Friday Fiction | Book Review of Love, Faith and Tender Kisses

Today I will be reviewing a new boxset featuring three of our authors. Love, Faith and Tender Kisses features seven novellas including stories by Narelle Atkins, Carolyn Miller and Meredith Resce. Boy meets girl. Man meets woman. Sparks fly. All good love stories start here and usually face a myriad of challenges before the young …

Book Review | The Well-Watered Woman by Gretchen Saffles

My book review of The Well-Watered Woman by Gretchen Saffles Description: “Discover the bottomless, refreshing Well of God’s Word-and experience a fullness and peace beyond your circumstances. In the chaos of our everyday, it can be difficult to live out and apply the truths of Scripture. We want more of Jesus, but we find ourselves …

Fiction Friday | Book Review Cliffhanger by Susan Page Davis

Today I am reviewing Susan Page Davis’s 100th release Cliffhanger Blurb A charming themed inn, breaking waves, and a missing guest. What more could one ask? The Novel Inn’s reopening goes smoothly until a guest vanishes. The new owners prepare for their first large group—a former squad of cheerleaders meeting for a reunion. Things go …

Book Review | Hook Your Readers by Tamar Sloan

Tamar Sloan is an Australian psychologist and author who has combined her talents to write this book. In it, she explains the importance of story to the human psyche (which Lisa Cron also addresses in Wired for Story), and discusses the key psychological components that make a book compelling. Sloan starts with the 1944 Heider …

Fiction Friday | Book Review of Her Tycoon Hero by Narelle Atkins

Today I am reviewing Her Tycoon Hero by Narelle Atkins  releasing today Cassie Beaumont believes in second chances Cassie is set on proving she’s no longer a party girl, instead focusing on her career as an event planner. Ryan Mitchell, her dad’s top executive, proves to be a handsome distraction, especially when someone from Cassie’s …

Fiction Friday | Review of The Breakup Project by Carolyn Miller

Today I am reviewing The Breakup Project by Carolyn Miller New Year. New Resolution. New Romance? What happens when the best-laid plans break a friendship? As the twin sister of hockey’s hottest forward, romance-loving Bree Karlsson is used to being ignored, leading to a New Year’s resolution to not date any athlete in her attempt …

Friday Fiction | Review of Reclaiming Hope by Carolyn Miller

Welcome to fiction Friday. Reclaiming Hope by Carolyn Miller Opposites attract—and repel. But which is more powerful? Callie Steele might be a bit…focused on work, but despite what her employers say, she enjoys her well-ordered, productive life. When she’s sent to meet the owners of an estate requiring post-hurricane landscaping, Callie meets their son, Kai Brody, …

Fiction Friday | Oslo Overtures by Marion Ueckermann

As many of you know, South African Christian author Marion Ueckermann is now with Jesus. This is a repost of my review of Oslo Overtures, my favourite Marion Ueckermann romance … not least because it’s got a Kiwi main character. Sheppard meets Angel Anjelica Joergensen—Angel—is one of the few females in the male-dominated world of …

Fiction Friday | Book Review | Straight Up by Lisa Samson

Straight Up was first published in 2006, which makes it a lot older than the novels we usually review here at Australasian Christian Writers. I’ve chosen to review this because I think this is a great book for writers to read, because of the  quality of the writing. There’s a lot to learn here. But …

Review of ‘Elite’ by Kristen Young

Background to the Book ‘Elite’ is Book 2 in Kristen Young’s ‘Collective Underground’ series. Although there is enough backstory to enable you to follow the plot without reading Book 1, it will mean a lot more to you if you read the books in sequence. In Apprentice,  the first book, Flick Kerr is one of …