Legacy of Mercy by Lynn Austin (Author) About the Book: Having returned to Chicago, young socialite Anna Nicholson can't seem to focus on her upcoming marriage. The new information she's learned about her birth mother continues to pull at her, and she hires Pinkerton detectives to help her find the truth. But as she meets … Continue reading Legacy of Mercy- Happy Release Day!

A Love Restored by: Kelly Goshorn About the book: With pert opinions and a less-than-perfect figure, Ruth Ann Sutton doesn’t measure up to Society’s vision of a perfect lady. When she accepts a position teaching in a Freedman’s School, it threatens the only marriage offer Ruth Ann is likely to receive. She's forced to choose … Continue reading A Love Restored- A Book Review

Shelter of the Most High by Connilyn Cossette Today on First Line Fridays, I am featuring Shelter of the Most High, book 2 of Connilyn Cossette's Cities of Refuge Series.  Island of Sicily 1388 BC The pulse of the sea pressed me forward, urging my body deeper into its embrace. I obeyed the nudge and … Continue reading First Line Fridays- Shelter of the Most High

I've joined my blogging friends for a new facet of my blog, called His Encouragement, inspiring scriptures shared each Thursday. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall … Continue reading His Encouragement #3- Give and It Shall Be Given.

Waves of Mercy by: Lynn Austin About the Book: Geesje de Jonge crossed the ocean at age seventeen with her parents and a small group of immigrants from the Netherlands to settle in the Michigan wilderness. Fifty years later, in 1897, she's asked to write a memoir of her early experiences as the town celebrates … Continue reading Waves of Mercy- A Book Review

A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano About the Book: Tressa Harlowe's father did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended family. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had concealed it. Tressa and her … Continue reading A Rumored Fortune- A Book Review

A Love Restored by Kelly Goshorn Today on First Line Fridays, I am featuring Kelly Goshorn's debut historical romance, A Love Restored. I've given you a little more than one line, just to set the scene. Loudoun County, Virginia August 1873 Land sakes it was hot. Ruth Ann Sutton peeled the black stockings from her … Continue reading First Line Fridays- A Love Restored

I'm joining my blogging friends and am beginning a new facet of my blog, called His Encouragement, inspiring scriptures shared each Thursday. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;  2 Corinthians 4:17 KJV My friend, are you going through an … Continue reading His Encouragement #2- But for a Moment

 The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck by: Bethany Turner   About the Book: Becoming a Christian is the best and worst thing that has ever happened to Sarah Hollenbeck. Best because, well, that's obvious. Worst because, up to this point, she's made her very comfortable living as a well-known, bestselling author of steamy romance novels … Continue reading The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck- a book review

Too Blessed to be Stressed for Moms by Debora M. Coty About the Book: Do you feel like you’re drowning in the everyday stress-pool? . . . Wish you could make busy-ness a business so you’d be a millionaire? . . . Welcome to the maternal order of slightly sagging sisters of the 'hood. The … Continue reading Do You Want to Sparkle or Spew? A Book Review