Determined to keep the youth of his church grounded in the Word during lockdown, author Erik Steidl found a little-remembered character in the Old Testament--Jonathan's arrow boy. Retelling that story through the perspective of this character gives kids someone to relate to while infusing the Continue Reading
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Who Knew an Eating Disorder Could Inspire a Great Book Full of Adventure?
Debut author, Autumn Lytle bursts onto the book scene with an eye-opening, timely novel, All That Fills Us, that really addresses an issue that has become almost an epidemic during this difficult time--eating disorders. This book comes at the issue by taking a woman through tough places to work out Continue Reading
How One Woman’s Ministry Turned into an Inspired by Life Story
Okay, so "retro romance" isn't an official category, but when an author's books barely squeak into historical, what's she to do? Especially since some of her target readers lived those years! Jennifer Lynn Cary writes split-time and retro romance novels that sound so delightful and encouraging Continue Reading
Isn’t It Cool When What Seemed So Awful Turns Out Great?
When Mom moved in with us back in 2019, we had one problem. Our house is a three-bedroom, one-bath, house with 1100-1250 sq. ft. Years ago, we converted part of the garage into the "annex" for our older girls, but we still had girls and the remaining boy in the middle room. Where to put the madre, Continue Reading
I Think Some of the Best Books Are the “What If?” Ones
M. D. House has finished his Barabbas Trilogy and whoooeee! Am I excited to see what kind of "what could have happeneds" occur in this one. What more are we going to learn about his family, the apostles he meets, all the things? What about the maybes about big names like Paul? Whoa... Let's Continue Reading
Are You As Excited about This New Release As I Am?
The 1930s are an underrepresented decade in historical fiction--particularly Christian fiction--so when I learned that Danielle Grandinetti has written a book, A Strike to the Heart, set during the Wisconsin milk riots of 1933. I mean, how cool is that? Listen in and see! Note: links may be Continue Reading
It’s Time for a Great Read and a Vicarious Camping Trip or Not
When we recorded this episode, I hadn't read all of Beneath a Star-Lit Sky yet, but um... yeah. I have now, and guys! If my gush that I could do about this book isn't enough to get you to go grab it on Kindle Unlimited, buy a paperback, or download it to your Kindle, then maybe this episode is just Continue Reading
Is Something Sinister in the Hills or Is He the Real Danger?
Apologies for no Friday podcast. No internet=no uploads. Sigh. Debut novelist (although not debut author!), Janrye Tromp took a little time (nearly an hour, and I cut a good fifteen minutes of this off!) with me chatting about her new release, Shadows in the Mind's Eye, coming April Continue Reading
What Treasure Will You Unearth from The Gold in These Hills?
I fell in love with Joanne Bischof's writing with The Sons of Blackbird Mountain, and she's not disappointed me yet. Seriously, why do I wait to read her books? What's WRONG with me? Maybe I just love them so much that I save them until I can't stand to wait another second--you know, like the Continue Reading
If You Love Authentic Historical Fiction, Don’t Miss This Author
I first "met" Pegg, when we started chatting over an amazing debut author. Shortly afterward, I read her book in one of the Barbour collections (Lighthouses) and I loved her book (and it was almost if not the only one I loved in the collection). Since then, she's gone on to publish other Continue Reading
These 5 (or is that 7?) Books Are My Favorites of 2022 (So Far)
It's been a long time since I allowed myself a good book gush, but I decided it was long past due for me to share some of my favorite reads. So, I've got a few mini gushes to talk about. From a series I can't stop begging people to read (and have threatened to withhold my book from my launch team Continue Reading
Who Wouldn’t Be Excited to Read This New Series from a Debut Author?
This week, I got to chat with a wonderful debut author, Crystal Caudill. The first of the three-book series, Hidden Hearts of the Gilded Age, releases on March 22, 2022, and oh wow! I got my copy early (don't ask me how, but it arrived the other day!) and it's STUNNING. Caudill takes readers Continue Reading
