Inspirational Romance
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I adore stories in which lovers get a second chance at finding their way to one another. With that in mind, I gladly picked up The Dove expecting a wonderful story of young lovers separated and then given a second chance together. Unfortunately, the petulant behavior of the hero and a heroine far ...
As Kill Me if You Can opens, we learn that home renovator Tish Amble has returned to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for her newest job - the cabin where she spent part of her childhood. The narrator takes the reader on a fascinating journey in which the mysteries of Tish's past start creeping into ...
As a newcomer to the romance's inspirational sub-genre, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I picked up The Love Song. What I found was a sweet story with good characters, but some imperfections in the writing. Clair O’Neal had a neglected childhood, with no friends, or ...
Lady of Milkweed Manor is a debut book for new author Julie Klassen. It's a sweet story and a promising start. A vicar’s daughter from a small English town, Charlotte Lamb is kicked out of her house and cut off from her family when she commits the ultimate societal sin: Becoming ...
Wedding Bell Blues is the first book in a new inspirational imprint by Avon and is the first in a series called The Piper Cove Chronicles. Nothing in Windsor's book particularly grabbed me, making it a less than auspicious launch. That’s not to say that it was a bad story, but it wasn’t great e ...
The hero and heroine in Yellow Rose Bride have a long and interesting history, which makes this inspirational romance quite touching. I enjoy inspirational historicals like Lori Copeland's because they usually lack the contrived conflict and drama that occasionally occurs in other romances, especia ...
The latest entry in Hannah Alexander's popular Hideaway series is one that will please readers who enjoy a good small-town mystery novel. No SEALs, secret agents, or fast-paced urban world here, simply residents of a small town in the Ozarks trying to live their lives and discover the truth beh ...
I rarely read Western or Americana romances. For whatever reason, the era doesn't appeal to me. But rifling through a box of books, I came across Waiting for Summer's Return. By description it sounded a bit like Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke, a classic in the Inspirational Romance genre. So I tho ...
The Scarlet Thread is an adultery story with a sort of blame-the-victim twist. Sierra and Alejandro (Alex) Madrid, once high school sweethearts, have now been married - with two small children - for about ten years. They are very happy living the American dream in a small California town when Alex d ...
Since most romantic suspense seems geared toward crime and action with little rumination on the moral issues of crime and punishment, I was not quite sure what to expect from an inspirational romantic suspense novel. For obvious reasons, a novel written with a consideration of the Christian lif ...