I believe that reviewing for Inspirational authors is my calling and ministry. The desire of my heart is that my blog is a light and source of encouragement for both readers and authors.
Hayley’s always loved love. Exhibit A: her writing career began in journalism (ahem—diary entries) chronicling her crushes. Writing lighthearted romance stories was a natural transition. It gives her great joy to create fun, sweet escapes for readers with guaranteed happily-ever-afters.
She refills her creative writing well by reading (duh), doing photography, and occasionally drawing or painting. Hayley also loves taking naps, doing embroidery, and crocheting like a seventy-year old. More than anything, she enjoys spending time with her husband, two daughters, and beloved Goldendoodle in their Oklahoma hometown.
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Title: More Than Enough
Author: Sandra Byrd
Published by: Our Daily Bread Publishing
Genre: Devotional
Format: Paperback
Pages: 194
Source: Publisher
Do you ever feel like no matter what you do, you will never be enough?
There’s a lot of pressure on women in society and Christian circles to be perfect if they want to be accepted. But the truth is, we will never be perfect in this life, and we don’t have to be.
Join Sandra Byrd on this 90-day journey to learn the importance of loving yourself the way God does, dismantling toxic perfectionism through heartfelt stories and Scriptures that teach you that you don’t have to keep striving.
Discover the importance of loving yourself the way God does, freeing yourself from unrealistic standards, unhealthy self-talk, and unattainable perfectionism. God’s grace and unconditional love already call you more than enough.
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My Thoughts:
This is the third devotion I've read by Sandra Byrd and probably my favorite. She uses stories much like Christ did by telling parables to His followers to make the scripture come alive.
As humans of today with likes, comments, and text messaging, we, as women, are battling our own self-love daily. If you grew up in my generation, it was considered vanity to love yourself, but we not only need to love ourselves, we need to realise and understand how much God loves us, and Sandra Byrd shows us how much we are loved by God in the pages of this book.
This little book is perfect for when you're looking for a quick devotional. The only problem, you'll keep reading because, in Sandra Byrd's style, you won't be able not to read it.
Disclaimer: I received a copy from the publisher. I was not required to write a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
About Sandra Byrd
Sandra has also published dozens of books for kids, tweens, and teens, and devotionals, including the bestselling The One Year Be-Tween You and God Devotions for Girls. She continued her work as a devotionalist with The One Year Home and Garden Devotions and The One Year Experiencing God’s Love Devotional, which was named by Called Magazine, the #1 magazine for Christian Women, as among their favorite, must-read books.
As an editor and an in-demand writing coach, Sandra is passionate about helping writers develop their talents and has mentored hundreds of writers at all stages of their writing careers. For testimonials about her editing and book coaching, please visit sandrabyrdbookcoach.com.
Sandra loves walking, the beach, cooking and baking, photography, watching Escape to the Country, Fake or Fortune, Chef’s Table, and spending time with family and friends – real and fictional!
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About the book:
Title: The Highland Heist
Author: Pepper Basham
Series: A Freddie and Grace Mystery #4
Publisher: Barbour Fiction
Format: Kindle
Source: Purchased
Grace Storms a Scottish Castle to Save her Sister
Lord Astley surprises his wife with a trip to America to see her family before they end their honeymoon adventures. But just as they arrive, they find Grace’s sister, Lillias, is the prime suspect in her husband’s murder. To add to the confusion a solicitor arrives to tell the sister’s they are needed in Scotland immediately to claim their mother’s inheritance.
The clock is ticking to clear Lillias of suspicion, but someone is determined to keep the sisters from reaching the Scottish Highlands. When Lillias disappears, Freddie and Grace race to Scotland, sure the answers will be found in a long-forgotten castle.
With a ghost from Frederick’s past leaving threatening clues along the way, the mysterious Mr. Kane waiting in the wings to grab the inheritance for himself, and an apparition haunting the infamous castle, Lord and Lady Astley must capture the castle, save Lillias, and not die in the process.
The Highland Heist is a Freddie and Grace Mystery, sequel to The Mistletoe Countess, The Cairo Curse, and The Juliet Code.
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This book released this week and when I read the first line I knew it was perfect for a First Line Friday.
FIRST LINE
June 23, 1914
Perfect husbands were rare, except perhaps in fiction, but Grace Percy, Countess of Astley, had married the real-life equivalent, she was certain.
Is that not the perfect first line?! I just love it because I feel that way about my husband. Besides that it's so Pepper Basham and I just love it, and I know this book is going to be amazing!
About Pepper Basham
I love a good romance, whether it’s set in an Edwardian-era manor house or a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Readers enjoy my fun, dramatic, heart-warming, and inspirational novels with the certainty of a happily-ever-after.
Though some of my contemporaries have a Britallachian twist, others are Mayberry-esque, while others bring about the elegance and struggles of the Downton Abbey era. If any of these story ideas sound good to you, take some time to peruse my cyber corner of the world. “Sit a spell” as we’d say in my neck of the woods and let me ‘spin you a yarn’ filled with a few of my favorite things.
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Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's theme is a freebie, so I chose to do books that will be published this July. And by the way, how did we get to July? It just doesn't seem possible.
The Sands of Sea Blue Beach has been on other lists of mine, but it will be published in July. Plus, the book is so pretty.
In this top ten list, I chose to add some different genres. I've been mixing up my genres, and I've been reading more. More about that in another post.
Are there any on my list that you are planning to read? Let's talk about that in the comments.
June ushered in some great reading for me, actually, it started with May. I read Jen Turano's new release, A Lesson in Propriety, and Shannon Sue Dunlap's Hearts Aweigh. In June, I started reading You and Me For Real by Hayley Elliott, and while Jill Eileen Smith's book Dawn of Grace was published in February, switching genres has really helped me get back into reading. I'm not a huge fan of non-fiction books, but I've read The Primal Wound, which is about adoption, and The Birth Order Book. So, if you find yourself struggling to read, which I don't think of my readers, switch up your genres and see if that helps. I read more than one book at a time, and that keeps my brain continually interested.
How was your reading in June? Better? Worse? About the same?
Let me know in the comments
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday link-up sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's theme is the books I am most anticipating for the last six months of the year, and let me tell you, trying to find the books was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. I checked NetGalley, the Publisher's websites, and even Amazon, but no dice. At least I found them!
I'm curious, do we have any books in common? Please let me know in the comments. I'll be checking my comments throughout the day.
Happy Tuesday! I didn't know there was a label for titles like Mr., Husband, Countess, Earl, etc. It was fun looking for books that fit ...
