Reading Excursions

  MY REVIEW   Paperback: 424 pages Publisher:  Red Press Co (October 5, 2021) Language: English ISBN-10: 1737400316 ISBN-13: 978-1737400318 ⬅ ️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Ethan Cooper, a high-powered corporate attorney in New York City, seemingly has it all. Drawn to the city after law school, he escaped life in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, and his family's notoriety. Years later, the strained relationship with them reaches new heights when Charlotte Rose, a part-time stationery designer and mechanical engineer, enters his work life. Together, they embark upon the journey to bring a racketeering terrorist to justice, tied to a gang responsible for the death of Ethan's wife utilizing both of their skill sets and that of friends. In the process, Christmas romance softens his heart as he is drawn to her southern charms, kindness, and warmth. With her influence upon his life, Ethan discovers he is missing the most important aspect of his lif

  MY REVIEW   Paperback: 336 pages Publisher:  Revell (September 7, 2021) Language: English ISBN-10: 0800737415 ISBN-13: 978-0800737412 ⬅ ️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Present Day. After tragedy plunges her into grief and unresolved anger, Sarah Ashby returns to her childhood home determined to finally follow her long-denied dream of running Old Depot Grocery alongside her mother and grandmother. But when she arrives, her mother, Rosemary, announces to her that the store is closing. Sarah and her grandmother, Glory Ann, make a pact to save the store, but Rosemary has worked her entire life to make sure her daughter never follows in her footsteps. She has her reasons--but she'll certainly never reveal the real one.   1965. Glory Ann confesses to her family that she's pregnant with her deceased fiancé's baby. Pressured into a marriage of convenience with a shopkeeper to preserve the family reputation, Glory Ann vows never to love again. But some p

Preacher on the Run: A Novel of the Regulator Uprising Blog Tour Series:  For Liberty & Conscience #1 Paperback: 326 pages Language: English ⬅ ️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ STANDING FOR TRUTH COULD COST HIM HIS FREEDOM.   It’s 1771, and Robert Boothe has spent the last four years leading the tyrant-hating Regulators against North Carolina’s corrupt British government. All he wants is a safe place for his little Baptist church to live and worship God. But the established church wants him to shut up. The governor wants him dead.   FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM COULD COST HIM HIS LIFE.   Being an unlicensed dissenter preacher has already made Robert a target. Then Colonel Charles Drake comes to town with one ambition: winning the governor’s favor, no matter what it takes. And Robert Boothe just might be his last chance.   YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE. ”   EXCERPT   Robert turned away from the stream and said, “Here’s the plan, boys. We get back to Ayen Fo

MY REVIEW   Paperback: 326 pages Publisher:  Revell (September 7, 2021) Language: English ISBN-10: 0800736133 ISBN-13: 978-0800736132 ⬅ ️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Classically trained pianist and singer Natalie Curtis isolated herself for five years after a breakdown just before she was to debut with the New York Philharmonic. Guilt-ridden and songless, Natalie can't seem to recapture the joy music once brought her. In 1902, her brother invites her to join him in the West to search for healing. What she finds are songs she'd never before encountered--the haunting melodies, rhythms, and stories of Native Americans.   But their music is under attack. The US government's Code of Offenses prohibits American's indigenous people from singing, dancing, or speaking their own languages as the powers that be insist on assimilation. Natalie makes it her mission not only to document these songs before they disappear but to appeal to President Teddy Roose