This review contains spoilers. Some I have tried to hide, and others will be revealed. You have been warned. I haven’t read the previous books in this trilogy (this being the third of the Private Justice series), but I have read books by the author before. I really enjoyed the author’s Heroes of Quantico trilogy, to which there was a nice reference to the RITA-Winning Award third book of that trilogy: In Harm’s Way. I don’t … Continue reading Deceived by Irene Hannon →
The Widow’s Suitor is a quick and easy read, a sweet and simple inspirational romance with a straightforward plot, some drama and excitement, and easily recognizable character types and conflicts. Ultimately, though, it wasn’t for me. Our heroine, Cora Anderson, is a young (twenty-something) widow living on a South Dakota homestead with her mother in law Bertha. Cora’s husband Hank (Bertha’s son) has died some seven or eight months before, and the two women are … Continue reading The Widow’s Suitor by Rose Ross Zediker →
Some caveats before I begin with the actual review: I have never read an inspirational romance before, let alone an Amish inspirational romance, so it is without any doubt that I am completely unfamiliar with this subgenre’s tropes and conventions. Also, aside from that one time when I was seven my uncle took me to this place in Ohio where some nice Amish ladies made some delicious fruit cobblers, I lack the background to vouch … Continue reading Huckleberry Summer by Jennifer Beckstrand →
The fun thing about RITA review challenges is that you get to read books that you would never have considered picking up otherwise. So when I looked down the list last week and saw a whole collection of Inspirational Romances, I thought, well, why not? I mean, I’m Christian, I love romances – I am the target market! Sold! As this is the first Inspirational Romance I’ve read, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect … Continue reading Huckleberry Summer by Jennifer Beckstrand →
Hope at Dawn is the first book in Stacy Henrie’s “Of Love and War” series, set around the time of World War I. Since this is an underutilized period in the historical romance novel world, there’s a potential for freshness here. And the specific issue is one I’ve not seen addressed in a romance novel before, namely, the persecution of German Americans on the home front during WWI. It’s an interesting backdrop for the tale. … Continue reading Hope at Dawn by Stacy Henrie →
