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Lauraine Snelling is an award-winning author whose first book was published in 1982. Her original dream was to write horse books for children, which she has done, but she has also found great success in writing both historical and contemporary Christian fiction.

I haven’t read a book yet by Karen Witemeyer that I didn’t love! Christian historical fiction with a western flair, Witemeyer’s books are just plain fun to read, and leave the reader feeling good! This title was no exception.

I loved this book! Max and Hanna’s story was beautiful and sad … and again taught me new tidbits about history that I did not previously know.

Many people have heard of Wallis Simpson, the woman King Edward VIII couldn’t live without and ultimately abdicated the throne for, but few have probably heard the story of the woman he loved before he met Wallis. This novel is a fictionalized story of Lady Thelma {Morgan} Furness — the woman before Wallis.

If you enjoyed Evangaline’s story in “More Than Meets the Eye” you’ll definitely want to read this next installment in the Patchwork Family series to hear Zach’s story!

Jackson Forge is a newly minted constable in Victorian London, England on his first day to work when he gets swindled by a lovely woman (Kit Turner) and her young side-kick. Various events lead him to end up having to join forces with Kit Turner to find out where several missing individuals have gone.

This is the second book about Eliza Hamilton that I have read, the first being “I, Eliza Hamilton” … both were excellent! Both of these novels are told in the first person by Eliza Hamilton.

This was a nice “feel-good” story, that at times was almost a tear-jerker! I did enjoy listening to it, and it did a great job of reminding the reader to always be mindful of what is really important in life!!

As Jeopardy fans are enjoying the last of Alex’s episodes this week, it feels appropriate that I post this review today! Fans of Jeopardy and Alex Trebek will greatly enjoy this book.

A wonderful story of a young woman trying to grow up and find her own way in the world despite the fact that what she wants out of life, isn’t in line with what her parents think she should want, as a young debutante in America.

I think fans of Jane Austen would enjoy Middlemarch by George Eliot. (confession time … I only recently learned that George Eliot is a pseudonym for a woman, Mary Ann Evans, #ThingsIFeelLikeIShouldHaveLearnedInHighSchoolButDidn’t).

I haven’t met a book by Kim Vogel Sawyer that I haven’t liked, and this one was no different.

Moira Doherty decides to fulfill her mother’s wish and move to Ireland, her mother’s homeland, and become a teacher in her mother’s home village. What she doesn’t realize is that she’s going to be met with suspicion and a hint of family scandal.

While staying on the Brittany coast of France, Anne-Lise finds a manuscript in her hotel room night stand. She reads it and loves it.

The storyline of this novel revolves around the Civil War and the issue of slavery and is probably the first book I’ve read that presents it from not only the perspective of a slave (Jemma), but also a family of staunch abolitionists (The Woolsey's).