Author: Tina R

Guest Review: An Appetite for Violets by Martine Bailey

Guest Review: An Appetite for Violets by Martine Bailey

Tina’s review of An Appetite For Violets by Martine Bailey. That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you’re invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. A writing desk lies open and you cannot help but read a paper. Then you find something, […]

Review: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Review: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Tina’s review of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. Hetty “Handful” Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke’s daughter, Sarah, has known from an early age she is meant to do something large in […]

Guest Review: Delectable by Adrianne Lee

Guest Review: Delectable by Adrianne Lee

Tina’s review of Delectable (Big Sky Pie #1) Adrianne Lee People all deal with grief in different ways. Some turn to religion to fill a spiritual void, some to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain, and some run away. That is what Quint McCoy did after the sudden, unexpected death of his father – […]

Guest Review: The Wishing Thread by Lisa Van Allen

Guest Review: The Wishing Thread by Lisa Van Allen

Tina’s review of The Wishing Thread by Lisa Van Allen I am a huge fan of Sarah Addison Allen. When I read the synopsis for The Wishing Thread and it stated that it would appeal to fans of hers, I knew I had to read this book. The Wishing Thread, by Lisa Van Allen, is […]

Guest Review: A Bride for Keeps by Melissa Jagears

Guest Review: A Bride for Keeps by Melissa Jagears

Tina’s review of A Bride for Keeps by Melissa Jagears A Tender Tale of Love on the Prairie Perfect for CBA Readers Although Everett Cline can hardly keep up with the demands of his homestead, he won’t humiliate himself by looking for a helpmate ever again–not after being jilted by three mail-order brides. When a […]