While other girls dreamed of their wedding dresses, I schemed to find a way to get Nancy Drew's wardrobe. So when the time for me to come up with a wedding dress, I had no idea. I knew what I didn't want but not what I did. The funny thing is, I ended up with a dress that I LOVED but didn't want. Continue Reading
Book Club Capers: February Part 2
To start at the beginning (a very good place to start, or so says Maria von Trapp), here are the first installments of the interactive short story inspired by Chantel Reads All Day's "Read Your Bookshelf Challenge" for 2022. ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN (this one) Continue Reading
Did You Know That Quakers Helped with WWII? How Cool Is That?
Melanie Dobson, who I call the queen of split-time fiction has come out with a fabulous book, The Winter Rose, that takes place in WWII France as well as contemporary times (of course) and features a little-known group of war volunteers. I'd never heard of the Quakers who stayed during the war and Continue Reading
Who Is Ready for a New and Delightful Cozy Mystery?
Author of The Watch series, Kay DiBianca's latest cozy mystery, Time after Tyme, introduces two new young characters that are absolute delights to read! Join Kay as she introduces us to a small town university, a minister, a rabbi, and a bunch of clues. We chat about mystery writing and books we Continue Reading
This Author Just Became a New Favorite in One Short-ish Interview!
Author of the amazing Queen of the Rockies series, Angela Breidenbach brings her expertise as a genealogist to the research of her Rocky Mountain historical series about actual amazing women and events that shaped both the state's history and... spoiler here... even the climate and flora of the Continue Reading
Yeah, I’m Guilty! Wouldn’t You Be Crazy Excited, Too?
I'd been told the drive from Paris to Lyon would take about five hours. I made it in just over four. Driving in the middle of the night didn't hurt. There was such a delicate balance between whizzing through the country as fast as I could get away from the Louvre and being so reckless that I Continue Reading
This Gritty, Edgy Southern Fiction Delves into a Fascinating Mystery
Set in 1973, Paul Attaway has written a book featuring Charleston, South Carolina, family relationships, and murder. Raw, gritty, realistic, Blood in the Low Country isn't your usual Christian fiction mystery fare, but the story (as much as I was able to read) was riveting. Caveat: this book focuses Continue Reading
Book Club Capers: February Part 1
Well, it’s been two weeks, and the club members have had time to work out the puzzle. Based on your guesses for PART ONE, I wrote PART TWO and offered you February's clue because they really do want the whole month to read the book, not just ten days! Now... we're on to… club meeting #3! Just Continue Reading
Don’t Miss the Latest Romance in This Fun New Series
Author Heidi Gray McGill started out writing historical romance (with gorgeous covers, I might add), and now has jumped into the contemporary romance waters! Author of the fourth book in the You Are on the Air series, Dial E for Endearment, Heidi takes us to the mountains of North Carolina and a Continue Reading
This Inspiring Series about Courage Is a Must Read
After retiring from decades as president of California's primary homeschool organization, Susan K. Beatty went back to her journalistic roots... sort of. She reached into her soul and found stories to encourage and inspire women to dig deep and find the grit and faith... the courage to do hard Continue Reading
How a Beautiful, Heartbreaking Old Song Inspired My Newest Romance
This will probably shock many of you, but I'm here to confess that I was a weird kid. I'll give you a second to let that sink in. Done laughing? Yeah. Didn't think so. I'll wait... Look, while my friends were listening to Bon Jovi, U2, Cindy Lauper, and who knows who else (I remember those Continue Reading
Liz Tolsma’s New WWII Novel Really Does offer a Picture of Hope
I was so excited to FINALLY get to chat with Liz Tolsma on the podcast this week. Her book, A Picture of Hope, released in October and features an American journalist set on getting children out of occupied France before the Nazi regime decides they're expendable. Liz's passion for special needs Continue Reading
