The Captive Maiden

The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another delightful medieval fairytale from Melanie Dickerson. This is a retelling of Cinderella and it’s beautifully done. I especially love how she did this without the mystical element to it. It’s entirely plausible and will keep you reading if for no other reasonContinue reading “The Captive Maiden”

The Fairest Beauty

The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have thoroughly enjoyed the first two books in this series and I will start book #4 tonight, but this one fell flat for me. Part of the problem was the ebook formatting. The font sizes changed from paragraph to paragraph and sceneContinue reading “The Fairest Beauty”

The Merchant’s Daughter

The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed this story. It was a good twist on Beauty and the Beast. The characters were likable and there was more to the story than just the attraction between the hero and heroine. Love the medieval setting!

In a Pirate’s Debt

In a Pirate’s Debt by Elva Cobb Martin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Swashbuckling story with enough romance and danger to keep those pages turning. Travay Allston knows one thing very well, she’ll never marry Sir Roger Poole. Never. But she doesn’t expect that her flight from one man will land her in theContinue reading “In a Pirate’s Debt”

Love Comes Softly

Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke My rating: 5 of 5 stars As many times as I’ve seen the movie, I couldn’t believe I had never read the book! I saw it as a free download one day and grabbed a copy. As always, the book was way better than the movie. Although, I enjoyedContinue reading “Love Comes Softly”

You’re the Cream in My Coffee

You’re the Cream in My Coffee by Jennifer Lamont Leo My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a fun story! It’s not a traditional boy-meets-girl romance. I haven’t read many stories set in the flapper era, but I really enjoyed this. The writing is fresh and the characters are likable. I’m looking forward to JenniferContinue reading “You’re the Cream in My Coffee”

A Moonbow Night

A Moonbow Night by Laura Frantz My rating: 5 of 5 stars What can I say? Laura Frantz hits another one out of the park. Why do I love Laura’s books? Her characters are fresh, interesting, non-stereotypical, likable, and completely believable. They aren’t perfect, they aren’t two-dimensional, they are deep, rounded, and fascinating. Her settingsContinue reading “A Moonbow Night”

The Pony Express – and Jesse James

To celebrate the release of The Pony Express Romance Collection, we’re highlighting the date the first Pony Express run began –April 3rd – and looking at other dates in history to see what happened. Now Jesse James doesn’t play a role in my story, Her Lonely Heart, but there are outlaws and shooting, not toContinue reading “The Pony Express – and Jesse James”

A Heart Set Free

A Heart Set Free by Janet S. Grunst My rating: 5 of 5 stars A lovely tale set in Colonial America. Heather Douglas sells herself into indentured servitude to pay for her crossing from Scotland to the British Colonies in America. She’s running from her past and will do anything to start over somewhere else.Continue reading “A Heart Set Free”

The Pony Express – and WWII

  April 3, 1942, was a day that actually impacted my family—at least indirectly. This was the day the Japanese began their all-out assault on U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan, not far from where my father was stationed in the Philippines on the island of Corregidor. Most people recall the Japanese bombing at PearlContinue reading “The Pony Express – and WWII”