Posts Tagged: book review

Things We Didn’t Say by Amy Lynn Green

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

Linguistics expert Johanna Berglund is strong-willed – and the last thing she wants is to leave her university life for her small Minnesota hometown. But her strong will is bent by strong-armed tactics, and she ends up working as a translator at a POW camp for German soldiers in that same small town. Her neighbors are livid about the enemy in their midst, and Johanna is determined to help the townspeople see th... Read Article

The London Restoration by Rachel McMillan

Thursday, September 17, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

World War II may be over, but for Brent and Diana Somerville, the journey is just beginning. Newlyweds when Brent was sent to be a medic in the British Army, now they have to learn each other all over again. And both are carrying secrets. During the war, Diana broke codes at Bletchley Park, a top-secret job she can’t even tell her own husband about. And Simon Barre, Diana’s colleague at Bletchley, now wit... Read Article

Fragments of Light by Michèle Phoenix

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

June 6, 1944. Paratrooper Callum McElway jumps into Normandy on D-day but ends up tangled in a tree. A young French girl cuts Cal down, tends his wounds, and brings him into the castle where the villagers are hiding in case the Germans return. All Cal wants is to complete his mission and return to his wife and the baby daughter he’s never met. But then the Germans return… In modern times, Ceelie Donovan h... Read Article

A Wing and a Prayer by Julie Lessman

Friday, July 31, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

Orphan Gabriella (don’t dare call her that!) “Gabe” O’Connor has grown up with the loving, boisterous O’Connor family, but at her heart she’s still a streetwise, heartbroken little girl. When the US enters World War II, Gabe decides to put her piloting skills to use in the WASPs. But her trouble-making tendencies get in her way. Flight instructor Lt. Alex Kincaid sees Gabe’s ... Read Article

Set the Stars Alight by Amanda Dykes

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

In modern times, Lucy Clairmont and Dash Greene grow up together in England, inseparable friends, united over a love of books and of Lucy’s father’s storytelling. But when they grow up, they grow apart, Dash pursuing a career in forensic astronomy in his native America and Lucy chasing after her late father’s most elusive tale, the story of a traitor and a lost sailing ship. Two hundred years earlie... Read Article

The White Rose Resists by Amanda Barratt

Monday, July 27, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

When Anneliese Brandt comes to Munich in 1942, her only purpose is to have one year of relative freedom, studying at the university until she has to marry the man picked out for her by her father, an officer in the SS. Resistance was rare in Nazi Germany and ruthlessly put down, and although Anneliese chafes at the restraints put on her by the Nazi regime, she would never consider resisting. Then she meets fellow stu... Read Article

Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green

Monday, March 30, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

Sisters Meg and Sylvie Townsend would be perfectly happy running the family bookstore in Chicago if only their father were his old self. Stephen Townsend came home from the Civil War a changed man, forever pacing the roof and creating a mock-up of the Andersonville prison camp. Meg does what she can to make him happy. When the Great Fire of Chicago strikes, Meg and Sylvie just manage to escape the flames with the hel... Read Article

A Girl’s Guide to the Outback, by Jessica Kate

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

With her sharp mind for business, Kimberly Foster has big plans for Wildfire, the youth ministry where she works in Virginia. But she is constantly butting heads with the ministry’s founder, handsome Australian Samuel Payton. When Kimberly defies him and presents her expansion proposal, the board approves it – but Sam quits and heads home to the ailing family farm in Australia. Without Sam and his big hea... Read Article

The Thief of Lanwyn Manor by Sarah E. Ladd

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

Julia Twewethey journeys to Lanwyn Manor in Cornwall to aid her cousin, confined to bed for her pregnancy. But when Julia arrives, she’s held up at the local inn, only to be rescued by the gallant Isaac Blake. Isaac and his twin brother, Matthew, run their late father’s copper mine. Although Matthew inherited the mine and estate, Isaac inherited his father’s know-how, passion for mining, and concern... Read Article

The Major’s Daughter by Regina Jennings

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 by Sarah Sundin

Caroline Adams knows two things – she wasn’t cut out for high society after all and she’s tired of living under her father’s roof at Fort Reno. The 1889 Land Run in Oklahoma gives her a chance to make it on her own, perhaps opening a boardinghouse for weary travelers. Shaking off his roguish past, new lawyer Frisco Smith has worked hard to open the land for settlers. He has his property marked... Read Article

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