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          Fairest of Heart is the first installment in Karen Witemeyer's new series, Texas Ever After, and is a reimagined telling of the Snow White fairytale. Witemeyer retells the well-known fairytale, setting it in 1892 Texas. Penelope Snow, a beautiful young woman with both a complexion and heart as pure as snow, travels through Texas with an acting troupe, serving as a personal maid for a famous actress, who could give any evil Queen a run for her money. Her beauty has been nothing but a curse to poor Penelope, who turns to dressing in shapeless dresses and making herself as invisible as possible, but alas, she still ends up attracting the wrong attention, leaving her life in tatters and her mistress plotting her demise. Texas Ranger Titus Kingsley has learned to expect the worst from women after his brother loses his life due to the schemes of a beautiful woman. So when a Miss Penelope Snow shows up under suspicious circumstances takes up residence ...

          This is my first dip into Kristy Cambron's catalogue. After perusing World War II historical fiction books, I came across Kristy's The Paris Dressmaker and decided to give it a read. The book is based on true accounts of Parisiennes resisting Nazi occupation in World War II and revolves around two incredibly brave women who risk their lives and everything they hold dear to fight the evil of the Nazi regime. The timeline jumps around, back and forth, throughout the Nazi occupation, from 1939 through 1944, as it follows two story-lines which eventually converge. Lila de Laurent is a haute couture dressmaker using her skills to infiltrate the Nazi elite. While she takes their measurements and designs beautiful masterpieces, she also collects secrets in the heart of the Nazi Parisian headquarters, the Hotel Ritz. When the mysterious Rene Touliard suddenly reenters her life, Lila is torn between her determination to help save his Jewish family and bol...

  A Green Wood Swing To a green wood swing built for two, that perfectly fits just me and you. Built by daddy's hands, through the years it still stands, though a little rough and worn for it's seen many a morn.  We treat it with care as we pack it away from the winter air, but oh, come Spring we bring it back out first thing, ready to enjoy the green wood swing.  How I've come to love the feel of the rough wood and paint beginning to peel, and the creaking sound as we gently swing and listen to the birds joyfully sing.  On the green wood swing we watch the sun rise to our left and set to our right, and gaze at the stars shining bright in the night.  A haven to read and write, to laugh and have fun, set in the shade, away from the sun.  Many a morning and evening spent here with you, sitting on the green wood swing made just for two. Peaceful and content, we have not one lament, as we watch another day go by staring up at the evening sky. We thank God for s...

          After reading Sarah Sundin's excellent When Leaves Fall in Paris earlier this year, I immediately looked up the rest of Sundin's catalogue and found  When Twilight Breaks, which was released in February of 2021. The book takes place in 1938 pre-war Nazi Germany, and presents a full and detailed picture of what life was like for all in Germany as Hitler seems bent on a relentless march towards war. The two main characters are both American citizens living in Germany. Evelyn Brand is a foreign correspondent determined to prove her worth in a male-dominated profession, as well as expose the growing tyranny in Nazi Germany. She has to walk a very fine line so as not to offend the Nazi government, otherwise she could be expelled from the country... or worse. Peter Long is a graduate student working on his PhD in German, disillusioned with the chaos in the world and growing communism due to the Great Depression. Peter is impressed with the order a...

            While I'll write individual reviews for some of the books I read throughout the month, I will also do a round-up post discussing the other books that I've read that didn't get an individual review for each month. I'm still easing back into writing and reviewing, so I don't want to overload myself trying to do individual reviews for each book that I read, so this is a nice compromise where I can still talk about the books I've read but in a more condensed form. So, without further ado, here are my March Reads!         All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore:                          I've been a fan of Beth Moore for some time now. I've enjoyed her Bible studies, loved her book Chasing Vines , and she's a must-follow on Twitter, so of course I was very excited when I heard that Beth was releasing her long awaited memoir. I pre-orde...

         I admit that like a good majority of the population, I've been looking forward to reading this book since it was announced, I even pre-ordered it. I've had a mild interest in the Royal Family since I was young, greatly influenced by my grandmother's love for Princess Diana. Of course my interest in Princess Diana spilled over to her two sons, though I have to admit that I never saw the attraction in William that most saw. To me, Harry always seemed most like Diana, whereas William seemed more like Charles, colder and arrogant. Of course, that's merely my personal opinion. All that to say, after everything that has happened with Harry and the Royal Family, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book.            Spare starts off a bit clunky and slow, but eventually it finds its stride and has more flow to it. The book approaches "the beginning" in a different way than most memoirs do, so much so that it takes a hot m...