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RCR: In Books and Battlefields by Heather Tabers

RCR: In Books and Battlefields by Heather Tabers

by | Jul 29, 2026 | Reading Challenge

It’s another month of our Tackle Your TBR Pile reading challenge. So dig through that stack of books you’ve been meaning to read that’s taller than you and start reading! Don’t forget to comment at the bottom of the post for your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. *The list of prizes from my shelf can be found here.*

Reading Challenge 2026: Tackle the TBR Pile

This Month: July – Patriotic Theme, time period, occupation Next Month: August – Classic book
In Books and Battlefields by Heather Tabers is a homefront WWI historical romance with a light love-triangle trope. I’m not a huge fan of love triangles, so I was one of those evil readers who peeked at the end of the book to see who I should be rooting for. I really needn’t have though. It was obvious pretty early on who the love interest really was, as Isabella Pearce did not vacillate between the two as a love interest. Both men were likeable, but as a reader, there was only one hero that stood out as worthy of Isabella–at least FOR Isabella. The man who ended up having to walk away will have his own worthy love story in the next book, I’m sure. He was a good man, just not the best fit for Isabella. Aside from the romance, I enjoyed reading Isabella Pearson’s story as she stretched her wings and overcame the scars inflicted by her past. It was interesting to learn about the WWI hospital camp in Alabama, the librarian volunteer service, and the other historical details of this period that are often overlooked. Overall, I recommend this book to other historical romance fans, even those who may not be fans of love triangles.

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In Books & Battlefields by Heather Tabers

Genre: Historical Romance, WWI

A spirited librarian with a guarded heart. A haunted surgeon battling the past. A quiet deputy who never stopped hoping.

Isabella Pearson isn’t looking for love—only a way to serve. In 1917, she leaves her privileged Denver life behind to volunteer as a librarian at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. With a suitcase full of books and a heart determined to remain independent, she never expects to find herself being pursued by two men: Nathaniel, her brother’s steadfast best friend, and Byron, the brooding Chief Medical Officer who makes her pulse race for all the wrong reasons. Major Byron McDaniel has buried his heart with his late wife and plans to keep it that way. Yet Isabella’s courage and compassion rattle the walls he’s so carefully built. Meanwhile, Nathaniel Steele has followed Isabella to Alabama with hopes of finally winning the heart he’s long treasured in silence. But as tensions rise at Camp Sheridan—with a suspicious fire, a string of accidents, and whispers of sabotage—Isabella must navigate more than just her feelings. When loyalty, love, and liberty hang in the balance, will she trust her heart—or her instincts? Purchase Links: Amazon  

In Books and Battlefields by Heather Tabers

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RCR: Of Silver and Secrets by Michelle Griep

RCR: Of Silver and Secrets by Michelle Griep

by | Jun 29, 2026 | Reading Challenge

It’s another month of our Tackle Your TBR Pile reading challenge. So dig through that stack of books you’ve been meaning to read that’s taller than you and start reading!

Don’t forget to comment at the bottom of the post for your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. *The list of prizes from my shelf can be found here.*

Reading Challenge 2026: Tackle the TBR Pile

This Month: June – Somewhere you want to travel

Next Month: July – Patriotic theme, time period, or occupation

Flying across the pond and having tea in England is HIGH on my dream list, so it wasn’t hard to choose a Michelle Griep book. I’ve fallen behind on her books, so I used this month as a chance to get caught up on at least one of her books. 

I loved the second-chance, friends-to-more romance between Bram and Eva. Overcoming the past hurts felt realistic, and of course, the swoon factor was up. Bram was a man of integrity, faith, sacrifice, and insecurities that made him lovable. Eva’s own past guilt, financial struggles, and the struggle to know what was best for her sister had me invested in her and Penny’s future right from the beginning. It’s always a palate cleanser to read one of Michelle’s books, and I have no idea why I waited so long to catch up with this one. It has all the things I love, mystery, history, adventure, and a romance that is sweet, enjoyable, and swoony. 

 

Of Silver and Secrets by Michelle Griep

Genre: Historical Romance, Victorian

In 1889 Victorian England, Eva Inman is haunted by guilt over her parents’ deaths while struggling to care for her blind sister and manage her family’s crumbling estate. With the tax deadline looming, Eva’s situation looks dire until an ancient silver ring is unearthed on the property. Despite superstitions warning against disturbing the supposedly cursed acres, Eva’s need for funds ignites her curiosity about the potential of finding more buried relics.

Cambridge professor Bram Webb must prove a legendary Christian Roman settlement exists, or he’ll risk exposing his uncle’s deteriorating memory and they’ll both lose their positions. Then Eva steps into his office with the prospect of an archaeological dig that might lead to the very evidence Bram requires–provided he and Eva can set aside painful memories of a time they would rather forget. As the dig forces the two to confront their pasts, the work becomes fraught with challenges that threaten Eva’s and Bram’s hopes, as well as the growing attraction between them.

Purchase Links:

Amazon

 

Of Silver and Secrets by Michelle Griep

Giveaway Details – Winner Diana H.

Here’s your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. Comment with what YOU read for your chance to win! Entries close on 7th of each month. Open to legal U.S. residents and international residents. *International winners will receive a $10 Amazon gift card in lieu of a book from the prize shelf due to shipping costs.* See Giveaway Policies for more details.

RCR: A Foolish Proposal by Kasey Stockton

RCR: A Foolish Proposal by Kasey Stockton

by | May 25, 2026 | Reading Challenge

It’s another month of our Tackle Your TBR Pile reading challenge. So dig through that stack of books you’ve been meaning to read that’s taller than you and start reading! 

Don’t forget to comment at the bottom of the post for your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. *The list of prizes from my shelf can be found here.*

Reading Challenge 2026: Tackle the TBR Pile

This Month: May – Indie Author

Next Month: June – Somewhere you want to visit

My Review

 

There is always something fun about a friend to more story, and that is just what you get in this sweet Regency romance. Not only is it a friends-to-more story, but it’s also a best-friend’s-sister story, which is even more fun.

 

 Tristan and Caroline have a history where Caroline was always the one enamored with Tristan, while Tristan was oblivious and wouldn’t consider her as a potential wife. Of course, the roles flip, and it’s delightful to watch Tristan pursue Caroline while Caroline tries to keep her former attraction firmly in the past.

 

This sweet read was just what I needed for happy sighs and nearly stress-free reading. I’m saying nearly, because there are always things in a good story that have you waiting with eager anticipation to see what will happen next and how things will be resolved. I put it firmly in the sweet and fluffy category because everything does tie up with a neat little bow, but that sometimes is just what I’m looking for in a read.

I’ve already read the first three books in the Gentlemen’s Gamble series, and I look forward to reading the rest.

A Foolish Proposal

by Kasey Stockton

Genre: Sweet Regency Romance

One careless remark. One outrageous proposal. One Season to discover love where they least expect it.

Tristan Shepherd never expected the London Season to throw him back into the path of Caroline Whitby—the spirited girl from his youth who once declared she detested both him and his horses. But when a single careless remark at a glittering ball damages Caroline’s prospects with a promising suitor, she lays the blame squarely at Tristan’s feet.

Determined to make amends—and needing a wife himself—Tristan offers marriage. Caroline flatly refuses. Still, with the Season slipping away, they strike an uneasy bargain: he’ll help her find a husband, and she’ll help him secure a bride.

But as they navigate crowded ballrooms, stolen moments, and the dangerous game of matchmaking, their sparring gives way to a far more perilous discovery: the one match they both swore was impossible might be the only one they truly desire.

***The Gentlemen’s Gamble is a series about seven men racing to the altar in order to avoid losing a wager. Starting January, the books will release in surprise order so as not to give away who the final bachelor and loser of the wager is.

Purchase Link: Amazon

 

A Foolish Proposal by Kasey Stockton, book 3 of The Gentlemen's Gamble

Giveaway Details – Winner: Michaela

Here’s your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. Comment with what YOU read for your chance to win! Entries close on 7th of each month. Open to legal U.S. residents and international residents. *International winners will receive a $10 Amazon gift card in lieu of a book from the prize shelf due to shipping costs.* See Giveaway Policies for more details.

RCR: Hearts in Circulation by Sarah Monzon

RCR: Hearts in Circulation by Sarah Monzon

by | Apr 30, 2026 | Book Reviews, Reading Challenge

It’s another month of our Tackle Your TBR Pile reading challenge. So dig through that stack of books you’ve been meaning to read that’s taller than you and start reading! 

Don’t forget to comment at the bottom of the post for your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. *The list of prizes from my shelf can be found here.*

Reading Challenge 2026: Tackle the TBR Pile

This Month: April – Funny Book

Next Month: May – Indie Author

Hearts in Circulation by Sarah Monzon

Genre: RomCom

Can a rundown bookmobile be the vehicle that brings two unlikely hearts together?

Little Creek’s bookmobile is more of a death trap on wheels than a vehicle of literary delights, and circulation librarian Hayley Holt is afraid it’s going to careen down a mountainside with her in it. Yet she sees it as a way to serve her community and be worthy of the liver transplant that saved her life as a child. However, her fears come true when the bookmobile breaks down and a rockslide traps her in the small hollow of Turkey Grove.

Reclusive mechanic Levi Redding lives in tiny Turkey Grove to get away from people. He can handle getting the bookmobile running again, but the endless chatter and unsettling touches from the vibrant librarian leave him overstimulated. When forced proximity leads to a misunderstanding, a note of apology begins an epistolary friendship, proving that sometimes the happiest of endings aren’t contained within the bindings of a book.

Purchase Links:

Amazon

 

Review

For the most part, the only straight romances I enjoy are the ones with depth to them. Not only does Hearts in Circulation have that beautiful depth, but it’s also funny and has representation for those with sensory processing disorders and organ transplants. Seriously. Sarah Monzon knows how to make you laugh while also twisting your heart, making you swoon, and helping you understand life from someone else’s perspective. I may not have SPD like the hero, Levi, does, but I resonate with being overstimulated by too many sensory inputs for too long or at too loud a volume. And reading about the fear and survivor’s guilt of being a liver transplant recipient was really thought-provoking. I won’t give spoilers away, but the way Levi loved on her and helped her confront those buried feelings gave me ALL the feels. They were both so protective and considerate of one another that it was truly a blessing to read… and so swoony. It did get a little more touchy-feely than I generally prefer, but it stayed well within the boundaries of Christian Fiction. 

I recommend this book for those who love romcoms that make you laugh out loud while plunging you to new depths of understanding for those around you. Oh, and those who love a good swoon with a hero who struggles but is oh so sweet to and protective of the heroine.

Giveaway Details – Winner – Claygirlsings

Here’s your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. Comment with what YOU read for your chance to win! Entries close on 7th of each month. Open to legal U.S. residents and international residents. *International winners will receive a $10 Amazon gift card in lieu of a book from the prize shelf due to shipping costs.* See Giveaway Policies for more details.

RCR: Claire Holloway is Winging It by Angela Ruth Strong

RCR: Claire Holloway is Winging It by Angela Ruth Strong

by | Mar 31, 2026 | Reading Challenge

It’s another month of our Tackle Your TBR Pile reading challenge. So dig through that stack of books you’ve been meaning to read that’s taller than you and start reading! 

Don’t forget to comment at the bottom of the post for your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. *The list of prizes from my shelf can be found here.*

Reading Challenge 2026: Tackle the TBR Pile

This Month: March – Title/Author with Same First Letter of Your Name

Next Month: Funny Book

My Review

I don’t often read contemporary romance, but Angela Ruth Strong’s romcoms will always be an autobuy for me. Just like in her other books, Claire Halloway is Winging It is full of comedy, real life, deep character growth, and healthy relationships. I adored getting to see the behind-the-scenes of being a flight attendant and pilot, living vicariously through Claire’s travels and experiences, and witnessing two adults making the hard decisions in order to pursue a healthy relationship and future. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series, and will definitely rereading this one!

Claire Halloway is Winging It by Angela Ruth Strong

Genre: RomCom

Romance takes to the skies, but will turbulence make it tumble?

When Claire Holloway’s dream of becoming a ballerina plummets into the realm of unachievable, she’s left with her boyfriend as her only support . . . until she decides to become a flight attendant for the free travel. She moves of state and into a crash pad with a gaggle of other flight attendants, and her fear of losing Wyatt skyrockets.

First Officer Nathan Stuart has been a bit cynical since he and his fiancée broke up, but when he meets a somewhat frazzled Claire on her first day in the Seattle airport, they quickly hit it off. When they end up on the same crew, he takes Claire under his wing and they form a friendly bond.

Wyatt’s once-supportive attitude sours into resentment and makes Claire wonder if her newfound joy is the right flight plan. Pulled between two men and balancing her new career, she must learn to listen for God’s direction and follow it closelymdashjust like her crew obeys air traffic control.

Purchase Links:

Amazon

 

Cover for Claire Holloway is Winging It by Angela Ruth Strong

Giveaway Details – Winner: Dana M.

Here’s your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. Comment with what YOU read for your chance to win! Entries close on 7th of each month. Open to legal U.S. residents and international residents. *International winners will receive a $10 Amazon gift card in lieu of a book from the prize shelf due to shipping costs.* See Giveaway Policies for more details.

RCR: Love in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell

RCR: Love in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell

by | Feb 28, 2026 | Book Reviews, Reading Challenge

It’s another month of our Tackle Your TBR Pile reading challenge. So dig through that stack of books you’ve been meaning to read that’s taller than you and start reading! 

Don’t forget to comment at the bottom of the post for your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. *The list of prizes from my shelf can be found here.*

Reading Challenge 2026: Tackle the TBR Pile

This Month: February – Title/Cover with Heart, Love, or Couple

Next Month: March – Title/Author with same first letter of your name

Love in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Predictability and efficiency have marked Delphine DuVert’s orderly life as Castle Stewardess in the small European country of Lethersby—until she is tasked by the monarchy to hire a British researcher. Lethersby needs help solving the 100-year-old mystery of their Lost Queen, a young royal who disappeared into the night during World War I.

Delphine’s split-second decision to hire Jack Worthington, a doctoral student at the University of Oxford, has long-lasting consequences when he steps in to protect her from an angry colleague determined to ruin her life. The only catch? That protection looks like Jack posing as her beau. Delphine hesitantly accepts Jack’s offer—and finds her heart being stripped of every predictable and efficient emotion she’s ever had.

Jack Worthington believes that his instinct to protect Delphine was the right one, even if it means posing as her boyfriend. But he’s determined to stay focused on his research for Lethersby—and to keep his emotional distance after reeling from a broken heart. Yet as the clues to discovering the Lost Queen’s story unravel and the court case determining Delphine’s fate looms, both Delphine and Jack must step out in faith, choosing to trust that what God has ahead for them is more valuable than the lives they thought they wanted.

 

Purchase Links:

Amazon

 

Review

I have been waiting for this book to come out since I read the first book. I’m not a straight romance girl (the fact that this one has a bit of mystery tied up in it helps), but the spiritual depth of this and the previous book has totally sucked me in. The characters are so real. Their struggles are so relatable. Their fears are something I can relate to, even if I’m not actually afraid of them. (I’m trying to leave out something that may feel like a spoiler.) The romance was sweet, realistic, and didn’t make me squirm. (Do remember, I can’t watch cartoon characters kiss. I certainly struggle to read kiss scenes. And yes, I do write them. But only because I have to as a basic requirement of writing the romance genre, and I pull in my writing buddy who loves writing kiss scenes to help me. LOL) I’m already biting at the bit for book three. Ann’s writing definitely makes me want to improve upon my own.

Specifically, what did I love besides the above? I pretty much had the “twist” figured out from almost the beginning, BUT Ann made me second-guess myself enough that I was cheering I was right at the end. Also, I love reading about healthy relationships, and this one was definitely a good example.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes a touch of mystery in their sweet, healthy romances. It’s a beautiful story of two people helping each other to grow in their faith, discovering unexpected love, and doing what it takes to respect and protect each other while growing that love through challenges.

Giveaway Details – Winner Marti

Here’s your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. Comment with what YOU read for your chance to win! Entries close on 7th of each month. Open to legal U.S. residents and international residents. *International winners will receive a $10 Amazon gift card in lieu of a book from the prize shelf due to shipping costs.* See Giveaway Policies for more details.

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