Saturday, December 22, 2012

Redemption Legends of Graham Mansion Book One By: Rose Lee Jude and Mary Lin Brewer

Redemption Legends of Graham Mansion Book One By: Rose Lee Jude and Mary Lin Brewer Redemption by Rosa Lee Jude and Mary Lin Brewer is an amazing book! If you like mystery, suspense, with a touch of the unexplained, you will love this book. Grae White, a senior in high school, moves to Virginia with her mom and brother after her father is put in prison for “creative accounting.” They move in with her grandfather in the Graham Mansion. Grae soon meets one of the local ghosts that resides there and that encounter starts her on her journey for discovering the truth. Her grandfather tells her the story of how Joseph Baker, the first white owner of the property, was killed by his two slaves in 1786. At the time, there was a lot of speculation about how he really died. Can Grae solve the mystery 200 years later? By the time I finished reading Redemption, I had laughed, cried, and cheered for Grae. Pick up this book today to follow Grae on her adventure back to 1786 and find out how Joseph Baker may have really died. How did Grae’s grandmother know what to give her for her 18th birthday, even though she had died the previous year? You won’t want to miss that extraordinary present, nor miss out on the family secrets that have a way of uncontrollably coming to light. Once you finish this book, you will not want to wait to read the next installment in the series; I know I can’t. What an amazing way to tell the story of the Legends of Graham Mansion.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Mail-Order Holiday Brides by Jillian Hart and Janet Tronstad

Home for Christmas This is a wonderful Christmas story by Jillian Hart! Christina Eberlee and Annabelle Hester are mail-order brides who meet on the train taking them to their prospective husbands. Home for Christmas is Christina’s story by Jillian Hart. She meets Elijah Gable, the marshal who tries to catch the boy that knocks Christina down as he’s steeling her reticule on the train. The marshal can’t catch the boy, but he knows Christina’s arm is broken, no matter how much she denies it! Christina is just praying that her future husband who paid her way to him will be a good match. But will he be as good a catch as the marshal? And what about the boy that stole her reticule? This is one story that will grab you from the beginning and you won’t be able to stop until you’re finished. Don’t miss this great Christmas story by Jillian Hart! Snowflakes for Dry Creek This is the second story in this wonderful Mail-Order Christmas Brides sequel. Annabelle Hester is on her way to Dry Creek to meet her future husband, Adam Stone. But, he sends his brother Gabe to pick her up at the station. Where has Adam run off to? How can Annabelle’s story end happily if her promised husband doesn’t want her? She has been told lies by Adam; can she trust his brother Gabe? This is a wonderful Christmas story by Janet Tronstad. Put your faith in God and everything will work out. Both of these stories come with discussion questions at the end and are heartwarming Christmas stories.