A second in a series, A Return of Devotion by Kristi Ann Hunter is a return to a favourite cast of characters. Focusing on Daphne’s journey, it picks up the threads from the previous novel and digs deeper into how Haven Manor came to be a safe place for the children of fallen women. … Read More ›
Rarely do I describe a book in food terms but this delicious Christian novel is deserving of being called comforting, rich and satisfying! If Brunch At Bittersweet Café was a physical café, it would go on my favourite spots list! Fortunately, this wholesome novel has a predecessor, The Saturday Night … Read More ›
From the outset I took a liking to our leading lady, Isadora, and, as with a Jen Turano novel, there is a playfulness in the writing style which I so enjoy! Her arrival on the farm is now one of my favourite scenes in a novel and the book just … Read More ›
The Curse of Misty Wayfair by Jaime Jo Wright opens with “Melancholy was a condition of the spirit and the soul, but also of the mind. Still, she’d never seen melancholy claim a life and be the cause of a body laid to rest in permanent sleep.” Mary Coyle’s death, … Read More ›
Do you love eerie gothic mysteries? Fond of time slip novels? Enjoy a stand-alone Christian novel? Then The Curse of Misty Wayfair by Jaime Jo Wright, releasing tomorrow, is perfect for you! Here is a little more about the book from the back cover: Left at an orphanage as a … Read More ›
When I hear the word “shrub”, connotations come to mind. As Andy McIndoe explains in Shrubs, most of us have the wrong idea of them and many more plants are shrubs than I realised. With a half page profile on each shrub, I came to understand the variety and value … Read More ›
To be honest, The Alamo is the first historical event in this amazing series, The Daughters of the Mayflower, of which I had preconceived ideas and, as such, I cracked The Alamo Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo open with hesitation. If I could read with my eyes closed that would have … Read More ›
As the title implies, the focus of The Hope-Drive Leader is on the power of hope. However, the book doesn’t keep leadership at its center, it drifts off into general life skills and skims multiple psychological theories and papers to highlight trends. Each chapter gives a key takeaway, belief and behavior. If … Read More ›
Cadence by Pete Williams is a parable. Narrative storytelling either works for you or it doesn’t when it comes to absorbing frameworks and information. In theory, it helps the reader remember the new strategies because they remember the narrative that goes with it. In this case, the story is of … Read More ›
Experiential Marketing by Shirra Smilan highlights a shift in marketing towards two-way communication with prospects. The author shares trends such as the following: “When used on a large scale, traditional advertising can have a low cost per thousand, but overall it can be a very expensive tool, one traditionally effective for … Read More ›
I’m learning to appreciate the novella and Ladies of Intrigues by Michelle Griep has three beautifully written historical romance novellas! The characters and settings are so well created, I would have enjoyed spending more time in each. The reader is given enough to connect to each of the lead characters but I still have questions about … Read More ›