The Bishop by Steven James
August 2, 2010
From the publisher:
The Bishop
by Steven James
Bestselling author Steven James delivers another high-octane, adrenaline-laced suspense thriller that his fans have been clamoring for.
This time, a congressman’s daughter is found dead—as her killers launch a spree of perfect murders in the Washington DC metro area. With nothing to link the crimes together, FBI special agent Patrick Bowers’ skills are pushed to the limit. Using his impeccable logic and innovative investigation techniques, Bowers is in a race against time to find the killers before they strike again, even as his personal life becomes more complicated than ever.
Although this is book 4 in The Bowers Files series, this book can be read as a stand-alone. Steven James’ masterful writing and mind-bending twists will have you on the edge of your seat!
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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
August, 2010
ISBN 9780800733025
$14.99
My review: Move over, ghost of Robert Ludlum! Meet Steven James who has published a number of novels which are new to me.
In The Bishop, fourth in the Bowers files series, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers is called upon...
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Special Invitation for readers of The Bishop by Steven James
July 25, 2010
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Courting Morrow Little - a haunting read
July 17, 2010
Courting Morrow Little: A Novel
by Laura Frantz
ISBN: 978-0-8007-3340-7
$14.99
From the publisher:
Morrow Little is haunted by the memory of the day her family was torn apart by raiding Shawnee warriors. Now that she is nearly a grown woman and her father is ailing, she must make difficult choices about the future.
This sweeping tale of romance and forgiveness will envelop readers as it takes them from a Kentucky fort through the vast wilderness of the West.
My review:
Laura Frantz has a captivating voice. It’s Revolutionary War time in America, and Frantz reminds us of the slight language drift without going overboard. The character costumes and mannerisms are wonderfully true to era and I enjoyed the book without having to stop and verify facts. What a treat
The book was long enough, but I would have liked a little more glimpse into Morrow’s life in Philadelphia. The title word “courting” takes us only half way through the story, as Morrow chooses a mate and the rest of the story is the hardship of life on the frontier, both for the first nation Shawnee and the...
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A Love of Her Own by Maggie Brendan
June 24, 2010
From the publisher:
It’s 1895. April McBride travels from her home in Colorado to her brother’s wedding in Montana. Still cautious after a broken engagement years earlier, she fully intends to guard her heart. One look around the small mining town convinces April that doing so won't be difficult—just a bunch of dusty shops, bad service, and ill-bred cowboys. But a run-in with horse trainer Wes Owen opens up vast possibilities for frustration, embarrassment, friendship, and . . . love?
Can April and Wes see past their differences to envision a future together? Or are they destined to live the rest of their lives alone?
A Love of Her Own by Maggie Brendan,
Book 3 in the Heart of the West Series
c. 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8007-3351-3
$14.99
My Review:
This was my first Maggie Brendan book. Sometimes it’s fun to step into a series somewhere in the middle and see if you can figure out what’s gone on before. I felt comfortable stepping into this story and didn’t feel as though I’d missed too much to get a sense of the life of these characters. Maggie puts us in an uncomfortable place at the end of the nineteenth century on...
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Review of The Promise of Morning by Ann Shorey
March 31, 2010
The Promise of Morning
Ann Shorey
c. March 2010
Revell
$14.99
978-0-8007-3333-9
For Shorey’s second offering in the At Home in Beldon Grove series, life on the edge of the American frontier in the 1840s is stark and raw. Disease is only one tragedy that strikes suddenly and unforgivingly. Although the 150 years in between have allowed us considerable advances in health and comfort, our culture of greed at any cost and allowing disappointment to rule our actions hasn’t changed.
Ellie Craig’s loss of infant children make life overwhelming, even with the love of her preacher husband, and her remaining sons and daughter. When she learns of a family secret, she is determined to discover the truth, despite Matthew’s direction to leave the matter alone. Meanwhile, Matthew faces controversy in the church when a suave well-educated man comes to town and attempts to move into his pulpit. Matthew questions his calling to the ministry, and learns that he also must settle the past with his own family and the choices he made as an uncompromising young man.
The constant struggles and losses, deaths and injuries, infidelity and disillusion make this story not one for the reader who...
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Review of Abigail
February 25, 2010
Abigail, by Jill Eileen Smith
c. 2010, Revell
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 368
ISBN: 0800733215
ISBN-13: 9780800733216 | |
Jill Eileen Smith’s second story in the Wives of King David remains more than faithful to the Word. She reminds us that society has not changed since the fall. Our natural tendency toward sin is no excuse, and everyone around us suffers when we fail as children of God.
Smith paints Abigail, widow of Nabal of Maon, as a woman chosen by David as a wife for love, not contract or obligation. Smith recreates a believable description of life with the “fool,” the meaning of Nabal’s name. When Abigail hears of Nabal’s refusal to gift the exiled David and his men with food, even though the men have protected Nabal’s sheep and crops from marauders, Abigail rushes to offer food to ward off David’s impending revenge. Nabal is struck by the hand of God and dies. David moved quickly to acquire Abigail, and Nabal’s wealth.
Although Abigail falls in love with David, she sometimes feels as though she’s exchanged a life of violence with Nabal to one of jealousy and sorrow with David, as she knowingly enters...
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