Simply Salsa by Janet Perez Eckles – A Book Review

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Simply Salsa “Picture yourself seated in a comfortable chair. A luscious Latin melody dances in the background as you spend a few hours with a dear friend. Her smile embraces you like a warm hug. Her openness encourages you to share your heart. And her words of wisdom challenge you to follow the God of boundless love. This golden afternoon mirrors the experience of reading Janet Perez Eckles’ Simply Salsa: Dancing Without Fear at God’s Fiesta. The book takes a refreshing look at the Christ-life—with a unique Latina flair. Authenticity drives this project, whose author shares her wisdom through real-life…

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The Someday List By Stacy Hawkins Adams – A Book Review

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The Someday List by Stacy Hawkins Adams Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Revell (January 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0800732669 ISBN-13: 978-0800732660  From the Back Cover What do you do when you realize you're not who you want to be? Rachelle Covington has it all. A fabulous home, a handsome and successful husband, two beautiful children, and a place in the upper crust that's quite comfortable. But life is not all it's cracked up to be, and Rachelle finds herself yearning for more. When her husband goes away on a business trip and the kids are sent off to the grandparents…

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Petticoat Ranch, by Mary Connealy

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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, Oregon

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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…

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Love Finds You In Golden New Mexico, by Lena Nelson Dooley

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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…

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Long Trail Home by Vickie McDonough

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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…

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The Deepest Waters, by Dan Walsh

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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…

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CAN Book Review by Diana Brandmeyer: Finally a Bride by Vickie McDonough

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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…

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CAN Book Review by Diana Brandmeyer: Second Chance Brides by Vickie McDonough

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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,…

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Faith Deployed . . . Again by Jocelyn Green

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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…

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