When a washed-up pop star inherits a wedding planning business, it’s all bouquets and bliss until a bride turns up dead. Paisley Sutton shot to stardom as a teenage rock sensation, but ten years later that star has fizzled out, just like her bank account. When she unexpectedly inherits her aunt’s wedding… Read more »
Book Review: The Cover Story by Deb Richardson-Moore
A bizarre hit-and-run brings Branigan Powers back to the crime-solving beat A fatal crash involving two college students heading home for the holidays seems like an unfortunate accident. But when the surviving girl wakens, she tells a curious story of the vehicle that forced them off the road–an old-fashioned, 1950s-style… Read more »
Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Crazy About Alaska by Shannon L. Brown
Can she trust love? Holly has her eye on a handsome state trooper. Not on her boring, oh-so-serious, former professor, Adam. Having her toes curl when she’s near Adam must be ignored. Holly just wants a great dad for her twin girls. She’s going to find one, write a novel… Read more »
First Line Friday (week 67): The Captivating Lady Charlotte
Update from last week: Still done with Summer and its humidity over here. But yay!! It’s Friday! Since it’s Friday, it’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. The book I’m featuring today is The Captivating Lady Charlotte by Carolyn Miller… Read more »
Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Kate Lloyd & A Letter from Lancaster County
As part of the Litfuse Blog tour for A Letter From Lancaster County, I’m honored to welcome Kate Lloyd to the blog today! Kate Lloyd is a bestselling novelist whose books include “A Portrait of Marguerite” and the Legacy of Lancaster trilogy. A native of Baltimore, she enjoys spending time… Read more »
Book Review (and a Giveaway!): My Heart Belongs on Mackinac Island by Carrie Fancett Pagels
Journey now to Mackinac Island where… A Tangled Gilded Age Love Story Unfolds. Although the Winds of Mackinac Inn has been in her mother’s family for generations, Maude Welling’s father refuses to let her run it without the guidance of a husband. So she seeks to prove her worth and… Read more »
Zuzu Interviews: Janet W. Ferguson’s dog Remi (plus a Giveaway!)
Hi again, folks! Zuzu here. It’s been a while since I’ve chatted with you, but that’s because Mom has been glued to the computer lately and I haven’t had any time to take over borrow it. But today, I’m back! And I get to talk with Janet Ferguson’s beautiful dog… Read more »
Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Searching for Irene by Marlene Bateman
What happened to Irene? When Anna Coughlin, a modern 1920’s woman, travels to the secluded hills of Virginia to work for wealthy Lawrence Richardson, she discovers that the previous secretary, Irene, has mysteriously disappeared. Upon arriving at the castle-like mansion, Anna finds that Lawrence’s handsome, but antagonistic son, Tyler, wants… Read more »
Book Review (and a Giveaway!): I Have Never by Camilla Isley
Twenty-nine-year-old Blair Walker is a girl with a plan, or more a girl with a list. A list of dos and don’ts to live the perfect life, land a dream career, and marry Mr. Right. When Blair loses her job and gets dumped by her boyfriend all in one day, she starts… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: Quirky Animals in Recent Fiction (Lions, Pigs, and Goats, oh my!)
Today on Top Ten Tuesday, I decided to talk about some of the quirkiest animals in fiction! (Thanks to my dear friends who brainstormed with me when I got stuck lol) Zuzu has called dibs on doing her own Top Ten Tuesday in the future – a post about… Read more »
Book Review (and a Giveaway!): His Guilt by Shelley Shepard Gray
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray delivers the next novel in her Amish of Hart County series—a suspenseful tale of an Amish man who will risk all to protect the woman he loves. Mark Fisher has returned home to Hart County, determined to put the… Read more »
Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Heidi Chiavaroli & Freedom’s Ring
I’m really excited about today’s guest! I recently read and reviewed (for a magazine) and LOVED her debut novel, Freedom’s Ring. Heidi Chiavaroli is a writer, runner, and grace-clinger who could spend hours exploring Boston’s Freedom Trail. She writes women’s fiction and won the 2014 ACFW Genesis contest in the… Read more »
#CFRR2017 Author Deals and Freebies
The Christian Fiction Readers Retreat is almost here – August 12th in Cincinnati OH! I’m so excited for this year’s event that I can hardly stand it!! In my standard perusal of deals and freebies across the internets over the past few days, I noticed that there are several deals… Read more »
Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): 10 Little Known Facts about Jaime Jo Wright
I love this lady. Seriously. She is such fun to know – and a blessing to the heart, too. Professional coffee drinker & ECPA/Publisher’s Weekly best-selling author, Jaime Jo Wright resides in the hills of Wisconsin writing spirited romantic suspense stained with the shadows of history. Coffee fuels her snarky… Read more »
Some Goodreads Giveaways and Weekly Update for July 15
Happy Saturday! I can’t believe that it’s less than a month until the Christian Fiction Readers Retreat!! SO EXCITING!! I can’t wait! Did you grab any great deals during Prime Day at Amazon last week? Here are the Goodreads giveaways ending this week that I thought might be of interest… Read more »
Book Review: 30 Second Death by Laura Bradford
To help an old friend, Tobi Tobias gets a third-rate thespian a part in a commercial, and learns that in the advertising business, bad acting can lead to murder . . . When Tobi Tobias opened her own advertising agency, Carter McDade was there for her every step of the… Read more »
Book Spotlight (and an Excerpt!): The Innkeeper’s Sister by Linda Goodnight
Welcome to Honey Ridge, Tennessee, where Southern hospitality and sweet peach tea beckon, and where long-buried secrets lead to some startling realizations… Grayson Blake always has a purpose—and never a moment to lose. He’s come home to Honey Ridge to convert a historic gristmill into a restaurant, but his plans… Read more »
First Line Friday (week 66): Gladden the Heart
Seriously. Is it Fall yet? I’m so over Summer and its humidity. But I digress. It’s Friday! Since it’s Friday, it’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. The book I’m featuring today is Gladden the Heart by Olivia Newport And… Read more »
Book Review: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this morally complex, multi-layered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and… Read more »
Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Home to Stay by Kate James
On Tour with Prism Book Tours. She’s bringing his son home A missing little boy triggers San Diego K-9 officer Shannon Clemens and her canine search-and-rescue partner into instant action. For the rookie cop haunted by a childhood tragedy, bringing Sawyer Evans’s son safely home is more than a job. It’s… Read more »


























































