Musings by Erin

  Rachel Hauck is a New York Times best-selling author of historical, contemporary and dual timeline Christian fiction novels, both in the romance genre and the women's fiction genre. She writes primarily character-driven novels, which makes her stories hit or miss for me as a plot-driven reader. However, this one fully intrigued me and I'm so glad I chose to read this one. Taking place in both the summer of 1977 and 20 years later, this one was in timelines that were different from the norm. Having been born in the summer of '77 myself, it was interesting to see a bulk of the story take place at that time, including some of the lingo of the time period (jive turkey anyone?). Seeing 1997 again was like a trip down memory lane as well. Here's a bit about the novel: Summer Wilde is a wannabe country music star. But when her latest girl band abandons her in a motel outside Tulsa, she is forced to face the shadows of her past. Twenty years ago, the summer of '77 was sup...

  Angela Hunt has long been a go-to author for me. Spanning multiple genres, she writes women's fiction, historicals, contemporaries, mysteries and Biblical fiction. This book is the first in a new Biblical fiction series and her Biblical fiction is among my favorites. This book is about the woman mentioned in Acts 16 as Lydia. She lived in Philippi, but was from Thyatira, which was the largest province in Lydia. Since she would be an outsider, it was likely that her neighbors would call her "The Lydian woman" and may have shortened that to Lydia. The author chose to make her name Euoida, whom Paul references in the book of Philippians, which seems likely since the church met at her house. This book had a lot of added nuggets from scriptures, which I just loved! Here's a bit about the book: Widowed Euodia, known to her neighbors as "the Lydian woman," seeks to make a fresh start by moving to the foreign city of Philippi. She finds new purpose after meeting P...