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Chautona Havig

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In the Good Old Summertime: Is this Book Worth It?

In the Good Old Summertime: Is this Book Worth it

Summer reads—the staple of book lovers everywhere. Well, and Christmas reads, and TBR (to be read) piles, and RRs (recommended reads) and… and… Sometimes you see a book and the first thing you do is go, “THAT should be the top of a ‘Summer Reads’ list. That’s how I felt when the opportunity to Continue Reading

What 3 Life-Changing Secrets Is This Book Harboring?

“And there was thunder, thunder, over Thunder Road. Thunder was his engine and white lightnin’ was his load…” Robert Mitchum’s voice filled the car as we sped along the highway from Phoenix to California. To Ventura County. The beach. Back then, I never thought much about the bootleggers who Continue Reading

Can You Think, Pray, and Love in Numbers?

I’ve done it all my life—wondered. About books. Wondered about authors and how their thought processes worked. Did they know they had a great character when she appeared on the page, or did the character surprise them? Was it both? Neither? Once I began writing, I knew the answer. For Continue Reading

What Happens When You Explore the Ugly Side of “Adoption?”

Cars zipped in and out of lanes with not much more than a person’s width to keep them from crunching. It took five minutes to move from the parking structure of Terminal 1 to Terminal 2. And we hadn’t even touched rush hour traffic yet. Yay. She’d flown in from Wisconsin. Or should I say, Continue Reading

What Did I Think of This Second-Chance Novel? Restored Review

What Did I Think of This Second-Chance Novel?

We all know I’m not much of a sappy girl, but there are a few things that are “my jam.”  One of those: second-chance romances.  I love to see things that didn’t work… work!  So, when I had a chance to review the book Restored, by Tonya Eavenson, I jumped at it.   Note: Links may be affiliate Continue Reading

Did I Like Michelle Griep's Latest Regency Novel?

Did I Like Michelle Griep’s Latest Regency Novel?

Brown paper bags from Alphabeta Supermarkets—at least two of them. Inside, stacks of thin paperbacks with white covers and women and men in funny-looking historical clothes. The author: Barbara Cartland. I read one and found it interesting in its novelty. Being one of those voracious readers who Continue Reading

Is The Famine of the Human Dream Worth Reading?

Is The Famine of the Human Dream Worth Reading?

My big toe curled around a chunk of carpet. Hands behind my back. I probably rocked a bit. Up on the balls of my feet, back on my heels. “They borrowed a bed to lay His head when Christ the Lord came down.” Dad stopped me right there. I was practicing a poem I’d memorized to recite at Continue Reading

Why This is The Book to Read This Summer Summer by the Tides review

Why This is The Book to Read This Summer

It happens every year. Someone, somewhere asks the question. “Where's your favorite place to read?” The question holds heavy implications, though. It just doesn’t mean “at home” or “on the couch” or “at the beach.” Wrapped up in one six-word question are dozens of interrelated ones. Questions Continue Reading

What's Going on In the Christian Fiction World Right Now?

What’s Going on In the Christian Fiction World Right Now?

In January of 2018, I wrote a blog post about where I thought Christian fiction would be going in the next few years. One of my “predictions” is already becoming obvious—and not in the way I thought. I said: But what is weird is a new (but age-old) attitude of “I’m okay, you’re okay” in it…I Continue Reading

3 Reasons You'll Love and Hate This Book

3 Reasons You’ll Love and Hate This Book

How many times have I sat across from one parent or another and tried to explain what I’d done and why.  Here’s a hint.  I never knew. That’s why I couldn’t explain. When you know something is wrong, you don’t want to do it, and yet you do it anyway—well, Paul isn’t the first to do that.  I won’t Continue Reading

What Happens When a Good Book Lies?

What Happens When a Good Book Lies?

Hand-tooled, floppy leather. A bejeweled button closure.  If you opened it, hand-sewn blank pages emerged—pages that begged for a story to be written within.  It arrived in a Priority mail box—part of a Christmas gift swap. As things often do, it gave me the idea for a story.  A man would find Continue Reading

Will I Read the Rest of This Unique New Series?

Will I Read the Rest of This Unique New Series?

The argument raged. One woman insisted that if you said you didn’t like something that meant you disliked it. For what it’s worth, she also seemed to imply it wasn’t “nice” not to like everything that isn’t outright evil. The other woman, however, said well what I’ve often thought. “There’s a Continue Reading

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Part of the Westward Home & Hearts Mail-Order Brid Part of the Westward Home & Hearts Mail-Order Brides series, Penelope's Pursuit is on sale for $0.99 to celebrate six years of mail-order bride novels and novellas. Penelope is a bit different from most stories. It shows the potentially dangerous side without being too heavy. Check out the Facebook group for more books on sale by the series' authors!
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Sometimes, I fall in love with a character in my b Sometimes, I fall in love with a character in my books. Someone like Lewis in The Lights of New Cheltenham or Rory in Not a Word. But... in Twice Sold Tales, I fell in love with a cast of characters.  Harper the store owner, Noah the single-dad just learning how to be one, Bennie, the adorable ballet-loving little boy... and Mrs. Klair. Oh, how I loved Mrs. Klair.
I also love the town of Red Wing, Minnesota.  I infused as much of it as I could into the book--places to eat and explore, people I love dearly (family!), and the feel of a small town inside a modest city along Lake Pepin (of Laura Ingalls fame). I also learned that there is actually a lake monster there!  Pepi!  You wont want to miss him!
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Part of the Westward Home & Hearts Mail-Order Brid Part of the Westward Home & Hearts Mail-Order Brides series, Penelope's Pursuit is on sale for $0.99 to celebrate six years of mail-order bride novels and novellas. Penelope is a bit different from most stories. It shows the potentially dangerous side without being too heavy. Check out the Facebook group for more books on sale by the series' authors!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0921KHWBV
#ChristianHistoricalFiction
#ChristFic
#Kindle99
#KindleUnlimited
Sometimes, I fall in love with a character in my b Sometimes, I fall in love with a character in my books. Someone like Lewis in The Lights of New Cheltenham or Rory in Not a Word. But... in Twice Sold Tales, I fell in love with a cast of characters.  Harper the store owner, Noah the single-dad just learning how to be one, Bennie, the adorable ballet-loving little boy... and Mrs. Klair. Oh, how I loved Mrs. Klair.
I also love the town of Red Wing, Minnesota.  I infused as much of it as I could into the book--places to eat and explore, people I love dearly (family!), and the feel of a small town inside a modest city along Lake Pepin (of Laura Ingalls fame). I also learned that there is actually a lake monster there!  Pepi!  You wont want to miss him!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLKCDYKR
#BookishBooks
#Bookstrings
#ChristFic
#KindleUnlimited
Part of the Westward Home & Hearts Mail-Order Brid Part of the Westward Home & Hearts Mail-Order Brides series, Penelope's Pursuit is on sale for $0.99 to celebrate six years of mail-order bride novels and novellas. Penelope is a bit different from most stories. It shows the potentially dangerous side without being too heavy. Check out the Facebook group for more books on sale by the series' authors!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0921KHWBV
#ChristianHistoricalFiction
#ChristFic
#Kindle99
#KindleUnlimited
Keith can’t help but wonder: will his first assi Keith can’t help but wonder: will his first assignment with The Agency be his last?

One missing man. One new agent. One chance to keep the (uncertain) client alive
The prequel novel to The Agency Files, Induction is Keith Auger's interview and... well.. induction into The Agency. Listen FREE on YouTube to the audiobook narrated by @ChristaDelSorbo .
Listen to each chapter separately for ease of finding where you are OR the whole book in one video (after Sept 30, 2024).
Also available from most audiobook retailers!

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Sometimes, I fall in love with a character in my b Sometimes, I fall in love with a character in my books. Someone like Lewis in The Lights of New Cheltenham or Rory in Not a Word. But... in Twice Sold Tales, I fell in love with a cast of characters.  Harper the store owner, Noah the single-dad just learning how to be one, Bennie, the adorable ballet-loving little boy... and Mrs. Klair. Oh, how I loved Mrs. Klair.
I also love the town of Red Wing, Minnesota.  I infused as much of it as I could into the book--places to eat and explore, people I love dearly (family!), and the feel of a small town inside a modest city along Lake Pepin (of Laura Ingalls fame). I also learned that there is actually a lake monster there!  Pepi!  You wont want to miss him!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLKCDYKR
#BookishBooks
#Bookstrings
#ChristFic
#KindleUnlimited
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