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 […]
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)
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
The Mayflower Bride by Kimberly Woodhouse
Title: The Mayflower Bride Author: Kimberly Woodhouse Series: Daughters of the Mayflower, #1 Genre: Historical/Christian Romance Era: 1620s (Pilgrims) Setting: England and then New England, 1620 Publisher: Barbour Books Source: from NetGalley (in exchange for honest review) Time Taken to Read: seven days (during NaNoWriMo, too!) Overall Rating: 4.5/5 stars
A Question of Courage by Jesseca Wheaton (Blog Tour)
Title: A Question of Courage Author: Jesseca Wheaton Series: Questions of War, #2 Genre: Christian Historical Adventure (with light romance) Era: World War Two Setting: Kansas and the South Pacific Publisher: Jesseca Wheaton Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 5/5 stars
NaNo Update #4: Almost There!
Guess what? I hit 40,000 yesterday! *cue cheering* Only 10K to go! Well … until I hit my goal. After that, I’ll probably have another 10K of writing until the book is finished … maybe more! I feel like I’m not very far into the book yet. I’m officially on point 19 out of 38. […]
Update #3 + We Need You Questions! (again)
Happy Wednesday, people reading this post (even if you’re not reading it on Wednesday)! Yes, this is another post that’s getting out a wee bit late. Well, if you’re not in Pacific time (which most people I know online aren’t for whatever reason). Here, it’s not that late. (Or at least I don’t think so; […]
NaNo2017: My Last-Minute Prep and the First Few Days
Wow, can you believe it’s already day four?! NaNoWriMo is flying by! I mean, four out of thirty isn’t much (only about 13%), but it’s still several days which I’ve spent writing like a maniac. But, before I start talking about my (amazing) NaNo progress, let’s talk about my last minute prep. Really all my […]
Introducing the Characters of Beyond Her Calling
Hello ladies and gents! Now that we’ve actually begun NaNoWriMo,* I decided it was time to actually introduce you to my NaNo novel & my NaNo-prep process. Even though we’ve already begun so technically that’s all over. Just … ignore me tardiness. Pretend it’s two weeks ago. *(I WAS SICK OKAY!?!?) I thought I’d just […]
Of Typewriters and Flowers
Hello ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to another post on my blog (*doesn’t know what else to say*). We have a couple exciting announcements at the bottom of this post, but before we get around to that, other stuff is happening. Which … is ridiculously vague, but there you have it. OTHER STUFF IS HAPPENING. Hopefully, […]