Petticoat Ranch, by Mary Connealy I’m not normally a big fan of frontier historicals, but Mary Connealy has blessed heroine Sophie Edwards with the heart of a modern woman. If you’ve ever struggled with the whole “submissive wife” concept (and who hasn’t?), you’ll identify with Sophie right away. I’d like to see this story in movie form, especially the climactic scene, with all the been-there-done-that nuances between the Edwards girls as they take on the bad guys. LOTS of fun. This book review was uploaded by Cecelia Dowdy. Happy reading!
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Love Finds You In Bridal Veil, Oregan by Miralee Ferrell Here’s what I most enjoyed about Miralee Ferrell’s historical romance, Love Finds You in Bridal Veil Oregon. When I read a romance, I don’t mind the predictability inherent in the genre. Romances–different from love stories–promise a happy ending. The hero and heroine will end up together, regardless of what happens between Page One and The End. The difference in Bridal Veil is we don’t quite know who the hero is. Schoolteacher Margaret Garvey has two good men in her life, and Ferrell manages to make them both sympathetic. The unfolding…
Love Finds You In Golden New Mexico, by Lena Nelson Dooley
Love Finds You In Golden New Mexico, by Lena Nelson Dooley Lena Nelson Dooley's historical romance, Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico is ALL about love. Anyone who has studied the five different types of love–attraction (epithumia), romance (eros), affection (storge), friendship (phile), and selfless giving (agape)–will recognize examples of every facet of love in the characters Dooley created for her story. Surrounded by a vivid setting in the 1890s mining town, Madeline Mercer and Jeremiah Dennison interact with kind, lovable God-fearing friends, as well as selfish, conniving criminals, before finding one another. You'll find yourself turning pages far…
Long Trail Home by Vickie McDonough
Long Trail Home, book 3 in the Texas Trails: A Morgan Family series by Vickie McDonough Moody Publishers ISBN 978-0802405852 A weary soldier returns from the War Between the States to discover his parents dead, his family farm in shambles, and his fiancée married. Riley Morgan takes a job at the Wilcox School for Blind Children and tries to make peace with God and himself. When a pretty, blind woman who cares for the children reaches through his scarred walls and touches his heart, he begins to find renewed faith and hope for the future. But when he discovers Annie…
The Deepest Waters, by Dan Walsh
The Deepest Waters by Dan Walsh This lovely novel is inspired by a true event, the sinking of the SS Central America off the North Carolina coast in 1857. The historical facts are heartbreaking, and author Dan Walsh doesn’t shy away from the sadness, hardship, and loss of life. But he also writes about the hope and miraculous rescues involved in such a way that the reader is captivated and emotionally invested in the story’s outcome. We experience the parallel journeys of John and Laura Foster, the newlyweds who are separated when the women and children are the only…
CAN Book Review by Diana Brandmeyer: Finally a Bride by Vickie McDonough
Finally a Bride by Vickie McDonough Finally it’s here! Jack’s story is a hoot. McDonough let her grow up but she kept her rascally personality intact. Even jailbird Carly is back—her story though small was important to me from the other books and I’m glad to know what happens with her. Butch, Jack’s nemesis turns up in an unexpected way as well. This is the last book in the Boarding House Brides series (you don’t need the others first but you’ll be missing some good reading if you don’t get them!) and it’s sad to let the characters go. McDonough…
CAN Book Review by Diana Brandmeyer: Second Chance Brides by Vickie McDonough
Second Chance Brides by Vickie McDonough is the second book in the Texas Boardinghouse Brides series. This book is one of McDonough’s best ever. The cover on the book pulls you into the story. The cover artist caught the essence of the characters, Shannon O’Neil and Mark Corbett translating them into real people for me. Shannon and Leah Bennett were caught in the Corbett brother’s scheme to find a wife for their cousin. (The Anonymous Bride Book 1) Both have reasons for not returning to where they came from. Shannon is an Irish immigrant and now she’s alone in Lookout,…
Faith Deployed . . . Again by Jocelyn Green
Faith Deployed . . . Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives By Jocelyn Green ISBN: 978-0802452511 The highly anticipated sequel to award-winning Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives is here! As husbands are being deployed multiple times, the women left behind desperately need encouragement and strength to maintain the home-front. Often lonely, frequently overwhelmed by the needs around her, and continually stressed by a unique lifestyle, she needs to be equipped as to how to respond biblically to the daily struggles that threaten to wear her down. Faith Deployed…Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives is filled with wisdom and insight from over twenty-five…
CAN Book Feature: People of the Book by Kathi Macias
 People of the Book Author and website link: Kathi Macias ISBN: 978-1-59669-282-4 Eighteen-year-old Farah, who lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with her family, wants nothing more than to develop a deeper, more meaningful devotion to her Muslim faith. She sees the month of Ramadan as her chance to draw nearer to Allah, and she pursues that goal throughout the holiday. All goes well until the prophet Isa—Jesus—appears to her in a dream and calls her to Himself. At the same time, her only brother, Kareem, who has never liked Farah, actively seeks an opportunity to expose her for the…
CAN Book Feature: Finally a Bride by Vickie McDonough
Title: Finally A Bride – book 3 in the Texas Boardinghouse Brides series Author: Vickie McDonough Publisher: Barbour Publishing ISBN: 978-1602606494 Keep your eyes wide open for romance in Lookout, Texas. Noah Jeffers enters town determined to make up for past misdeeds. Reporter Jacqueline Davis is determined to nail her story. Will she uncover Noah’s secret before he can capture her heart? With nowhere else to go, ex-con Carly Payton returns to the Lookout boardinghouse. Garret Corbett is looking for an upstanding wife, not some jailbird. What will he do when overpowered by Carly’s unassuming appeal? Does love deserve a second…
