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Book Recommendation - Uneasy Street

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  Becky Wade is one of the many fantastic contemporary romance authors in the Christian fiction community. Her current series, Sons of Scandal, follows the 3 sons of retired pro football player Felix Camden. Because of Felix's affairs, all of his children were considered sons of scandal. This series touched on each one (as well as his ex-wife Fiona, whose story thread stretches through each book). Uneasy Street is the 3rd and final story and is about Max, whose mother was the housekeeper for the Camden family. Here's a bit about the book: Once upon a time Max Cirillo and Sloane Madison were close friends and business partners. But when their business relationship imploded, so did the friendship. Now, four years later, Max is a rich CEO. Sloane’s a not-so-rich etiquette expert who returns to Maine to serve as her niece’s temporary guardian and help the girl search for her birth father. Sloane and her niece move into a darling garage apartment but Sloane’s joy in their accommodat...
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Book Recommendation - Some Like it Scot

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  Any time I'm looking for a light-hearted, but still deep story, I know I need not look any further than Pepper Basham. I absolutely adored her recent Skymar series and so when I saw her next book took place in Scotland, I knew I wanted to snatch it up, so I jumped at a chance to read an early copy. And it did not disappoint! Here's a bit about the book: An American travel writer who has never found a place to belong and a reclusive Scot with a surprising secret find a shocking connection when she enters a Highlands manor house that has been turned into a three-week long Edwardian experience. Katie Campbell has traveled her entire life. As the daughter of an army chaplain, changing homes--or even countries--was commonplace, so when her wild childhood storytelling turned into a lucrative career as a travel writer, she thought she'd found her perfect match. But as she's nearly thirty with no real place to settle down, she's starting to wonder where "home" a...
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Book Recommendation - The Voice We Find

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  Nicole Deese is a newer voice in the realm of contemporary Christian stories, but she's on my short list of auto-read authors and authors whose backlist I plan to complete this year. Her current series is the Fog Harbor series. Fog Harbor is a fictional publishing house and the books take on views of various elements of publishing, in a minor sense (it's what ties the series together). This book looks at audio book production, which is the avenue through which our main characters meet. Here's a bit about the book: Sophie Wilder returns home to California with nothing more than a failed Broadway career and a geriatric cat. Stuck working at the family winery with her egotistical brother and desperate for a way to revive her acting dreams, she takes a side gig as an audiobook narrator with Fog Harbor Books. But getting mixed up in the life of her reluctant sound engineer was never a part of her plans. August Tate is still reeling from taking guardianship of his teen sister. ...
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Book Recommendation - Cloaked In Beauty

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  If you're ever looking for a good historical fiction novel that has everything - romance, mystery, excellent plot-line, characters that you can love and relate to, witty banter, character development, and still include a beautiful faith element, look no further than Karen Witemeyer. Her upcoming release, Cloaked in Beauty, is the 3rd in her "Texas Ever After" series, a series of fairy tale re-tellings that take place in the Old West. With a mash-up of Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood, this one tops my favorite of the series and is one of my top reads for the year! Though it is the 3rd in the series, each book stands alone. Their common denominator is that they are all fairy tale re-tellings. Here's a bit about the book: In the heart of the Piney Woods of Texas, Letty Hood has spent the last fifteen years of her life hidden away with her grandmother to escape the deadly schemes of an uncle who wants her dead. Now, with her twenty-first birthday on the horiz...
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Book Recommendation - The Queen's Cook

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  One of my absolute favorite genres to read is Biblical historical fiction. Because I'm not overly imaginative, the dryness the comes with the oral traditions and laws of scripture make it so that reading the Bible on my own does not allow it to stick very well. But when an author who has researched the culture and has the imagination to tell stories in Bible times, even using Bible characters, it brings the scriptures to life for me. When I next read the passages related to a Biblical novel I've read, I see the stories more clearly in my mind's eye. One of my favorite Biblical fiction authors is Tessa Afshar. I jump at the chance to read anything she writes and The Queen's Cook was one of my most anticipated releases for this year. Though the story of Esther has been told by countless novelists, Afshar took a different tack. Esther was a bit of a minor character in this book and it focuses primarily on one of the cooks in her kitchen, and the palace physician. Here...
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Book Recommendation - An Honorable Deception

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  Roseanna M White is one of my go-to authors when it comes to historical fiction and I readily devour everything she releases. Since the beginning of The Imposters series, I've been not-so-patiently awaiting Yates's story and it did not disappoint! When a seemingly simple "missing persons" case becomes something much more sinister, The Imposters recruit some additional help to get a positive resolution. Bringing in some of my favorite characters from prior book series as well, this one had ALL of the things going for it. Here's a bit about the book: As the leader of elite private investigative firm the Imposters, Lord Yates Fairfax has made an art of concealing his identity. But when his newest client, the beautiful Lady Alethia Barremore, is shot while leaving their meeting, he throws caution to the wind and rushes to her aid. Though Lady Alethia thought she was only looking for her missing former nanny, she has clearly stumbled upon dangerous secrets. Lady Lavi...
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Book Recommendation - Of Gold and Shadows

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  Michelle Griep has become one of my go-to historical romance writers as she adds a good level of suspense in with her stories. This one was no different and delved into Egyptian antiquities, shadow brokering, export tariffs, political maneuvering, curses, and of course romance. I thoroughly enjoyed this story! Here's a little bit about the book: In 1888 Victorian England, Ami Dalton navigates a clandestine dual life. By day, she strives to establish herself as a respected Egyptologist, overcoming the gender biases that permeate academia. But with a heart for rescuing black-market artifacts, she is most often disguised as her alter ego, the Shadow Broker.  After eight years in India, Oxford's most eligible bachelor, Edmund Price, has come out of the shadows to run for Parliament and is in search of an Egyptologist to value a newly acquired collection. Expecting a renowned Oxford professor, Edmund instead finds himself entangled with Ami, the professor's determined daughter...
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