Musings by Erin

  Though I would never claim contemporary romance as my genre of choice, there are a few authors who make it an enjoyable genre to delve into. Pepper Basham is quickly becoming one of my favorites in this genre and I have absolutely adored her Skymar series. This series follows a set of siblings (with 1 cousin thrown in for good measure) from the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina and pairs them with someone in the fictional island world of Skymar - a country that is ruled by a King, has Scottish roots and has lovely mountain scenery. If Skymar was a real place, I would totally want to go visit! This is book 3 in the Skymar series, and though the other 2 books are not essential reading to appreciate this book, they do help to get the fuller picture of the Edgewood family. And in reading the other 2 first, you get a better enjoyment of the ending of all of the stories at the end of this one. Here's a bit about the book: Luke Edgewood isn’t a romantic. Or, at least, he’s always f

  Janyre Tromp is a new name in the world of Christian fiction authors, though she's been in the writing business for some time, doing editing and the like. This is her sophomore novel and focuses on the CBI (China Burma India) theater in the war, giving it a unique WWII story. This read was a bit heavy and a bit dark, so I wouldn't recommend to younger audiences, but for those who enjoy the depth of a good light from darkness story will easily enjoy this tale. Here's a bit about the book: "My adopted people have a story, a legend, that speaks of a time so dark, the sun will turn his back on the mountains and swallow the moon. It is then that the sharaw—the tiger-man—will come prowling, exacting revenge on the darkness. But there is no great darkness in me or my world. It isn’t always comfortable, but it has always been predictable . . . until the soldiers came." A handful of months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, missionaries Kailyn Moran and Ryan James, face a