Janet Holm McHenry’s book, The Complete Guide to the Prayers of Jesus, published by Bethany House, is the only comprehensive book on the prayer life of Jesus. This nonfiction Christian living book is an engaging, vivid journey through the recorded prayers of Jesus as well as his practices and teachings on prayer. It provides to the reader: Background, context, and a detailed look at each of Jesus’ prayers Jesus’ teachings on prayer A look at Jesus’s prayer practices Scripture-based prayers along with questions for personal or group use. Check out this book review: “Have you ever echoed the…
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This is our archive pageBook Review: Direct Threat
Direct Threat by Kimberly Rose Johnson A book review of Kimberly Rose Johnson’s romantic mystery, Direct Threat, which released June 1, 2020. One little girl. Two bodyguards. Only one chance to guard their hearts. In Direct Threat, Kimberly Rose Johnson has created a book that will pull readers into a sweet romance laced with mystery and a dash of suspense. Sent to protect a child for the summer, Carissa Jones finds her heart opening to the child and to the possibility of love. But first she has to decide who to trust and who is the direct threat. A page turner that is…
Book Review: An Improper Proposal AND An Unexpected Redemption
Book 3 in Davalynn Spencer’s series, Front Range Brides, will be released June 4, 2020. So you’ll want to get caught up with Books 1 & 2 in this series of inspirational western romances! Check out the first two books, starting with a review of An Improper Proposal: Ya’ll better hold on to your cowboy hats because Davalynn Spencer is about to take you on the ride of your life in her latest Western novel, An Improper Proposal. As a mail-order bride traveling across state lines to meet her intended, Mae Ann Remington never imagined she’d be robbed at gun…
Book Review: Encountering God’s Heart for You: 365 Devotions from Genesis through Revelation
A book review of Encountering God’s Heart for You: 365 Devotions from Genesis through Revelation by Diane Stortz. A daily devotional journey through the whole story of the Bible. Shared by permission of Elisabeth Espinoza. Encountering God’s Heart for You by Diane Stortz features 365 brief devotions that chronologically explore important people, events, and themes in Scripture beginning in Genesis and continuing all the way through to Revelation. Having personally read through an entire chronological Bible just last year, I am finding Encountering God’s Heart for You to be one of the most inspiring devotionals I have read in quite a while. Ms….
Reviews of Jeanette Levellie’s, “Hello Beautiful! Finally Love Yourself the Way You Are”
“Reading Hello, Beautiful!: Finally Love Yourself The Way You Are, is like taking a breath of fresh air in a world that imposes ever increasing, unobtainable standards of beauty. Veteran author, Jeanette Levellie and her co-author, take a tag team approach with their starkly, personal true stories, that astutely correspond with lessons in inner beauty. Their writing voices complement each other seamlessly, like a musical duet, but each stands out in their own way, so even though the stories are not consecutive, you get an intuitive feel for which author you are reading. This book has all the bells and…
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Book Reviews Galore
Looking for unique book ideas for that special reader this Christmas? We’ve got three book reviews from three very different genres to present today! A medical thriller, a devotional cookbook, and a Christian fantasy offer some less-than-mainstream choices for the bookworms on our list. See what others have said and then check them out at your favorite outlet! ******* Medical Judgement by Richard Mabry, M.D. Abingdon Press Medical Judgement, a medical suspense novel by Richard Mabry, M.D., kept me in a state of suspicion to the end. I suspected everyone of harassing Dr. Sarah Gordon, a woman who had…
Word on the Street
The word on the street about Captive Brides Collection with Christian Authors Network members Angela Breidenbach and Darlene Franklin is great reviews for this Barbour Publishing book with 9 historical romance stories releasing tomorrow, Oct. 1st! Review: The Captive Brides Collection is a wonderful selection of nine tales dealing with captivity. Captivity may be physical, mental or spiritual. It is anything that binds us against our will. The reader travels from America to Australia, from 1655 to the late nineteenth century. The stories have similar themes of injustice, prejudice, trust, redemption, new beginnings and second chances, and fighting for freedom. Down…
Book Reviews-A Waltz for Amber & Pursuing Gold
Happy Autumnal Equinox! As a Washingtonian transplanted in Texas, let’s just say this is my FAVORITE time of year (even though it will feel like summer for another month…it’s the promise of things to come when the season changes). There’s just something about a nip in the air and –yes, I’ll admit it–a Pumpkin Spiced Latte that make me feel like I’m getting a cozy hug from my heavenly Father 🙂 And the bonus? BOOTS! We have some excellent reviews for your cozy fall reading, A Waltz for Amber by Kimberly Rose Johnson and Pursuing Gold by Cynthia L. Simmons. Posted…
Ebook sale!
Hope you’ve had a wonderful week despite the weather challenges in Florida and the southeast. I believe there will be a collective sigh of relief once this hurricane season is history! ******** If you’re in the mood for a fun, laugh-out-loud art crime mystery, good news! Right now, you can download A Fool and His Monet, for free on kindle: bit.ly/AFAM-E and nook: http://bit.ly/Nook-AFAM The deal is pending on iBook and Kobo as well. And…for the rest of September books 2 & 3—Another Day Another Dali and Over Maya Dead Body—are deeply discounted as well. Prairie Sky Book Reviews says: “Sandra Orchard has once again penned a can’t-put-it-down…
Awards & Book Reviews!
Jane S Daly recently attended the Oregon Christian Writer’s (OCW) annual summer conference. Each year, OCW encourages writers to submit their work for the annual Cascade Awards. The submissions are narrowed down into three finalists in the twenty-two categories. She was honored to receive an award in unpublished contemporary fiction for The Girl in the Cardboard Box, and for published nonfiction, The Caregiving Season. Congratulations, Jane! ********** Baker Revell author, Linda Evans Shepherd, was named Writer of the Year by the 34th annual Greater Philadelphia Christian Writer’s conference, not only for her many bestselling books, but because as Marlene…
