Book Review: The Widows of Champagne by Renee Ryan


Publisher: Love Inspired Trade
Release Date: July 27, 2021
Genre: Historical WWII Fiction

For readers of Lilac Girls and The Lost Girls of Paris comes a captivating novel of resilience, as three generations of women battle to save their family’s vineyard during WWII.

Champagne, 1939

Gabrielle Leblanc Dupree is taking her family’s future into her hands. While she should be preparing for a lavish party to celebrate two centuries of champagne making, she secretly hides Chateau Fouché-Leblanc’s most precious vintages behind a fake wall in the cellar in preparation for the looming war. But when she joins the resistance, the coveted champagne isn’t the most dangerous secret her cellar must conceal…

A former Parisian socialite, Gabrielle’s mother, Hélène, lost her husband to another war. Now her home has been requisitioned by the Germans, who pillage vineyards to satisfy the Third Reich’s thirst for the finest champagne. There’s even more at stake than Hélène dares admit. She has kept her heritage a secret…and no one is safe in Nazi-occupied France.

Josephine, the family matriarch, watches as her beloved vineyard faces its most difficult harvest yet. As her daughter-in-law and granddaughters contend with the enemies and unexpected allies in their midst, Josephine’s deep faith leads to her own path of resistance.

Across years and continents, the Leblanc women will draw on their courage and wits, determined against all odds to preserve their lives, their freedom and their legacy…

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Book Review: Carving for Miss Coventry by Deborah M. Hathaway


Series: Sons of Somerset #1
Publisher: Draft Horse Publishing
Release Date: July 17, 2021
Genre: Clean Regency Romance

He's determined to finish the job, even if she distracts him...

With his deceased father’s woodworking business now failing, Edward Steele will do anything to see its return to prosperity, even if that means accepting work from the Coventry family far outside of Bath. His two goals? Finishing this new task swiftly and making as few acquaintances as possible. But such things are easier said than done, especially when the Coventry’s daughter finds it necessary to spy on him at every turn.

Marianne Coventry doesn’t mean to stare, but such a task is difficult when a man as handsome as Mr. Steele works right before her eyes. Besides, at twenty years old and not yet out in Society—due to an unmarried elder sister and a strict, rule-abiding father—she will take any distraction she can get. Perhaps turning to a dashing woodworker for entertainment isn’t a wise decision, but does she really have any other choice?

As Edward becomes aware of Marianne's sheltered life, an unexpected friendship sprouts between them—a friendship her family cannot discover, especially when Marianne begins to realize she’s been living half a life. Still, Edward’s heart remains cautious, for becoming distracted and losing his family’s business would mean forfeiting his livelihood and everything his father worked so hard to achieve. Despite the forces working against them, only the two of them can decide what they want most in life—and if they’re willing to risk everything for love. 

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Blog+Review Tour: Lost and Found Faith by Laurel Blount

Lost and Found Faith JustRead Blog + Review Tour

Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Lost and Found Faith by Laurel Blount, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Lost and Found Faith
Title: Lost and Found Faith
Author: Laurel Blount
Publisher: Love Inspired
Release Date: August 24, 2021
Genre: Christian, Contemporary Romance 
❥ Heat Level: Mild/Sweet

A terrible tragedy nearly broke him. Can love put him back together again? 

Widowed history teacher Neil Hamilton has lost his way—at work, with people and even with his faith. But Neil's shut-down existence is disrupted when a small toddler and his would-be foster mother, vibrantly pretty Maggie Byrne, come crashing into Neil's yard and his life. Can this absentminded teacher find himself again…and take a chance on love, too? 

From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope. 
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Book Review: A Time for Faith by Leah Busboom

Happy Release Day!!

Series: The Potter's House Three #6
Publisher: LBRB Consulting, LLC
Release Date: August 24, 2021
Genre: Contemporary Christian Romance
Heat Level: Mild/Sweet

Can a little girl, a broken stained-glass window, and a little faith help Noah and Raelynn find happiness?

Noah’s faith is shaken. Recent setbacks leave him drowning in loneliness and despair. His failed marriage. A career in ruins. Financial uncertainty. Even his adorable daughter Sofie can’t pull him out of his misery. He longs for his old life back. What kind of future can this single dad build from nothing?

Raelynn longs for a family of her own and a happiness she’s never been able to find. She loves teaching and moves to Paradise Springs to build a new future. Her kindergarteners light up her life, and a little blonde angel named Sofie captures her heart. Unfortunately, Rae gets off on the wrong foot with Sofie’s handsome dad.

When Noah and Rae are brought together on a common goal—restore a 100-year-old stained-glass window at Rae’s church—they discover their attraction for each other and a desire to explore a relationship. But the school’s "no dating” policy between parents and teachers and the reappearance of Noah’s ex-wife present unforeseen obstacles.

Are these just bumps in the road, or will these obstacles destroy a chance for their happiness and a future together?

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Cookbook Review: The Dirty, Lazy, Keto No Time to Cook Cookbook by Stephanie and William Laska


Series: Dirty, Lazy, Keto
Publisher: Adams Media
Release Date: January 5, 2021
Genre: Cookbooks

The keto diet is faster and more accessible than ever before with these 100 easy, delicious, low-carb meals you can make in 30 minutes or less from USA TODAY bestselling author Stephanie Laska.

Want to try the keto diet but don’t have enough time to cook elaborate meals from scratch? No problem! USA TODAY bestselling author and creator of DIRTY, LAZY, KETO offers the perfect solution with these quick and easy recipes that you can make in no time.

After losing 140 pounds following the keto diet, Stephanie understands how hard it can be to find the time to cook, especially while managing a hectic household. At the end of a busy day, she had to get food on the table—fast. She didn’t have a second to waste preparing meals that her family might not like. Instead, Stephanie made her own recipes that she knew her family would love while still keeping them healthy. In DIRTY, LAZY KETO No Time to Cook Cookbook, you’ll find 100 great tasting 10g net carbs or less recipes that you can make in 30 minutes or less. With simple, easy-to-find ingredients, you’ll have dinner ready on the table in no time!

This flexible, honest, real-world approach to losing weight while still living a normal life empowers you to keto your own way—in a style and schedule that works for you. This no-judgment cookbook offers you the support you need as you venture on your own unique path to sustainable, healthy weight loss—not perfection.

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Book Review: We Share the Same Sky by Rachael Cerrotti

New Release!!

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release Date: August 17, 2021
Genre: Jewish Biographies

In 2009, Rachael Cerrotti, a college student pursuing a career in photojournalism, asked her grandmother, Hana, if she could record her story. Rachael knew that her grandmother was a Holocaust survivor and the only one in her family alive at the end of the war. Rachael also knew that she survived because of the kindness of strangers. It wasn’t a secret. Hana spoke about her history publicly and regularly. But, Rachael wanted to document it as only a granddaughter could. So, that’s what they did: Hana talked and Rachael wrote.

Upon Hana’s passing in 2010, Rachael discovered an incredible archive of her life. There were preserved albums and hundreds of photographs dating back to the 1920s. There were letters waiting to be translated, journals, diaries, deportation and immigration papers as well as creative writings from various stages of Hana’s life.

Rachael digitized and organized it all, plucking it from the past and placing it into her present. Then, she began retracing her grandmother’s story, following her through Central Europe, Scandinavia, and across the United States. She tracked down the descendants of those who helped save her grandmother’s life during the war. Rachael went in pursuit of her grandmother’s memory to explore how the retelling of family stories becomes the history itself.

We Share the Same Sky weaves together the stories of these two young women—Hana as a refugee who remains one step ahead of the Nazis at every turn, and Rachael, whose insatiable curiosity to touch the past guides her into the lives of countless strangers, bringing her love and tragic loss. Throughout the course of her twenties, Hana’s history becomes a guidebook for Rachael in how to live a life empowered by grief.

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Blog Tour: In a Grove of Maples by Jenny Knipfer

In a Grove of Maples JustRead Blog Tour 

Welcome to the Blog Tour for In a Grove of Maples by Jenny Knipfer, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

In a Grove of Maples

Title: In a Grove of Maples
Series: Sheltering Trees #1
Author: Jenny Knipfer
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date: July 1, 2021
Genre: Christian, Historical Fiction

In 1897 newly married Beryl and Edward Massart travel more than one thousand miles from Quebec to farm a plot of land in Wisconsin that they bought sight-unseen. An almost magical grove of maples on their property inspires them to dream of a real home built within the grove, not the tiny log cabin they’ve come to live in. 

Misunderstandings and tempers get the better of them when difficulties and troubles arise. Just months after they wed, Edward leaves pregnant Beryl in the midst of the coming winter to tend the farm and animals while he goes to be a teamster at a northern Wisconsin logging camp. 

Will Beryl and Edward walk into the future together to build their house of dreams in the grove of maples, or will their plans topple like a house of sticks when the winds of misunderstanding and disaster strike? 

Readers of Christian historical fiction, Historical fiction, Women’s fiction, and Christian historical romance will be endeared to this slice of late 19th-century farm life. 
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Book Review: The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher

ADULT CONTENT WARNING!!
This book does contain adult themes and language which some readers will find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.

Publisher: Graydon House
Release Date: December 29, 2020
Genre: Adult Pyschological Thriller

Have you ever been wrong about someone?

Juno was wrong about Winnie Crouch.

Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect son—the perfect life. Only now that she’s living in their beautiful house, she sees the cracks in the crumbling facade are too deep to ignore.

Still, she isn’t one to judge. After her grim diagnosis, the retired therapist simply wants a place to live out the rest of her days in peace. But that peace is shattered the day Juno overhears a chilling conversation between Winnie and Nigel…

She shouldn’t get involved.

She really shouldn’t.

But this could be her chance to make a few things right.

Because if you thought Juno didn’t have a secret of her own, then you were wrong about her, too.

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Reviewer Tour: Written in Ink by Sara Davison

Welcome to the Reviewer Tour for Written in Ink by Sara Davison hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: Written in Ink
Series: The Rose Tattoo Trilogy #2
Author
: Sara Davison
Release Date: August 4, 2021
Genre: Christian Mystery & Suspense

Everything he has built his life and future on has been torn away.

Cash McCall has loved Dr. Renee Dawson for half his life. Although they’ve talked about a future together, she has never believed it was the right time for them to get engaged. Now she has ended their relationship, and he has no idea why.

Everything Renee worked so hard for is in jeopardy. One agonizing decision has changed everything, and she has been forced to shatter the heart of the man she loves. And her own.

The extremist militant group The Arm is on a mission. Its leader doesn’t care how many innocent lives are lost in the pursuit of the group’s end goal, and Renee has seen something she was not supposed to see.

If Cash can’t get to her in time, Renee could end up in the crosshairs of the terrorists, and he may lose her—and any chance at the life he’d always envisioned—forever.


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Takeover Tour + Giveaway: The Walnut Creek Wish by Wanda E. Brunstetter

The Walnut Creek Wish JustRead Takeover Tour

Welcome to the Takeover Tour for The Walnut Creek Wish by Wanda E. Brunstetter, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Walnut Creek Wish
Title: The Walnut Creek Wish 
Series: Creekside Discoveries #1 
Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter 
Publisher: Barbour Fiction 
Release Date: August 1, 2021 
Genre: Amish fiction 

An Antique Store Becomes a Place of Healing for Broken Hearts 

Welcome to Walnut Creek, Ohio, where Orley and Lois Troyer own an antique store they call “Memory Keepers.” Though knowledgeable in antiques and their repair, their real talent is in mentoring folks who are hurting and don’t even know it. Enter Jeff, a restaurateur, and Rhonda, a hotel manager, who recently moved to Amish country for the slow pace, but the change of scenery puts even more stress on their already strained marriage. Will an antique sled be the last straw, or will it lead to unexpected revelations and the fulfillment of dreams?
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Blog Blitz: A Future to Fight For by Mindy Obenhaus

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Welcome to the Blog Blitz for A Future to Fight For by Mindy Obenhaus, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

A Future to Fight For

Title: A Future to Fight For
Series: Bliss, Texas
Author: Mindy Obenhaus
Publisher: Love Inspired
Release Date: August 1, 2021
Genre: Inspirational Contemporary Romance

All their dreams will come true… 
 if they can work together. 

Widow Paisley Wainwright’s so close to taking her Texas event-planning business to the next level by turning Renwick Castle into a wedding venue. Only one thing stands in the way: her longtime rival, Crockett Devereaux, who wants the building to become a museum. When the building’s owners insist they collaborate to implement both plans, can Paisley and Crockett put their differences aside…and fight for their dreams together?
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Book Review: The Nabob's Daughter by Jess Heileman


Publisher: Vagabond Publishing
Release Date: June 30, 2021
Genre: Clean Historical Romance

She’ll do anything to escape an arranged marriage. He’ll do anything to help her.

Honora Crauford relishes her life in India. So when her father informs her of his latest business transaction—marrying her off to a bankrupt nobleman in England—her only hope for returning home is to convince her betrothed, by whatever antics necessary, that a marriage to her comes at a cost that not even the greatest fortune can justify. 

Graham Whitworth can hardly believe his wretched luck. It seems the only way to save his family’s insolvent estate is to comply with his father’s demands and marry the extremely wealthy, but utterly ridiculous, nabob’s daughter. But when Honora missteps, Graham discerns her farce and begins to see who she truly is—a most impressive lady. A lady likely capable of fixing his family’s financial troubles. 

Realizing they both desire freedom, Graham and Honora join forces to restore the Whitworth estate and return Honora to her beloved India. But sometimes love has its own agenda, and the revoking of a once undesirable arrangement may just prove to be the greatest sacrifice of all.  

❥ Heat Level: Mild/Sweet

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