Review of The Heart of the Mountains

About the Book Book: The Heart of the Mountains Author: Pepper Basham Genre: Christian Fiction / Romance Release date: July 1, 2022 Can their hearts overcome the darkness of the mountains? To escape a forced marriage, Cora Taylor travels from England to the Blue Ridge Mountains in search of her brother, who is working as a teacher in a mission …

Review of Vanished Without a Trace

About the Book Book: Vanished Without a Trace Author: Sarah Hamaker Genre: Romantic Suspence Release date: June 28, 2022 A missing person case. A new clue. And a fight for survival. After nine years searching for his missing sister, attorney Henderson Parker uncovers a clue that leads him to Twin Oaks, Virginia—and podcaster Elle Updike investigating the case. Partnering with …

A Sojourner’s Solace Release Day Seven: Father of the Year

But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, and the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no …

A Sojourner’s Solace Release Day Six: The Gift of a Blended Family

I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 In today’s culture, there are more blended families than not. Often, the …

A Sojourner’s Solace Release Day Five: The Prodigal

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverb 22:6 Many years ago, an older friend of mine told me her son would become a Christian because she believes Proverbs 22:6 is a promise from God. “I raised him in the church, so he will return to it,” …

A Sojourner’s Solace Release Day Four: As For Me and My House

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. I’ve asked Sandy and Jim Barela to share …

A Sojourner’s Solace Release Day Three: It Takes Two

However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33 If I were to claim to be an expert on marriage, someone would be quick to put me in my place—and rightly so. After all, I have a failed marriage in my past. The same is true …

A Sojourner’s Solace Release Day Two: Lessons for Living Well

Listen my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Proverbs 1:8 Today’s post is a video interview with my husband Chris. He’s going to share about the lessons he and his siblings were taught in childhood that set all of them up for a life well lived. Don’t forget to enter for another chance to …

A Sojourner’s Solace Release Day One: Fussing & Fighting

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:12 Today, my Bedford County novella A Sojourner’s Solace is being released. Because family is a strong theme of this story, I thought a week-long series on the subject through devotionals and videos would be appropriate. Each day, you can enter for a chance to win …

Feature Author Susan K. Beatty

Last September, I interviewed Susan Beatty as my first author feature. I’m thrilled to welcome her back today. New year, new release. I hope you enjoy learning about what she’s been up to as much as I did. And be sure to enter for a chance to win a paperback copy of her book The Fragrance of Violets. Welcome back …