It feels like I've been telling all of you about Palmer Girl for a long time now, but today, I'm happy to say, it's finally available to everyone! This book is part of the Historic Hotels collection. It's a stand-alone story, but I hope Sorrento Girl readers will have fun figuring out what the relationship is between Elizabeth Nordeman and Ann Brooks.
Read MoreThis is a story about a man named John Newton. He was born in London in 1725. His father was the commander of a merchant ship that sailed in the Mediterranean. Little was written about his mother, except that she taught John what he knew about God. She died when John was young. At the age of eleven, John began sailing on long voyages with his father.
Read MoreHave you read any good books lately? This summer has been a good one for reading, and I’ve been taking notes so I could share with you. In this post, I’ve listed the ten books I’ve read since I last posted my spring book reviews. I enjoy writing these posts so I think I’m going to make it a quarterly tradition on the blog. I hope you’ll find them useful!
Read MorePalmer Girl, the second book in my Historic Hotels Collection, is coming soon, September 29th! I can’t wait to share this story with you and I hope that you will love it as much as I do. The Kindle version is available for pre-order now at a limited time lower price.
Read MoreYou Again, written by Amanda Waters, is a contemporary romance I recently enjoyed reading. This clean and wholesome novel hooked me from the start.
Read MoreThe time and place: Germany after WWII. A division had split the church, and the hurt ran deep. In the years prior, Hitler had commanded all religious groups within the country to unite. It wasn’t a unity of the Spirit, however, that brought them together. Instead, the unity was forced upon them so Hitler could better control the churches.
Read MoreI have a new list of my favorite books that I’ve been reading over the past few months to share with you. There are several genres represented below: historical fiction, historical romance, romantic suspense, contemporary romance, Christian living, and writing technique. Some are categorized for the Christian market, some aren’t—but all are clean. I enjoy keeping track of, reviewing, and sharing the titles that mean something to me. Maybe there’s something here that will spark your interest!
Read MoreThere’s no other message that holds greater importance in this life than the gospel of Jesus Christ. Gospel is a word that simply means, good news. It has made all the difference in my life, and I can’t help but share it.
Read MoreThe story of Sorrento Girl, a historical romance, was inspired by a snippet from an old Seattle College newspaper from 1938 that I ran across. The article mentioned a group of coeds who were organizing a tea. It referred to them as the Sorrento Girls. They were given this name because they lived at the nearby Hotel Sorrento, one of Seattle’s oldest and most beautiful hotels. Seattle College (now called Seattle University) had recently begun admitting women, and they needed a place to house them. Since this was during the Great Depression and hotel bookings were light, it was a win-win situation for both the hotel and the college. I liked thinking about what it must have been like to not only live in this beautiful hotel but also, I enjoyed pondering what it would have been like to be among one of the first trailblazing women who attended Seattle College.
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