Fiction
The Shepherd’s Wife – Angela Hunt
I’m pretty sure I begin every review of Biblical fiction with this phrase: Biblical fiction is hard to write. If you stray too far from what’s known of the biblical story, readers will shout at […]
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Daylight (Atlee Pine #3) – David Baldacci
David Baldacci has kind of a thing for developing dual plots. One plot will start and end during the book; the other is an overarching plotline that is slowly resolved throughout the series. The Atlee […]
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Whose Waves These Are – Amanda Dykes
Every once in a while, you come across a debut novel that is so enchanting, you wonder how it possibly could have been the author’s first. Whose Waves These Are is such a novel. From […]
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Shine the Light – April McGowan
Shine the Light is the book equivalent of a Hallmark movie. I really don’t need to say much more than this. There’s over-the-top all-too-easily resolved drama. There’s cheesy and easy romance. There’s several stock characters […]
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Hearts Set Free – Jess Lederman
Hearts Set Free is a novel that’s difficult to categorize. Part allegory (or at least so heavy-handed in its messaging that I’m going to call it allegory) and part historical fiction, the novel follows three […]
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Burden of Proof – Davis Bunn
The title is Burden of Proof. The cover shows a man in a suit walking down stairs while talking on a cell phone. The novel’s summary says something like “Ethan must face his past and […]
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In Search of the Beloved – Marian Rizzo
In Search of the Beloved is written by Marian Rizzo, a Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist. Unfortunately, Rizzo can’t seem to shake her journalist roots, resulting in a book that is written as a series of […]
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The Love Scam – Jeffrey McClain Jones
Normally when a book is bad, I just don’t review it. The Love Scam is different. It’s so bad I had to review it. The Love Scam is a poorly-written pile of cringeworthy sentences that […]
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The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus – Jaime Jo Wright
The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus is a story told in two times, in two halves. The past storyline is a reasonably told tale of mystery, deceit, and death (with just the right amount of kitsch). […]
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The Escape – Lisa Harris
The Escape begins with a bang and never lets up. That becomes its biggest strength and greatest weakness. US Marshals Madison James and Jonas Quinn find themselves unlikely partners on a prisoner transport mission. They’ve […]