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The Slow and Simple Life…

Is it reality? Can it be achieved? From my perspective, it seems like a dim reality. But as with so many other things in my life that I have sought after, I know that often we choose to accept the reality we have, rather than seek to change it. We see it as something...

Before I Saw You by Amy Sorrells

Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko About the book: Folks are dying fast as the ash trees in the southern Indiana town ravaged by the heroin epidemic, where Jaycee Givens lives with nothing more than a thread of hope and a quirky neighbor, Sudie, who rescues injured...

Becoming The Talbot Sisters by Rachel Linden

Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Book Description Twin sisters Waverly and Charlie Talbot have drifted far apart as they pursue opposite dreams of stardom and service to the poor. On an astonishing journey across Central Europe, they must come together to face their...

Honeysuckle Dreams by Denise Hunter

Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Book Description After Brady Collins’ ex-wife dies, he receives devastating news—his nine-month-old son Sam isn’t his son at all. And Sam’s wealthy maternal grandparents want custody of the child. Brady knows he’s in for the fight of his...

The Love Letter by Rachel Hauck

Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Dress comes a story of long-lost love and its redemption in future generations. Romance has never been actress Chloe Daschle’s forte—in life or on screen. But everyone...

The Bashful Bride by Vanessa Riley

Reviewed by Martha Artyomenko Description A friend’s newspaper advertisement for a groom nets the most famous actor in London, Arthur Bex. Shy heiress Ester Croome proposes to elope with the handsome man, who she’s secretly loved for two years, in order to...

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