I just finished reading all four of the Women of Ivy Manor – Chloe, Bette, Leigh and Carly – and would recommend them to anyone. Each book pulled me into the story of this family and I could not wait to see what would happen next. I loved how you see how each family member matures overtime and th...
In Whispers of Love, Civil War widow Jessie Wagstaff must fend for herself and her son. When a stranger, Lee Smith, befriends Jessie's son, even though she recognizes nine-year-old Linc's need for a father figure, she's reluctant to let a new man into their life. When the Great Chicago Fire blaze...
The third in a saga of four generations of women set against the sprawling tapestry of the 20th century focuses on a young journalist in the 1960s, who immerses herself in the civil rights movement and antiwar protests and learns that with God's help she can grow into the woman He wants.
I just finished reading all four of the Women of Ivy Manor – Chloe, Bette, Leigh and Carly – and would recommend them to anyone. Each book pulled me into the story of this family and I could not wait to see what would happen next. I loved how you see how each family member matures overtime and th...
People passed. More demanding images from Maryland flitted through her mind, a thousand clues she’d never noticed or questioned. Flashes of Royale’s mother in tears or hiding tears. Honor’s grandfather and father speaking in raised voices, silenced when she, only a child, ran into the room.A grow...
The twin fragrances of garlic and oregano hung in the doorway. The Weavers, with little Rachel and five-year-old son, Zak, had invited her along with Harlan, Nick, and Burke to go for lunch after church. They needed to discuss the Family Closet workday this weekend. Before winter, the shop needed...
As she continued to walk beside him in a silence that became heavier with each step, he was more aware of all the soldiers they passed, sitting in the shade, laughing or silent. The smell of sweat and tobacco smoke and worse filled the air. He regretted upsetting her and nearly reached out to tou...
Rich mahogany and warm maple gleamed with a mellow polish and he was aware that the room must be filled with old family pieces. The exterior alone of Chloe’s home, a white-pillared and ivied manor, should have been enough to tell him he was out of his league. But the interior bespoke a daunting h...
With his almost-healed arm free of the sling, he carefully shaved his face with his honed razor. He’d moved the mirror out here so he could see himself clearly in the crisp morning light. He needed to shave...because he was going to attend Sunday meeting this morning. Fear...
They'd come to see Sage off on the first leg of her journey to Florida. Grandfather had bought Sage a ticket out of the small airport to Minneapolis, where she'd catch her flight south. Wendy felt tears just waiting to fall. Hurt over being left behind wouldn't leave her in peace and the sadness ...
Now Blessing lurked just inside Stoddard and Tippy’s parlor doorway. She was listening to the murmurs of Ramsay taking his leave of Stoddard at the bottom of the staircase.Knowing Ramsay must pass this doorway as he left, she waited, hidden. She knew she should not be lingering here so she could ...
She stood looking down at her late husband’s cousin, she on the top step of her wide porch, he on the bottom. The unusually hot autumn sun burned just beyond the scant shade of the roof. Her black mourning dress soaked up the heat that buffeted her in waves, suffocating and singeing her skin. The...
Each day added another millstone around Rachel’s neck. Images of Brennan and Jacque in a fiery forest streamed through her mind—memories by day and dreams at night, horrible dreams that burned with bright orange flames. She moved through her days trying to appear normal. S...
Light from the lamp shone out into the alley. Mercy was indeed in her office. Was she alone? He’d stayed away from her for the past twenty-four hours because he wanted to calm down before he spoke to her. But peace had not come near his reach. He had to talk some sense into her. Then maybe he’d c...