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REVIEW: Crusader Captive by Merline Lovelace
“A strategic marriage to a powerful Saracen lord with a penchant for virgins will enable wealthy Lady Jocelyn to keep her fortress home. But at what cost? Her only hope of escaping the depraved lord’s...
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REVIEW: Comfort and Joy by Karin Kallmaker
“Home from Afghanistan to surprise her mother, Milla doesn’t expect more than the best apple pie in the world and the bliss of unrationed hot showers. She’s not counting on futures – or meeting a woman...
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JOINT REVIEW: To Love and to Cherish by Patricia Gaffney
Janine: When I heard Patricia Gaffney’s Wyckerley trilogy was being electronically reissued, I knew I wanted to review these books in a discussion format. Angela (Lazaraspaste), who used to review for...
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Reading List by Jennie for September and October
Also read and reviewed Life after Life and read Never Desire a Duke and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (reviews to come). Because We Belong by Beth Kery I can’t remember how or why I picked this up but...
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REVIEW: Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams
Dear Ms. Adams, Other readers might glance at the blurb and think, “A hero who’s a preacher? Really?” I, on the other hand, thought, “Sexy pastor, bring it on. A contemporary marriage of convenience?...
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Wednesday News: Invention revolutionizes women’s health in India; Maya Banks...
The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary – Okay, this is one of the most riveting and inspiring stories I’ve read in a while (which may say something about how little I’ve been able to read lately)....
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REVIEW: The Mapmaker’s Daughter by Laurel Corona
A sweeping story of 1492 Spain, exploring how what we know about the world shapes our map of life 1492. During the waning decades of Spain’s golden age, Christian religious fervor culminated in the...
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REVIEW: Search the Seven Hills by Barbara Hambly
In ancient Rome, a poor philosopher races to rescue his kidnapped lover before she is abused by the sinister Christian cult The son of a wealthy Roman family, Marcus gave up the prestige and riches...
View ArticleRomance and the ‘Meaning of Life’
In response to last week’s guest post by Zoe Brouthers on feminine sacrifice in Romance, author Moriah Jovan wrote a very thoughtful comment on the role that faith plays in so many people’s lives,...
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Tuesday News: Dangers of corporate copyright infringement, when gender and...
Bugging out: How rampant online piracy squashed one insect photographer – An interesting article about how widespread corporate copyright infringement has imperiled the professional life of a nature...
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Friday News: Amazon v. Harper Collins?, George R.R. Martin teaser, a woman’s...
Amazon, Harper Talks Take a Turn – Well, this is interesting. Apparently Harper Collins is currently up to bat with Amazon, and discussions have apparently been ongoing for several months, with regard...
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Thursday News: Scribd adds 9,000 audiobooks, is Facebook manipulating its...
SCRIBD ADDS PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUDIO TITLES TO ITS LIBRARY – In the current battle between digital book subscription services, the reader definitely seems to be gaining. Now Scribd is adding 9,000...
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Friday News: Godzilla v. Dallas Buyers Club, lots of people v. Zuckerberg,...
Dallas Buyers Club studio suing Australians faces its own monster lawsuit involving Godzilla – After aggressively pursuing alleged copyright infringers in Australia via internet service providers, the...
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Tuesday News: Amazon bookstore, Heroine Chic, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and...
Amazon opens its first real bookstore — at U-Village – The rumors, apparently, are true. Amazon now has its first brick and mortar bookstore, in Seattle, and while it is selling some of the same books...
View ArticleMonday News: Governor vetoes Bible, jail for overdue books?!, and updating...
Tennessee’s governor vetoes Bible as state book – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam vetoed the bill designating the Bible as the state’s official book, and his reasoning was kind of interesting. He...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Sun Worshippers by Elizabeth Harris
I have some TRIGGER WARNINGS for the book. As I mention, Aaron is very controlling and after a while, it bothered me even if he never harmed Fay. There is also a sudden almost rape scene in which Fay...
View ArticleREVIEW: Welcome to the Wallops by Gill McKnight
The villages of High Wallop and Lesser Wallop have graced either end of the Wallop valley since medieval times. And competition between the two has never ceased since, especially over the famous Cheese...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw
In the Fourth Century A.D., independent and determined young Charis is forbidden to become a doctor because she is a woman. Disguising herself as a eunuch, she flees Ephesus and an unwanted marriage...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Story of Christmas by Pamela Dalton
Pamela Dalton’s exquisite, intricate scissor-cut illustrations wonderfully illuminate The Story of Christmas. Deeply reverent, richly detailed, and teeming with life, Dalton s images follow the story...
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REVIEW: A Vicarage Christmas by Kate Hewitt
Welcome to Thornwaite, a quaint village tucked up in England’s beautiful but rainy Lake District… where homecomings happen and surprises are in store for the four Holley sisters… Anna Holley, the...
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