Happy Monday!!!!!

Monday 11/12/2012

Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."

~ John 8:12

Happy Rainy Sunday in Oklahoma!!!!!

Sunday 11/11/2012

There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.

~ John 15:13

Christmas at Holly Hill by Martha Rogers

Book Description

It is October 1898, and Clayton Barlow has just returned home after serving time in prison for his part in a bank robbery. His family welcomes him, but the townspeople are skeptical. Bored with life in the small town but determined to make a new start, he goes to work with his father, hoping to regain the town’s trust.

Clayton recognizes the schoolteacher at the Prairie Grove School as his childhood friend, Merry Lee Warner, and old feelings surface. Still, he doubts that he could ever get a woman like Merry to love him.

As the townspeople prepare for Christmas, their suspicions about Clayton lead to trouble. Will the trusting heart of an unlikely new friend be enough to restore Clayton’s relationships with his neighbors and reunite him with God and Merry?

My Review

This book is 6th book in the Winds Across the Prairie.  I have read almost all of Martha Rogers books and believe you me, if you have not read her books, you really need to.  This book keeps your attention from the very first page and it is so good that you will not want to put it down.

This book is about Clayton Barlow and Merry Warner.  When they were 16 years old, Merry really liked Clay but Clay got himself in trouble with the law and went to prison for 5 years.  During that time, Merry left Prairie Grove, Kansas, but she is back and she is a schoolteacher.  Clay returns from prison but some people in the town are standoffish towards him and he is afraid of getting close to Merry because of what that would do for her reputation.

In the meantime, Clay learns that Merry’s family now runs Holly Hill which is an orphanage for children and he is very impressed how Merry deals with the children and it just hits that soft spot in his heart. 

I won’t say anything else, I don’t want to spoiI the book for you.  I just loved this book, Martha Rogers is one of the best authors ever.  You will not be sorry if you will pick up this book soon and read it.  I couldn’t’ hardly put it down.  Thank you, Martha for giving us all a GREAT story.

You would love this book if you are from Kansas or Oklahoma, I know I sure did.  Of course since I live in Oklahoma, this series hit a spot in my heart.  I love my Oklahoma roots. 

Happy Tuesday!!!!!

Tuesday 10/30/2012

The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.

~ Psalm 29:11

Happy Monday!!!!

Jesus said, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”

- John 10:27

Todays Shadows by Becky Melby

This Book was supplied to me by Barbour Publishing through NetGalley for a review in return.

Book Description

Follow grad student Heather Conrad into a forgotten past as her house-sitting venture goes awry. Last minute changes leave Heather in charge of her former boss’s lakeside Victorian mansion and six-year-old daughter. But the surprises have just begun. Soon startling discoveries convince Heather that something just isn’t right around the house. . When she stumbles on a hidden stairway, the past juts into the present—altering the course of Heather’s own future.

My Review

This book is 3^rd book in the Lost Sanctuary Series by Becky Melby.  This is the first book of Becky Melby’s I have ever read and believe you me, it won’t be the last.  She is a GREAT author, she keeps you so interested in the book from the very first page of the book.  I didn’t read the first 2 books of the series, but I didn’t miss them at all.

This book is about Heather Conrad who decides to help out a friend and house sit her new house while Natalie Brooks (Heather’s friend) is away.  Natalie has a daughter, Izzy, who I just absolutely fell in love with.  But when Heather arrives, she didn’t know she would be having Izzy around but she manages.  In the meantime, she meets a security guard, Ryan Tobin.  Then Izzy starts looking around the old house, and she finds a lot of old treasure chests and other historical events surround those trunks or chests.   They also find rooms  and doors and what they find is unbeleiveable.

This book also goes back to the time period of 1912 and tells Maggie Parker’s life story as well.  She is a maid and thinks she is in love with her employer’s son, Richard.  How that unfolds will surprise you, it sure did me. 

I won’t say anything else, I don’t want to spoiI the book for you.  I just loved this book, Becky is one of the best authors ever.  You will not be sorry if you will pick up this book soon and read it.  I couldn’t’ hardly put it down.  Thank you, Becky for giving us all a GREAT story.

Thank you Barbour Publishing, for giving me the opportunity to read this book and give this review.



Happy Tuesday!!!!

Tuesday 10/23/2012

The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.

~ Proverbs 27:9