A Useful Companion But You Don’t Look Sick by Bette Brown is a powerful little book looking at fibromyalgia. If you are a sufferer or know someone who is, this book will be useful to read. The book covers some of the symptoms (but not all as the list is huge), the medications and helpful […]

Highly Amusing The Dog Sitter by Zara Stoneley is a wonderful contemporary novel set in the heart of the Lake District. The area comes alive under the author’s descriptive pen. The reader ‘experiences’ the richness of the open countryside. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty but with elements of danger as the weather […]

A Big Heart After The Rain by Rita Gerlach is a Christian historical romance. Set in Washington and then moving to the countryside in 1908, it reminded me of Downton Abbey American style, as upstairs and downstairs mingle. Louisa lives with her father and a very over-bearing grandmother who desires to be obeyed by everyone […]

And All Shall Be Well The Night Train To Berlin by Melanie Hudson is a beautiful dual time-line love story that will lodge deep in your heart. The stories are set in 1944 and present day. There were parallels in the two time periods between the two couples who meet on a night train to […]

Trust God Desire Of My Heart by Heidi Gray McGill is a delightful Christian historical novel fully grounded in God. It is the first book in the Shumard Oak Bend series. The novel is about trusting God and waiting on His perfect timing. “He’s [God] never late, we’re just impatient.” As we journey through life […]

Adopt A Christ-Like Stance 7 Attitudes Of The Helping Heart by John Christopher Frame is a powerful little book that will aid your Christian walk as our eyes are opened to those around us. This book is infused with the heart of God. We want to go through life with eyes that see, hands that […]

Secrets And Lies The Wild Girls by Phoebe Morgan is a compulsive psychological suspense that I just could not put down and I read it in just one sitting. The reader is aware from the start that something has happened in the past to destroy a close friendship of four girls. As the novel begins, […]

Camaraderie Canyon War by Sarah Sawyer is a delightful historical novella that will warm your heart. It is the first book in the Doc Beck Western series. The characters are all well drawn and realistic. I loved the delightfully amusing banter and rapport between Jimmy and Doc Beck. The giving of a nickname ‘Just Jimmy’ […]

All To Jesus I Surrender A Matter Of Control by J.E. Solinski is a powerful Christian contemporary novel set in Detroit. The focus of the story is some teens and their teacher. The area is one of poverty and drugs. It is a black neighbourhood where the residents are invisible to many. One teacher sees […]

All In God’s Perfect Timing Sisters Ever After by Erin Stevenson is the most delightful contemporary Christian novel that will warm your heart and soul as you read. It is the first book in the Canadian Meadows series. God is at the heart of the novel. He walks alongside us through all the seasons of […]