Aaron Miller, a Vietnam veteran and a lonely handyman in a trailer park, does not know where his children are. And no one knows where he is. Indeed, no one even knows who he is. But that is about to change. Aaron’s heroic nature has not left him, and his faith comforts him. And now someone […]
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Review: Taming the Wind by Tracie Peterson
Young widow Carissa Lowe does not miss her abusive husband at all and is determined never to trust a man again. Rather, she plans to focus on raising her tiny daughter Gloria and helping her sister Laura and her family out on a ranch in Texas. Times are turbulent. Although the Civil War is over, […]
Review: The Empty House by Rosamunde Pilcher
When I was ill a few weeks ago, I reread a book that had been dancing at the edge of my mind, The Empty House by Rosamunde Pilcher. It’s about fields and combines, silk dresses and nannies, kittens and hidden beaches, betrayal and loyalty, motherhood and friendship, overcoming oneself and trusting in others. Many […]
Review: Only a Novel by Amy Dashwood
Miss 14 has a whole bevy of sweet and exuberant friends who love Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and, especially, the Scarlet Pimpernel. One of these girls, Amy Dashwood, just published her first novel, and of course Miss 14 bought it. In Only a Novel, bookish Elizabeth loses her grandmother and immediately discovers that her fortune […]
Review: Love in Disguise by Carol Cox
Here’s a book I’ve been telling people about because it’s just so much fun. Ellie, unexpectedly without a job, convinces Pinkerton Detective Agency to hire her to solve a silver theft mystery. Although she has absolutely no sleuthing experience, her acting skills convince them, and off she goes to a mining town in far-away […]