Untaken Too – C O Wyler Untaken Too is the sequel to Untaken, which I reviewed here at the start of last yar. This instalment now follows the next 12…
The Fall of Lucifer – Wendy Alec This is not my usual sort of read, but I had been told a while ago that some of my own writing reminded the…
Braver – Deborah Jenkins This is lovely, gritty novel, focusing on characters who experience tough circumstances and difficult lives. It is well written, switching between the stories of…
The Divine Proverb of Streusel – Sara Brunsvold Another delightful novel from Sara Brunsvold. This is a story of Nikki, who suffers what can be best described as a relationship crisis –…
Maggie – Charles Martin Thankfully I read the last few chapters of this book on my own, considering how much I wept! Packed with emotion, this sequel to…
The Bride – Joy Margetts The Bride is an opportunity to once again jump back into medieval Wales, to discover a little more of the story that was told…
The Dead Don’t Dance – Charles Martin I only got halfway through this novel before I placed an order for the sequel. Charles Martin writes so well and I knew it…
The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs Kip – Sara Brunsvold Facing death can present Christians with difficulties. It is an inevitability, as it is for everyone, accompanied by grief, pain and loss. But if…
The First Phone Call from Heaven – Mitch Albom What a fascinating concept … this story is of a few residents of a small, uninspiring and unsuspecting town, begin to receive regular brief…
The Persistent Road – Tim Bishop Through a series of life changing circumstances and loss, Doug, our main protagonist in this novel, is led to a point where he needs…
I, Julian – Claire Gilbert This is a cleverly written fictional autobiography of Julian of Norwich, focusing on her relationship with God as it develops through her life. Julian…
Untaken – C O Wyler Untaken is a bit quirky, written as an internal monologue which in fact really offers a deep insight into the characters emotions, thoughts and…
Long Way Gone – Charles Martin This novel is engaging from the offset as we begin a journey of discovering the main character’s fascinating back story. It is a loose…
The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell – Kelly Flanagan Right from the start, in the intriguing Prologue, the reader is pulled in to this story, leaving you desperate to know how it will…
The Continued Times of Isabella M Smugge – Ruth Leigh This is the third book in Isabella M Smugge series and the storyline remains as engaging as ever. Although on the surface Isabella is…
Keeping Christmas (Volume One) – Various Authors Keeping Christmas is a collection of six short novellas each loosely written around the theme of castles at Christmas time. In some ways short…
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Following on from his well-known classic, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom continues the format following one of the key characters…
Dawn – Cees Dekker, Corien Oranje, Gijsbert van den Brink Dawn, or “Dawn: A Proton’s Tale of All That Came to Be” to give it the full title, is such an intriguing, quirky concept…
The Baggage Handler – David Rawlings Traveling is certainly one of life’s pressure points, especially navigating airports, so it is a great setting for exposing the needs of people who…
The Pilgrim – Joy Margetts Having read The Healing a few months ago, to which this book is the prequel, The Pilgrim offers an opportunity to learn the full…
Talking to Calippa Cumberland – Chick Yuill An unusual story with an unusual title, following the main character’s life from a key moment in her childhood, which then provides an anchor…
The Camera Never Lies – David Rawlings Truth can often be a rarity… real truth and honesty, especially in a family that is heading rapidly towards a cliff edge of being…
What Happened After Mr Jones Died – Paul Wreyford Recently, I have read a lot of books about heaven, having researched and written about it in Beneath The Tamarisk Tree. But this is…
The Dark Star – H R Hess Fantasy novels may not be my usual reading, but I really enjoyed escaping into this new world, engaging with the young heroine and hero….
The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom What a great story. When arriving in heaven, the main character, Eddie, gets to meet five key people whose lives he touched on his…
The Trials of Isabella M Smugge – Ruth Leigh It was so nice to be back in Isabella’s company for another season of relaxation and enjoyment. This is the second book offering us…
The Diary of Isabella M Smugge – Ruth Leigh I have seen great things about the recently launched second book in this series (The Trials of Isabella M Smugge), and am very keen…
The Gardener’s Daughter – K A Hitchins The Gardener’s Daughter, by K A Hitchins, is a story of a young girl, on a roller-coaster of a journey searching for her true…
The Stranger in the Lifeboat – Mitch Albom This one took me by surprise. The story dives straight in, leaving reader intrigued and focused on the events unfolding. It is well written,…
The Edge of Belonging – Amanda Cox This is a debut novel from Amada Cox and credit to her for stepping out and applying her superb storytelling abilities to this story….
Secrets She Kept – Cathy Gohlke I do love it when reading one book leads so naturally on to another, when it opens up your eyes to a story, a…
Safely Home – Randy Alcorn I was at a breakfast meeting recently and the chap I was talking to was just in the throes of changing jobs. His deep…
The Healing – Joy Margetts The Healing is a lovely story, a medieval road trip, which like all road trip stories is a journey of discovery, or in this…