Category: book review

 In her wildest dreams, spunky and impulsive nineteen-year-old Mary Kate Lapp never imagined herself behind a schoolteacher’s desk. A run-in (literally) with the schoolteacher compels her to act as a substitute teacher, just as her restless desire to see the world compels her to apply for a passport . . . just in case. The… Continue reading “The Lesson” by Suzanne Woods Fisher

When a socialite from the nation’s capital embarks on a journey to the Wild West, her life is changed forever.A setting populated by hundreds of laborers, outlaws, and Indians is hardly the place for a wealthy general’s daughter. But Josephine Cain is determined to visit her father, who supervises the day-to-day work involved in the… Continue reading “The Journey of Josephine Cain” by Nancy Moser

A transporting historical novel about a promising young inventor, his struggle with loss, and the attractive teacher who changes his life, all set against the razzle-dazzle of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.   Gambling everything, including the family farm, Cullen McNamara travels to the 1893 Chicago World’sFair with his most recent invention. But the noise in theFair‘s… Continue reading “It Happened At The Fair” by Deeanne Gist

Lizzie Engel is used to running away. At eighteen, she left her Mennonite hometown, Kingdom, Kansas, with plans never to return.   But five years later, the new life she built is falling apart. Lizzie knows she’s being followed, and she’s certain the same mysterious stranger is behind the threatening letters she’s received. Realizing she’ll have… Continue reading “Inescapable” by Nancy Mehl

Chief of Police Jonah Westfall typically fights only small-town crime in Redford, Colorado, but a series of animal mutilations and a rising drug problem bring about new challenges for his small  force.  Westfall struggles to hold onto his sobriety while he continues to make peace with his past, which includes Tia Manning – a childhood… Continue reading “Indivisible” by Kristen Heitzmann

Trevor McDaniel is a former Olympian who risked his life to save a toddler from a mountain lion – and gained an unlikely admirer in the process.  A prodigious artist, Natalie deals with her eidetic mind the best way she knows how – even though it puts her life in danger – and is the toddler’s… Continue reading “Indelible” by Kristen Heitzmann

   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 has passed, so she invests herself in teaching… Continue reading “The Headmistress of Rosemere” by Sarah E. Ladd

Macy Dillon has been drawing in the guest book of a beachside vacation rental for 10 years – and a young boy has been drawing her pictures in response.  Until, that is, her father died and Macy’s family stopped visiting the beach.  Now, years later, they return to find closure for her father’s death and… Continue reading “The Guest Book” by Marybeth Whalen

   The Powerful, Epic Romance Continues, Book 2 in Lisa T. Begren’s Grand Tour series   For Cora Kensington, the journey of a lifetime takes unexpected twists. And her future-her very life-depends on the decisions she’ll make at each crossroad. As her European tour with her newfound family takes her through Austria, France, and Italy,… Continue reading “Grave Consequences” by Lisa T. Bergren

   Lisa T. Bergren’s popular Grand Tour series concludes as Cora Kensington journeys farther into Italy, wrestles with a terrible ultimatum from her father, and comes to terms with the Father who will never fail her.   America’s newest heiress must decide if her potential fortune is rationale enough to give up her freedom and… Continue reading “Glittering Promises” by Lisa T. Bergren