One Holy Night

One Holy Night
Author: Joan Hochstetler
Publisher: Sheaf House
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Reviewed by:  Cheryl Malandrinos 
A husband and father, tormented by nightmares of a war he can’t forget.
A wife and mother, fighting a battle of her own.
A misunderstood son, serving in another controversial conflict overseas.
A married daughter, always playing the peacemaker.
And the baby, who would change it all!
The Viet Nam conflict is in [...]

Dispel the Mist

Dispel the Mist
Author: Marilyn Meredith
Publisher: Mundania Press
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Reviewed by:  Cheryl Malandrinos 
 
In this latest installment of Marilyn Meredith’s award-winning Deputy Tempe Crabtree series, a Tulare County supervisor dies under suspicious circumstances. With her Mexican and Native American roots, Lilia Quintera was certainly a person to have on your side. Because of Tempe’s ties to the Bear Creek Indian [...]

Book Review: Stewards of the Flame by Sylvia Engdahl

Stewards of the Flame
By Sylvia Engdahl

Sylvia Engdahl’s book, Stewards of The Flame has set about a difficult task – to write a science fiction story, making it entertaining while simultaneously delivering a message about today’s world, without preaching or being ‘in-your-face’ about the ideas.
Good sci-fi takes something we know and shows what the logical or [...]

Football is for Lovers by Bob and Kaye

Football is for Lovers
Bob and Kaye

Bob and Kaye set out to write a guide to those who don’t understand and/or don’t like Football. Bob and Kaye have published the book under just those names – one has to look at the Copyright notice to find a surname (well, two, actually, as in one each)
The book [...]

Rain Dance by Joy DeKok

Rain Dance
Author: Joy DeKok
Publisher: Sheaf House
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Reviewed by:  Cheryl Malandrinos 
A touching story of unexpected friendship comes to life in Rain Dance by Joy DeKok.
Jonica and her husband Ben decide to stop fertility treatments. While at the doctor’s office for her final visit, Jonica meets Stacie, a young woman with a promising law career looking to terminate an [...]

My Son, John by Kathi Macias

My Son, John
Author: Kathi Macias
Publisher: Sheaf House
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Reviewed by:  Cheryl Malandrinos 
My Son, John might just be the most powerful novel on forgiveness and unconditional love that you’ll ever read!
When Liz Peterson’s elderly mother is brutally murdered, Liz and her family try to understand how a woman loved by everyone met such a horrible death. But nothing could [...]