Book Description: Nearly two thousand years after Adam and Eve eat death into existence, the flavor still echoes on their descendants’ tongues. War is sweeping the world from the iron throne of a man who calls himself the God-King. Caught in the crucible is a young family broken by loss and carried along by the prophecies spoken over the infant …
Review of THE SHEPHERDESS by Jill Eileen Smith
Book Description: Smith weaves a beautiful story of Abishag. It follows Abishag from her home and the freedom she has as a shepherdess, to the courts of King David as his nurse and wife, then as wife to Solomon. Much isn’t known of her life but Jill paints a vivid picture of who Abishag could have been and what her …
Review of MANY SPARROWS by Lori Benton
I was so honored to read this book for endorsement in its early stages. Besides the fact that Lori is a long-time friend and amazing author, I was excited because it would be the first book of hers that I’d read since endorsing her debut, Burning Sky, back in 2013. That one won the Christy Award—one of the highest awards …
Review of THE LONG JOURNEY TO JAKE PALMER by James L. Rubart
Book Description: What if there was a place where everything wrong in your life could be fixed? Corporate trainer Jake Palmer coaches people to see deeper into themselves—yet he barely knows himself anymore. Recently divorced and weary of the business life, Jake reluctantly agrees to a lake-house vacation with friends, hoping to escape for ten days. When he arrives, Jake …
Guest Review of WINGS OF THE WIND by Connilyn Cossette
Occasionally, I’ll have a crazy month when I’m unable to read and review a book. This was one such month. Several of my BFF team members do fantastic blogs, so I asked Tina Chen to share her post from May 2017 on a book that she read and reviewed. It just so happened that she even met the author! Thanks, Tina, …
Review of BREAD OF ANGELS by Tessa Afshar
Book Description Purple. The foundation of an influential trade in a Roman world dominated by men. One woman rises up to take the reins of success in an incredible journey of courage, grit, and friendship. And along the way, she changes the world. But before she was Lydia, the seller of purple, she was simply a merchant’s daughter who loved …