—people who helped him bring criminals to justice. Now, why would someone working for the FBI need to disappear after...
Book Review: Trauma Plan by Candace Calvert
Trauma Plan by Candace Calvert Tyndale House Books , April 18, 2012 Sidelined by injuries from a vicious assault, chaplain Riley Hale is determined to return to her former duties as an ER nurse. But how can she show she’s competent when the hospital won’t let her...
Book Review: Undeniably Yours by Becky Wade
Undeniably Yours by Becky Wade Bethany House Publishers, 1st May 2013 When Meg Cole's father dies unexpectedly, she becomes the majority shareholder of his oil company and the single inheritor of his fortune. Though Meg is soft-spoken and tenderhearted--more...
Book Review: My Stubborn Heart by Becky Wade
My Stubborn Heart by Becky Wade Bethany House Publishers, 01 May 2012 Kate Donovan is burned out on work, worn down by her dating relationships, and in need of an adventure. When Kate's grandmother asks Kate to accompany her to Redbud, Pennsylvania, to restore...
Book Review: Critical Care by Candace Calvert
Mercy Hospital #1: Critical Care by Candace Calvert Tyndale House Publishers, June 3, 2009 After her brother dies in a trauma room, nurse Claire Avery can no longer face the ER. She's determined to make a fresh start???new hospital, new career in nursing...
Book Review: Jennifer: An O’Malley Love Story by Dee Henderson
Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story by Dee Henderson Bethany House Publishers, May 1, 2013 Eagerly Awaited Novella from Dee Henderson It's a summer of change for Jennifer O'Malley. The busy physician has a pediatrics practice in Dallas, and meeting Tom Peterson, and...
Book Review: Mine is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs
Mine is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs Waterbrook Press, 15 March 2011 SHE LOST EVERYTHING SHE LOVED. HE HAD EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED. BUT COULD SHE FIND THE COURAGE TO TRUST HIM? Stepping from a battered coach on a rainy April eve, newly widowed Elisabeth Kerr...
Book Review: Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann
Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann WaterBrook Press, May 4, 2010 An inseparable bond. An insatiable force. Battling his own personal demons, Police Chief Jonah Westfall knows the dark side of life and has committed himself to eradicating it. When a pair of raccoons are...
Book Review: Always the Baker, Finally the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker
Always the Baker, Finally the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker Abingdon Press, 1st April 2013 In Always the Baker, Never the Bride, readers fell in love with Emma Rae and Jackson, and they’ve gotten more acquainted with them in the two books that followed. But now it’s...
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: Stranded by Dani Pettrey
Stranded by Dani Pettrey Bethany House Publishers, September 1, 2013 When Her Friend Goes Missing, Every Minute Counts Darcy St. James returns to Alaska to join a journalist friend undercover on the trail of a big story. But when Darcy arrives, she finds her friend...
Book Review: Trapped by Irene Hannon
Trapped by Irene Hannon Revell, September 1, 2013 When librarian Laura Griffith's sixteen-year-old sister disappears on a frigid February day, leaving only a brief note behind, Laura resolves to do whatever it takes to track down the runaway teen. That includes...
Book Review: That Certain Summer by Irene Hannon
That Certain Summer by Irene Hannon Revell, June 1, 2013 Karen and Val are family--yet they're anything but close. Karen has carried the burden of responsibility for her aging mother ever since her gorgeous sister left town years ago to pursue a career in theater. But...
Book Review: Waking Hours by Lis Wielh with Pete Nelson
Waking Hours by Lis Wiehl with Pete Nelson Thomas Nelson, October 4, 2011 Welcome to East Salem. A deceptively sleepy town where ancient supernatural forces are being awakened. A local high-school girl is found murdered in a park amid horse farms and the wealthy homes...
Book Review: Rescue Team by Candace Calvert
Rescue Team by Candace Calvert Tyndale House Publishers, April 19 2013 Tired of running from her past, nurse Kate Callison intends to become Austin Grace Hospital’s permanent ER director and make Texas her home. Despite staff friction, she’s moving ahead. Then...