Archive for January, 2010

The Chic Shall Inherit the Earth by Shelley Adina

By • Jan 24th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

Lissa Mansfield has come a long way since transferring to SpencerAcademy two years ago. She’s made a great group of friends. She’s even gotten over the Callum McCloud “incident” from her first semester. Now, she’s ready to graduate and take on college life! Or is she?



A Second Helping by Beverly Jenkins

By • Jan 24th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

With the millions she received after divorcing her faithless tycoon husband, Bernadine Brown saved the historic town of Henry Adams, Kansas, from financial ruin and found loving homes for five needy children. Now there are other “projects” crying out for rescue.



Virtual Blog Tour for Do You Wanna Be Made Whole?

By • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: Virtual Book Tours

Pastor James Maxwell knows the pain of making poor choices that damages families. He has dedicated his life to helping men avoid the mistakes that he has made in his life. Now he walks through the valley with three of his spiritual sons as they try to find their way to wholeness.



Sweet Deception by Rochelle Alers

By • Jan 21st, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

Nothing could stop Zabrina from loving Myles, not even when she was blackmailed into becoming wife—in name only—to another man. And as her secrets are revealed, Zabrina has one summer to convince Myles that beyond their incredible chemistry is a soul-deep bond that never faded.



DREAMS THROWN AWAY by Dilsa Saunder Bailey

By • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

Haunted by tragedy every step of the way, a young girl is orphaned just on the brink of womanhood. She survives on instinct and a desire to make it big. She has got dreams big enough to fill an ocean, but at the top of her wish list is a wealthy man who loves her unconditionally.



Signifying Nothing by Clifford Thompson

By • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

The novel is set in Washington, D.C., in 1979 and focuses on the Hobbs family. Lester Hobbs, nineteen years old, is mentally retarded and mute until the day he suddenly begins to rap at the top of his lungs about life with his parents and older siblings.



Champagne & Butterflies by SJ Foster

By • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

In Champagne & Butterflies, Kyla and Kimari Fontaine are sisters who are young, gorgeous, and quite privileged. Setting off to finish their wild college years at Penn State before moving on to the real world, they find themselves facing obstacles they never could have imagined.



On the ‘Net With Author Rhonda McKnight

By • Jan 17th, 2010 • Category: Author of the Week

Rhonda McKnight is a Christian, a mom, a daughter, sister, employee, friend and writer. She loves reading and watching movies, especially classics like some of the old Alfred Hitchcock movies.She likes to sing although she has been told it is not a gift and she loves writing, talking about writing and learning about writing.



Pray for Haiti by Rambling Raven

By • Jan 17th, 2010 • Category: Rambling Raven

I watched stunned as images of distraught Haitians tried to pull family and friends from underneath the rubbish that the quake left behind. I watched with sadness as images of battered and dead Haitian bodies littered the streets of Porte-au-Prince, while thousands more were still trapped underneath the walls of buildings.



Dream Keeper by Gail McFarland

By • Jan 17th, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2010

McFarland weaves a very complicated and interesting story of the struggle that couples, who have fertility problems, experience. She gives very detailed accounts of what the procedure costs and what the couple must endure. The readers will find themselves crying and cheering for Marissa and Dench each step of the way. This book is recommended for book clubs to read.