Hi, Happy Tuesday! Today's Top Ten Tuesday Topic is new to me authors from 2022. My blog is sixteen years old this month so, I don't find many new to me authors. Which is a bummer because I love finding new authors. I did find a few in 2022. One: Nancy Naigle  . . . I read her book What Remains True, which I really enjoyed. Two: Beth Pugh . . . I read two of her books. The Valentine Proposal and The Santa Run. Two very fun romantic reads Three: Linda K. Rodante . . . Her book Scars was very impactful, I just wished I would've read the previous books as well. Four: Is God Still Aw ..read more

  About the book: Title: Within These Walls of Sorrow: A Novel of WWII Poland Author: Amanda Barratt Genre: Inspirational Historical Cultural Fiction Zosia Lewandowska knows the brutal realities of war all too well. Within weeks of Germany's invasion of her Polish homeland, she lost the man she loves. As ghetto walls rise and the occupiers tighten their grip on the city of Krakow, Zosia joins pharmacist Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff in the heart of the Krakow ghetto as they risk their lives to aid the Jewish people trapped by Nazi oppression.  Hania Silverman's carefree girlho ..read more

  Hi! Welcome to my first Top Ten Tuesday of 2023! I hope the first three weeks of the New Year have been enjoyable. Here in Idaho, we've had some unusually warm weather for January so it's been nice. I'm not a fan of snow so I'm fine with it not being on the ground. With the New Year comes resolutions and goals...for us readers, it's no different. How many books will you set for a reading goal? What reading challenges are you going to participate in...etc. I used to set a reading goal on Goodreads but stopped doing it many years ago because I felt pressure to finish books and it becam ..read more

  About the book: Title: Merry Ex-Mas Author: Courtney Walsh Genre: Inspirational Rom-Com But that’s about to change. This year, I’m traveling to my small hometown to convince my producer to make me the permanent host of Good Day Denver. The plan: Charm viewers by sharing my favorite family Christmas traditions, and in turn, get the likes, clicks and shares to land the job. Not the plan: Running into my ex-boyfriend. In my house. For Christmas. But here he is, a guest of my mother, who apparently had more trouble letting go of Max Weber than I did. Unfortunately, he is as handso ..read more

  Welcome to First Line Friday! Today I am going to feature a newly released book, All the Lost Places by Amanda Dykes. I am going to link this post to my review post where I have a giveaway of All the Lost Places. First Line:  Daniel San Francisco 1904 I only ventured out at night, and all the better if it rained. About the book: When all of Venice is unmasked, one man's identity remains a mystery . . .  1807When a baby is discovered floating in a basket along the quiet canals of Venice, a guild of artisans takes him in and raises him as a son, skille ..read more

  About the book: Title: All the Lost Places Author: Amanda Dykes Genre: Inspirational Historical Fiction When all of Venice is unmasked, one man's identity remains a mystery . . .  1807When a baby is discovered floating in a basket along the quiet canals of Venice, a guild of artisans takes him in and raises him as a son, skilled in each of their trades. Although the boy, Sebastien Trovato, has wrestled with questions of his origins, it isn't until a woman washes ashore on his lagoon island that answers begin to emerge. In hunting down his story, Sebastien mus ..read more

  About the book: Title: Passages of Hope  Author: Terri J. Haynes Series: Doors to the Past Discover the Story Behind a Secret Passageway    Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure. Gracie Kingston begins renovations on the Philadelphia house inherited from her grandmother and finds a secret room. It is connected to a house nearby, the home of William Still, the man known as the father of the Underground Railroad. As she researches, she discovers a mystery in her house’s ownership. In 1855, Olivia Kingston he ..read more

  About the book: Title: Authentically, Izzy Author: Pepper Basham Genre: Inspirational Romantic Comedy “Dear Izzy—I feel certain there’s a book-loving man living relatively nearby waiting to speak bookish to you ’til death do you part. You just haven’t met yet.”  Izzy Edgewood is a wannabe bookstore owner, quote queen, and Lord of the Rings nerd who has been waiting for Prince Charming to sweep her off her sneakered feet. But it’s hard to meet people when you spend more time with fictional humans than real ones. This is why her pragmatist cousin Josephine decides to take I ..read more

  Welcome to the Blog + Review Blitz for SCARS by Linda K. Rodante, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! ABOUT THE BOOK Title: SCARS  Series: Spiritual Warfare #4  Author: Linda K. Rodante  Publisher: independently published  Release Date: September 2022  Genre: Contemporary Christian Romantic Suspense He tried to leave the past behind, but it won’t leave him… Ex-gang member Garrett Lovett is a new creature in Christ. At least, he’s trying to be. He’s got a wholesome routine, a place on the IronWorks football team, and a pretty woman he wants to know better. But ..read more

 About the book: Title: Wishtress Author: Nadine Brandes Genre: Inspirational Young Adult Fantasy She didn't ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her tears into wishes. It's a big secret to keep. When a granted wish goes wrong, a curse is placed on her: the next tear she sheds will kill her. She needs to journey to the Well and break the curse before it claims her life--and before the king's militairen track her down. But in order to survive the journey, she must harden her heart to keep herself from crying even a single tear. He can stop time ..read more