Okay, this is a feel-good story. It’s Christmas. We like feel-good Christmas stories. But there is an antagonist, a mean & nasty one. There is far more to this “novella” than good friends now have that … tension. Not everyone is happy to see Abigale’s return. And there is Chester! he’s a dog. A life-saving dog.
Holiday Hope
I’d give this book six stars if I could. Holiday Hope is not your typical mail-order-bride story. The story has several twists that keep you reading — even if you *should* be doing something else. The characters are introduced so well that you never have a problem keeping straight who is who. The pacing of the book is spot on from beginning to end.
A Heart Adrift
A Heart Adrift by Laura Frantz Review Based on the history of the period and dialogue in the vernacular of the period, Laura Frantz has employed considerable research into this book as well as others she has written set in this period of history. The dialogue takes a bit of getting used to, but I…
A Match for Althia by Linda Carroll-Bradd
The year is 1874. It is April in Chicago. Instantly you will be on Miss Althia Heathley’s side & hoping her father’s new wife trips herself — any place, anywhere but preferably at the top of a long flight of stairs. Her life has been miserable since her father remarried and it only took four months. And when she isn’t miserable, she is bored. Oh, she makes up stories in her head for the novel she wants to write, but her life is a “prison”. Which is why she secretly responded to an advertisement in her father’s discarded newspaper.
Where Her Heart Lies
by Carolyn Twede Frank The year is 1910. To put this in context, my parents were born in 1906 and 1909 and yes, I’m a senior citizen. For some of you, this is set in the olden days. The first picture of my dad is on horseback with Grandma supporting him and Grandpa holding the…
The Amish Author’s Christmas
by Ashley Emma Ivy Everwood is an author. When she meets with her literary agent, Meg, about her newest book, Ivy is told her writing has grown stale and the publisher won’t touch it. The plot is formulaic. The scenes are repeats of her previous work. Meg won’t even accept a new outline. Meg tells…