Welcome to Relz Reviewz - Your source for Christian fiction reviews and author interviews

Character spotlight on Pamela Binnings Ewen’s Amalise Catoir & Jude Perret

Character Spotlight ~

Amalise Catoir & Jude Perret

Pamela Binnings Ewen brings the ’70s and New Orleans to life in her latest novel, Dancing on Glass. Enjoy meeting her young lawyer and her river boat pilot!

Over to you, Pamela:~

Brief physical description

Amalise Catoir is a young woman lawyer in New Orleans. She is about 5’2 or 5’3, with short dark hair, straight, silky—reaches her chin. She’s slim, well dressed. And she is pretty, with classic, delicate features, but not beautiful. Not glamorous.

Jude Perret is about 5’11. He is athletic, in good shape. Works as a river …

A Heart Revealed by Julie Lessman

Synopsis:~

Ten years ago, Emma Malloy fled Dublin for Boston as a battered woman, escaping the husband who scarred her beautiful face. The physical and emotional wounds have faded with time, and her life is finally full of purpose and free from the pain of her past. But when she falls for her friend Charity’s handsome and charming brother, Sean O’Connor, fear and shame threaten to destroy her.

Could Sean and Emma ever have a future together? Or is Emma doomed to live out the rest of her life denying the only true love she’s ever known?

My take:~

If …

The Doctor’s Lady by Jody Hedlund

Synopsis:~

Priscilla White knows she’ll never be a wife or mother and feels God’s call to the mission field in India. Dr. Eli Ernest is back from Oregon Country only long enough to raise awareness of missions to the natives before heading out West once more. But then Priscilla and Eli both receive news from the mission board: No longer will they send unmarried men and women into the field. Left scrambling for options, the two realize the other might be the answer to their needs.

Priscilla and Eli agree to a partnership, a marriage in name only that will …

Character Spotlight ~ Darlene Franklin’s Judson Morgan & Wande Fleischer with giveaways

Character Spotlight ~

Jud & Wande

Darlene Franklin’s Lone Star Trail is the first book in the six book Morgan Family series with two books to be written by each of Darlene, Susan Page Davis and Vicki McDonough.

Over to you, Darlene:~

Brief physical description

My hero, Judson “Jud” Morgan

Actor/famous person

The cover is a pretty good image for Jud!

Credit: zandura577

Strengths and weaknesses

Jud took over running the family ranch, the Running M horse ranch, when his father died, even though he was only 17. He has provided for his family, and takes his responsibilities seriously. Unfortunately, …

The Queen by Steven James

Synopsis:~

While investigating a double homicide in an isolated northern Wisconsin town, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that twists through long-buried Cold War secrets and targets present-day tensions in the Middle East.

My take:~

Super talented story teller, Steven James, returns with his fifth Patrick Bowers thriller, The Queen, providing readers with another spine-chilling story brimming with plot twists, enigmatic characters and a frozen landscape that takes on a personality of its own. Multi layered in every way, James delves more deeply into Patrick’s family and personal life, revealing familial tension and awkwardness, all with …

Q&A with Jody Hedlund

If you love beautifully written stories, don’t go past Jody Hedlund’s novels,
The Preacher’s Bride and The Doctor’s Lady and if you have any interest in writing her blog is a must read.

I’m thrilled to have Jody visit today ~ enjoy!

Jody Hedlund

What appeals to you most about writing fiction?

I love telling stories. I love shaping characters, putting them in impossible danger and seeing how they get themselves out of it! And I love the adventure and the challenge of putting a book together from start to finish.

Why Christian fiction?