The Captivating Lady Charlotte Review!!!!!!!

The Captivation Lady Charlotte by Carolyn Miller

+Carolyn Miller

Book Description:

Her heart is her own--but her hand in marriage is another matter

Lady Charlotte Featherington is destined for great things on the marriage market. After all, as the beautiful daughter of a marquess, she should have her pick of the eligible nobility hen she debuts. She, however, has love at the top of her list of marriageable attributes. And her romantic heart falls hard for one particularly dashing, attentive suitor. Sadly for Charlotte, her noble father intends her betrothed to be someone far more dull.

William Hartwell may be a duke, but he knows he was Charlotte's father's pick, not the young lady's own choice. And the captivating Lady Charlotte does not strike him as a woman who will be wooed by his wealth or title. While she has captured his heart, he has no idea how to win hers in return--and the betrayal and scandal his first wife put him through makes it difficult for him to believe that love can ever be trusted. His only hope is that Charlotte's sense of responsibility will win out over her romantic notions.

Can a widowed duke and a romantically inclined lady negotiate a future and discover love beyond duty? Will they be able to find healing and hope from the legacy of grace? Poignant and charming, this is another beautifully written, clean and wholesome Regency romance from Carolyn Miller

My Opinion:
LOVE IT!!!!!!!  Now, I absolutely LOVED the first in this series, The Elusive Miss Ellison, but I think The Captivating Lady Charlotte is EVEN BETTER!!!!!  Charlotte is one of my favorite characters and her story is just what it should be!  Entertaining, filled with adventure, and heart meltingly romantic! :)  Plus Lavinia and Nicholas are key characters in this one also!  I do feel that the book description doesn't fit the book very well, but the story is even better than I thought it would be.  I could read this book again and again!!!!  There's a little bit of everything: joy, mystique, sorrow, love, Faith, adventure, danger, and much more!  The pace is great, and that ending! :D  The end of this book is FANTASTIC and left me nearly on the edge of my seat!  A MUST READ, and I can't wait for the next one!

Songs: "Love Never Fails" by Brandon Heath, "He Leadeth Me" by The Cluster Pluckers, 
Songs etc. May be changed and/or added in the future. ~ASC

Jeremiah 29:11, 2 Corinthians 

~ASC

*I requested and received this book from Kregel for the purpose of reviewing it.  This in no way affected my opinion and the above are my true thoughts and feelings about The Captivating Lady Charlotte. ~ASC

Heart on the Line Review!!!!!

Heart on the Line by Karen Witemeyer

Book Description:
Grace Mallory is tired of running, of hiding. But when an old friend sends an after-hours telegraph transmission warning Grace that the man who has hunted her for nearly a year has discovered her location, she fears she has no choice. She can't let the villain she believes responsible for her father's death release his wrath in Harper's Station, the town that has sheltered her and blessed her with the dearest friends she's ever known. 

Amos Bledsoe prefers bicycles to horses and private conversations over the telegraph wire to social gatherings with young ladies who see him as nothing more than an oddity. His telegraph companion, the mysterious Miss G, listens eagerly to his ramblings every night and delights him with tales all her own. For months, their friendship--dare he believe, courtship?--has fed his hope that he has finally found the woman God intended for him. Yet when he takes the next step to meet her in person, he discovers her life is in peril, and Amos must decide if he can shed the cocoon of his quiet nature to become the hero Grace requires. 

My Opinion:
LOVE IT!!!  I am a HUGE fan of Karen, and this just makes me love her books even more! :)  She weaves Faith and Love so beautifully!!!!  Heart on the Line is really two love stories in one, and I think I enjoyed the second characters story even more than Grace's!  From the beginning Karen grabs your attention as she sets the stage.  Then she proceeds to develop some of the most lovable and entertaining characters you will ever find!  I absolutely loved returning to Harper's Station and I can't wait to come again! ;)  The action scenes are fantastic and I truly love Grace as a character.  Beneath her shy exterior lies courage and a back bone of iron!  And Amos is a true gentleman!  I also loved the return of all my favorite characters, from Aunts Henry and Bertie to Emma, Malachi, Tori, and Ben.  But the secondary couple really stole the show for me.  I won't give anything away, but I've just got to say, I devoured every single scene about these two and would read this book over again for those scenes alone! ;)  Overall I dub this a MUST READ!  

The only thing I wish was different has more to do with the publisher than the author.  As anyone who knows me knows, ebooks and I do NOT get along.  And I missed out on Tori's story because it's ebook only. :/  Or so I thought!  I'm SO excited that Worth the Wait (aptly named is it not? ;) ) will be releasing in a novella collection next year (OH I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!).  I wish it had been published before Heart on the Line or that Worth the Wait had been published in the beginning of Heart on the Line.  Ok I'll get off my soap box now. ;)


Songs: "Even If" by MercyMe, "God gave me you" performed by Dave Barnes
Songs etc. May be changed and/or added in the future. ~ASC

Galatians 5:1, Proverbs 13:12

~ASC


*I requested and received this book from Bethany House for the purpose of reviewing it.  This in no way affected my opinion and the above are my true thoughts and feelings about Heart on the Line. ~ASC

Author Interview with Beverly Nault!!!!!!!

Followers and Return Readers will remember Beverly Nault from me reviewing her books!

Well I am so happy to say SHE'S BACK and she's got a brand new book! :D

What inspired you to write Misdirect, a Novel of Spies, the Sahara, and Searching for God?  

I’m a fan of spy novels, and I have had a germ of a story about a mother-daughter relationship that started on a long car trip with my own daughter years ago. We brainstormed plots and characters, and that story was in the back of my mind started working on writing a spy story.

For the espionage angle, I had a lot of work to do because as I studied the craft, I realized their greatest strength is lying, or as they call it, “misdirecting” so that whatever they’re doing won’t be discovered until they can accomplish their objective. I studied spycraft, interviewed an intelligence expert about ISIS recruiting, read about the Sahara, and what it’s like to ride a camel. The desert part was pretty easy since I live in Southern California and we’re surrounded by them.

I wanted to include the reader in the misdirection to pull off a surprise twist at the end, so I had my work cut out for me. This probably took me the most amount of time making sure the details worked for the ending.

Is there a Bible verse that the story centers around?  

The plot itself can be defined by 2 Corinthians 4:18-

“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

because of what’s going on as far as the spy-craft, and the events that unfold. In a broader, more eternal application, it also applies because of how God works in our lives even when we don’t recognize his presence until all is revealed in His time.

What is you're favorite Bible verse right now?  

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Colossians 2:8

This has been a scripture I’ve prayed for those who either muddy His truths, or downright choose to ignore Christ’s death and resurrection and believe falsehoods of man-made religions.  

Is this going to be the first in a series?

I don’t plan on a series, but I also wasn’t sure if I was ever going to accomplish this book until God kept prodding and equipping me, so I’ll just say, we shall see!

Is there anything else you want readers to know?

Eve, the main character in Misdirect, is a CIA analyst who’s been on desk duty after botching an op several years ago. When she’s thrown back into the field, she knows her tradecraft is rusty but she hits the ground running in the most important op in her career. While that storyline is exciting and important, her parallel storyline is also important because it reveals her walk with Christ, which has also grown rusty. When she encounters a young Muslim teen who challenges her beliefs, she has to sort out answers to his questions, and quickly brushes up on her own faith.

My hope with her story is that readers realize that even when we don’t feel our walk or answers are adequate, as Eve worried, God is still there for us. He can work through us, even in our inadequacies to reach others we meet along life’s paths, whether we’re in the Sahara on camel back, or chatting with a neighbor on our own street corner.

What are you working on next?

We’re hitting the road in our motor coach for a couple of years, so for the time being the only writing I’m planning will be updating my travel blog, http://flywiththenaults.blogspot.com. As I said, I don’t have plans for a sequel or another long novel, but you never know what God will prompt!

Thanks for having me!

Book Description:

A mission failure has confined CIA covert operative Eve Parker to desk duty and she’s left to pick up the pieces of her broken personal life. But when her daughter’s fiancé is taken hostage, Eve must return to the Middle East armed with rusty tradecraft, and dubious credibility shrouded in her peers’ skepticism. Will she get it together in time to thwart the biggest threat to America since 9/11, or will her old-fashioned ways cause her to fail again?

And if a suspected mole, a missing thumb drive, and a camel ride through the desert weren’t challenging enough, a young Muslim boy with questions about God cause Eve to struggle with her own faith. As the most important assignment of her life draws near, events unfold to demonstrate that, particularly in espionage, things are not always as they seem. 

Join Eve Parker as she confronts her past, a national threat, and a crisis of faith in this spy thriller layered with intrigue, suspense, and surprise ending from an award-winning author reviewers call “a master storyteller."

Misdirect is on sale for .99 cents from now (July 18th, 2017) until the July 25th, 2017!

Find Bev: 

www.beverlynault.com

https://www.facebook.com/beverlynaultauthor/

Twitter @BevNault

The Kaleidoscope San Diego Book Award Finalist, Reader’s Favorite Award

Disclaimer: I have not yet read this book therefore I can not give my opinion nor recommendation yet. ~ASC

Gathering the Threads Review!!!!

Gathering the Threads by Cindy Woodsmall

Book Description:

After three months ofdraus in da Welt, Ariana has returned to Summer Grove, the Old Order Amish community where she was raised for twenty years, and life with her Brenneman family. Skylar Nash, the Englisch-raised young woman is working in Ariana s cafe while getting to know her birth family and their Plain way of life. Skylar's time in Summer Grove has changed her outlook, just as Ariana has grown to see her personal faith in God in a different light than the manner she was taught while growing up. Both women will have to make decisions about their paths and Ariana must decide what role her childhood friend, ex-Amish Quill Schlabach, will play in her life.
Gathering the Threadsis the third and final novel in the Amish of Summer Grove series." 

My Opinion:
I liked and disliked this one.  This was the first in the series that I have read, and I'm SO SO happy that they included a "Previously in the The Amish of Summer Grove Series" at the very beginning of the book! LOL! ;)  It got me all caught up on the important parts.  And let me tell you I am REALLY happy this is the only one I've read so far.  After being introduced to the characters, but also reading about their pasts I really don't think I would like Nicholas nearly as much as I did in this one (and I'm not real sure on whether or not I'm going to go back and read the other's or when I will).  Cindy's plot twists kept me engaged, though I did feel it was a touch too long, and there could have been things shortened.  I'm also torn with the end, and that might have to do with me only reading this one, but there are somethings that I wish just had ended differently.  Overall I'm torn with this one, I really liked the characters and there where some scenes that I ABSOLUTELY LOVED!!!!  But it ended differently than I wanted it to and I'm not sure how I feel about that. :/  In the end I am happy I read it though! :)
Songs: "Even If" by MercyMe, "My Lighthouse" by Rend Collective
Songs etc. May be changed and/or added in the future. ~ASC

Psalm 23

~ASC

*I received this book from the author for the purpose of reviewing it.  This in no way affected my opinion and the above are my true thoughts and feelings about Gathering the Threads. ~ASC

My Heart Belongs in Ruby City, Idaho: Rebecca’s Plight Review!!!!!!!

My Heart Belongs in Ruby City, Idaho: 

Rebecca’s Plight 

by Susanne Dietze

Book Description:

Is it possible to marry the wrong man? Rebecca Rice was looking forward to a quiet life and a full stomach by becoming mail-order bride to her shopkeeper intended, Mr. Fordham—until the justice of the peace calls him Thaddeus, not Theodore, proceeded by the title Deputy. Rebecca would never marry a lawman like her father, so an annulment seems in order—and fast, since Rebecca’s true intended is impatient to claim her as his own. But when the legalities take longer than expected, Rebecca wonders if Tad Fordham wasn’t the right husband for her all along. . . .

My Opinion:
What a great read!  I really enjoyed this one.  It was entertaining and had some good twists! ;)  It was a little more drawn out than I would have personally liked it to be, but the both funny and amazing scenes more than made up for it.  Rebecca is such a cool character, and I feel she shows true Christian love in her actions.  I LOVED Tad!  He is so sweet!  The whole situation is unique and entertaining as they learn about their mistake and how to deal with it among thieves and a band of hilarious characters!  This was the first book I've read from Susanne and I can't wait to read more!!!  I recommend this sweet and adventurous read!!!!  P.S. It's a GREAT 4th of July read! ;)
Songs: "He Leadeth Me" by the Cluster Pluckers
Songs etc. May be changed and/or added in the future. ~ASC

Jeremiah 29:11

~ASC

*I received this book from Barbour for the purpose of reviewing it.  This in no way affected my opinion and the above are my true thoughts and feelings about My Heart Belongs in Ruby City, Idaho: Rebecca's Plight. ~ASC

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