Shades of Morning by Marlo Schalesky

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 


Marnie didn’t know much about miracles.
Mistakes maybe. Accidents. And monstrous mess-ups. She knew a lot about those.
But miracles? Those were for other people.


Marnie Wittier has life just where she wants it. Quiet. Peaceful. No drama. A long way away from her past. In the privacy of her home, she fills a box with slips of paper, scribbled with her regrets, sins, and sorrows. But that’s nobody else’s business. Her bookstore/coffee shop patrons, her employees, her friends from church—they all think she’s the very model of compassion and kindness.

Then Marnie’s past creeps into her present when her estranged sister dies and makes Marnie guardian of her fifteen-year-old son—a boy Marnie never knew existed. And when Emmit arrives, she discovers he has Down syndrome—and that she’s woefully unprepared to care for him. What’s worse, she has to deal with Taylor Cole, her sister’s attorney, a man Marnie once loved—and abandoned.
            As Emmit (and Taylor) work their way into her heart, Marnie begins to heal. But when pieces of her dismal past surface again, she must at last face the scripts of paper in her box, all the regrets and sorrows. Can she do it? Or will she run again?


ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Marlo Schalesky is the award winning author of seven books, including her latest novel, Shades of Morning, which combines a love story with a surprise ending twist to create a new type of novel that she hopes will impact readers at their deepest levels.

Marlo’s other books include If Tomorrow Never Comes, Beyond the Night, Veil of Fire, a novel about finding hope in the fires of life,Empty Womb, Aching Heart- Hope and Help for Those Struggling with Infertility, and Cry Freedom.

She’s had over 600 articles published in various Christian magazines, including Focus on the Family, Today’s Christian Woman, Decision, Moody Magazine, and Discipleship Journal. She has contributed to Dr. Dobson’s Night Light Devotional for Couples, Tyndale’s Book of Devotions for Kids #3, and Discipleship Journal’s 101 Small Group Ideas.

She is a speaker and a regular columnist for Power for Living.

Marlo is also a California native, a small business owner, and a graduate of Stanford University (with a B.S. in Chemistry!). In addition, she has earned her Masters in Theology, with an emphasis in Biblical Studies, from Fuller Theological Seminary.

Marlo lives with her husband and five young children in a log home in Central California.

When she’s not changing diapers, doing laundry, or writing books, Marlo loves Starbucks white mochas, reading the New Testament in Greek, and speaking to groups about finding the deep places of God in the disappointments of life.

Marlo is hosting a BOOKS AND BREW Contest on her blog. 

Go here to enter!

MY REVIEW
I loved this book and will pass it on!

I was captivated with this story and Marlo's writing style and was amazed with the ending of this story! That was a twist I was so not expecting!

I love this story and will truly read more of Marlo's books.

Two thumbs up from me!


Must read fro everyone!!!

 
 The Legal Stuff: This book was provided by WaterBrook publishers.

The Golden Cross by Angela Hunt

Product Description

THE HEIRS OF CAHIRA O’CONNOR SERIES~BOOK TWO

A line of women who would be warriors for truth.

“It is said that as Cahira, daughter of the great Irish king Rory O’Connor, lay dying of a wound from a Norman blade, she lifted her hand toward heaven and beseeched God that others would follow after her, bright stars who would break forth from the courses to which they are bound and restore right in this murderous world…”

To Kathleen O’Connor, Cahira’s story is nothing more than a charming legend—until her research divulges that several of Cahira’s heirs did, indeed, leave the traditional roles of womanhood to fight for right. Stunned, Kathleen realizes she herself bears Cahira’s mark. Is Kathleen destined to continue the legacy in the twenty-first century? 

To discover how the histories of these women relate to her own future, Kathleen must delve deep into the past to learn the truth about The Heirs of Cahira O’Connor…

Aidan O’Connor was raised among pickpockets and prostitutes in a Dutch colony on Java, Indonesia. But when a world-famous cartographer discovers her natural artistic talent, she is given a chance to leave her troubled life behind. Disguised as a boy, Aidan joins her benefactor at sea and begins the work of drawing the flora and fauna of the new world. This fresh beginning leads her into adventure--and to a great love. But can this love survive the force of Aidan’s past…and her ambitions for her future?

About the Author

Christy-Award winner Angela Hunt writes for readers who have learned to expect the unexpected in novels from this versatile author. With nearly four million copies of her books sold worldwide, she is the best-selling author of more than 100 works ranging from picture books (The Tale of Three Trees) to nonfiction books, to novels.

Now that her two children have reached their twenties, Angie and her husband live in Florida with Very Big Dogs (a direct result of watching Turner and Hooch and Sandlot too many times). This affinity for mastiffs has not been without its rewards--one of their dogs was featured on Live with Regis and Kelly as the second-largest canine in America. Their dog received this dubious honor after an all-expenses-paid trip to Manhattan for the dog and the Hunts, complete with VIP air travel and a stretch limo in which they toured New York City.

Afterward, the dog gave out pawtographs at the airport.

Angela admits to being fascinated by animals, medicine, psychology, unexplained phenomena, and “just about everything” except sports. Books, she says, have always shaped her life— in the fifth grade she learned how to flirt from reading Gone with the Wind.

Her books have won the coveted Christy Award, several Angel Awards from Excellence in Media, and the Gold and Silver Medallions from Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Award. In 2007, her novel The Note was featured as a Christmas movie on the Hallmark channel. Romantic Times Book Club presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.

Also in 2006, Angela completed her Master of Biblical Studies in Theology degree. She completed her doctorate in 2008 and was accepted into a Th.D. program in 2009. When she’s not home reading or writing, Angie often travels to teach writing workshops at schools and writers’ conferences. And to talk about her dogs, of course.

You can find more about Angela and her books here.

I have not had the chance to dive into this one yet. It is high on my TBR list!

At a bargin price of $5.99, can you afford not to owe this book! What are you waiting for... hurry to your local Christian bookstore and buy it!



ON A SIDE NOTE:



I have also had the opportunity and pure joy of reading The Novelist by Hunt and she just has an amazing way of getting you understand the love of God.

In this fantasy story, Hunt takes you into the world and mind of a writer, Jordan Casey Kerrigan.

Not only do you follow the writer in her life as a wife, mother and college professor, but you are taken into Jordan's current writing, The Ambassador.

Great fantasy read!




Other books by Angela Hunt that are on my TBR list include:







The Elevator














The Pearl












*The Golden Cross was provided by WaterBrook free of charge in exchange for my honest review. This did not sway my review and opinion of this book in anyway.

Secrets by Robin Jones Gunn

Product Description
Beginning her new life in a small Oregon town, high school English teacher Jessica tries desperately to hide the details of her past. Yet two individuals remain determined to discover the painful truth: the jealous woman who is Jessica's immediate superior, and Kyle Buchanan, a handsome, compassionate paramedic and dreamer. Will Jessica's past destroy her future? Or can she find a deeper peace that will end her need to keep Secrets? Readers will find out in this bestselling former Palisades release, now the first book of the new Glenbrooke series by bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn.

About the Author
Robin Jones Gunn is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than 45 books, including 8 in The Glenbrooke series. She is also the author of the nonfiction work, Mothering by Heart. Robin and her husband, Ross, live in Portland, Oregon, with their teenage son and daughter.



My Review
Robin has been a favorite author of mine since before I really enjoyed reading for pleasure.I picked up my first book from her at age twelve when I needed a book to read for school book reports.

As a teen, I read the complete Christy Miller series, and I hated reading at the time!

Now, as an adult who loves to read I thoroughly enjoyed the complete Glenbrooke series by Robin.

Secrets is the first in the series (and in my opinion the best in the series.) I really loved the fact that Jessica is a girl that knows when she needs to surrender.

Robin Jones Gunn can reach any audience with her captivating writing style and voice. I have found other authors that I enjoy, but Robin is by far my favorite still, maybe it's because she got me through the awkward teen years, or maybe because she has been given such an amazing gift. Who knows!?

I encourage everyone who loves romance, God and a great story to pick up Secrets from WaterBrook and begin the journey of exploring love, God and the quiet little town of Glenbrooke.

And, to make it even better~ Secrets can be picked up at the low cost of only $5.99! Great story, amazing journey and easy on the pocket book... who could ask for anything more!?





*This book was provided by WaterBrook free of charge in exchange for my honest review. This did not sway my review and opinion of this book in anyway.