A Winter at the White Queen by Denise Weimer (quick review)

What a lovely way to start off my reading year for 2023! As Ellie Hastings interferes and investigates prospective suitors for her pretty cousin - at the behest of her aunt - she is skeptical when it comes to the secretive but eligible Lewis Thornton. What ensues is a delightful little romp of a novella, …

Fair Mountain Christmas by Heidi Eljarbo (novella review)

“How could a few days at Fair Mountain change a life?” Fair Mountain Christmas, page 76 Lacking inspiration for the Christmas article she has been assigned, Juni takes her dog Leo to the family cabin and begins to immerse herself in memories. Still struggling, the invitation to visit Moose Lodge may provide just what she …

Love’s New Beginnings by Penny Zeller (novella review)

Solomon Eliason is having difficulty finding acceptance as the new pastor and an even harder time making an apology to the new schoolteacher, Lydie Beauchamp. She’s shy and soft spoken, and so much prettier than he expected. But as the year moves forward toward Christmas, a friendship of sorts begins to grow and soon the …

The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews (review)

I’ve adored every Mimi Matthews book I have read, but having Ahmad Malik as the hero has sealed this as a favorite. First introduced in the Parish Orphans of Devon series, Ahmad is now working towards having his own dressmaking shop when the patroness he was counting on decides to reject his work. Luckily, he …

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley (review)

I’ve been curious to read Natasha Pulley’s historical speculative fantasies and jumped at the chance to request The Kingdoms on NetGalley before its publication in 2021. Now that I’ve finally read it (meanwhile having purchased a print copy), it definitely does live up to my expectations in the quality of writing.  The story positively trips …

Her Christmas Redemption by Toni Shiloh (review)

Vivian Dupre no sooner meets the handsome general store owner, Michael Wood, who is also the landlord of her tiny home rental, than she finds herself recruited to run a church giving project - with him. And that is just the start to this delightful second chance, small town Christmas friendship to romance story. With …

Review/Spotlight: A Christmas Bargain by Mindy Obenhaus

Welcome to my stop on the Blog + Review Blitz for A Christmas Bargain by Mindy Obenhaus, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! MY THOUGHTS Mindy Obenhaus has quickly become a favorite Love Inspired author of Contemporary Christian Romance, and I am loving her Hope Crossing series in particular. A Christmas Bargain returns to the Texas setting …

Fragments of Light by Michele Phoenix (review)

So this, it turns out, is not the book to read when you have a head cold and you’ve recently lost an elderly loved one. Just as Ceelie completes all of the treatment for her breast cancer, her elderly friend Darlene has a recurrence. Darlene’s new desire to know what happened to the father who …

Excerpt: My Mother’s Secret by Alina Adams

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for My Mother's Secret by Alina Adams! I'm excited to share an excerpt today and I hope you find it as intriguing as I do. A link to the tour-wide giveaway is also below. My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region by Alina Adams …

The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren (review)

With their fledgling attraction ending in awkwardness in the first book of Susan May Warren's Global Search and Rescue series, Dr. Aria Sinclair ran back to her work as a pediatric heart surgeon and former Navy SEAL Jake Silver went back home, but can't get Aria out of his head. So when Aria is stranded …