Enchanting Lost Christmas by David Logan is a charming Christmas novel that will entertain and enchant no matter how old you are. Christmas is a time for miracles if you just believe. Within the story there are characters who have lost things. Sometimes it is just people themselves who have lost their way. That which […]

True Diamonds Christmas Hope For The Steel Girls by Michelle Rawlins is a marvellous historical novel about community. It is the second book in the Steel Girls series but can be read as a stand-alone. I would recommend reading book one first. It was a pure delight to rejoin the steel girls as Christmas 1939 […]

A Silent Love The Return by Anita Frank is a marvellous historical novel that enthralled me from the start. The story alternates between 1939 and 1945, through the voices of the two main characters. The action is mainly set in the Berkshire countryside. Farming is a hard way of life. We witness the strength of […]

A Bygone Era The Silent Stars Go By by Sally Nicholls is a charming historical YA novel that enchanted me from the start. The novel is set in 1919 as Britain is returning to normal after World War I. The reader drops in on a country vicarage and follows the family as Christmas approaches. It […]

All Shall Be Well The Winds Of Homecoming by Christopher Goodchild is a powerful book of fifty devotions based on the poems of Rainer Maria Rilke. Christopher Goodchild has autism, undiagnosed until 2007, all his life he has been walking through loss and loneliness. He writes his devotions in the second person of ‘you’ as […]

Precious In His Eyes A Picture Of Hope by Liz Tolsma is a marvellous Christian historical novel. It is part of the Heroines Of World War II series but can be read as a stand-alone. The novel is set in occupied France in 1944. The war is turning but the evil acts continue. The leading […]

The Rescue Exhumed: Gene’s Promise Of Revenge by Kimberly Morrison is a powerful Christian novel about redemption. It is the fourth book in the Created With Purpose series but can be read as a stand-alone as the background info needed is included in the story. I would recommend reading the books in order though. Our […]

A Warm Welcome War Clouds Over Blackberry Farm by Rosie Clarke is a charming historical novel opening in Britain in 1939 as war is approaching. The action alternates between Norfolk and London. Both have a community spirit that is warm and welcoming. The countryside residents work together to ensure the farms still run. Land girls […]

Beautiful And Essential The Believer’s Journal For Everyday Faith by Kerry Evelyn is a simply beautiful journal designed to help you grow closer to God as you evaluate your faith over a twelve month period. The book can be started at any time but I shall begin mine on January 1st 2022. Kerry Evelyn shares […]

Parallel Lives The Girl From Bletchley Park by Kathleen McGurl is a marvellous timeslip novel that captivated me from the start. The story is set in 1943 and present day as a granddaughter slowly uncovers her grandmother’s wartime experiences. A lifetime of keeping secrets means her granddaughter was surprised by her discovery. Even without having […]