Don't let the title deceive you: this book has depth! It took me a while to even pick it up due to the caddy title, but once I did-I couldn't stop.The narrative of this story is beautifully written and clearly well researched. This historical accuracy was refreshing. And the characters were so be...
A very good read. As Christian Historical Fiction goes, and a lot of it goes very well, "Courting Morrow Little" was a thoroughly enjoyable read—that is, when I wasn't worrying about whether it would turn out with a happy ending. But it's a romance, so you know it will. Won't it?Frantz expertly h...
I'd say 3.75. I had a hard time putting it down. I really like how Laura Frantz' characters learn and grow. I like how she doesn't compartmentalize religion and daily living, but mingles them, as it should be. This book was wonderful, it just needed more in some parts and less in others. I'd l...
Well, this is my first, and likely my last "Christian" novel. And admittedly, this is a rant. First, the heroine, Roxie, is just plain stupid. I know you need conflict for this story, but the conflict of a stupid person doing stupid things is not good. That's not conflict. It is stupid to se...
I was going back and forth between a three and a four, but ended up giving it a three in the end because Roxanna's character became a little irrational (I felt) toward the second half of the book, feelings/events being rehashed right after they had already been rehashed and in the end I'm left wo...
Love's Reckoning is a gripping tale of love, struggle, and growth. Even though some of the characters' actions aren't Christian, it has themes of truth and hope. It is one of the best novels I've ever read. I didn't think a certain upsetting plot twist was needed late in the book, but the author ...
This is the first book in the Ballantyne Legacy series and what an excellent one it was! Laura Frantz has a way of putting words together that makes everything feel alive: the setting, the characters, the emotions, and the events. I absolutely loved Silas, what a strong, godly hero. He is so focu...
Ring the bell softly, there’s crepe on the door. DEXTER SMITH AND E. L. CATLIN Wren thrust the bedcovers back with leaden arms, amazed that a fever could steal so much strength. Carriage wheels were spinning on the drive, their muffled arrival heard through the window Mim ...
Myrtilla and Molly, the Irish indenture, faced off, bickering yet again. Dismayed, Sophie mentally raced through her options. Perhaps Molly should be sent into the fields. Or returned to Ireland, if Seamus had his way. “Molly, you’re needed in the dairy.” Exasperation risi...
Sleeping in the cramped trundle bed with Pa so near was making her something of a night owl. She heard all manner of things that never made it upstairs-his snoring, the scurrying of mice, the settling and shifting of the fire. Now, just as the mantel clock struck four, she came wide-awake at the ...