Today I’m sharing my book recommendation for A Heart to Treasure, Dienece Darling’s delightful romance novella set in Georgian England. Here’s the Book Description: The vicar’s son and the draper’s daughter have fought against all odds to be together, but a storm is coming. One that will shatter everything.Life hasn’t been easy for Obadiah Howard, …
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Welcome to October’s new releases. Today we have 6 books to share with you as well as the Tuesday Book Chat winners for the Third quarter. El Roi: God Who Sees Me by Jo Wanmer Publisher: ‎ Armour Books (Released: 5 September 2025) Desperate for the light … Dan dreams of qualifying as an engineer. But his …
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Writing and contest news from members of ACFW’s Beyond the Borders zone, plus what they like most about their country
When I think of the Apostle Paul, I picture a fearless man. Bold and unapologetic. No, trouble being brave. He was stoned, imprisoned, beaten, chased out of town, set on by mobs, hated by so many, and shipwrecked. Still, he kept on preaching. Such bravery! Me? I’m not so brave. I prefer to write because …
Today, Dienece Darling shares her book review of Suzie Peace Pybus’s The Truth about Irene, a woman’s fiction with a touch of mystery. Book Description: Sixty and widowed, Irene flees her big house on a farm for a tiny flat in a Tasmanian tourist town, leaving behind everything but a few personal belongings and her …
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Members of the Beyond the Borders zone of American Christian Fiction Writers have been busy writing and publishing over the last few months … Contest Finalists and Winners Sophie Neville’s World War II screenplay has just won Best True Story at the Page Turner Awards. Click here to read more from Sophie. Dienece Darling is …
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Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Hearts Unknown by Dienece Darling, a delightful historical romance novelette set in the Georgian era. Here’s the Book Description: When the heart longs for what it cannot have, toes aren’t safe in the ballroom.Edith Howard has long mourned the loss of Clarence. He was more …
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> Dienece Darling here today, offering a book review of Aussie author Jenny Glazebrook’s contemporary YA romance Seeing Jess. Book Blurb Jess Cardelle likes to fix people. She’s used to being the helper, the dependable one. But losing her brother Toby in an accident was never part of the plan. Why didn’t God give her a …
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Welcome to November’s new releases. Today we have 2 books to share with you. Hearts Unknown by Dienece Darling Self published. (Release date: November 15, 2024) When the heart longs for what it cannot have, toes aren’t safe in the ballroom.Edith Howard has long mourned the loss of Clarence. He was more than the boy …
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Have you ever looked at your life and thought, “No one would ever be inspired by me?” This post is for the not-quite-right roses and failed daylilies. Take encouragement from my garden and a prophet who felt as you do. In Australia, it’s wintertime. In some parts of the world, winter means no flowers, but …
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