Janet Sketchley's Blog: Tenacity, page 44
April 17, 2018
Review: Awakening, by Tracy L. Higley
Awakening, by Tracy L. Higley (StoneWater Press, 2014)
New York City museum employee Kallista Andreas has a passion for antiquities, especially those associated with the ancient Minoan civilization. Yet she doesn’t know her own past. Her memories begin seven years ago, when the curator found her in the museum.
Now she’s experiencing visions so disorienting that she begins journaling them as a story—the story of a young princess from the ancient past.
At the same time, she’s forced out of her...
April 10, 2018
Review: Justice Buried, by Patricia Bradley
Justice Buried, by Patricia Bradley (Revell, 2017)
The novel opens with Kelsey Allen scaling the side of a building for a break-in. A security company has hired her to infiltrate their clients’ buildings to expose the weak spots.
She was not hired to be shot at. Why was the half-glimpsed shooter in the building at all? And did he see enough of her face to recognize her?
Kelsey’s next assignment is to go under cover at a famous Memphis museum, the Pink Palace, and stop whoever’s been stealing...
April 6, 2018
New Releases in Christian Fiction (April 2018)
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.
Contemporary Romance:
Pelican Point by Irene Hannon — After inheriting a crumbling lighthouse, ex-Army doctor Ben Garrison wants to sell it. But Hope Harbor Herald editor Marci Weber is determined to save the town landmark. Can these two romance-wary souls finds a meeting of the minds…and hearts? (Contemporary Romance fr...
April 3, 2018
Review: Stillwaters, by Yvonne Anderson
Stillwaters, by Yvonne Anderson (Gannah’s Gate Publishing, 2017)
A novel written like an autobiography… about someone who’s famous on another planet. How’s that for a premise?
At the opening of Stillwaters, Jem (the narrator) is a feral child of perhaps twelve. Her “death” is the end of everything she ever knew and the beginning of a new life in a new place. The bulk of the novel traces her second life.
Although Jem’s home planet is much different than ours, some of the interpersonal struggle...
March 30, 2018
The Light Shines Through (Good Friday guest post)
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The Light Shines Through by Steph Beth NickelToday, Christians around the globe will gather to solemnly commemorate Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. Whenever it is overcast and rainy, we think, “How appropriate.” It is truly “the darkest day” of the year—no matter what the weather.
The sinless Saviour was humiliated, beaten, and then nailed to a Roman cross. While we won’t go into detail, suffice it to say it was one of the cruelest forms of execution ever devised.
As busy p...
March 28, 2018
Quilting… and Christian Suspense
Did you know that Ruth, the heroine from Heaven’s Prey, is a quilter? And the villain, Harry Silver, has a quilt connection too? Pop over to Cleo Lampas’s blog and read my guest post.
March 27, 2018
Review: The Curious Case of the Missing Figurehead, by Diane Noble
The Curious Case of the Missing Figurehead, by Diane Noble (David C. Cook, 2014)
Elaine Littlefield, “El” to her friends, is a widow “of a certain age” who’s been known to combat stress by baking triple-chocolate cookies in the wee hours while wearing sock monkey pajamas and dancing to Mozart.
By day, she runs a catering company and solves mysteries. And spends as much time with her daughter and granddaughter as she can.
El has landed a huge catering job for the retirement party of local univ...
March 20, 2018
Review: Dear Mr. Knightley, by Katherine Reay
Dear Mr. Knightley, by Katherine Reay (Thomas Nelson, 2013)
Samantha Moore relates better to the characters in her favourite books than she does to the real people around her. Fired from her job for not “engaging,” she seizes one last chance: a master’s degree in journalism, funded by a mysterious benefactor.
The condition of the funding: she must write to “Mr. George Knightley” and keep him updated about her studies.
So begins a delightful story told through her letters and the occasional re...
March 13, 2018
Spring Suspense Interview
Thanks to author Sara L. Foust for including me in her Spring Suspense interview series. Why do I write suspense? What’s my favourite movie? Click over to Sara’s site and say hi: Interview with Janet Sketchley.
March 9, 2018
Deal Alert: Secrets and Lies + Other Christian Ebooks
What’s better than free or 99-cent Christian ebooks? A gift card to buy even more ebooks!
Five readers will receive a $10 gift card (winner’s choice of Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iTunes), for a total of a $50 giveaway.
To shop, and to enter the giveaway, visit mybookcave.com/retailer-group/3f241a4f/
Psst… one of the 99 cent books is my romantic suspense novel, Secrets and Lies. If you haven’t read it yet, now’s the time.
