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4-Star Review of Amish Dynasty by Sophia Grace “We’re rich!”  Becca Yoder twirled in her plain blue dress, her arms above her head. Gold coins spilled from her fingers and dropped to her bare feet.  Her smile lit him up, her auburn hair reflected the sunlight with a warmth that tempted him to unpin her prayer kapp and let it wave in the autumn breeze.  “We’re rich!” Becca repeated, as if she just wanted to hear herself say it again.  Jeremiah stood in the murky water of Pigeon Creek, leaning over the embankment as he dug his hands into the pile of gold coins. “I’m the one that lugged this heavy box up the crick bank!”  “I did most of the digging to get that box out of the mud,” she argued. “While you just sat there fishing instead of helping me.”  She held up her muddy hands as proof.  “I had to reel in that big catfish. I couldn’t just let him go!”  Becca rolled her eyes. “With this much money, you could pay someone to fish for you!”...

Review of The Convenient Bride Collection:  9 Romances Grow from Marriage Partnerships Formed Out of Necessity by Erica Vetsch, Amanda Barratt, Andrea Boeshaar, Mona Hodgson, Melissa Jagears, Maureen Lang,  Gabrielle Meyer, Jennifer Uhlarik, & Renee Yancy   Jennifer Uhlarik, & Renee Yancy Join nine brides of convenience on their adventures in a variety of times and settings gone by—from a ranch in California…to the rugged mountains of Colorado…to a steamship on the Mississippi…to the dangerous excitement of the Oregon Trail…into high society of New York City. No matter the time or place, the convenient brides proceed with what must be done, taking nuptials out of necessity. . .and never dreaming that God might take their feeble attempts to secure their futures and turn them into true love stories for His glory.   My Review of  The Substitute Wife by Amanda Barratt:  Bristol, Connecticut, June, 1883; Dr. Raymond McNair is thrilled that th...

Review of A Texas Christmas:   Six Romances from the Historic Lone Star State Herald the Season of Love by Ramona K. Cecil, Lena Nelson Dooley, Darlene Franklin, Pamela Griffin, Cathy Marie Hake, Kathleen Y'Barbo Spend Christmas in the Old West with six unconventional women who take on Texas-sized challenges—and unexpected romance. Bridget falls for a man opposed to her teaching Indian orphans. Polly is trying to hold her family together when her childhood love returns to town. Rugged rancher Charlsey is inexplicably attracted to a tenderfoot accountant. Vivian shuns marriage until meeting a nomadic photographer. Lacey’s cooking draws a quiet blacksmith out of his shell. Tracker Bessie Mae helps a ranger hunt down a villain. MY REVIEW of  Here Cooks the Bride by Cathy Marie Hake:   Set in Cut Corners,  Texas in 1870, Lacey leaves her finishing school in Boston to travel to Cut Corners, Texas to assist her only living older relative, Aunt Millie, run he...

Review of How God Grows a Woman of Wisdom:  A Devotional Journal  by Anita Higman & Marian Leslie  How God Grows a Woman of Wisdom  is the first release in a brand-new devotional series designed to enhance your spiritual journey. Featuring two hundred–plus devotional readings complemented by scripture selections and prayers, this lovely collection offers a powerful blend of inspiration, encouragement, and motivation for every area of your life. Touching on topics like beauty, blessings, conversation, joy, patience, prayer, relationships, work, and more, you will find yourself drawn ever closer to your heavenly Father as you meditate on each reading and open your heart and mind to God’s Word. MY REVIEW:   The price of wisdom is beyond rubies.  Job 28:18          Each devotion features a lovely piece of insight from Anita Higman and Marian Leslie along with scripture and a short prayer that the woman can use to enri...

Review of  The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows Evoking the same small town charm with the same great eye for character, the co-author of  Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society  finds her own voice in this debut novel about a young debutante working for the Federal Writer's Project whose arrival in Macedonia, West Virginia changes the course of history for a prominent family who has been sitting on a secret for decades. The Romeyn family is a fixture in the town, their identity tied to its knotty history. Layla enters their lives and lights a match to the family veneer and a truth comes to light that will change each of their lives forever. MY REVIEW:   What a fascinating story!    A family buried in secrets living in the 1930's amidst the small town life of Macedonia, West Virginia.   The Romeyn family is filled with "real characters" with character flaws, faults, loves, hopes and dreams and secrets.   Secrets that are ...

Review of 12 Brides of Summer Collection--Novella Collection #1 by Susan Page Davis, Amy Lillard, & Michelle Ule Love Is Buzzing in the Good Old Summertime!  Spend the sunny days of summer relaxing with an ice cold glass of lemonade and revel in the dreams of twelve brides who are a bit surprised by how the men of their dreams come into their lives. Journey to the Old West, stay on the prairie, and visit quaint small town. . .without leaving the comfort of your own front porch! Summer has started and so has new chances for love in Novella Collection #1: The Blue Moon Bride  by Susan Page Davis Ava Neal hopes moving west will be a new start, then she meets handsome Joe Logan who helps her hide her valuables when the train is robbed. Might their paths cross again? MY REVIEW:   This is a sweet novella set in the 1800's in Wyoming.   A train robbery leads to a job on the railroad for Joe Logan and this gives he and Ava Neal time to pursue the spark of i...