Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Christmas Ella by Angela Ruth Strong. Here’s the book description: Cinderella story meets reality TV when the star of All That Glitters sweeps location director Ella Goodwin off her feet. To avoid disapproval from the King family, she attends their masquerade ball in disguise, never …
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Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my Christmas book recommendation for All’s Fair in Love and Christmas by Sarah Monzon. Here’s the book description: Two workplace rivals. One festive competition. And a romance that upends it all.Every December two things are guaranteed for graphic designer Mackenzie Graham–Christmas celebrations and the annual promotion at her workplace. …
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Today I am reviewing The Christmas Box by Jessica Wakefield Book description: Three Christmas NovellasCan Christmas be saved by a mysterious box? Join three couples across three decades as they find love in places they least expected it.1995: Braving ChristmasAmy Franklin is in love with her best friend. Years of family rejection have left her …
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Narelle here. I’m excited to share an interview with Tessa Afshar talking about her new book, The Peasant King, that’s releasing in November 2023. What characters from The Hidden Prince do we meet again in this novel? Twenty years have passed since the events in The Hidden Prince, and now our main character is Keren and Jared’s …
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Narelle here. I’m excited to welcome Michelle Shocklee to our blog today and share our interview about her new book, Appalachian Song, that released October 3, 2023. Fast Five Hobbits or Mad Max? Hobbits…as long as I’m invited to their Hobbit house. Books or TV? Books. Always. Sun or snow? Snow. Desert or sea? Sea. …
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Lights, camera, action! I recently heard my new release Muskoka Spotlight being described as a celebrity romance book. I suppose it is, as it’s about a famous Hollywood actor hiding out in Muskoka, Canada where he meets an aged care nurse, and sparks fly, etc. It’s just I hadn’t really thought about it in that …
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Today I am reviewing Where Our Hearts Lie by Jenny Glazebrook which released Tuesday. Book Description Can two hurting hearts find where they belong? Hallie Hollaway is the daughter of missionaries and a child prodigy who desperately wants to fit in. When her first meeting with an internet boyfriend goes horribly wrong, she escapes to her …
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Today I am talking about What Makes a Strong Heroine? It takes a special kind of woman to cope with all the flak, so it was interesting to consider what kind of qualities a woman might need to deal with situations where she could face anything from misogynistic remarks to having hot dogs thrown at …
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Today I am reviewing Penny Zeller’s latest release. Book Description: Can newfound love heal a broken heart? Genevieve Amsel is recovering from a canceled engagement when her dear friend, Tillie, invites her to move to Ellis Creek for a fresh start. While she settles into life in the friendly Montana town, one thing is for …
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A few years ago I approached Aussie author friend Narelle Atkins about the possibility of doing a multi-author Christian contemporary romance series. We brainstormed ideas, authors we knew who wrote in a similar genre (or planned to), and settled on the concept of a fictional town set in east Washington state called Trinity Lakes. The …
