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October 4, 2018
His Encouragement #4- Through
I’ve joined my blogging friends for a new facet of my blog, called His Encouragement, inspiring scriptures shared each Thursday.
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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 KJVI can’t really take credit for this one. My pastor mentioned it in our Sunday School class on Sunday, however it was so good, I wanted to share it with all of you.
Through.
That’s one of the most over-looked...
October 3, 2018
October TBR
Today, I’m sharing with you my October To Be Read list. Keep your eyes open for my reviews this month and early November.
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October 2, 2018
Legacy of Mercy- Happy Release Day!
Having returned to Chicago, young socialite Anna Nicholson can’t seem to focus on her upcoming marriage. The new information she’s learned about her birth mother continues to pull at her, and she hires Pinkerton detectives to help her find the truth. But as she meets people who once knew her mother and hears stories about the past, Anna soon discovers that some secrets are better left hidden.
At the same time, unflattering stories abou...
September 30, 2018
A Love Restored- A Book Review
With pert opinions and a less-than-perfect figure, Ruth Ann Sutton doesn’t measure up to Society’s vision of a perfect lady. When she accepts a position teaching in a Freedman’s School, it threatens the only marriage offer Ruth Ann is likely to receive. She’s forced to choose between life as a lonely spinster or reinventing herself to secure a respectable proposal. Determined to rise above his meager beginnings, Benjamin Coulter’s reputation a...
September 28, 2018
First Line Fridays- Shelter of the Most High
[image error]Today on First Line Fridays, I am featuring Shelter of the Most High, book 2 of Connilyn Cossette’s Cities of Refuge Series.
Island of Sicily
1388 BC
The pulse of the sea pressed me forward, urging my body deeper into its embrace. I obeyed the nudge and kicked my legs, peering through water-rippled light at the hidden world inside this secret cave.
What will Sofea find inside the cave? I can’t wait to find out. Pick up a copy today!
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September 27, 2018
His Encouragement #3- Give and It Shall Be Given.
I’ve joined my blogging friends for a new facet of my blog, called His Encouragement, inspiring scriptures shared each Thursday.
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Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38 KJVHave you ever felt like you give and you give and you give and you get nothing in return? The Scriptures promise us that when we give t...
September 26, 2018
Waves of Mercy- A Book Review
Geesje de Jonge crossed the ocean at age seventeen with her parents and a small group of immigrants from the Netherlands to settle in the Michigan wilderness. Fifty years later, in 1897, she’s asked to write a memoir of her early experiences as the town celebrates its anniversary. Reluctant at first, she soon uncovers memories and emotions hidden all these years, including the story of her one true love.
At the nearby Hotel Ottawa Resort on the s...
September 24, 2018
A Rumored Fortune- A Book Review
Tressa Harlowe’s father did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended family. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had concealed it. Tressa and her ailing mother are left with a mansion and an immense vineyard and no money to run it. It doesn’t take long for a bevy of opportunists to flock to the estate under the guise...
September 21, 2018
First Line Fridays- A Love Restored
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Today on First Line Fridays, I am featuring Kelly Goshorn’s debut historical romance, A Love Restored. I’ve given you a little more than one line, just to set the scene.
Loudoun County, Virginia
August 1873
Land sakes it was hot.
Ruth Ann Sutton peeled the black stockings from her legs and stuffed them into her boots. If only she could do the same with her insufferable corset.
What an introduction to Ruth Ann! Sounds like she’s a feisty young woman. I’m look...
September 20, 2018
His Encouragement #2- But for a Moment
I’m joining my blogging friends and am beginning a new facet of my blog, called His Encouragement, inspiring scriptures shared each Thursday.
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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 2 Corinthians 4:17 KJVMy friend, are you going through an affliction right now? I’m sure it doesn’t feel very “light?” But the Scripture tells us that these trials we face are “but for a moment” in the broad span of eternity. It also...
