Inspirational

Review: A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist

by Keira 06.03.2011

Tobacco brides were sent by The Virginia Company of London to the Virginia colony where men could buy the brides with 150 pounds of tobacco leaves. In the beginning, the brides were spinsters, widows, and orphans, but few women were willing to risk all to come to America. In 1643, more likely the brides were [...]

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Review: Kit Austen’s Journey by Libby Sternberg

by Marcia 04.22.2011

by Marcia, guest reviewer Kit Austen has a very big secret. Secrets do not come naturally to her because she is normally a very honest, open person but these are special circumstances. On her wedding night her husband, Josiah Carlisle, is enraged when he discovers that her dowry is made up of her family home, [...]

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Review: Heart of Stone by Jill Marie Landis

by Zarabeth Golden 03.30.2011

by Zarabeth, guest reviewer I liked this novel a lot, but I can’t quite give it a 5. Let me tell you why I liked it first. Great characters and a fantastic job setting up their backgrounds at the very front of the book. I felt like I knew them all by page 30. Excellent [...]

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Review: A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist

by Keira 02.23.2011

I didn’t know I was thirsting for this type of novel until I glutted myself on it. The story itself is an inspirational set in America during the Civil War aftermath. I picked it up and read and read and read. It’s sweet and chaste, with both leads good God fearing people, which I found [...]

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Review: Insignificant Moments by Jeremy Asher

by Karin 02.14.2011

by Karin from Savvythinker, guest reviewer Love happens when you least expect it. Insignificant Moments is a self-published inspirational book. It won a Rising Star award from iUniverse, the publisher. It teaches life lessons through story, in the tradition of Nicholas Sparks. It is not preachy or didactic. The Short Lesson: There are no insignificant [...]

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Review: The Measure of a Lady by Deeanne Gist

by Keira 03.21.2010

I really wanted to like this novel. In fact, I would have if it hadn’t been for the ending. It did not give me what I wanted. The only person in the Van Buren family to grow was Rachel, the heroine, and that really irked me as it was the younger sister, Lissa, who flouted [...]