Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Barbour Publishing (January 1, 2009)The local wedding planner, Anne Hawthorne, is hired by a number of society’s elite in the Bonneterre, LA community and beyond especially after her business is featured in […]
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Before the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Harvest House Publishers (December 1, 2008)Ariana Forsythe is determined she must wed a clergyman because this is God’s will for her life. However the only local clergyman is closer to her father’s […]
Continue reading »The Centurion’s Wife by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Bethany House Publishers (January 1, 2009)I know I’ve probably said it a million times or more but I LOVE HISTORICALS! Davis Bunn and Gilbert Morris are only two of the plethora of […]
Continue reading »Seabird by Sherry Thompson – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks This month’s CFRB tour is a highly anticipated fantasy read. Based on recommendations from other reader/blogger/reviewers I respect I looked forward to receiving my preview copy in the mail. Once I got […]
Continue reading »The Christmas Edition by Robin Shope – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks The Wild Rose Press (November 21, 2008)This book read quite quickly for a PDF and I didn’t want to stop midway though I did have to tear myself away for other things […]
Continue reading »League of Superheroes by Stephen Leon Rice – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Writers Cafe Press, The (October 1, 2008)Knowing this author’s style from reading his blog and some other writing I was prepared to enjoy this and have a truly fun read of it. […]
Continue reading »Then Along Came an Angel (Anthology) – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Pleasant Word (May 31, 2005)This is only my second “Christmas” book to read this year although I’ve got about a dozen of them sitting here waiting to be cracked open. While this […]
Continue reading »In the Shadow of Lions by Ginger Garrett – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks David C. Cook (September 2008)Garrett takes a unique approach to writing a historical novel in this launch for her Chronicles of the Scribe series. An “Angelic Being” who introduces himself as the […]
Continue reading »The Red Siren by M L Tyndall – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Barbour Publishing, Inc (January 2009)Pirates, Women, the British Navy, Colonial America and one young woman’s creative solutions to the restraints of “modern society” blend into a rollicking adventure on the high seas […]
Continue reading »Beloved Captive by Kathleen Y’Barbo – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Barbour Publishing, Inc (November 1, 2008)This was my introduction to Kathleen Y’Barbo as an author though I have worked with her in her role as Publicist for nearly a year. I fell […]
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