Reading Excursions

  MY REVIEW   Paperback: 320 Pages Publisher: Revell (August 15, 2023) Language: English ISBN 10: 0800741609 ISBN-13: 978-0800741600 ⬅️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Two Sisters. One Single Event. A Family Changed Forever.    At the turn of the twentieth century, sisters Emmy and Callie Bullock are living a privileged life as the only daughters of a wealthy Alabama cotton farmer when their well-ordered household gets turned upside down by the arrival of Lily McGee. Arrestingly beautiful, Lily quickly--and innocently--draws the wrong kind of attention. Meanwhile, Callie meets a man who offers her the freedom to abandon social constraints and discover her truest self.    After Lily has a baby, Callie witnesses something she was never meant to see--or did she? Her memory is a haze, just an image in her mind of Emmy standing on a darkened riverbank and cradling Lily's missing baby girl. Only when the sisters are separated does th...

MY REVIEW   Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Revell (August 3, 2021) Language: English ISBN-10: 0800737512 ISBN-13: 978-0800737511 ⬅ ️ Click Photo for Purchase Information   “ Restless with the familiarity of her Alabama home, Ellie Fields accepts a teaching job in a tiny Louisiana town deep in bayou country. Though rightfully suspicious of outsiders, who have threatened both their language and their culture, most of the people in tiny Bernadette, Louisiana, come to appreciate the young and idealistic schoolteacher as a boon to the town. She's soon teaching just about everyone--and coming up against opposition from both the school board and a politician with ulterior motives.   Acclimating to a whole new world, Ellie meets a lonely but intriguing Cajun fisherman named Raphe who introduces her to the legendary white alligator that haunts these waters. Raphe and Ellie have barely found their way to each other when a huge bounty is offered for the elusive gat...