Reading Excursions

  MY REVIEW   Series:  The Joplin Chronicles (Book #3) Paperback:  320 pages Publisher:  Bethany House (December 13, 2022) Language: English ISBN:  0764235362 ISBN-13: 978-0764235368 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ A lively competition draws her into her rival's blueprints--and maybe even his heart.     Olive Kentworth has spent her life hiding her interest in architecture, even though she pores over architectural books and sketches buildings. When she accepts a job on a home expansion, it's only because her cousin Amos agrees to pose as the builder. To further hide her involvement, Olive takes a position as a nanny--not knowing that she'll be working for her idol, Joplin's leading architect, widower Maxfield Scott.    Maxfield is intrigued by his new nanny--she makes his home and his life bearable again. His work, on the other hand, is a disaster. An untrained builder is remodeling a completed project of h...

  MY REVIEW   Paperback:  400 pages Publisher:  Bethany House (October 13, 2020) Language:  English          ISBN-10:  0764236121 ISBN-13:  978-07642361219 ⬅️  Click Picture for Purchase Information   “ Bestselling novelist Karen Witemeyer joins award-winning authors Regina Jennings, Amanda Dykes, and Nicole Deese for this Texas-sized romance novella collection. Each of the authors' unique voices is on display in stories where courting couples leave a permanent mark of their love by carving their initials into the same oak's bark.   In Regina Jennings' Broken Limbs, Hearts, a small-town teacher has her credentials questioned by a traveling salesman. In Karen Witemeyer's Inn for a Surprise, two opinionated collaborators with conflicting visions must turn a doomed business venture into a successful romantic retreat. From Roots to Sky by Amanda Dykes follows a young WWII naval airman who heads to Texa...