Fiction Friday | Novel Inspiration by Carolyn Miller

I’ll admit it: I find inspiration for my books in lots of places. News items, personal and God challenges, historical tidbits, overheard conversations, and travel have all formed the inspiration behind various books I’ve written. For my new contemporary romance series I’ve used a number of places I’ve personally visited. For The Breakup Project, I …

Fiction Friday | A Stray Drop of Blood by Roseanna M. White

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for A Stray Drop of Blood by Roseanna M. White. A Stray Drop of Blood is Roseanna M. White’s debut book and one of the first fiction books I reviewed when I started blogging in 2010. A Biblical fiction gospel story, it’s fitting to share my …

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 …

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 …

Fiction Friday | Art & Checked Impressions

Any other art fans out there? Do you enjoy reading books with artworks in it? Back in 2010 my husband and I were blessed with the opportunity to visit North America which saw this redheaded Aussie insist on a trip to every redhead’s spiritual home: Prince Edward Island, aka the home of Anne of Green …

Christian Fiction and Real Life Issues

I occasionally read Christian fiction stories that tackle deep and challenging real life issues. Story can be an effective way to teach us how to empathise with people who are in difficult and messy situations. Through the character’s point-of-view we can gain valuable insights into how they think, feel and respond in specific circumstances. We …

What’s New From Members of ACFW Beyond the Borders

I’m posting today in my role of Zone Director of the Beyond the Borders zone of American Christian Fiction Writers, which includes many Australian and New Zealand members. This post used to be called Monday Milestones … but it’s now posting on Friday. I guess that means we need a new name. How does Fiction …

Winter Olympics Dream Comes to Life

Wow. It’s hard to believe this day is nearly here – the release of the very first book I ever wrote! Years before any of my historicals were published, I was watching the closing ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, when I noticed an Aussie female athlete holding hands with a North American male …

Fiction Friday – In Search Of A Prince by Toni Shiloh

Narelle here. Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Toni Shiloh’s upcoming contemporary Christian romance release, In Search Of A Prince, set in the USA and a fictional West African Island. Royalty romances and princess stories are fun reads that are typically set in fictional European countries. I love reading fiction that …

Friday Fiction | Getting To Know Walt Mussell

Today we welcome Walt Mussell to our blog for Friday Fiction. Walt also has a special on reader platforms for Australian and New Zealand readers. (see info at the bottom of the post). Can you tell us something others may not know about you? I once sat behind Sophia Loren on an airplane. She was …