Book Review: “A Log Cabin Christmas” By Various Authors
November 10, 2011 at 7:15 am | Posted in Books | Leave a commentTags: Book Review, Christian Fiction, Romance Fiction
Nine authors team up in their new book, “
A Log Cabin Christmas” published by Barbour Publishing Inc. to give us nine Historical Romances during American Pioneer Christmases.
Margaret Brownley provides the first story, “Snow Angel” where a blizzard forces the teacher, sheriff, and 3 school kids to spend Christmas Eve in the log schoolhouse. They overcome cold, a bear, fear, lack of food, and 5 personal struggles. Wanda E. Brunstetter gives us “The Christmas Secret” a Log cabin Christmas Eve wedding (also the brides 20th birthday) plans end due to secret history recorded in an aunt’s diary. Bride runs to hide the shame. Kelly Eileen Hake provides “Christmas Traps And Trimmings” when a London heiress and nurse arrive at a KY mountain trapper’s shack unannounced, the relationship is off to as shaky a start.
Liz Johnson gives us “A Star In The Night” A tale where a southern gal and gramps nurse a wounded Civil War soldier–this one a Yank. Jane Kirkpatrick provides “The Courting Quilt” Both farmer and a salesman are eager to “partner” with a widow selling thread. Liz Tolsma tells us “Under His Wings”
Will a tragedy force an unwanted marriage for an orphan lumber camp gal? Will matrimony cancel seminary for lumberjack Preacher Man? Unusual Christmas gifts will decide all. Michelle Ule gives us “The Dogtrot Christmas” It’s homesteading in Texas and families struggle with death. What will a TEX-MEX Christmas look like? Debra Ullrick weaves “A Grand County Christmas” where an Irish lass meets Austrian widower in rocky Mountain snow. But the bliss turns to Christmas Eve mystery–secrets–& fraud. Erica Vetsch tells “Christmas Service” Called to be a preacher’s wife, Beth scorns all other men, including a deacon blacksmith, of all things. Todd accepts the rebuke as challenge. Will a Christmas Eve pageant disaster enlighten any or all?
“A Log Cabin Christmas” is great fun to read. Each story is set in different states so each story has a different feel to it. This is a book where you wrap yourself in a cozy blanket, make yourself comfortable in your favorite chair and have warm cider to drink as you savor each story. All the stories are so well written and the romance is perfect, tender not overboard or forced. Leave this book on your shelf so that next year you can re-visit it.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Barbour Publishing Inc. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Book Review: “Dangerous Mercy” By Kathy Herman
November 10, 2011 at 6:37 am | Posted in Books | Leave a commentTags: Book Review, Christian Fiction, Romance Fiction, Thriller
Kathy Herman in her new book, “
Dangerous Mercy” Book Two in the Secrets of Roux River Bayou series published by David C. Cook takes us back to the town of Les Barbes in Louisiana.
From the Back Cover: When eighty-five-year-old Adele Woodmore moves to Les Barbes to be near the Broussards—and her namesake, their daughter—she wants nothing more than a comfortable, quiet life. Employing men from Father Vince’s halfway house for the homeless to do odd jobs and landscaping, she delights in the casual conversation she has with them, the fledgling friendships, and the idea that she is helping them get back on their feet.
Get ready for a page-turning thriller. Set aside the chores, order take out for dinner, make yourself comfortable because once you get started reading “Dangerous Mercy” you are not going to want to stop until the pages run out–and even then. Kathy Herman has delivered a winner that will chill you as you follow the life of Adele Woodmore. ”Dangerous Mercy” is a lot like an Alfred Hitchcock thriller as the story wraps itself around your nerves and just begins to squeeze and squeeze. Ms. Herman has done a great job in giving us a heroine that is eighty-six years old. I enjoyed this book a lot and am looking forward to the next one.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book for free from Wynn-Wynn Media for this review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
A Woman’s Walk in Truth: Devotions for Living a Confident Faith by Vonette Bright
November 10, 2011 at 5:49 am | Posted in Books | Leave a commentTags: Non-Fiction
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
and the book:
A Woman’s Walk in Truth: Devotions for Living a Confident Faith
Harvest House Publishers (August 1, 2011)
***Special thanks to Karri James of Harvest House Publishers for sending me a review copy.***
Vonette Bright is an award-winning communicator, founder of Women Today, and cofounder of Campus Crusade for Christ International with her late husband, Dr. Bill Bright. A respected leader, sought after speaker, popular author, and well-known radio host, Vonette is committed to sharing God’s powerful truth with women all over the world.
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Vonette Bright, award-winning radio host and founder of Women Today ministries, shares this beautiful padded hardcover filled with refreshing devotions, biblical guidance, “This I Believe” statements, and stories of women modeling remarkable faith to encourage all women to walk in the truth, power, and joy of God’s Word.
Product Details:
List Price: $9.99
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers (August 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0736939296
ISBN-13: 978-0736939294
AND NOW…THE FIRST DEVOTION:
75 Candles
Have you taken an inventory of what’s important in your life? Birthdays are a great time to reflect and look forward. Imagine you were blowing out 75 candles on your birthday cake. What would you want to have accomplished by then?
Before Bill and I were married, I never would have imagined the Lord would use my husband and me so dramatically. God guided us to start Campus Crusade for Christ, an organization that has become a worldwide ministry with more than half a million workers.
Our goal from the beginning was to put God first in our lives and do all we planned for His honor and glory.
So, dear one, let me ask: Have you let God be the center of your life goals? Are you willing to let Him use you? Ask God today to take over every area of what you do. He will do a marvelous work with your life too.
Whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him (2 Corinthians 5:9).
This I Believe
You can never go wrong putting
God first in everything.
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