Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles

April 16, 2020

Charles Frazier’s historical novel Cold Mountain came out in 1997, and went on to win the National Book Award. It became an Academy Award-winning film in 2003. Perhaps the same will happen with Paulette Jiles’ latest book, Simon the...

The Moonglow Sisters by Lori Wilde

March 04, 2020

Lori Wilde’s The Moonglow Sisters is the story of three young women and the influence they have on a small community, in good times and in bad. Perhaps I enjoyed it so much because I am one of three sisters. It may have been a little too philosophical at times,...

A Sister’s Courage by Molly Green

January 29, 2020

While I enjoyed the premise of A Sister’s Courage, the first in Molly Green’s Victory Sisters series, I had to continually remind myself how young Raine Linfoot was. The heroine of the book may have been a pilot during World War II, shuttling planes...

Christmas from the Heart by Sheila Roberts

December 14, 2019

I’m a day late, but I just didn’t have the five hours to give to Sheila Roberts’ Christmas from the Heart until Friday. If you only have time for one Christmas romance this year, you might want to make it this one. It’s a reformed Scrooge...

Finding Christmas by Karen Schaler

October 29, 2019

Karen Schaler’s Finding Christmas was a little like falling into a Hallmark movie. It will come as no surprise to anyone that Schaler is the writer of a couple Hallmark movies, including “Christmas Camp”, and a Netflix one, “A Christmas...