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The Sinners’ Garden

Friday, February 28th, 2014

The Sinners’ Garden By William Sirls In the small Lake Erie township of Benning, someone is at work cultivating a supernatural garden . . . Andy Kemp’s young life has been as ravaged as his scarred face. Disfigured by an abusive father, the teenager hides behind his books and an impenetrable wall of cynicism and […]

Prime of Life

Saturday, February 22nd, 2014

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]

Dear Mr Knightley

Monday, December 2nd, 2013

Dear Mr Knightley   By Katherine Reay Samantha Moore has always hidden behind the words of others-namely her favorite characters in literature. Now, she will learn to write her own story-by giving that story to a complete stranger. Growing up orphaned and alone, Sam found her best friends in the works of Austen, Dickens, and […]

Stones for Bread

Tuesday, November 26th, 2013

Stones for Bread By Christa Parrish A solitary artisan. A legacy of bread-baking. And one secret that could collapse her entire identity. Liesl McNamara’s life can be described in one word: bread. From her earliest memory, her mother and grandmother passed down the mystery of baking and the importance of this deceptively simple food. And […]

Winter in Full Bloom

Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

Winter in Full Bloom By Anita Higman Lily Winter’s wings are folded so tightly around her daughter that when empty nest arrives, she feels she can no longer fly. But Lily’s lonely, widowed life changes in a heartbeat when she goes to visit a woman who is almost a stranger to her—a woman who also […]

The Face of the Earth

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

The Face of the Earth By Deborah Raney When Mitchell Brannon’s beloved wife of twenty years kisses him goodbye one autumn morning, he has little idea that his life is about to change forever. Mitch returns from work early that evening, surprised Jill’s car isn’t in the garage. Her conference in Kansas City is only […]

Seaside Harmony & Sunflower Summer

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Seaside Harmony & Sunflower Summer By Evangeline Kelley The Postcards from Misty Harbor Inn series (Guideposts Books) introduces readers to Caroline, Gracie and Sam as they gather for a vacation where they spent the summers as children, and follows their adventures as they fulfill their mother’s dream of opening a bed and breakfast. As the […]

Lucy Come Home

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

Lucy Come Home   by Dave and Neta Jackson Lucy Tucker, the feisty old bag lady we all loved from the House of Hope series, has confounded everyone. Why won’t she come off the streets of Chicago? How did she ever end up there in the first place? Why did she disappear again? We didn’t […]