It's May 1st. Time to announce the winners of the giveaway. They are: Bonnie and Patricia. Congratulations! I'll be getting in touch with both of you for your mail addresses. Hope you enjoy! *********** I (and my book Destiny's Hands) are thrilled to be featured today on the blog Interviews and Reviews. Thank you, Laura… Continue reading Interview & giveaway!
The Queen's Handmaid by Tracy L. Higley My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lydia, slave of Cleopatra, is not only lovely but also ambitious. Her artistic pottery is in demand and already she has collected a bag of coins against the day she can escape from the palace and start her own business. But the… Continue reading The Queen’s Handmaid – review
The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg My rating: 5 of 5 stars Jacob Weisz is an unexceptional Jewish boy who lives in Siegen, Germany in the 1940s. He likes his quiet life with his parents, loves going to violin lessons because he might catch a glimpse—even a shy smile—from Naomi Silver, and is embarrassed… Continue reading The Auschwitz Escape (review)
Heaven's Prey by Janet Sketchley My rating: 5 of 5 stars The storm that 46-year-old Ruth Warner braves to attend her weekly prayer meeting is a perfect opening to Heaven’s Prey, a debut novel by Nova Scotia native Janet Sketchley. Ruth’s husband Tony can’t understand why she would go out on such a night to… Continue reading Heaven’s Prey (review)
Glamorous Illusions by Lisa Tawn Bergren My rating: 3 of 5 stars Cora Diehl takes the train home from Normal School in Dillon Montana expecting to spend the summer on the farm with her parents. But why aren't they there to meet the train? The sight of her distraught mother beside her father's collapsed form… Continue reading Glamorous Illusions (review)
"Are you going to write another book?" I've heard that question a lot since publishing my novel in 2012. I suppose it's a question writers inevitably face after finishing a first book. My plan, when I published Destiny's Hands (a biblical fiction exploring the life of the Bible character Bezalel from when he was a… Continue reading Hiking around in a wilderness odyssey
Though I enjoy being swept away in a good biography and love the way poetry transports to realms of emotion, sometimes evokes a belly-laugh, and even the urge to toe-tap along, my biggest pleasure as a reader is to get lost in great adult fiction. Adult fiction is also my biggest challenge as a writer.… Continue reading My favorite genre
Ashlyn Forsyth joins her husband Craig on St. Simons Island (Georgia) so they can work on their relationship. But when, after only three days, he hands her an envelope and then drives off with a female colleague from work, Ashlyn fears she’s been had. Craig’s letter requesting a divorce and stating that he is dropping… Continue reading Riptide (review)
Plain Peace by Beth Wiseman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Eighteen-year-old Anna Byler has never been on a date. No one has asked her. She suspects it is because her grandfather and guardian, Bishop Isaac Byler is at least partly to blame. His gruff manner and strict enforcement of all their Amish colony’s rules… Continue reading Plain Peace (review)
Kathi Macias' 12 Days of Christmas Volume 7 by Ruth L. Snyder My rating: 5 of 5 stars Cecile’s preparations for Christmas this year are nothing like they were last year when she lived in Alberta. Now, as a nurse working with the San Bushmen people of Botswana, she’s covering up to protect herself from… Continue reading Cecile’s Christmas Miracle (review)
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