Every once in a while an author will flip a switch and turn on a specific part of my imagination. The language and scene settings in this novel flipped me to movies like The Thin Man and Sunset Boulevard. I “pictured” the novel in black and white and could see the characters in their glittering…
I’ve recently finished a glom of Foyle’s War, an excellent BBC mystery series set during WWII which looks at life on the English home front. This novel also deals with various portions of Europe during the war and reminds us that not everything centered on hometown parades with confetti and streamers. It cost a lot…
Van Halen wisely tells us, “I found the simple life ain’t so simple/When I jumped out on that road.” When the main character of In Plain View first thought about joining the Amish, she had no idea just how true these words would prove to be. Annie Friesen left her high tech job with its…
What do you do when your life blows up? If you are the type of heroine I prefer, you dust yourself off and move on. That is exactly what happens with the main character of this novel after she is betrayed, rejected, and finds herself clutching at the smallest of opportunities in the hope of…
I discovered Karen Witemeyer last year through her book Short Straw Bride, book one in the Archer Brothers’ series. The charm and humor in that novel convinced me I had found another author to follow. Stealing the Preacher, book two in this series, solidified that impression. Crockett Archer is no stranger to danger. For years…
Narrated by Tavia Gilbert The first thing I look for in an audiobook after my initial search in Christian Inspirational Fiction, my genre of choice, is a book that is at least eight hours in length. I want my money’s worth, especially when using one of my precious Audible credits. To Whisper Her Name far exceeds…
When I did the reading challenge 9 in 2009, one of the categories I chose as part of my personal project was reading a subgenre I normally don’t read. At that time I didn’t read Inspirational romance. My experience of them, with the exception of Dee Henderson and Jeanette Oke, was bad. I expected to…
I took a gamble on my first inspirational with Sweet Sanctuary, and I came up snake-eyes. First, I had the problems I’d have with any book, such as flat characters, a Big Mis, TSTL actions, and ludicrous or offensive plot devices. Second, I had inspirational-specific problems with the book’s theology. In 1944, Lydia Eldredge, wealthy…
Keeping a romance chaste while creating chemistry between the main characters can be tricky. It’s a fine line for inspirational romance writers, and unfortunately, Untangling the Knot falls too far on the “chaste” side and doesn’t create any connection between the characters. Gabriella Bessu is a wedding planner for a Catholic church outside of Boston….
Although The Heiress’s Homecoming is the final book in a series of four, I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary to have read the other three – although given that I enjoyed this one, I may well give the others a try. The series deals with the Everard Legacy and follows its four heirs – three…
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