Winning Miss Winthrop by Carolyn Miller

Title: Winning Miss Winthrop Author: Carolyn Miller Series: Regency Brides: Promise of Hope, #1 Genre: Christian Historical Romance Era: Regency Setting: English countryside, Bath Publisher: Kregel Publications Source: from NetGalley (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 3.5/5 Winning Miss Winthrop by Carolyn Miller Catherine Winthrop has cried out to God too many times to count. […]

St. Patrick’s Day Paperback Sale!

Guess what? There’s a big paperback sale going on! That’s right; a group of Indie Christian authors (including myself) are flocking together to offer discounted paperbacks. There are sooo many incredible books on sale for such amazing prices … how can you resist? *dangles books in front of your face* Signed paperback copies of my […]

The Weaver’s Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd

Title: The Weaver’s Daughter Author: Sarah E. Ladd Genre: Christian Historical Romance Era: Regency Setting: mid-England countryside Publisher: Thomas Nelson Source: from Netgalley (in exchange for an honest review) Overall Rating: 3/5 stars The Weaver’s Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd Loyalty has been at the heart of the Dearborne family for as long as Kate […]

Cover Reveal: At Her Fingertips!

Last night, the cover was officially revealed with a big Facebook party, but now I’m sharing it with y’all, my favorite readers. 😛 (Aw, c’mon, don’t feel bad that you weren’t the first! You were first in my heart … really!) Because I’m short of time, this is going to be a short post … […]

Five Reasons You Should Outline

Outlining is time-consuming. If you do it in any depth, it’s pretty difficult … but is it worth it? Why not just skip the extra step completely and move on to the actual writing – that’s what you’re here for, after all, isn’t it? In this post, I’ll be “outlining” (couldn’t resist) my top ten […]

A Passionate Hope by Jill Eileen Smith

Title: A Passionate Hope: Hannah’s Story Author: Jill Eileen Smith Series: Daughters of the Promised Land, #4 Genre: Biblical Fiction Era: Biblical (Hannah, mother of Samuel) Publisher: Revell Books Source: from Netgalley (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 4.5/5 stars A Passionate Hope by Jill Eileen Smith Hannah and her husband, Elkanah, share a […]

March 2018 Dares

Well … that month flew by! And I say that practically every month, but this time it was true because there are only twenty-eight days in February (takes me by surprise every time) so the month did fly by. Literally. It was flying past my window the other night, and I was like, “Feb … where […]

The Sea Before Us by Sarah Sundin

Title: The Sea Before Us Author: Sarah Sundin Series: Sunrise at Normandy, #1 Genre: Christian Historical Romance (WW2) Era: 1944 (WW2) Setting: London, England (prologue set in Texas) with a bit in Edinburgh, Scotland (!!!) Publisher: Revell Source: from Netgalley (in exchange for an honest review) Time Taken to Read: under two days Overall Rating: […]

Heiress by Susan May Warren

Title: Heiress Author: Susan May Warren Series: Daughters of Fortune, #1 Genre: Historical Romance with Christian themes Era: 1890s through 1918 (Gilded Age/Edwardian/WW1) Setting: New York, Montana Publisher: Summerside Press Source: bought myself a copy Time Taken to Read: about two days Overall Rating: 3.5/5 stars (at least a star removed for content)

Are Novels Important?

I’ve heard people say that reading fictional stories is a waste of time, and I wanted to point out why this is not true. However, it was simply too big a subject for me! Books have taught me certain lessons … but they’ve taught other people completely different things. And I hate to narrow this broad subject down […]

Sweet Book Sale – Free and Discounted Books!

That’s right! For Valentine’s Day, we (meaning me and several other Indie authors) are offering several free and discounted ebooks (February 14th-15th). Special thanks for Amanda Tero for putting this all together! Among these books are The Dressmaker’s Secret and The Lady of the Vineyard (both free today and tomorrow). Hopefully you all will be […]

A Heart Most Worthy by Siri Mitchell

Title: A Heart Most Worthy Author: Siri Mitchell Series: Against All Expectations, #4 (is meant to be a standalone) Genre: Historical Romance with Christian undertones Era: 1918 (WW1) Setting: Boston, United States Publisher: Bethany House Source: bought myself a copy at the local library Time Taken to Read: about three days Overall Rating: 5/5 stars