Facing the Dawn

 Title: Facing the Dawn

Author: Cynthia Ruchti

Publisher: Revell

Genre: Christian Fiction/Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis:

While her humanitarian husband Liam has been digging wells in Africa, Mara Jacobs has been struggling. She knows she's supposed to feel a warm glow that her husband is nine time zones away, caring for widows and orphans. But the reality is that she is exhausted, working a demanding yet unrewarding job, trying to manage their three detention-prone kids, failing at her to-repair list, and fading like a garment left too long in the sun.

Miriam's Song

 Title: Miriam's Song

Author: Jill Eileen Smith

Publisher: Revell

Genre: Biblical Fiction/Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

In her eventful lifetime, Miriam was many things to many people: protective older sister, song leader, prophetess, leper. But between the highs and the lows, she was a girl who dreamed of freedom, a woman who longed for love, a leader who made mistakes, and a friend who valued connection.

An Unexpected Amish Proposal

 Title: An Unexpected Amish Proposal

Author: Rachel J. Good

Publisher: Kensington Books

Genre: Christian Romance/Amish

Synopsis: 

Sometimes love is found in the most unexpected places--as three blessed men will discover in Rachel J. Good's heartwarming Amish romance series, set in a bustling Pennsylvania community...

Top Reads Jan/Feb. 2021

 

 

 I have read fifty books so far in 2021. Don't ask me how I have done it because I honestly don't know. I do not feel like I have read that much 😂 I wonder how many I could read if I did feel like I was reading a lot?! Anyway, true confessions, several of them are children's books that I have done for reviews 😀(and several are in progress). So maybe that is how I have done it. So, I want to take a

Network of Deceit

 Title: Network of Deceit

Author: Tom Threadgill

Series: Amara Alvarez #2

Publisher: Revell

Genre: Thriller/Suspense

Synopsis:

 After her rescue of nearly fifty kidnapped children made international headlines, Amara Alvarez gets what she's worked for: a transfer to San Antonio's Homicide Division. Reality sets in quickly, though, as her first case, the suspicious death of a teenager at a crowded local water park, brings chaos to her personal life.

A Dance in Donegal

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Title: A Dance in Donegal

Author: Jennifer Deibel

Publisher: Revell

Genre: Christian Fiction & Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

To fulfill her mother's dying wish, Moira Doherty moves from Boston to the rolling green hills of 1921 Ireland to teach in a village school. She doesn't expect to fall in love--or to uncover a scandalous family reputation her mother left behind years ago.

Dreams DO come true!

  "Dreams sometimes do come true. But not without something that looks a lot like hard work."         -Sylvia Aston Warner

We all have dreams, some of them are big, some are small, and some seem downright impossible. Some we have talked about for years and others we have kept hidden in our hearts, for fear that if we revealed them out loud, we would jinx ourselves. Do you believe that dreams can come true? I do. What about

The Grumbler's Guide to Giving Thanks

Title: The Grumbler's Guide to Giving Thanks: Reclaiming the Gifts of a Lost    Spiritual Discipline

Author: Dustin Crowe

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Genre: Christian Nonfiction

Synopsis:

The apostle Paul instructed the Philippians to be anxious in nothing and thankful in everything. And when he said everything—he meant everything. We can all agree that this is easier said than done. Disappointments and discontent may cause you to slip into dissatisfaction, and grumbling becomes a state of mind—gratitude seems impossible to find. However, what if this is the precise reason you lack the joy of a God-filled life? Instead of a reaction to when things are going well, what if gratitude is actually necessary to knowing the hope of our gracious God?