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The Dutch House – Ann Patchett
I came to The Dutch House exactly the way a literary person shouldn’t. I had heard the name off Ann Patchett, but because this review site tends towards coverage of Christian fiction, my free time […]
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Draven’s Light (A Goldstone Wood Novella) – Anne Elisabeth Stengl
After Goldstone Wood came to an ignominious end, Anne Elisabeth Stengl tried her best to keep the series going. Book seven, Golden Daughter, was published under Rooglewood Press, her own independent publisher. While a full-length […]
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Fallen Star (A Short Story of Goldstone Wood) – Anne Elisabeth Stengl
I first discovered Goldstone Wood in 2013 with Dragonwitch. I immediately went back to books 1-4 (Heartless, Veiled Rose, Moonblood, and Starflower) and followed the series in lock-step until Anne Elisabeth Stengl put aside that […]
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Relative Silence – Carrie Stuart Parks
I had not read any of Carrie Stuart Parks’s work prior to Relative Silence. Based off this particular novel, I will be searching for more that she has written. I read Relative Silence in a […]
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The Way of Love – Tracie Peterson
A historical fiction novel about a lady doctor. If this isn’t enough of a novelty, add in the fact that she’s part Native American. I really liked the idea behind Tracie Peterson’s The Way of […]
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A Gilded Lady – Elizabeth Camden
Elizabeth Camden’s A Gilded Lady is the continuing saga of the Delacroix siblings. This second book in the Hope and Glory series focuses on the beautiful Caroline. In the first book, The Spice King, you […]
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Fatal Strike – DiAnn Mills
“On remote missions, she controlled her phobia with her mind. In and out, get the job done. She would learn to handle it with this case, too, and no one would learn the truth.” If […]
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Heartless (Tales of Goldstone Wood #1) – Anne Elisabeth Stengl
A few months ago, I picked up the fifth book in Tales of Goldstone Wood, Dragonwitch, and was immediately drawn into the series. It had been quite some time since I had read a fantasy […]
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Veiled Rose (Tales of Goldstone Wood #2) – Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Veiled Rose is best described as a companion novel to Stengl’s 2010 debut, Heartless. The novel follows a few of the same characters and expands upon a storyline given a brief reference in Heartless. Near […]
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Moonblood (Tales of Goldstone Wood #3) – Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Veiled Rose ends with Prince Lionheart—or Leo the Jester—returning to his kingdom having bargained with, rather than fought, the dragon. He returns to Southlands as the Crown Prince, but the inhabitants of Southlands distrust the […]