Powerful And Horrifying The German Wife by Debbie Rix is a powerful historical novel that consumed me from the start. As the title suggests, the reader follows the German wife from the 1930’s, through the war years and just beyond before leaping forwards to 1984. It is a powerful read as we witness a character […]

Highly Amusing Don’t Worry He Doesn’t Bite by Liam Mulvin is a highly amusing account of a West Country postman and the people and places he has encountered over the years. Each story is a bitesize chunk of just a single page. I enjoyed all the stories, some definitely had me laughing out loud, and […]

The Road To Redemption Escaping Pretense by Deborah Jean Miller is a powerful contemporary novel about love and life and family. I absolutely adored it. Everyone deserves to be loved – but within the book we meet a character who doesn’t think this applies to her. Every time someone gets close to her, she pulls […]

Thrilling And Tense Munich by Robert Harris is a marvellous historical political thriller that gripped me from the start. It is a work of fiction but very much grounded in fact as it surrounds the Munich Agreement of September 1938, and the infamous ‘peace for our time’ from Chamberlain. On the surface all is polite […]

So Beautiful Before We Grow Old by Clare Swatman is a simply beautiful dual timeline novel that you definitely need to have the tissues nearby. This is a love story. It is a life story. And it is a loss story. This story is about loving and living well, and about grieving. Life is for […]

Powerful And Heartbreaking People Like Us by Louise Fein is a powerful and heartbreaking historical novel. It consumed me as I read. Louise Fein grounded her novel in fact which makes it all the more powerful and shocking. The novel is set in Leipzig in the 1930’s. It is told in the first person from […]

Powerful Like Him by Julia Stevens is a powerful Christian nonfiction book that will aid your walk of faith. It is full of scripture, poems, prayers, sound biblical advice and the author’s personal experiences. Julia Stevens writes in a very personable way, making Like Him accessible for all. She explains some of the biblical happenings […]

Wow – Mesmerising A Soldier’s Return by Paul Carlin is an absolutely fantastic and compelling dual timeline novel that gripped me from the start. It is set in 2014 and from 1914 during World War I in an old manor house. Paul Carlin draws the reader in from the start as there is an air […]

A Place Of Community The Secret Keepers Of The Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox is the most delightful Christian dual timeline novel that filled my soul with love. The novel is set in present day and from 1965 working forwards. It is a story of family and love and life. A character has been […]

Learning To Forgive Ranch Feud by Sarah Sawyer is a historical Christian western and the fifth book in the Doc Beck Western series but can be read as a stand-alone. I enjoyed catching up with familiar characters. I love the close bond between Doc Beck and Just Jimmy whose friendship blossoms as Doc Beck takes […]