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The Breath of Dawn (review)
In The Breath of Dawn Kristen Heitzmann has written romantic suspense with captivating characters and a plot that will keep readers in its clutches until the last page. Female lead Quinn Reilly takes...
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Gods and Kings by Lynn Austin (review)
Biblical fiction is a genre that helps the Bible come alive for many readers. A nice thing about books in this genre is that they’re virtually timeless. Over the years I’ve read and reviewed quite a...
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Michal: A Novel by Jill Eileen Smith (review)
Michael: A Novel (Wives of King David) by Jill Eileen Smith is a fictional retelling of the story of King David’s first wife Michal—the daughter of Saul. Smith follows Michal from the time she is a...
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February prompt: love is in the air
It’s February and time for another writing prompt. With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching let’s explore love! The Bible is full of love stories. Isaac found his love, Rebekah, through a marriage...
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Biblical fiction—adaptations
Do you read biblical fiction, that is fiction based on the stories in the Bible? Maybe you write it. The most common way of writing such a story is to fictionalize the Bible characters, perhaps create...
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Love at first sight?
‘Valentine’s Day’ in my novel Destiny’s Hands comes on the day the Israelites celebrate their final defeat of the Egyptians after they cross the Red Sea. In the story Moses leads in a celebration dance...
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Journey by Angela Hunt (review)
Journey by Angela Elwell Hunt My rating: 5 of 5 stars Suspicion and jealousy cause a rift between Yosef’s sons Efrayim and Menashe when grandfather Yakov speaks a firstborn blessing over second-born...
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March prompt: wind
What’s the saying for March–“In like a lamb, out like a lion,” or “In like a lion, out like a lamb”? The implication is that March is a windy month. Wind is no stranger to the Bible. It is mentioned...
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Secrets by Kristen Heitzmann (review)
Secrets by Kristen Heitzmann My rating: 4 of 5 stars Twenty-seven-year-old Lance Michelli and his Nonna have a deep connection in Secrets, Book one of Kristen Heitzmann’s Michelli Family Series. That’s...
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Into the Free by Julie Cantrell (review)
Into the Free by Julie Cantrell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Millie Reynolds is nine when we first meet her watching her troubled world from the boughs of Sweetie, the gum tree that gives her comfort and...
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Shaded Light (review)
Shaded Light by N.J. Lindquist My rating: 5 out of 5 stars In Shaded Light I felt like I was reading a game of Clue. Author J. A. Menzies (the new ebook edition is published under the author’s...
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Trouble In Store (review)
Trouble in Store by Carol Cox My rating: 3 of 5 stars When Melanie Ross is sacked from her job as a governess in Ohio, she decides to take the most appealing option available. She will move to Arizona...
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East of Eden (review)
East of Eden – 1962 Edition East of Eden by John Steinbeck My rating: 5 of 5 stars This isn’t a proper review, just a list of things I noticed / liked / disliked about the Salinas Valley California...
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Mrs. B. Has Cancer (review)
Tristan has ADHD and goes to Mrs. B.’s for help with his schoolwork. They’re right at the start of Mrs. B.’s goldfish naming contest when Mrs. B. makes a sad announcement. She will have to stop...
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A Garden to Keep (review)
A Garden to Keep by Jamie Langston Turner My rating: 4 of 5 stars Elizabeth Landis makes the decision to become a Christian on a Sunday just hours before she discovers her husband is having an affair....
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The Hunger Games (review)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t remember who recommended The Hunger Games to me but I downloaded it—probably for free—on my Kindle a while ago. When I found that...
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Made to Last (review)
Made to Last by Melissa Tagg My rating: 4 of 5 stars Miranda (Randi) Woodruff is the star of the handy-girl show From the Ground Up in Melissa Tagg’s debut contemporary Christian romance Made to Last....
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The Miner’s Lady (review)
The Miner’s Lady by Tracie Peterson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Chantel Panetta returns home from a year in Italy to find her sister Isabella has fallen in love with Orlando, a Calarco and a...
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The Wings of Morning (review)
The Wings of Morning by Murray Pura My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amish beauty Lyyndaya Kurtz is in love with Jude Whetstone, the blacksmith’s son. Trouble is, Jude has taken a shine to the new invention the...
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Return to Me (review)
Return to Me by Lynn Austin My rating: 4 of 5 stars In Return to Me Lynn Austin returns to writing in the genre–biblical fiction–where I first met her. This story is set in the time of the exile and...
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