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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 Summer's List by Anita Higman A dying wish alters the course of a young woman's life. Life hadn't been easy for Summer Snow. In acts of selflessness-caring for her ailing parents and running her grandmother's bookstore-she had forfeited her youth and dreams for the needs of others. And the only tries she had at love... didn't turn out. She had the bookstore, she had her beloved granny, but she was missing something-or  someone . Opportunity strikes when Granny sends Summer on an unexpected adventure with one Martin Langtree, a kind but gangly young man from Summer's past. A childhood friendship is rekindled, a romance is sparked, and mysteries are solved in one magical Texas summer. Will Summer strike out on love again, or will things finally go her way? With lovable characters and surprising twists,  Summer's List  is a simple delight.   MY REVIEW:   "You can say it, " Granny said.  "I'm going to die.  And so must we...

  Interview with Author, Anita Higman and Giveaway!   Q&A for  A Question of Destiny Can you tell me a little bit about your novel,  A Question of Destiny ? I’d be happy to. It’s basically a rags-to-riches story with a few surprises along the way. Here’s a short blurb to give you a few more details. Lucy O’Brien is about to be given ten millions dollars and a chance to live a life she never imagined. Will this new found wealth be Lucy’s undoing, or can she rise above the temptations within high society and choose to become a nobler version of herself? And will the solitary Andrew Whitfield—a man who watches over Lucy as she adapts to her new lifestyle—cause her to close the door on her dreams or be the key that opens the rest of Lucy’s destiny? How did you come up with this story? I’ve always thought the rags-to-riches concept was fascinating. There’s so much ready-made conflict. Even though we’ve been told by the world that to receive a...

Review of A Question of Destiny by Anita Higman Lucy O’Brien is about to be given ten millions dollars and a chance to live a life she never imagined. Will this new found wealth be Lucy’s undoing, or can she rise above the temptations within high society and choose to become a nobler version of herself? And will the solitary Andrew Whitfield—a man who watches over Lucy as she adapts to her new lifestyle—cause her to close the door on her dreams or be the key that opens the rest of Lucy’s destiny? MY REVIEW:   What a fun romance novel this is!!   Lucy is given the dream of a lifetime when Ian Chalmers gives her $ 10,000,000 when he sees her save a woman's purse from a stranger on the street.  Her life is turned upside down, but will it change her?   Will she and Andrew find love in each other's arms or will she choose to live like the "rich and famous"? It was fun to imagine that this dream was mine as I read the book and I wondered how I would react if giv...

Review of A Matchmaker in Middlebury by Anita Higman Meredith Steinberg takes the stage again in A Matchmaker in Middlebury and is given another chance to dance with destiny and meddle in the romantic affairs of two lovelorn singles. But Meredith’s skills as a yenta are stretched to the limit as she discovers that her golden egg-of-a-plan has a perilous crack. In the end, however, heartstrings are indeed knotted together as two singles find tender love—they’re just not the two people Meredith paired for marital bliss…  MY REVIEW:   Anita Higman's novelette is a sweet romance.  This is a quick and easy read.  It is one that is sure to leave readers with a smile on their faces.  I was actually thinking that I know of several people who need the services of a matchmaker like Meredith as I read the story.   I rate this novelette 5 stars and highly recommend it to readers. I received a copy of this novelette from the author in exchange for my hone...

Review of Winter in Full Bloom by Anita Higman Lily Winter's wings are folded so tightly around her daughter that when empty nest arrives, she feels she can no longer fly. But Lily's lonely, widowed life changes in a heartbeat when she goes to visit a woman who is almost a stranger to her-a woman who also happens to be her mother. During their fiery reunion, her mother reveals a dark family secret that she'd been hiding for decades-Lily has an identical twin sister who was put up for adoption when they were just babies.  Without looking back, Lily-with her fear of flying-boards a jumbo jet and embarks on a quest to find her sister which leads half way around the world to Melbourne, Australia. Befriended by imprudent Aussie, he might prove to be the key to finding her sister. But her journey becomes a circle that leads her back home to attempt a family reunion and to find the one dream she no longer imagined possible-the chance to fall in love again. MY REVIEW: I...