The Swindler’s Daughter by Stephenia H. McGee
Stephenia H. McGee takes her readers to the early 1900’s in a rural, north Georgia town in the book The Swindler’s Daughter. McGee establishes the dominating relationship between Lillian and high-society mother. When Lillian is informed that the father that she thought had died years before, just died. She is disturbed, but upon learning her father has left her an inheritance, her life begins to change.
The Swindler’s Daughter is a page turner as Lillian journeys to discover the source of her father’s riches. The closer Lillian gets to uncovering the truth about her father’s earnings, the more Lillian teeters about her own future, returning to her uncomfortable life in Atlanta with her mother, who insists on planning her daughter’s arranged marriage, or beginning a new life with new friends and family in Dawsonville, Georgia.
As Lillian and a local farm aid Jonah begin to find clue after clue to her father’s life, Lillian’s own life develops with newly found independence. McGee’s word choice in Lillian’s character development keeps the reader wanting to learn where her life’s path will lead.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Revell Publishing through the Revell Read blogger program. The opinions expressed are my own.
Daughter of Eden by Jill Eileen Smith
Biblical Fiction is a genre that I rarely read. Something about taking scripture and making stories from it has never intrigued me. However, I give this book 4.8 stars. —by Donna https://smorgasbordofsisterhood.com/book-review-daughter-of-eden-by-donna/
Cold Light of the Day: Missing in Alaska
Elizabeth Goddard’s Cold Light of Day is an action-packed discovery of who done-it. Her Christian character Autumn Long, a police chief in a small, uneventful Alaskan town, enjoys the calm life, until strangers appear. https://smorgasbordofsisterhood.com/book-review-cold-light-of-day-karla/
The Rose and the Thistle
I enjoyed the journey through the Great Britain terrain as I invested my time in Blythe and Everard’s lives. Laura Fraztz’s The Rose and the Thistle was a pleasurable read. In the early 1700s while the political scene was in disaccord, . . .https://smorgasbordofsisterhood.com/book-review-the-rose-and-the-thistle/
Her Heart’s Desire
Her Heart’s Desire by Shelley Shepard Gray follows four Amish girls, Mary Margaret, Lilly, Betsy and Esther on a Florida vacation; one that will change their lives.
The main character Mary Margaret is a wallflower, who has been bullied all her life. She is delighted when she quickly makes two friends on the trip. But…https://smorgasbordofsisterhood.com/book-review-her-hearts-desire/
Shadows at Dusk
Shadows at Dusk is the second in the series of Missing in Alaska. Again, Goddard does not disappoint. She uses her compelling words to drive action in every chapter. She continues to create characters that are believable, likable, and intriguing. The main characters Carrie James and Detective West both have loved ones, who have had crimes committed against them. The author teams James and West together to find answers. Twists and turns led them deeper and deeper into the truth, leaving the reader to binge read to the end.
I received a complimentary book to review for Revell Books. My words are my own opinion.
Embers in the London Sky (Sarah Sundin)
Embers in the London Sky, set during WWII, provides a most intriguing journey for a young mother escaping to England. In the process, she and her son are tragically separated. Sarah Sundin illuminates the historical situation in which nearly 2 million mothers and children were evacuated from London as refuges.
Sundin’s words welcome the realistic friendship between Aleida and Hugh, a BBC reporter. The historical aspects of the novel are woven within its pages causing natural conflicts of the time. However, Aleida and Hugh experience other external conflicts such as prejudice, murder, and the search for Aleida’s son that propel the plot forward. The author develops characters that amid all the discord in their lives lean on God as a source of strength. Sundin draws the reader into the 1940’s grave national and personal situations, motivating the reader to turn each page.
