Hauntingly melancholic with glimmers of hope, The Gold in These Hills is a poignant story of broken lives mended. This time-split novel finds Johnny piecing together his shattered life and heart. And Juniper (June) struggling simply to survive. I would be hard-pressed to choose a favorite character. Each one was […]
Deep. Tender. Thought-provoking. Emotional. I will remember this brilliant story for a long time. I found myself holding back tears in parts, smiling at others as I binge read, not wanting to put it down. Alli’s and David’s childhoods were filled with pain and abuse. Alli ran from God; David […]
It’s so hard to picture noble Connor suspected of murder – but he was! And there was good reason for the sheriff to believe him guilty and, therefore, Connor wound up in jail! I enjoyed the mayhem and misdirection throughout. I must have changed my hypothesis of who the murderer […]
I love a good RomCom and yet I find truly great ones are hard to come by. Not that many authors don’t try – it is just that there is a delicate balance between humorous and ridiculous. And given that a good story needs conflict, they also need a balance […]
Oh my! Grace was such a fun heroine!! A delightful blend of naiveté and knowledge, filled with sunshine and made almost everyone around her feel lighter merely being in her presence. Frederick was a wonderful broken hero. I loved the way he learned to see himself differently through Grace’s eyes. […]
I have come to expect learning interesting tidbits of scientific progress during the Progressive Era when reading books by Elizabeth Camden. Her knack for weaving history with fiction in a compelling manner makes learning these things a pleasure. Patrick and Gwen were separated by centuries of wealth and prejudice. He […]
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I love the way that Laurel Blount’s stories touch my heart! Lost and Found Faith delves into matters of the heart such as grief, guilt, trust, and foster parenting with sensitivity and grace. Author Laurel Blount has mastered the delicate balance between serious, sweet, and at times, humorous. It was […]
It’s only a hundred pages long. Yet, A Second Chance was the perfect length to tell Kira’s story. It is an interesting novella, packed with information about life, Samurai, and honor in sixteenth-century Japan. And, unlike Mussell’s other historical fiction, this one has the added element of time travel! Which […]
As you may guess from the title, Kingdom of Cinders is a retelling of Cinderella, though with imaginative twists I have come to love and expect from Deborah Grace White. We met Rian in Kingdom of Slumber. He is the crown prince and Ben’s older brother. Poor Rian has never […]
I have found that I have a fondness for stories of the men and women who did codebreaking during the Second World War. Instead of taking place in England as others I’ve read, The Cryptographer’s Dilemma takes place in the United States. And most of the story takes place outside […]
I have enjoyed these stories in the Dread Penny Society series very much! Just as in the other stories of the series, The Merchant and the Rogue is three stories in one. Two of them penny dreadfuls in their entirety. The author of one of them, Brogan Donnelly, is the […]