A Veil of Pearls

  
This story took me to a different time and place. It is the South in 1812. How differently people thought and behaved than they do today.

Althea, a young girl, living in Barbados, had been taken as a slave after her parents were killed in a hurricane. She has been beaten and abused. When she finds a chance, she runs like the wind and finds herself in Charleston.

After she struggles to survive with no home or income, she changes her name to Adalia and becomes an assistant to a local doctor. No one can see that she is 25% black. She goes on living in an environment that views slavery as staus quo. She thinks she is safe as she falls in love with a local plantation owner's son, Morgan. But her past creeps in and her safe world becomes very dangerous.

Take a journey with Adalia and Morgan as they navigate these waters.

Covenant Child

I missed this novel by Terri Blackstock when it was first published in 2002. It was a fun read that tugged at my heart strings.

Kara and Lizzie were dearly loved by their father, Jack, after their mother passes away shorly after their birth. These red-headed twins gain a new stepmother, Amanda, when they are 3 years old.

Their picture-perfect world is destroyed when they are torn away from Amanda after Jack and his parents suddenly die in a plane crash. Amanda had promised Jack that she would care for the girls if anything ever happened to him. The courts made this impossible when the maternal grandparents arrive on the scene. The girls are heiresses to a billion-dollar fortune and their grandparents want to get their hands on it.

You will see and experience Amanda's unconditional love for these girls as you follow their journey on a path their father never wanted for them.






I received this book from Thomas Nelson in exchange for my unbiased review

The Widow of Saunders Creek

Corrie has lost her husband Jarrod of 7 years in Iraq. After feeling smothered by her mother in her hometown of Dallas, she has returned to her husband's hometown in Missouri.



Little did she know what she would encounter in the house that had been left to Jarrod by his grandmother - a dark spiritual world that she is not prepared for. As Jarrod's cousin Eli helps Corrie restore the house, Corrie slowly discovers a new love and this dark spiritual world.



Walk with Corrie on the uncertain path to find her way to the One who is the true answer - Jesus.






eceived this book from Waterbrook Multnomah in exchange for my unbiased review

When Love Comes My Way

When Love Comes My Way by Lori Copeland was a fun read!

 In 1873, Tess Wakefield is on her way from Boston to Wakefield Lumber in upper Michigan. As her grandfather's only heir, she has decided to sell the business to a rival lumberjack. During her travels, Tess is in a tragic accident. Only she and the driver survive. As a result of the accident, Tess has lost all her memories. She doesn't even know who she is!

The community in her grandfather's camp assume she is the new teacher due to arrive. Tess, who is not a teacher, must learn to teach a schoolroom full of unruly children.

This story remains interesting as Tess learns to survive in a wild lumber camp under a mistaken identity.

The Wedding Dress

I absolutely loved The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck!!! The book initially appeared to be a story within a story. Before I realized it, the author had told the stories of 4 different women over the past 100 years.

The stories of Charlotte (current day) and Emily (1912) grew to include the tales of Mary (1939) and Hillary (1968). These four women shared a common bond, the same beautiful wedding dress.

This was a fun tale about how each of these women's lives were affected and changed by both this beautiful dress and our awesome God!!!





I received this book from Thomas Nelson in exchange for my unbiased review

Lady's Anne's Quest

The search for Anne's uncle began in The Lady's Maid. She continues her search in Lady Anne's Quest.

Anne has given up so much of her London ways in her quest to find her Uncle David. Her continued efforts result is an interesting conclusion. I have a strong feeling that there will be a third book in this series.

The Lady's Maid

The Lady's Maid provided an interesting journey with Anne and Elise from London, England to west coast of America in search of Anne's uncle.  In the year 1855, there were a lot of hardships and unknowns.

This is the first book by Susan Page Davis that I have read.  It keep me turning page after page towards the conclusion of Anne and Elise's quest.   I was a bit disappointed with the ending.  It seemed to leave too many unanswered questions for me.   I will look forward to the sequel.