ISBN: 9780764208942

Paperback, 334 pages

Bethany House Publishers

Set in the 1800s Clara Endicott was the daughter of wealthy parents but she was best friends with Daniel Tremain who worked in a steel mill alone with his father, he was taking his exam in order to get a scholarship for college when he was called away and his father was under a steam boiler that had exploded up.  He was the only one that knew how to keep it from blowing more and to help so they could get his father from under the hot boiler.  He got it fixed but his father did not survive.  Daniel was very smart in the ways of inventing things so as he had to work and keep his mother and sisters up, he kept working on making things better. They both loved music and even composed some of their own.  They loved the classics and played together every day.

Clara was sent to an aunt in England as her parents wanted to get her away from Danial as she was sixteen.  She was sent to an aunt but that did not stop her form pressuring her dream as a witter and it really got her in trouble as she exploded the coal mine owners that worked the children under the ground.  She found herself in jail and thought that she would have to spend a long time there when her brother came from America and got her out, but she had to be on a ship back to America by sundown.  She had not heard from Daniel since she had gone to England ten years ago, and he had not heard from her, even though both of them had written to each other.

When she got back on America soil she soon found out had powerful Daniel had become and the companies that he owned.  She still felt as though he was her best friend so when they met in an Opera House that he had built that friendship was still there.

I love the books that are written from the 1800s and this one is no exception.  It is well written even though I have not read any of Elizabeth Camden's work before.

This book was sent to me by Bethany House Publishers for my honest review.

 

IT'S BLOG TOUR TIME

for

The Fine Art of Insincerity

by

Angela Hunt

ISBN: 9781439182031

Paperback, 302 pages

Howard Books

“Hunt delves into some serious issues in this family drama centered around three sisters clearing out their grandmother’s house, yet still manages to add humor when it’s needed most. This emotionally compelling novel is a gem.”

MY REVIEW:

I really enjoyed this books as three sisters that led all different lives, with nine marriages among them had gotten together at their deceased grandmother's house.  They had been raised most of their lives by her as their mother was dead and their dad just didn't have time for three girls.  Their grandmother was something she had been married seven time, some of the husbands had died and some she had divorced.  She had a daughter and a son, but the son had died young and the daughter was the mother of the girls.

They all were having problems with their own marriages and Rose (the youngest) was even ploting her death as she just could not live any longer with her past. Ginger was the eldest and had two sons and was still married to her first husband.  Penny was on her forth marriage (I think, hard to keep up with) and had one son that she had not raised.  But as they gathered together in the beach cottage that they now owned together to clean it out and to get what they wanted to keep for themselves, it was hard for them to get along.  Ginger had always bossed them around as she had to take care of her younger sisters for a long time before their mother died and she was the one that found her mother.


Angela Hunt really knew how to put this book together and she made it come to life as the sisters spent the weekend together in the little cottage they grew up in.  I think anyone would like this book that likes good clean fun, romance and family.


Thanks to the author and to Glass Roads Publishing for sending me this book free for me to enjoy and review and do this tour.

 

SPRING FOR SUSANNAH

by

Catherine Richmond

ISBN: 9781595549242

Paperback, 345 pages

Thomas Nelson Publisher

MY REVIEW:

Susannah leaves her family home after her parents are killed and she can not make it on her own,  She didn't have any suitors and had never dated so her Pastor sent her to the Dakota prairie to marry his brother whom she had never met.  She was having problems with the banker of their town and he would not leave her alone so she though this was best to get away from it all.

When Susannah met Jesse at the so called train depot she had no idea what type of house he lived in but they were married by proxy before she left.  On their way to their land claim he redid their marriage vows himself.

Is is very a very hard life as when she got to their house it was made of sod and so small they kept running into each other when they moved.  Jesse had been in the War between the States and still had some bad dreams about this as Susannah was so afraid the banker would find her.

When the grasshoppers came and destroyed everything they had planted, Jesse decided to go away and try to find a job leaving Susannah at home and alone except for their dog and a couple they lived on the next claim.

As she waited for his return she found out she was expecting a baby and did everything she could to protect it as far as moving to town and teaching a very small school.  But she is tougher than Jesse thought as she held everything together and kept herself up.

I really loved this book and didn't want it to end.  I think this was the first book that I have read by Catherine Richmond and sure want to read some more.

This book was sent to me by BookSneeze for my honest review,

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INDELIBLE

by

Kristen Heitzmann

 ISBN: 9781400073108

Paperback, 322 pages

WaterBrook Press

Read an Excerpt 
Broken dreams don’t keep former gold medal skier and Search and Rescue volunteer Trevor MacDaniel from taking life head on, but personal loss has driven home how fragile and fleeting life and innocence are. He will risk his life for someone in need, as Natalie Reeve learns when her nephew is snatched from a trail by a mountain lion.
An eidetic savant, Natalie processes emotional images that lodge in her mind by sculpting the faces in clay. She displays her nature statues at her gallery, but hides the faces that are part of her gift, part of her disability. Seeing beneath the surface, she processes the micro expressions and reveals, in clay, the person she sees with God’s eyes.
Fleur Destry lost her sight at fourteen, but that doesn’t stop her from painting studies in colors she now sees only with her mind’s eye. Her oil paintings are the perfect match for Nattie’s sculptures, a fit as natural as their new friendship.
Redford, Colorado, has recovered from the bizarre events of the previous fall, but Jonah Westfall is still intent on protecting his own when something dark once again threatens the tranquility of his burgeoning town. Strapped for personnel and resources, he relies on Trevor and even Natalie to unravel the threat posed by someone who identifies himself with the fallen angel of Milton’s Paradise Lost and imagines Trevor his opposite, an archangel and heaven’s chosen.


MY REVIEW:

Natalie Reeve has just opened up an art gallery and as she is starting to get unpacked her brother decides he wants to go on a hike with his wife and 3 year old son.  As the book starts they are trying to get the little boy from a mountain lion's mouth and Trevor MacDaniel A Olympic gold medalist turned search and rescue volunteer runs and slides down the mountain toward the little boy.

Natalie has a thing about seeing anything (not really sure what it is called) but she retains everything she sees and has to do a sculptor of what she saw in order to get it out of her mind.  Trevor and his friend Whit owns a outdoor store next to her art gallery so they see a lit of each other.

I tried to read this book and I read about three fourths of it but I really could not keep up with it, the book is like two books in one and between the chapters a whole different story goes on.  I have read some of Kristen's books and most of them are like this as she is a mystery writer.  But the parts in between the chapters really disturbed me as I read at night, so I had to call it quits.

I received this book free from Waterbrook Multnomah blogging for books program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

 

 DEATON  RENUION

May 21, 2011

 MY BROTHER FRANK & MYSELF

High Falls County Park is nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It serves as a gateway to a variety of recreational activities. This 44 acre park, established in 1971, is located on the beautiful waters of Lake Keowee. At High Falls, visitors are not limited to activities on the lake as the park provides many facilities and programs to suit every recreational need. The park store offers a variety of convenient items and is located in the park's focal point, The Alexander/Canon/Hill House. The house was built in 1830, and is one of the last remaining pieces of the area's history.

MAY 21, 2011 at High Falls Parks on Lake Keowee in SC we had out second Deaton reunion.  It was a nice day and we had a fairly large crowd from my brother Frank and I as the only living children out of ten that our parents had.  Our dad died in 1951 when I was only 8 years old by our mama raised the 3 that was at home the best she could.  Out of this many children there was one set of twins and 37 grandchildren, all still alive except four.  I was the only one out of 10 that finished HS but I am a lot younger than the others.  One niece is only 2 years younger the me.  Our Mama has been gone since 1980 and 8 of our brothers and sisters have gone to meet the Lord since then.

                                        

                                 
                          This is part of the group some was playing in the lake.

One of my niece's got this up and it was so sweet of her as she lives probably 4 hours away from the site of the reunion.  If anyone could only say one thing about this crows is we love to eat, there was so much food left over we could have fed another bunch.


    

 

THE FINAL
INSPECTION

The Soldier stood and faced God,

Which must always come to pass.

He hoped his shoes were shining,

Just as brightly as his brass..

'Step forward now, Soldier ,

How shall I deal with you?

Have you always turned the other cheek?

To My Church have you been true?'

The soldier squared his shoulders and said,

'No, Lord, I guess I ain't.

Because those of us who carry guns,

Can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays,

And at times my talk was tough.

And sometimes I've been violent,

Because the world is awfully rough.

But, I never took a penny,

That wasn't mine to keep...

Though I worked a lot of overtime,

When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,

Though at times I shook with fear..

And sometimes, God, forgive me,

I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place,

Among the people here.

They never wanted me around,

Except to calm their fears

If you've a place for me here, Lord,

It needn't be so grand.

I never expected or had too much,

But if you don't, I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne,

Where the saints had often trod.

As the Soldier waited quietly,

For the judgment of his God.

'Step forward now, you Soldier,

You've borne your burdens well.

Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,

You've done your time in Hell.'

Author Unknown~

 

 

It's the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us the freedom of the press.

It's the Soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us the freedom of speech.

It's the Soldier, not the politicians
That ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness..

It's the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag.

 

HOLY  GUACAMOLE!

BLOG TOUR

 May, 2011

ISBN: 978-1600391835

Paperback, 284 pages

Lamp Post Inc, Publisher

Debut authors Dan and Denise Harmer deliver a thrilling food-lover's adventure in Holy Guacamole. The culinary tale hurtles a television chef and a washed-up sports writer into a harrowing escapade that may cost them their lives.

When Trace Domingo is accepted into Chef Bonnie Miller's culinary boot camp, a life-threatening journey into Bonnie's past unfolds. In a vulnerable moment, Trace discovers part of Bonnie's closely-held secret. She hasn't yet decided to trust the "bootie" when a crisis makes the choice for her. The pair embark on a race against the clock across southern California and northern Baja in Mexico.

Laced with local references, historical sites, and culinary delights, Holy Guacamole is a fun summer beach read.

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Biography of Dan and Denise Harmer

Denise, a former stenographer and devourer of books, is the couple's editor and technician. Dan fine tuned his creative storytelling in high school as a way of explaining why he missed class whenever the surf was up. Their shared passion for the written word has led to a growing collection of awards. The couple enjoys living in Southern California's "Avocado Capital of the World" where they maintain a laid-back lifestyle as they run a cabinet shop, raise four children, and tend a small ranch. Okay, maybe it does get a little hectic.
Visit our website at www.jointventurebooks.com

This biography was provided by the author or their representative.

MY REVIEW:

Bonnie Miller is a cook show host that has other people doing all the work. Trace Domingo was a sports writer but was not doing very well with that, and he fell for Bonnie while watching her on the show.  He decided that he wasted to go to her chef school and learn how to be a chef. He could already cook some but when he was late for his first day and then someone shot and he tried to get between Bonnie and the window, she though that he was the one that shot at her.  So he had a hard time from the start.

He was accepted and was bunked in with a woman that stayed on the phone with her boy friend all the time and walked around in her panties.  There was also a man know as Jimmy the knife.  They all were going to learn how to be a chef, or so Trace though but they has him doing everything.

This book was an OK read but not really my style as I though it would be.  If you like the cooking shows, mystery, romance and everything crazy then this is the book for you.  It just was not my style.  I will rate it as a two.  I hate to cook as I have been doing it for my family for so many years.

I give the authors an applause for being able to come up with all these crazy people that is listed in Holy Guacamole.

I received my complimentary review copy through Glass Roads PR for my honest review.

 

  FADE TO BLUE

 ISBN: 9780805448740

Paperback, 391 pages

B and H Publishing Group

To read the first chapter of Fade to Blue for here. 

MY REVIEW:

Suzi Mitchell a divorced woman with a four year old boy Jeremiah.  She is an artist so she moved to the bay on the California area and took a job with a man that restored old pieces of art.  She got the job of helping restore parts of the "Hearst Castle" to find out her boyfriend Seth had moved to the same area and had his own company of washing windows on any building including the castle.

They had parted when Seth wanted to move to California and she didn't want to move away from their home town, so she had stayed and married an older man and had the little boy by him.  She was a stay at home mom and didn't have an idea what her husband was up too and where he got so much money.  Soon he was arrested for drug dealing and then she found out that he was an adulterer also.  After he was put in jail is when she moved to start over.  She never thought he would find her, nor get out of jail.  But he did and wanted her back and told her he had accepted Christ and she so wanted to believe him, but didn't think she had ever loved him.

This book tells us some things that even the people who are really close to us, we really don't know that much about and what they are doing.  God is in control if we just accept him and try our best to do what we think He would be proud of.

This book was sent to me free from B and H Publishing Group for me to read and add a review of my own words.  Thanks to the author and to the publisher.

 

When Sparrows Fall

by

Meg Moseley

ISBN: 9781601423559

Paperback, 344 pages

Multnomah Books

 

 Miranda Hanford is a widow and mother of six, she had met her husband in college and althought he was older than she Miranda quit college and married him.  She had no idea the type of man he was until moved her to Slades Creek, Georgia where he was involved in a so called church ran by Mason Chandler.  Mason wanted his complete church family to sell out and move to North Carolina, but she was determined not to move.

After her husband had been killed from falling off their roof, she made out a will that was leave his half brother College Professor Jack Hanford.  No one knew how soon she would need him and he had no idea about this until she had fell from a cliff behind her house and was in serious condition in the hospital then he was called to come take care of his two nieces and four nephews.

He was a college professor so he made arrangements for a leave and went to the small town to care for the children.  He fell in love with the children and did very good with them for not being a father himself.  But still there was something wrong with this church that the family was involved in and what was this about the complete church packing up and moving to another state.  The women were made to wear clothes that were shapeless and big clunky shoes.  All the girls and women had to wear denim jumpers, as you can imagine the Amish came to mind here as I read a lot of those books.  But this was more a cult than a church as Mason ruled them all.

You need to get this book as it is a very good read, the author added in some suspense that Miranda was holding back from everyone and her oldest son was just too sad.  Will she move with the church or will the church stay where they are.

I want to thanks Blogging for books and the author for sending me this copy in order for my review in my own words. 

 

How Huge The Night

by

Heather and Lydia Munn

ISBN: 9780825433108

paperback, 304 pages

Kregel publications

Product Description

Fifteen-year-old Julien Losier just wants to fit in. But after his family moves to a small village in central France in hopes of outrunning the Nazis, he is suddenly faced with bigger challenges than the taunting of local teens.

Nina Krenkel left her country to obey her father's dying command: Take your brother and leave Austria. Burn your papers. Tell no one you are Jews. Alone and on the run, she arrives in Tanieux, France, dangerously ill and in despair.

Thrown together by the chaos of war, Julien begins to feel the terrible weight of the looming conflict and Nina fights to survive. As France falls to the Nazis, Julien struggles with doing what is right, even if it is not enough-and wonders whether or not he really can save Nina from almost certain death.

Based on the true story of the town of Le Chambon-the only French town honored by Israel for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust-How Huge the Night is a compelling, coming-of-age drama that will keep teens turning the pages as it teaches them about a fascinating period of history and inspires them to think more deeply about their everyday choices.

Based on the true story of the town of Le Chambon-the only French town honored by Israel for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust-How Huge the Night is a compelling, coming-of-age drama that will keep teens turning the pages as it teaches them about a fascinating period of history and inspires them to think more deeply about their everyday choices.  This was taken from http://www.familyfiction.com.

MY REVIEW:

Just as World War 2 was beginning fifteen year old Julien Losier was very upset with his parents as they were moving them from Paris and all his friends to a small village Tanieux in central France where his father grew up and just up the road from his grandfather's farm.  This was a small town and he just knew he would never fit in with these people.  

There is another girl Nina Krenkel alone with her brother had to leave their country on their father's command and go to Austria and he told them to burn their papers and not to tell anyone they were Jewish. They arrived in Tanieux ill and in despair. She didn't know what she was going to do. Then she and her brother met up with Julien Losier.

They though as by going there they would run from the Nazis and be safe but nowhere was safe from Hitler. He and his sister both knew they would never be safe as they watched their father die and then tried to run to Austria alone with a Jewish boy they had meet and helped.  None of them knew how close to death they would come too as they struggled to stay alive.

This book was written well and the authors seemed to know what they were writing about.  I usually don't like anything about World War 2 as I was born during this time and had a brother and 3 brothers-in-law in Germany fighting, three came back alive but one of my brothers-in-law was in a box.  But this book was interesting and written in a way for younger people, so I was able to understand it better.  I am a great-grandmother so it takes something that really explains things for me to understand.  I really am a history buff so I rate this book as a 4.5

Thanks so much to Kregel Publications for the free copy of this book in order for me to review.

 

 

 

 

BOOK TOUR
presented by The B and B Media Group

 for

THE LIGHTKEEPER'S BALL

by

Colleen Coble

 ISBN: 9781595542687
Book three

Paperback, 296 pages

Thomas Nelson Publisher

MY REVIEW:

This just the type of book that I love, historical, romance, mystery what else could you ask for.  Colleen Coble always writes a good read and I have enjoyed her books before.

In a New York brownstone just a half block from the Astor mansion lived Olivia and her mother, the father had died in a mine accident in Africa.  The other daughter Eleanor had went west to marry and Olivia and her mother just received the word that Eleanor was dead and had died from drowning.  She was afraid of the water and Olivia could not believe that she had went into the water and that something else had happened to kill her. The father and his friend Mr. Bennett owned the diamond mine together, but since his death Olivia and her mother were having a hard time making it on their own.

Olivia got on a ship to go to Mercy Falls, California and try to find out what happened to her only sister.  From here on out everything get interesting as Olivia is shoved off the ship right before they landed and almost drowned.  The man that saved her was Harrison Bennett but he didn't know who she was as she was going by the name of Lady Devonworth.

The closer she got to where her sister had died the more things begin to happen to Olivia.  She found out things that ever the mother didn't know about her father and his partner Mr. Bennett.

This is really a book that you don't want to have to put down, the next page will tell you more and I really hated to see it end.

This books was sent to be by The B and B Media Group  for my review.

 

Desert Gift

by

Sally John

ISBN: 9781414327860

Paperback, 388 pages

Tyndale Fiction  Publishing

Sally John

Welcome to Life in the Fiction Lane, posts of my day-to-day process of writing a novel. It's the story behind the story. To read more about my work, please visit www.sally-john.com. If you'd like to contact me personally, please email me at sallyjohn.readers@yahoo.com.

A story about the unexpected detours our lives can take, the lies we sometimes tell ourselves, and the hope that God is always at work, even in the desert.

"This thoughtful inspirational reminds readers that it's never too late for second chances"

My Review:

I have read Sally's book Ransomed Dreams and did a review on it last year.  So this book Desert Gift is just as good if not better.

Jullian Galloway's world was about to be upset as she and her husband Jackson who is a doctor were about to take their first vacation in years.  They have one son and he is in Europe

studying

art and both of them have a very busy life. She is a talk show host on the radio about how to have a good and lasting marriage and had just published a book on the subject.  But the morning they were supposed to leave for California for a tour of her book and a vacation, Jackson told her he was not going and that he wanted a divorce.  This hit Jullian like a bullet as she could not understand why.

She went ahead to California and left him at home, but she was so unhappy but he was so relieved that she was gone.  He didn't really understand what had come over him either but he just wanted to be away from her.  Jullian loved her radio show and really had the "big head" " over it and Jackson was a well liked surgeon  so he felt the same way about himself.

I could understand why a couple needed some time alone as my husband and myself just celebrated 50 years together, and sometimes I wish he would go fishing or something for a week or two and I am sure he feels the same way as he loves outside and I like to be inside so we really don't have a lot in common.  

I want to thank Tyndale Publishers for sending me this book and the review is my own. 

 

THE PROMISE OF AN ANGEL

by

RUTH REID

ISBN: 9781595547880

paperback, 296 pages

Thomas Nelson Publisher

MY REVIEW:

This is the first book in the series "A Heaven On Earth" and if you want somthing different in an Amish book then this is it.  This is my first time reading anything of Ruth Reid's and I am really surprised the way she writes.  I hope to read more of her work.

Mecosta County, Michigan the home of a group of old order Amish and the story begins with them having a barn raising for the family of Judith Fischer and her parents.  Judith loves the children and she loves to make up tales for the children but the elders don't like the tales she makes up, they think they are wrong.  

When it got time to eat dinner that all the women had prepared Judith takes her eyes off her little five year old brother as they said the prayer and then she saw him on top of the barn trying to nail in the nail that Andrew had given him.  She screams at him and then he starts to fall, she ran and when she got to him there was a man standing over him that she had never saw before.  He told her and her little brother that he was going to be okay.  He was carried to the hospital but when he came too, he could not move his legs.

Judith always went down by the river when she wanted to be by herself and there she meet the man again but he was so tall and his eyes were piecing blue but he told her again that Samuel would walk.  Who was this stranger and how did he know what would happen.  He told her his name was Tobias and that he was an angel.  When she told someone about it they though she was just making up another one of her tales and told her to stop.

Will she stop telling the tales or is this really an Angel that God sent to help her and Samuel.  Will the bishop believe her or will they think she is crazy and send her away?  What about her the boy she wanted to marry Levi, he does not want to join the church and they had always talked about getting married.

This book was sent to me free for my review by BookSneeze

 

 On Sale now click here to read about the book.

ISBN: 9780312380786

Hardback, 373 pages

St. Martin's Press, Publisher

MY REVIEW:

Rose McKenna was a wife and mother of two, she was helping in her daughter's school when something blew up near the lunch room and a fire started, as she was trying to help get the children out, she thought about her daughter that always hides in the restroom because of a birthmark on her face and she gets bullied for it.  Rose fought through the fire and finally got to her little daughter and got them both out, but the smoke had got to Melly her daughter so they were both taken to the hospital.  Not knowing then how bad the blast had been until later when she learned that a teacher and two lunch room workers were killed and a little girl was in a coma in IC.

As the story progresses Rose gets blamed for the little girl that ran back into the fire and then she already had a secret that she had always kept.  The father of Melly was dead and she was not married to the father of her baby son.  But all through the book when something went wrong the word "Mother" was always in a sentence by itself and I could not understand why, until way over in the book when she disclosed it.

I had no idea that this book would be such a great read as I have never read any of Lisa's work before even though she is a "New York Times Bestselling Author".  The book is full of anything you may want to read about, love, mystery, children and the author really tells the story that will keep you turning page after page.  No fair looking in the back to see how it all ends, sometime it is tempting but I don't ever.

Thanks to St. Martin's Press for sending me this book free for me to read and enjoy, It is my choice to do the review. 

 

 ISBN: 9780736930093

Paperback, 285 pages

Harvest House Publishers

 A word from the author:I grew up close to the eastern Ohio Amish community of Geauga County, where my parents often took me to farmers’ markets and woodworking fairs. My husband and I now live within the largest population of Amish in the country–a four-county area in central Ohio. We love to take weekend getaways to purchase farm produce and other goodies, stay with Amish families in bed and breakfasts, attend country auctions and enjoy the simpler way of life.

This is my first series of novels set in the Amish community.

I would love to hear from readers of Christian novels. Please leave me a post at my blogsite.

As an Amish midwife, Abigail Graber loves bringing babies into the world. But when a difficult delivery takes a devastating turn, Abigail is faced with some hard choices. Despite her best efforts, the young mother dies—but the baby is saved.
When a heartless judge confines Abigail to the county jail for her mistakes, her sister Catherine comes to care for her children while Daniel works his fields. Catherine meets Daniel’s reclusive cousin, Isaiah, who’s deaf and thought to be simple minded by his community. She endeavors to teach him to communicate and discovers he possesses unexpected gifts and talents.

While Abigail searches for forgiveness, Catherine changes lives and, in return, finds love, something long elusive in her life. And Isaiah discovers God, who cares nothing about our handicaps or limitations in His sustaining love.

An inspirational tale of overcoming grief, maintaining faith, and finding hope in an ever-changing world.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Abigail's New Hope, go HERE.

MY REVIEW:

First I want to thank Mary Ellis the author for sending me this autographed copy of Abigal's New Hope for me to review.

Abigale Graber is an Amish wife and mother of two little ones.  She also is a midwife for some of the women, and when one night a new man that has just moved into the area came knocking on her door and needed her to come to his wife that was in labor.  No one else was available so she went and the young woman was already bleeding really bad, but Abigale delivered the healthy baby boy but the young woman died.  What else could she do she called 911 but by the time they got there it was too late.  The young father got his aunt to come and care for the baby.

Meanwhile word got out that Abigale was not a licenced midwife and that she was supposed to help someone else to deliver babies.  Two patrol cars came to her house and took her to jail where she stayed for a little while.  This was the first time an Amish woman had even been arrested for being a midwife but the state of Ohio saw it different.  She used her time to read her Bible and to Pray as she sit in jail.  Her father was a bishop and he had not come to see her, but her sister had come to care for the two children and to care for the house while she was in jail.  The bail was set to half a million dollars and the Amish people did not believe in putting up their farms for bail money as this had never come about before.  Will she have to server time in the woman's prison or will the judge and her lawyer get her off with a lesser sentence?

This is really a different kind of Amish book than most of the others, it deals with something that none of the other Amish writers have written about.  I think anyone that reads this book will really enjoy it.

 

TOUR

on

The Fitting Room: Putting on the Character of Christ

by

KELLY MINTER

 ISBN: 9781434799852

paperback, 206 pages

David Cook, Publisher

 

 

 Synopsis

Kelly Minter explores what it means—in real life—to “clothe” ourselves (Col. 3:12) in Christian virtues like forgiveness, joy, patience, compassion, and more.

Colossians 3:12 tells us to “clothe” ourselves in Christian virtues like forgiveness, joy, patience, compassion. But how does that work in real life? Can we really “dress up” in the character of Christ? Kelly Minter says the answer is yes—if we let the Master Designer do the fitting. This relatable book offers insightful Scripture study with real-life stories and simple, down-to-earth explanations of tricky concepts as justification and sanctification—stitching it all together with dry humor and down-to-earth honesty. There are no gimmicks, no guilt trips, just an irresistible invitation for women to enjoy a spiritual makeover—to put on a life that’s personally tailored by the One who knows and loves them best.

 

Kelly Minter is a singer/worship leader, a recording artist, a popular speaker, andthe author of two books, and three Bible studies. 

 

Hear Kelly sing here, yes she is a great singer as well as a author. 

 

 

 MY REVIEW:

This book was based on Colossians 3:1, where God tells us to clothing ourselves with virtures.  In this day it is very hard to show that we are a Christian and to do all the things that God tells us we should do and act.  Kelly talks about the way in which we can help ourselves to be what God wants us to be and she tell that we really need to do the best we can.  Other people see us different that we see ourselves as we all are compared to this world of TV and the media.  God looks at us from the inside, not the outside, but we should try our best to dress and act as a Christian so that others can see that we are different that the ways of the world.

We should try to take off the things that are not pleasing to God and put on the things that are, that is what The Fitting Room is based on.  This book has fourteen chapters that can be used as a learning tool on their own or the book can be read and studied with as many chapters as you wish.  It is a little hard to tell about this book in a review as you need to read it for yourself to see how Kelly tells us how to change our life to be more pleasing to God. 

I found Kelly and her words in "The Fitting Room" to be uplifting and am so thankful to "The B and B Media Group for sending me this copy for my own review.