True Confessions of a Bookaholic
I don’t know about you, but I have an obsession with books. The movers we hired can attest to that as they moved over 60 boxes of books to our new house several years ago. If we had to move again, I’d say that number has increased by at least 20. Being a simple...
The Bride Bargain by Kelly Eileen Hake
The Bride Bargain by Kelly Eileen Hake I picked a copy of this book a thrift shop while on vacation in Amish Country. With the entire extended family in the car with us, I sat in the back with the shorter people--vertically challenged here--and I discovered I get car...
A Gilded Lady by Elizabeth Camden
A Gilded Lady by Elizabeth Camden I simply could not wait to read this story, especially when I discovered the hero was a Secret Service agent. The male POV of The Spice King enthralled me and I couldn't wait to get inside the head of a Secret Service operative,...
The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep
The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep This has been one of the hardest reviews I've ever written and thus will be a little different than normal. I have been a long-time fanatical fan of Michelle Griep and couldn't wait to read this book. However, when I...
Research: Love It or Hate It, You Gotta Do It
This month's "From the Author's Desk" is a long post about researching for your novel that I wrote for another blog meant to help other writers. I wanted to post it here too, so I could include it in my For Writer's Tab. I hope you'll find it an interesting look a the...
The Gentleman Spy by Erica Vetsch
The Gentleman Spy by Erica Vetsch The Gentleman Spy is the second book in the Serendipity and Secrets series from Erica Vetsch, and this book was just as enjoyable as the first. I can't wait to preorder and read the third book. This story definitely had more of a...
The Lost Lieutenant by Erica Vetsch
The Lost Lieutenant by Erica Vetsch Fans of Regency and Marriage of Convenience stories will be delighted by this tale of a hero -- who can't remember the event that made him a hero -- and a woman with her own secrets united by the Prince Regent's wishes. I have been...
A Research Trip During COVID-19
Our family vacation this summer was always planned to be a lakehouse retreat to the Land Between the Lakes Area on the border of Tennessee and Kentucky with a side research trip planned for a day at Fort Donelson. Then COVID hit. Our vacations are pretty much...
Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green
Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green This book was chosen for my online Christian Historical Romance Book Club, and I just finished listening to the audiobook this weekend. First, I highly recommend the audiobook as the narrator did a wonderful job changing voices to...
The Bounty Hunter’s Bargain
The Bounty Hunter's Bargain by Lucette Nel The Bounty Hunter's Bargain is part of a wider series written by multiple authors which are all read as stand-alone novels. As is par for the course with Lucette Nel, her book is filled with laughter, tough relationships,...
