Everything is Just Beginning by Erin Bartels

Title: Everything is Just Beginning

Author:  Erin Bartels

Ch: 32

Pg:  352

Genre:  Christian Historical fiction, Christian Contemporary

Rating: 4 stars

Publisher: Revell

 

I’m not going to lie even though it seems odd to consider a book set in 1989 and 1990 as historical fiction, but Everything is just beginning falls is. As a 80s baby and a 90s kid I’ve always loved 80s music. And like one of the characters, I personally thinks songs sound better on vinyl.

So even though I don’t have any memories of 1989 this book gave me all the nostalgic feels I guess that’s because music does speak when words fail. As the characters in this story also learn along the way. Music does bring people together.

 

 

 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher as part of a blog tour  I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams review

 Title: The Cheat Sheet

 Author:  Sarah Adams

Ch: 32 plus epilogue

Genre:  Rom Com

Rating: 5 stars

Publisher: Dell Books

 

I listened to the audio of this one and it added it to the story as there were two narrators for Bree point of view and Nathan’s. I love Sarah’s rom coms as she gives me both his and her point of views. I’m normally not a fan of friends to love as I generally don’t find they trope realistic. But getting Nathan’s point of view and see and “hear” him fall made it worth it. But another thing that makes me like friends to more when Sarah writes it is because she has the character dealing with and admitting the issues with this trope that I have. Which did indeed allow me to enjoy it and even love it.

Yesterday's Tide by Roseanna M White review

Title: Yesterday’s Tides  

Author:  Roseanna M White

Ch: 28

Pg:  410

Genre:  Christian Historical fiction, Christian Historical Romance

Rating: 5 stars

Publisher: Bethany House

 

Yesterday’s Tide is the new dual time standalone novel by Roseanna M White. Set in the outer banks of North Carolina spanning WWI and WWII. I’m not going to lie I loved the WWII setting more than the WWI. While I loved both Evie and Louisa equally as they both were strong heroines in their own right, in which the reader will find out in the end. I do not want to give anything away. However, I’m not going to lie I spent the majority of the book not liking the 1914 hero Remington Culbreth that started to change around chapter 23. However, Sterling Bertrand stole my heart from the beginning.

White does an awesome job of keeping the dual storyline separate and not spoiling either timeline. Till the right moment when both stories come together, and the reader sees how they connect. Which keeps the reader turning the page to find out what happens.

While this one is a standalone novel there are cameos of characters from Roseanna’s previous series. So, there could be slight spoilers to previous series. But to me it just added to the story. Loved seeing characters from the Shadows over England, The Codebreaker series, and The Culper Ring. As Yesterdays Tide kind of connects the three series and the way Roseanna did it is brilliant.

 

I recommend reading at least The Culper Ring and The Codebreakers series first.

 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher as part of a blog tour  I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

 

I received a copy of this book from the author I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

Yesterday’s Tides

In 1942, Evie Farrow is used to life on Ocracoke Island, where every day is the same–until the German U-boats haunting their waters begin to wreak havoc. And when special agent Sterling Bertrand is washed ashore at Evie’s inn, her life is turned upside down. While Sterling’s injuries keep him inn-bound for weeks, making him even more anxious about the man he’s tracking, he becomes increasingly intrigued by Evie, who seems to be hiding secrets of her own.

Decades earlier, in 1914, Englishman Remington Culbreth arrives at the Ocracoke Inn for the summer, but he doesn’t count on falling in love with Louisa Adair, the innkeeper’s daughter. When war breaks out in Europe, and their relationship is put in jeopardy, will their love survive?

As Evie and Sterling work to track down an elusive German agent, they unravel mysteries that go back a generation. The ripples from the Great War are still rocking their lives, and it seems yesterday’s tides may sweep them all into danger again today.

Bestselling and award-winning author Roseanna M. White whisks you away to two periods fraught with peril in this sweeping and romantic dual-time tale.

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Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary. You can learn more about her and her stories at www.RoseannaMWhite.com.

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"Struck by sunlight, the sprawling chateau was blinding, rose-hued white." 

The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz review

Title:  The Rose and the Thistle

Author:  Laura Frantz

Ch: 69

Pg:  416

Genre:  Christian Historical fiction, Christian Historical Romance

Rating: 5 stars

Publisher: Revell

 

I’m not going to lie despite my own Scottish heritage I’ve never been one to sworn over Scottish heroes. But if any author was going to be able to do that it would be Laura Frantz. And with Everard Hume Lord Wedderburn she did. Though it took me a bit to warm up to him. But he’s a hero with strong faith who loves his family. I loved the bond he especially had with his youngest brother. Now Lady Blythe Hedley was a favorite from the start because what’s not to love about a spectacle wearing bookish heroine.

I knew that there was more than one Jacobite rebellions. Though the 1745-1746 is most known. So, it was interesting to read a book set during the 1715 rebellion. And Laura also added another twist in which the Scottish hero isn’t the Jacobite.

I have to say at least in this reader’s opinion this is Laura’s most emotional book. But this twist and turns and the emotional havoc was worth the journey to get to that ending.

And just like with her previous book’s quotes stand out to me in this case there were two “you are still my English Rose. While I remain your Scottish thistle” as it sums up the hero and heroine. And “Though death is melancholy for us here below, it’s more celebration there.” For more personal reasons.

I loved every minute of this book. And I felt like I was in the Lowlands of Scotland.

 

 

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher as part of a blog tour  I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

 

I received a copy of this book from the author I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.