In My Mailbox
I normally do “Wordless Wednesdays” but haven’t had a chance to make any more of those cute images you all see here. Last week, I came across this cute meme “In My Mailbox” on The Story Siren’s blog. Thought I would do it here.
Here are a few books that I got recently (via mail, library, store or gift):
I received Rhonda McKnight’s debut novel in the mail. It’ll be officially available on November 24th. I plan on reading it this weekend. I’ll be presenting the book to my offline book club (Cedar Hill Divine Women of Faith).
About Secrets and Lies:
Faith Morgan is struggling with her faith. Years of poor communication and neglect leave her doubting that God will ever fix her marriage. When a coworker accuses her husband, Jonah, of the unthinkable, Faith begins to wonder if she really knows him at all, and if it’s truly in God’s will for them to stay married.
Pediatric cardiologist Jonah Morgan is obsessed with one thing: his work. A childhood incident cemented his desire to heal children at any cost, even his family, but now he finds himself at a crossroads in his life. Will he continue to allow the past to haunt him, or find healing and peace in a God he shut out long ago?
Beverly Jenkins book was a gift. A gift that I would love to share with everyone. I read this book in less than two days. This book touches the human core. If you don’t read any other book this year, you will want to read Bring on the Blessings. I would love to see the book as a movie.
About Bring on the Blessings:
On Bernadine Brown’s fifty-second birthday she received an unexpected gift—she caught her husband, Leo, cheating with his secretary. She was hurt—angry, too—but she didn’t cry woe is me. Nope, she hired herself a top-notch lawyer and ended up with a cool $275 million. Having been raised in the church, she knew that when much is given much is expected, so she asked God to send her a purpose.
The purpose turned out to be a town: Henry Adams, Kansas, one of the last surviving townships founded by freed slaves after the Civil War. The failing town had put itself up for sale on the Internet, so Bernadine bought it.
Trent July is the mayor, and watching the town of his birth slide into debt and foreclosure is about the hardest thing he’s ever done. When the buyer comes to town, he’s impressed by her vision, strength, and the hope she wants to offer not only to the town and its few remaining residents, but to a handful of kids in desperate need of a second chance.
Not everyone in town wants to get on board though; they don’t want change. But Bernadine and Trent, along with his first love, Lily Fontaine, are determined to preserve the town’s legacy while ushering in a new era with ties to its unique past and its promising future.
I usually buy Patricia Anne Phillips books but couldn’t resist checking out Back to Basic from the library when I saw it on the shelves. I had spent my budget for the month on books so I didn’t want to let the book slip by me. I immediately started reading it. The character Autumn was a complex character who ended up finding herself by the end of the book.
About Back to Basics:
The Truth She’s Always Hidden…
Autumn Evans has a career she loves, a wedding to plan, and a secret that could destroy both. Even though her job—working with underprivileged kids at a Compton school—is deeply fulfilling, Autumn feels something is missing from her life. Her fiancé Matthew, a successful and ambitious surgeon, expects Autumn to assume the role of perfect partner, but lately she feels her sense of control slipping away…
May Be The Only Thing To Set Her Free…
When a crisis hits and Autumn is physically injured, she returns to her childhood home to heal. There, she slowly begins to question everything she’s come to accept about herself, her family, and her man, especially as she watches her mother and sister deal with their own relationship dilemmas. But soon Autumn realizes that she needs to make a choice, between fighting for what she once wanted, or claiming a life that’s new and untested…
I hope you enjoyed what’s in my mailbox, I know I have.
