Book Review of 'When the Mountains Wept' by Kendy Pearson

Hello Bookworms!

Wow, do I have a treat for you today!  This year I've been discovering more and more authors that are new to me and the novel that I am featuring today is another one that has found itself a new admirer.  I don't normally gravitate to war stories, especially the Civil War, but this particular novel was intriguing, and I was blown away with how much it won me over.

I hope you enjoy my thoughts on this Christian Historical Fiction and don't forget to scroll to the bottom of this post and enter the amazing giveaway from JustRead Tours.

Welcome to the Blog Tour for When the Mountains Wept by Kendy Pearson, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

About the Book

Title: When the Mountains Wept
Series: West Virginia: Born of Rebellion's Storm #1
Author: Kendy Pearson
Publisher: Pear Blossom Books
Release Date: April 8, 2024
Genre: Christian Historical Fiction

CAPTIVATING CIVIL WAR FICTION INSPIRED BY HISTORICAL EVENTS 

Amid talk of war, Augusta Dabney tends her younger siblings and dying father. But when hatred sparks tragedy, peace is but a shattered memory. Heartbroken and desperate, Augusta searches for a way to protect all she holds dear. 

Defying family and friends, Dr. James Hill declines a prestigious commission in the Confederate Army to join the Union cause as a Regimental Surgeon. When the Dabney farm becomes a crossroads of colliding forces, Major Hill commandeers their barn for a hospital. 

He is running from his legacy, seeking penance for his past. 

She is desperate to preserve hers, at any cost. 

As a wise, former slave nurtures James’s battered faith, cynicism crumbles, and James discovers grace and belonging with Augusta and her family unlike any he’s ever known, even as he must face the horrors of war and the evil it breeds. 

But when James comes face to face with his past, secrets unravel until deception ends in disaster, leaving Augusta with only one option. 

And it is unthinkable.  

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Book Review of 'When Hope Sank' by Denise Weimer

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I am so glad that the rain has cleared out for the Texas for a few days and has been replaced with glorious summer sunshine.  This has been the 5th wettest spring in our areas history and there has been a lot of flooding as well as damage due to almost constant storms, so the reprieve is nice.  We're supposed to get another round in a few days, but right now I'm soaking up the sun and enjoying family time with my boys and one of my nephews, who is staying the week with us.

One of my favorite things, no matter the season, is curling up with a good book, and historical fictions have been feeding my soul lately.  Today I am featuring a novel from a series that I have been immensely pleased with so far and I hope you enjoy my thoughts on When Hope Sank.

About the Book

Title: When Hope Sank

Series: A Day to Remember #3

Author: Denise Weimer

Publisher: Barbour Publishing

Release Date: May 1, 2024 

Genre: Christian Historical Fiction

Can Hope Resurface After Evil Tries to Drown It?
 
Introducing a series of 6 exciting novels featuring historic American disasters that transformed landscapes and multiple lives. Whether by nature or by man, these disasters changed history and were a day to be remembered.
 
The Civil War has taken everything from Lily Livingston—her parents, her twin brother, her home. Now she works at her uncle’s inn and keeps her head down. Speaking up for her beliefs proved too costly in a part of Arkansas split by conflicting loyalties and overrun by spies and bushwhackers.
 
Emaciated in body but resilient in spirit, Lieutenant Cade Palmer is crowded onto the Sultana with other paroled Andersonville and Cahaba POWs for the journey north. But a fiery explosion on April 27, 1865, rends the steamer and empties two thousand men into the frigid Mississippi River.
 
Recovering from wounds that might end his career as a surgeon but clinging to his faith, Cade threatens both Lily’s defenses and her heart. How can she tell him she might’ve prevented the tragedy if only she’d reported a suspected saboteur’s claims? And when the man returns to town and encoded messages pass through the hotel, will Lily follow her convictions to prevent another tragedy?

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The Lion of the South

My Rating: ★★★★

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