Here are two excellent sites for Christian readers:

1. 1. http://Redeemedreader.com whose mission statement reads: “Our goal…is to shine a gospel light on children’s literature so that Christian parents, educators, and the children they nurture may read in a more redeemed and redeeming way.”
2. 2.  http://www.bookreporter.com/faithfulreader - This site features Christian book reviews, author talks, book giveaways, and much more.

Romance and much more!

Author Tracie Peterson begins her new  series, Lone Star Brides, with the novel entitled A Sensible Arrangement.  Marty Olson is so determined to leave Texas  behind ,  along with all the painful memories of the death of her husband,  that she accepts the offer of marriage to complete stranger Jake Wythe and moves  to Denver, Colorado.  Jake also has painful memories of his deceased spouse  but, unlike Marty, he has maintained his walk of faith.  His faith and that of the household force Marty to revisit her own walk and this, in turn, affects all of her relationships especially with Jake.  In the 1890s Jake and Marty live among the wealthy of Denver and when that life is shaken by a collapsing economy, both Marty and Jake must change their relationship to each other as they come to depend on their faith to get them through troubled  times.

History and Romance with a bit of Mystery

Tide and Tempest is Book 3 and the final book in the Edge of Freedom Series by Elizabeth Ludwig.  It can be read separately even though it continues the connection to the revolutionary Irish Fenians group in the 1800s.  Tillie’s betrothed, Braedon, died aboard Captain Morgan’s boat two years previously and the good Captain has returned to New York to check on her welfare.  He feels obligated to help her when he is made aware that his ship’s doctor actually poisoned her fiancé.  In the process, Morgan learns that Tillie’s life is now endanger and his protective instincts change into love as the danger on her life increases.  There is plenty of intrigue and mystery involved as Morgan and his brother, Cass, strive to find out who is behind the murder of Braedon and why the assassin was hired to murder the man Tillie was to marry.

The Edge of Freedom series begins with No Safe Harbor (1) and Dark Road Home (2).

Modern Day Romance

Modern Day Romance

Susan May Warren has authored a new series entitled The Christiansen Family.  The first book, Take a chance on me, centers around four people who must decide to take a chance on each other and, more importantly, take a chance on God.  All begin the story with the belief that God has no desire to be a part of their lives and each travels a different path to come to know the truth of God's love and grace.  The subject of the first book is the eldest of the Christiansen siblings, twenty-eight year old Darek and his attraction to the beautiful new attorney in town, Ivy.   The second book in the series, It had to be you, involves the oldest daughter, Eden, and her role as supporter of younger brother, Owen, who is beginning his career as a professional hockey player in Minneapolis. The story takes a romantic turn with the unusual attraction between Eden and a man who is her exact opposite.

Modern Day Fairy Tale
Once upon a prince by Rachel Hauck is a classic modern day romance. The story involves the relationship between a royal prince and an ordinary girl and the resulting complications. Romance is the last thing that either one is expecting and both are taken by surprise. This is the first book in The Royal Wedding Series. The second book is entitled Princess ever after, and it, too, centers around a small-town girl and an official for the Grand Duchy of Hessenberg. This time, however, the small-town girl turns out to be the long lost reluctant princess

Good Reads 2/14

True story of Courage

Prepared for a purpose by Antoinette Tuff begins with the author rising at 5:00 am and reading the Bible. This daily routine guided her in understanding God’s direction for her life as to “what to do, how to act, what to say, and who to help.” On August 20, 2013, she was confronted while at work, by Michael, the intruder and shooter. More than the story of the school crisis, the reader is given Antoinette’s background and her life long walk with the Lord that led up to that moment in the school. It is a story of her childhood, rejection by her father, being homeless with her mother, and her eventual marriage and children. The book strengthened my faith in what God can do through a believer totally dependent on Him.