Rating: 3 stars Published: January 18, 2024 Pages: 384 Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Romance I was gifted this book early this year and before then I had never heard of this author. However, as someone who is usually open to discovering new authors, I was pleased to go into reading this book without any expectations. This story … Continue reading Book Review: The Wedding of the Year by Jill Mansell
Rating: 5 stars Published: July 25, 2023 Pages: 214 Genre: Contemporary Fiction This is the second book in "The Rome Apartment" series, and I was curious as to where this one would take me. In this book, Ronnie's apartment is once again available to have yet another woman who wishes to rediscover herself in Rome. … Continue reading Book Review: Secrets at the Rome Apartment by Kerry Fisher
Rating: 4 stars Published: July 28, 2023 Pages: 210 Genre: Contemporary Fiction As you may already know, the author is one of my top 10 favorite authors of all time and I am almost done with reading all her published books. This is the first book in a three-book series, and I was excited to … Continue reading Book Review: The Rome Apartment by Kerry Fisher
Rating: 4 stars Published: November 30, 2023 Pages: 309 Genre: Contemporary Romance 'Tearless' is a coming-of-age story that follows Lami, a 24-year-old Nigerian girl who is on a path to self-discovery by digging into her past to make sense of who she really is and who she wants to become in the future. Lami is … Continue reading Book Review: Tearless by Ayo Deforge
Rating: 4 Stars Published: June 6, 2017 Pages: 384 Genre: Biblical/Historical Fiction 'Bread of Angels' is another biblical fictional story that follows Lydia who appeared in Acts 16 as a seller of purple. Lydia is mainly known for welcoming the early Apostles into her home and the first to receive and accept the good news … Continue reading Book Review: Bread of Angels by Tessa Afshar
Rating: 3.5 Stars Published: November 1, 2022 Pages: 396 Genre: Biblical/Historical Fiction This was another insightful story set in biblical times when Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon and Daniel, the prophet was one of his trusted advisors. It follows Keren, the daughter of one of the many Jewish captives in Babylon who due to … Continue reading Book Review: The Hidden Prince by Tessa Afshar
This book is the first in a three-book series and I was excited to go into reading it because the author is one of my favorite Nigerian romance fiction authors. The story follows Nkem and Tunde who got divorced due to Tunde's infidelity but after Tunde has a stint with death, both parties begin to … Continue reading Book Review: Before the Storm by Amaka Azie
Abby Jimenez has slowly moved up another notch my list of favorite authors especially in the contemporary romance sub-genre. This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2023 and I was not disappointed at all. 'Truly Yours' is the second book in the 'Part of your World' series which focuses on Briana as the … Continue reading Book Review: Yours Truly by Abby Jimenenz
This book has been on my TBR for too long. The week before Easter Sunday last year, I had a desire to read something related to the story of Jesus and this book came to mind. I'm glad I read it. Ben-Hur: The Tale of the Christ, is a re-telling of this same story, which … Continue reading Book Review: Ben-Hur – The Tale of the Christ by Carol Wallace
I decided to take a break from the Freedman/Johnson series by the author and read something else by her in my journey of going through her work and Paper Wife was my choice. 'Paper Wife' follows Mei Ling a young Chinese girl in the 1920s who by chance becomes a paper wife to an unknown … Continue reading Book Review: Paper Wife by Laila Ibrahim