Excerpt: Isle of Mull Scotland, 1486 My father sat in his usual chair in front of the crackling fire, staring at the flame with dim eyes and a fur robe wrapped around his broad shoulders, the deerhound curled at his feet. “Where are you going, Aine?” he asked with his back turned toward the…
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Don’t Miss This: A Highland Emerald by Brenda B. Taylor
Blurb: Aine MacLean is forced into an arranged marriage with Sir William, Chief of Clan Munro, yet her heart belongs to a handsome young warrior in her father’s guard. She must leave Durant Castle, the home of her birth on the Isle of Mull, and travel across Scotland in a perilous journey to…
Book Review: Finish by Jon Acuff
ABOUT FINISH: Year after year, readers pulled me aside at events and said, “I’ve never had a problem starting. I’ve started a million things, but I never finish them. Why can’t I finish? According to studies, 92 percent of New Year’s reso-lutions fail. You’ve practically got a better shot at getting into Juilliard to become…
Dream Maker: A Child’s Life of Christ by Katheryn Maddox Haddad
A Child’s Life of Christ: DREAM MAKER Storybook #2 in Series THEY MET JESUS In storybook 2, your children meet…. *Simon where they learn not to get into fights, *John the Baptist where they learn to not be so shy, *Jesus being tempted where they learn to do good to others, *Andrew and…
Robin Steinweg: Sweet in the Middle
Stuck in the Sweet in the Middle by Robin Steinweg Do you ever feel you’re in that awkward, in-between stage? I sure do! I recently spent years stuck in a crushing middle. Round and round I turned from the growing needs of aging parents to those of growing sons to those of…
Savoring the Not-So-Perfect Life by Michelle Rayburn
Savoring the Not-So-Perfect Life by Michelle Rayburn (For September 10 – National TV Dinner Day) When I was young, my mother cooked most meals from scratch, baked six loaves of bread every week and canned enough vegetables to feed the neighborhood if we ever had to retreat to a bomb shelter. But on…