Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description Despite years on the run, Sophie Neumann is determined to care for two young children. She won’t abandon them the way she thinks her older sisters abandoned her. But times are growing desperate, and when she falls in...
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Searching For You by Jody Hedlund
Bride of Ivy Green by Julie Klassen
Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description: Much has happened in idyllic Ivy Hill in recent months, and while several villagers have found new love and purpose, questions remain–and a few dearly held dreams have yet to be fulfilled. Jane Bell is torn. Gabriel...
The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel
Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description Brought together by a charming bookstore in England, three women fight to defy expectations, dream new dreams, and welcome love into their lives. As a counselor, Sophia Barrett is trained to help people cope with their...
The Butterfly Bride by Vanessa Riley
Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Frederica Burghley wants to be married by Yuletide. Or else her father will set her up with one of his friends. The bonbon-loving illegitimate daughter of the duke wants to choose her own husband. Advertising in the newspaper seems like...
What Box do you belong in?
“Are you Catholic?” The straightforward question from the stranger in the row behind me at church caught me off guard, but I smiled as I turned to answer him. “You have a lace thing on your head and Catholics wear them.” I struggled to...
My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge by Pepper Basham
Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko About the Book: Journey into the Blue Ridge Mountains of 1918 where Laurel McAdams endures the challenges of a hard life while dreaming things can eventually improve. But trouble arrives in the form of an outsider. Having failed...
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