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Courting Cate (The Courtships of Lancaster County)

by Site Owner | Aug 4, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction

  Prickly Cate By Leslie Gould Bethany House, $14.99, 344 pages Courting can be a thrilling and exciting time in life or it can be a discouraging and heart breaking time. In author Leslie Gould’s novel Courting Cate, a wealthy father raises two beautiful...

Short-Straw Bride

by Site Owner | Sep 7, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction

By Karen Witemeyer Bethany House, $14.99, 368 pages If you want a hard-to-put-down, fast read, then Short-Straw Bride is the next book you should read. Set in the1880’s in Texas, the characters are as real as any in life today. There is loyalty, gentleness, humor,...

The Maid of Fairbourne Hall

by Site Owner | Aug 20, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction

By Julie Klassen Bethany House, $14.99, 416 pages Have you ever tried to masquerade your identity and live among your peers? Margaret Macy has found herself almost a prisoner in her new stepfather’s home, but she is to inherit a fortune on her next birthday as long as...

The Scent of Cherry Blossoms: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country

by Site Owner | Nov 21, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Romance

by Cindy Woodsmall Waterbrook Press, $14.99, 208 pages Akin to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, The Scent of Cherry Blossoms is a romantic tale of two families; one Amish and the other Mennonite. These families take us on a journey of faith through conflicts, love and...

The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels–A Love Story

by Site Owner | Jul 27, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Romance

by Ree Drummond HarperCollins, $25.99, 342 pages The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels: A Love Story by Ree Drummond is a real life love story of how she met and fell in love with her “Marlboro Man”. I’m not sure “pioneer woman” is the right title to this...
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