Review: Daily Reflections on the Names of God by Ava Pennington

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Daily Reflections on the Names of God: A Devotional (Revell) by Ava Pennington Review by Marti Pieper Would you like to spend a year getting to know God in a deeper, more intimate way? Would you like to spend time acquainting yourself with the details of His character and meditating on how they affect your life? Would you like to immerse yourself in Him? If these questions intrigue you, you’ll want to pick up a copy of Ava Pennington’s recent release, Daily Reflections on the Names of God: A Devotional (Revell). The author organizes her work around God’s character and…

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Gunpowder Tea by Margaret Brownley

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Gunpowder Tea (Brides of Last Chance Ranch) Pinkerton Detective Miranda Hunt has been tasked with apprehending the Phantom – a notorious train robber thought to be hiding on the sprawling Last Chance Ranch. But she isn’t the only one there with something to hide. Wells Fargo detective Jeremy Taggert is working the scene undercover as well. Although their true identities are a secret—and both are suspicious of the other—it is impossible for Jeremy and Miranda to hide the spark that flares between them. But with careers and lives on the line, love will have to wait—perhaps forever. About the Author:…

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Review: The Bride Next Door by Winnie Griggs

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Review by Vickie McDonough, author of Whispers on the Prairie The Bride Next Door pits spunky, down-home Daisy against Everett, a stuffy newspaper publisher. Daisy longs for a home, family, and roots, but Everett only sees the small town of Turnabout as a step to bigger and better things. When the town gossip reveals a secret, Daisy and Everett are forced into a very inconvenient marriage-of-convenience.

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BuckSkin Bride by Vickie McDonough

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Mattie’s father is missing, and she now has the responsibility of protecting and feeding her two sisters. She prefers buckskin to calico and a rifle to a soup spoon but she never wanted to be head of the family. They live in a tipi, always traveling, and her father kept them away from other people. He always warned her not to trust men. But when her youngest sister is injured, can she set aside her reservations, and seek help from the handsome Irish man on whose land they are illegally living?… A Pioneer Christmas–an anthology A Pioneer Christmas is an anthology of stories. Journey…

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Whispers on the Prairie book review

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Whispers on the Prairie by Vickie McDonough Review By Lena Nelson Dooley, Co-founder & President of DFW Ready Writers, Author, Speaker, Radio Host A City Girl Far from Home… Sarah Marshall never wanted to leave Chicago and head west on a wagon train bound for the New Mexico Territory, but she wasn’t given a choice. The rugged trail is no place for her ailing aunt—and tending oxen and gathering buffalo chips is no job for a sophisticated young woman. All Sarah wants is to see her aunt safely to Santa Fe, and then she plans to return home to the…

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Catherine’s Pursuit – A New Release

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Author: Lena Nelson Dooley Title: Catherine’s Pursuit  Series: McKenna’s Daughters, book 3 ISBN-10: 1621360199 ISBN-13: 978-1621360193 BISAC: FICTION / Christian / Romance "A heartwarming tale filled with history, adventure, faith, and love." –Lisa Wingate, bestselling and award-winning author of Dandelion Summer and Firefly Island The search for her sisters will become a spiritual journey for the entire family. Raised by her father, Catherine McKenna has never lacked for anything, surrounded by people to take care of her every need. On her eighteenth birthday she discovers that not only did her mother die when she was born, but she has two identical sisters. Although her father vowed not to…

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The Women Of Valley View

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The Women Of Valley View by Sharon Srock Despite a bustling day care center and a new foster child, Terri Hayes hungers for a family of her own. Then a plumbing mishap leaves her homeless and questioning God’s plan. Steve Evans’s gracious offer of his basement apartment as a temporary solution is an answered prayer. Steve is a successful writer and a good father, but Terri is horrified when Steve’s book research leads him to a harsh confrontation with the parents of her foster child.  She needs to distance herself from Steve, but her efforts fall short as his two…

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Unbreakable

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Unbreakable by Nancy Mehl Gentle and unassuming Hope Kauffman has never been one to question or try to make changes. She quietly helps her father run Kingdom Quilts and has agreed to the betrothal her father arranged for her with the devout but shy Ebbie Miller. Despite Hope’s and other Kingdom residents’ attempts to maintain the status quo, changes have already begun to stir in the small Mennonite town. The handsome and charismatic Jonathon Wiese is the leader of the move to reform, and when one of Kingdom’s own is threatened by a mysterious outsider, Jonathon is one of the…

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Stitched With Love Romance Collection – A New Release

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Faced with finding the right fit in life and love, nine young women seek the courage to stitch together romance. But when unexpected obstacles abound, will love unravel before their eyes? Authors: Vickie McDonough, Andrea Boeshaar, and others Bio: Vickie McDonough is an award-winning author of 26 books and novellas. Her novels include the fun and feisty Texas Boardinghouse Brides series and the 3rd & 6th books in the Texas Trails series. Her novel, Long Trail Home, won the Inspirational category of the 2012 Booksellers’ Best Awards. Andrea Boeshaar is an author of over 40 books with ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! The three components in…

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Jewel Of Persia – A Book Review

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Today it’s a real pleasure to review the latest release of my writing peer, and publisher, Roseanna White. One of the many things I like about WhiteFire is they publish books that some would call edgy Christian fiction–I prefer the term, realistic. The wrong things happen in life, and that’s why we need the Savior. But in WhiteFire Publishing, while these issues happen within the story, the story must always point back to the need for Jesus Christ to wash away our sins. That’s what happens within the pages of Jewel of Persia which I rated 5 stars.

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