Life, Love and Books

Tidewater Bride by Laura Frantz Historical fiction is on of my favorite genres to read, so when I picked up this book I was excited to read this book. Tidewater Bride is set in the colony of Virginia, in a time period where there was too few women to the ratio of men. Bride ships were something that the men looked forward to each time one came into harbor.   We meet the Selah the daughter of merchant in Jamestown, who has her hands full running her fathers shop. When she is given the duty of looking after latest incoming ship of Tobacco Brides. Selah finds herself with the unwanted attention from one of the owners of a Tobacco Plantation. But her heart belong to another man noticed Selah for years. Xander Renick has been one of the most eligible  gentleman since the death of his wife. His plantation is vast with crops that  are prized by many. His position as a mediator between the colonists and  powerful Powhatan nation has ke...

To Dwell Among Cedars by Connilyn Cossette   I love reading stories written in the bible times, Connilyn Cossette has became one of my favorite authors to read. She takes stories out the bible and helps us to see it in a very different outlook. Her latest series Israel had any Kings and the Prophet Samuel still leading them. We meet 2 philistine siblings, a young brother and sister; who were directed by their beloved nurse to follow the ark. Their journey takes them far from the homeland to a very strange land with customs that are very foreign to them. When an Israelite family take Eliora and her brother as their own, she finds hope and safety for the first time in a long while. But she still struggles with feeling like she does not belong. When tensions start rising in the nation of Israel, over the current resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. A group of Hebrews  come to Kiryat-Yearim under the guise of attending the festivals. Levite Musician Ronen ...