The Spirit-Led Heart by Suzanne Eller

In trying to draw closer in relationship to my Savior, I have been trying to learn ways to understand the Holy Spirit and His role in our lives a little better.  This book has been very helpful and instructive in that pursuit. The author leads us step by step through the basics and we learn how to recognize the Holy Spirit’s intervention in our lives, expect it, be confident in it, be guided by it and be sure that it is legitimate. This book provides a well thought out and outlined study by which we can come to a better understanding of and relationship with the Holy Spirit.  I found the study guide at the end of the book especially helpful to review and process what I had just read.  I would recommend this book for individual or group study.

I received this book from Bethany House in exchange for a review.

Lone Witness by Rachel Dylan

This is the second book in this series that I have been able to read and review and I really enjoy this author.  Most of this type of story that I read has female police officers or FBI agents but in this series, the heroines are lawyers and the heroes are ex-military or police officers that have a private agency of their own.  The stories are very detailed and there is a lot of lawyer / prosecutor type information – they are always researching their case.  I thought that might make these a little dry and harder to read, but that has not been the case.  I find the detail very interesting and I will pursue more of this type fiction from this author.

This is the story of Sophie Dawson, an Assistant DA in Atlanta and her bodyguard, Cooper Knight, who has been retained to protect her when she suddenly becomes a witness to a murder and her role is now different than her day-to-day role in the DA’s office.  There is a lot of action and nail-biting adventure but also a lot of detail and background information on the cases involved.  Faith is interwoven into the story and plays a big part in the points of view of the characters. I highly recommend this book and its predecessor to anyone who wants an interesting read that’s a little out of the norm.

I received this book from Bethany House in exchange for a review.

The Road to Magnolia Glen by Pam Hillman

This is the story of Irish immigrants that arrived in Mississippi in 1792 to be indentured servants. Kiera Young and her younger sisters had been sent by her brother-in-law who had sold them to a brothel owner. Quinn O’Shea brought his two younger brothers to meet up with his older brother.  When Quinn decides to help Kiera escape from the brothel owner, they embark on a dangerous journey along the Natchez Trace to find Quinn’s brother.

I love the historic details and the wonderful character development.  This is the second book in a series it turns out so I will be seeking out Book 1, while waiting (rather impatiently) for  Book 3 to be released. 

There is a lot of action, twists and turns and suspense in this story along with the love story.  The Faith of the characters also is woven into the story and is integral to it.

I received this book from Tyndale in exchange for a review.