Reading Excursions

MY REVIEW       Paperback:  318 pages  Publisher:  Marlayne Giron (October 13, 2023)  Language:  English   ISBN-13:  979-8218953775 ⬅️   Click Photo for Purchase Information      “ Rachel Winston  is suddenly and tragically widowed in her early 30s. She and her adopted, teenaged daughter, Karen, are forced to leave everything behind in Southern California. She purchases an Amish farmhouse in Lancaster County, PA to open an Amish-style Bed & Breakfast Inn. The farmhouse she purchases was put on the market by a young Amish widower, Samuel Miller, who recently lost his wife and five children in a buggy accident. He has moved into the Dawdi house to maintain the farm and Rachel happily cooks, cleans, and does his laundry in exchange for his help.   Thrown together by tragic loss, their mutual suffering draws them together against the rules of his community. Solace and friendship soon turn into something deeper, putting him at great risk for shunning. Rachel struggles to adap

Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Coal Black Lies by Cindy K. Sproles, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! About the Book Title: Coal Black Lies Author: Cindy K. Sproles Publisher: Kregel Publications Release Date: June 18, 2024 Genre: Christian Historical Fiction Believing the bitter lies you tell yourself leaves little room for the sweetness of truth   Coal miner Joshua Morgan managed to do the impossible--he broke away from the stranglehold of the iron-fisted Barton family and the Company Store, to whom all the miners in the Appalachian Mountains are indebted. But it cost him the life of his young daughter, who was run down by a posse led by Thomas Barton while coming to collect Joshua's payment to the store.  Five years later, a sweet but slow-witted young girl lands on his doorstep, and Joshua's desire to protect her from the clutches of the Bartons increases his thirst for vengeance. Joshua sets out to discover where the girl came from in order to take do

Welcome to the Blog Tour for The Amish Book Cellar by Tracy Fredrychowski hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! About the Book Title: The Amish Book Cellar Series: Willow Springs Amish Mystery Romance #1 Author: Tracy Fredrychowski Publisher: The Tracer Group, LLC Release Date: June 4, 2024 Genre: Christian Fiction Amish Cozy Mystery It will take everything she has to face her past. Can this wayward woman find her way back into the hearts of her Amish Community?  When a mistake forces Lydia Troyer to leave her Amish roots in exchange for a new life as an Englischer, she finds herself running from more than her past as Wally Troyer's rebellious daughter.  Upon her father's untimely death, she is called home to take over The Book Cellar, Willow Springs's favorite Amish bookstore. A series of strange happenings and whispers among her people lead her to suspect there are more than books hidden in the cellar. Will she chance getting her heart broken again if she lean

  MY REVIEW     Paperback:  320 pages  Publisher:  Revell (February 13, 2024)  Language:  English  ISBN-10:  1681902125  ISBN-13:   978-1681902128  ⬅️   Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ As daughter of a well-known matchmaker, Catríona Daly is no stranger to the business of love--and sees it as her ticket away from the sleepy village that only comes alive during the annual matchmaking festival. Enter Lord Osborne's son, Andrew, who has returned to the festival after being disappointed by a rival matchmaker's failed setup. Catríona seizes the opportunity to make a better match for the handsome man--and for herself!   Cattle farmer Donal Bunratty is in desperate need of a wife after loss left him to handle the farm and raise his daughter on his own. Shy and lacking the finer social graces, he agrees to attend the matchmaking festival to appease his daughter. But when he arrives, it's not any of the other merrymakers that catch his eye but rather his matchmak