Archive for the 'This & That' Category

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 […]

Scraps of Evidence

Saturday, February 22nd, 2014

Scraps of Evidence By Barbara Cameron About Quilts of Love: Quilts tell stories of love and loss, hope and faith, tradition and new beginnings. The Quilts of Love series focuses on the women who quilted all of these things into their family histories. A new book releases each month and features contemporary and historical romances […]

Friend Me

Thursday, February 20th, 2014

Friend Me By John Faubion When a lonely wife and her frustrated husband each secretly pursue companionship online, neither dreams that a real woman is behind their virtual creations, threatening their marriage—and their lives. Scott and Rachel’s marriage is on the brink of disaster. Scott, a businessman with a high-pressure job, just wants Rachel to […]

Smitten Book Club

Thursday, February 20th, 2014

Smitten Book Club By Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Denise Hunter, and Diann Hunt The century-old Gentlewoman’s Guide to Love and Courtship is no ordinary book club choice. But for the little book club in Smitten, Vermont, it might be their best pick yet! The thick, leathery tome Heather pulled out of the dusty cardboard box […]

Hopeful

Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

Hopeful   By Shelley Shepard Gray Return to Sugarcreek, Book One In the Amish town of Sugarcreek, love comes in many forms. But will it come at all for Miriam? Miriam Zehr has worked at the Sugarcreek Inn longer than she cares to admit. The restaurant is a favorite of town residents as well as […]

Love’s Sweet Beginning

Saturday, February 8th, 2014

Love’s Sweet Beginning By Ann Shorey What will it take for a once-privileged young woman to make her way in the world? It isn’t Cassie Haddon’s fault that she has reached the age of twenty-five without possessing any useful skills. Until the War Between the States, she always had servants. Since then, she and her […]

A Miracle of Hope

Thursday, January 30th, 2014

A Miracle of Hope By Ruth Reid Book One in the Amish Wonders series. How far can God’s mercy reach? Lindie Wyse is pregnant out of wedlock and thinks an arranged marriage is the only way to preserve her future. Josiah Plank is certain he’ll never love again, but he needs someone to care for […]

Dare to Love Again

Saturday, January 25th, 2014

Dare to Love Again By Julie Lessman She’s a sassy socialite burned by love. He’s a jaded cop burned by the upper class. When sparks fly . . . will love catch fire again? Spunky Allison McClare is determined to be a fearless, independent woman. But when she takes a notion to explore the wild […]

The Dancing Master

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

The Dancing Master   By Julie Klassen Finding himself the man of the family, London dancing master Alec Valcourt moves his mother and sister to remote Devonshire, hoping to start over. But he is stunned to learn the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing, for reasons buried deep in her past. Alec finds an unlikely […]

Headmistress of Rosemere

Saturday, January 18th, 2014

Headmistress of Rosemere   By Sarah E. Ladd Patience Creighton has dedicated herself to the Rosemere School for Young Ladies. But the return of the enigmatic master of the estate puts everything she loves at risk. Bright, sensible Patience knows what is expected of her. At twenty-five, her opportunity for a family of her own […]