I wasn’t sure what to expect when I opened my copy of The Greatest Story Ever Told, but highly recommend you give it a look. This fictionalized version of the life of Jesus is told extremely cleverly. But before I get into that, a disclaimer: when I say fictionalized, the author went to great lengths … Continue reading The Greatest Story Ever Told, by Bear Grylls
To Love a Beast is the fourth in the brilliant Texas Ever After series and firmly in the running for my favorite. The story centers on Everett Griffin. The former playboy is shunned by his former friends after being disfigured. With no interest in making new ones, Griffin retreats to a country estate. His best … Continue reading To Love a Beast, by Karen Witemeyer
I read Second Chance at Sunshine Inn in three days. That’s how taken I was with the premise of the story and the main characters. Imagine inheriting half an inn with a total stranger. That’s what happens to travel nurse Everleigh. Cade has been the inn’s handyman and cared for Everleigh’s godmother as her health … Continue reading Second Chance at Sunshine Inn, by Amy Clipston
I listened to Everything’s Coming Up Rosie and think I spent extra time driving just to keep going. Although she’s only mid twenties, Rosie’s life isn’t going the way she’d hoped. Her acting career has stagnated and she’s showing people to their seats in a theater instead of being on the stage. Then an opportunity … Continue reading Everything’s Coming Up Rosie, by Courtney Walsh
Every Hour Until Then is a complete triumph of a book. The story takes place in two eras. The main character lives in both simultaneously and swaps when she falls asleep. I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy a plot set around Jack the Ripper but this was hugely compelling. In one time Kathryn works hard to … Continue reading Every Hour Until Then, by Gabrielle Meyer