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Jami Reviews Trailing a Killer by Carol J. Post

book reviews, christian fiction, suspense · February 1, 2021

Review: Trailing a Killer by Carol J. Post

Trailing a Killer by Carol J. Post is an inspirational romantic suspense novel. It is part of the K-9 Search + Rescue series by Harlequin's Love Inspired Suspense division. Read a free excerpt of it here! Erin Jeffries is a detective and a volunteer with the Peace River K-9 Search and Rescue in Lee County, Florida. When a category three hurricane does its worst in the community, Erin is called to help with a potential rescue at a residential building that has partially collapsed. Her white ...

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christian fiction, historical fiction, reviews · January 31, 2021

Review: Tidewater Bride by Laura Frantz

Tidewater Bride by Laura Frantz is a historical fiction novel based in Jamestown, Virginia, in the 1630s. Many of the characters were based on real people from the time. Two characters especially may jog the reader's memory from history: Xander Renick represented John Rolfe, and his Powhatan princess Mattachanna represented Pocahontas. Xander is a widower with a young son. He runs a plantation and works alongside his indentured servants in Rose-n-Vale, several miles upriver from James Towne. He ...

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Jami Reviews All That We Carried by Erin Bartels

christian fiction, contemporary fiction, reviews · January 30, 2021

All That We Carried by Erin Bartels | Review

All That We Carried, a contemporary fiction novel by Erin Bartels, tells the story of two sisters who've been estranged for a decade. Melanie, the younger Greene sister, convinced older sister Olivia to go on a hiking trip in order to reconnect. After the deaths of their parents in a tragic accident, the sisters had grown apart, and it was important to Melanie that she patch things up with her hard-headed sister. Olivia, the one more focused on having control over everything in her life, ...

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Shatter the Silence Carol Post Jami's Words

book reviews, christian fiction, reviews, romance, suspense · December 18, 2020

Review: Shatter the Silence by Carol J. Post

Released today, Shatter the Silence is an inspirational romantic suspense novel written by Carol J. Post. I read it in one sitting—couldn't put it down! In Shatter the Silence, Carol has effortlessly presented characters who could be your next-door neighbors. Relatable, human, quirky yet likeable, the main and secondary characters attached themselves to my heart and pulled me into their personal lives. The story was incredible, and Carol handled the topic of domestic violence with care and ...

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Jami's Words The Price of Valor Susan May Warren

book reviews, christian fiction, contemporary fiction, reviews, suspense · November 2, 2020

Review: The Price of Valor by Susan May Warren

The Price of Valor, Susan May Warren's newest release (and third novel) in the Global Search and Rescue series, is a Christian romantic suspense. A riveting story from start to finish, The Price of Valor takes the reader across the globe in search of a kidnapped woman. About The Price of Valor VALOR noun val·​or | \ ˈva-lər  \ –strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery Hamilton Jones and Signe Kincaid were close childhood ...

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book reviews, christian fiction, reviews, romance, suspense · October 27, 2020

Review: Flee the Darkness by Carol J. Post

Flee the Darkness, Carol J. Post's newest release, is a Christian romantic suspense. The first novel in the Harmony Grove series, Flee the Darkness exceptionally portrays the flight, fear, and panic of Melissa Langston as she desperately seeks to flee a vicious stalker. About Flee the Darkness Melissa only wants to live a normal life, and she can't help that her ex-boyfriend Eugene is a psycho. After cutting ties with her ex, then filing a restraining order against him, Melissa decides to ...

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Life and Death on Troublesome Creek Bordes Slone Jami's Words

book reviews, historical fiction, history, reviews · July 27, 2019

Life and Death on Troublesome Creek by Bordes Slone

Writing this leaves me a bit nostalgic. Life and Death on Troublesome Creek is a historical novel by Bordes Slone, and it takes place in the area of Troublesome Creek in southeastern Kentucky. I spent a few years in the area, graduated college there, and having the opportunity to read the novel made me take a step into my own past inside the beautiful mountains of Kentucky. The Art of Storytelling First, let me tell you about the beauty of Appalachian storytelling. Author Bordes Slone ...

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book reviews, christian fiction, contemporary fiction, reviews, romance, Uncategorized · January 27, 2019

The Dad Next Door by Stephanie Dees | A Review

A Summary The Dad Next Door, a contemporary Christian romance novel by Stephanie Dees, is a story of second chances. Claire Conley, a social worker, has inherited a mansion from her biological father. Claire, along with her twin sister Jordan, plan on turning the mansion into a foster home. After having had their own difficult upbringing after the death of their mother and their father turning them over to adoption, Claire has a heart for kids who have had difficult childhoods. However, ...

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Lethal Legacy Carol Post Jami's Words

book reviews, christian fiction, contemporary fiction, mystery, reviews, romance, suspense · November 9, 2018

Lethal Legacy by Carol J. Post – a review

Lethal Legacy is Carol J. Post's newest novel in her Murphy, North Carolina series. This Harlequin Love Inspired novel is full of suspense that left me on the edge of my seat. An author who has proven herself to me time and again, Carol Post has impressed me again. Heroine Andrea Wheaton, after having lost her parents in a car crash, has the task of finding answers. After suspecting that someone wanted her father dead, Andrea launches her own investigation beginning with the family home in ...

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Christmas with the Cowboy Jami's Words

book reviews, christian fiction, contemporary fiction, giveaway, reviews, romance · September 28, 2018

Christmas with the Cowboy by Tina Radcliffe – a review & giveaway

Welcome to the JustRead Publicity Tour's BLOG TOUR for Christmas with the Cowboy by Tina Radcliffe. Christmas novels are a favorite of mine. Couple that with a contemporary romance foundation, and I'm sold. Tina Radcliffe's newest novel Christmas with the Cowboy was a wonderful story. The hero and heroine were very likeable, and the secondary characters were amazing. Tina's writing is so easy to like. Christmas with the Cowboy had no complicated characters that drove me insane, and the story ...

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The Innkeeper's Daughter Michelle Griep Jami's Words

Barbour Publishing, book reviews, christian fiction, historical fiction, reviews, romance · September 27, 2018

The Innkeeper’s Daughter by Michelle Griep – a review

I am one of those people who claims to not judge a book by its cover. That is mostly true. However, when I saw the cover of The Innkeeper's Daughter and read the book description, I knew that I would be reading this book at some point in time. The time period that Michelle Griep's novel is written (Early 1800s England) is a period I enjoy reading. The cover art drew me in right away. I was sold. Joanna Langley, her mother Eliza, and young brother Thomas own and live in the Blue Hedge Inn in ...

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book reviews, christian fiction, giveaway, mystery, reviews, romance, suspense · June 26, 2018

A Vast and Gracious Tide by Lisa Carter | Review & GIVEAWAY!

A good mystery with a romantic twist thrown in for good measure makes an enjoyable read. A Vast and Gracious Tide by Lisa Carter was an entertaining read! Welcome to the blog tour and giveaway for A Vast and Gracious Tide by Lisa Carter, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! McKenna is a young lady who has loved and lost--her fiance, that is. With Shawn's death, McKenna said goodbye also to her love of dancing. The joy of that went with the loss of Shawn. Instead, she throws herself into helping ...

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