Christian Shelves

This is the second book that I chose for the  HQN Shameless Romantics   Library Reading Challenge  this month and it's exciting to read a book from an author debuting with Harlequin Books! Taking a Second Shot  by Leslie DeVooght is an insightful look into the world of a professional soccer player. I also love the double entendre of the title and how it applies to the characters, especially with the book featuring two athletes as they navigate their particular sports and their lives. Many thanks to  Harlequin Books  and  NetGalley  for providing a complimentary copy of this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Content to be aware of : mentions of yoga Book Synopsis Can he convince her  that he’s playing for keeps? Struggling professional soccer player Rainey Allen has come to her grandparents’ small town in Georgia to train—certainly not to coach kids. But when a grief-stricken little boy gets excited about p...

The Small Town Shenanigans series continues with a heartwarming and hilarious Christmas book! Under the Mistletoe by Penny Zeller is a cozy and fun book that involves a touch of mystery and a whole lot of chuckles, starring an introvert who does not want to be part of the Christmas action but finds himself there anyways 🤣 Many thanks to Maplebrook Publishing  and  NetGalley  for providing a complimentary copy of this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Book Synopsis He's a nerdy tourist needing a vacation. She's a bed and breakfast employee with a broken heart. Love is the last thing they expect to find this Christmas. Introvert Braxton Wertz needs a vacation, but his trip to the small town of Cloverdale Falls is anything but restful when he finds himself not only falling for the sweet and bubbly Gracely, but also in the crosshairs of geriatric private investigators...and their numerous shenanigans. Recovering from a painful breakup, extrovert Grac...

I recently saw a video that predicted 2026 as the year of people leading analog lives over digital lives. It fascinated me because it captured a lot of the thoughts that I've been ruminating on this fall. I can't recall where I first saw it, but I also read a piece earlier this year about how anything we do online is not real (unfortunately, I didn't save this particular source). I'm not trying to minimize the relationships I've built online, but the idea won't leave my mind when so much of our days are now spent looking at a screen. The piece remarked on how anything financial feels fake now because we can conduct countless transactions without ever seeing another person or touching cash. Additionally, when we engage in reading on a screen versus a physical page, our brains can process the information differently . I've also seen various articles talk about how we need to go back to writing things down instead of typing them into our phones. All of this ha...

This is the first book that I chose for the HQN Shameless Romantics Library Reading Challenge this month. Not only is the challenge new to me, but the author is as well! The Christmas Playbook by Lisa Carter  is a great way to continue my Christmas reading while introducing me to American high school football, which I also have very little knowledge of. Combined with a pastry chef, this story will transport you to a small town bakery that'll make you want to pair this book with a tasty treat. Many thanks to Harlequin Books  and  NetGalley  for providing a complimentary copy of this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Book Synopsis When the goal is love it’s time to break the rules… When her football coach father has a sudden heart attack, Maddie Lovett finds help from an unlikely source: her high school crush, Tanner Price. Back in town to care for his mother, former star athlete Tanner agrees to step in temporarily. As he leads the team t...

I am so impressed by each volume of poetry that Julia Rose  has released so far and am not-so-secretly hoping for more collections from her in the future. Who I Was is a deeply vulnerable look at what it means to feel grief over our sinful nature while desperately clinging to God's promises. It laments how we love ourselves in all the wrong ways, and it redirects our focus back to what it means that God loves us. Combining each poem with a Bible verse and devotional, this book can be read over time in bite-sized pieces or all at once while painting a beautiful picture of our identity in Christ. Many thanks to the author for providing me with a complimentary copy of this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Book Synopsis A collection of poetry and devotionals that reclaim the idea of "self-love" by pointing to the One Who is love. Can we truly love ourselves in a way that glorifies God? And if so, how? Who I Was dives into the concept of self-love and ...

Just in time for Christmas, this suspenseful story about the rescue of a little boy will draw you into a wintry world filled with mysteries, second chances, and happy tidings. Someone from Christmas Past by Lesa Henderson is a book that will keep you flipping through the pages to discover what's next for Elise and Jaxson in their harrowing adventure. This third book in the Laurel Ridge series  follows up on Lee and Cameron's cousin, who has quite the story in the earlier books and is not to be missed. Many thanks to the author for providing me with a complimentary copy of this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Content to be aware of : self-forgiveness, ethnic idiom (author has confirmed it is complimentary), past sins, children in danger Book Synopsis Can love return from a Christmas past? After a painful divorce, Elise Raines moves to the quiet mountain town of Laurel Ridge, determined to rebuild her life for herself and her young daughter, Amelia. Plan...