Book Review | A Royal Christmas by Melody Carlson

Welcome to Fiction Friday where I am reviewing A Royal Christmas by Melody Carlson. Book Description Adelaide Smith is too busy for fairy tales. She’s been working hard to put herself through law school and now that the end is in sight, she’s determined to stay focused on her goals. Then she receives a letter …

Fiction Friday | Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee

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. …

Fiction Friday | What’s the deal with Celebrity books?

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 …

Fiction Friday | What Makes a Strong Heroine?

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 …

Fiction Friday | Book Review Love Most Certain by Penny Zeller

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 …

Friday Fiction | Love Somebody Like You

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 …

Fiction Friday | Book Review She Get’s July by Susan Page Davis

Today I am reviewing She Get’s July by Susan Page Davis for Fiction Friday Blurb Rebecca Harding can hardly wait to get away from her city nursing job in Portland, Maine, for a few restful days at her lakeside cottage. The only problem is, the cottage is half owned by her former fiancé, architect Rob …

Book Review | Her Unlikely Hero by Valerie Comer and Giveaway

Today I will be reviewing Her Unlikely Hero by Valerie Comer book one of the Easter in Gilead series.  Book description Redemption and second chances abound in this small-town, single-mom romance with a former bad boy set at Easter.Connor Hamelin’s Kansas farm boss offers wages through the winter if he’ll try out for the annual …

Fiction Friday | Trying Something New

It gets a little easy sometimes to do the same old thing all the time, doesn’t it? Prepare spaghetti bolognaise once a week / fortnight? Check. (Hey, it’s simple to cook and the fam like it) Keep exercise to a daily walk-the-dog? Check.  (At least I do that much!) Order the same thing at a …

Fiction Friday | Let’s Have Some Friday Book Fun

Welcome back to Friday Fiction and some reader questions. After the success of the last post I am doing another choice post. I am not reading a lot at the present due to a few factors. Which holiday or special day would you like to see in books? Let us know if you have a …