Turn to Me by Becky Wade (with giveaway) All That It Takes by Nicole Deese (with giveaway) The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair Sunrise by Susan May Warren with giveaway

Daniel’s Den by Brandt Dodson & Open Giveaway

After a poverty stricken childhood Daniel Borden has achieved the stability and security he craves. A successful investment analyst with Capshaw-Crane, comfortable in his New Orleans home and the proud owner of a lab called Elvis.

When a colleague dies suddenly, Daniel is given responsibility for auditing his accounts. He is unaware that his peaceful life is about to be shattered.

Miles away a young widow struggles to bring up her precocious son and maintain her late husband’s dream of a thriving bed and breakfast in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

Disturbed by the persistence of a strange man seeking to buy

CFBA BlogTour of Wanted by Shelley Shepard Gray

I am unable to access the internet as I had hoped so will have some difficulty blogging my usual posts for the CFBA.

To check out the tours for this week is I can’t get to them, do check out the CFBA blog and you will not miss a thing!
This week we will be touring Wanted by Shelley Shepard Gray from 5th to 7th January and The Perfect Match by Susan May Warren from 7th to 9th.
Both are great books!

Character Spotlight ~ Jamie Carie’s Isabelle Renoir

Today the spotlight shines on……………………………………………….Isabelle Renoir



Jamie Carie’s latest novel, Wind Dancer, tells of Isabelle Renoir’s capture by Shawnee Indians and her fight to survive. A unique and passionate woman, Isabelle is a character who will remain with you long after the last page is turned. Enjoy reading Jamie’s thoughts on Isabelle below:~


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There is a wildness and determination to Isabelle that I think Debra Sievers captured in this painting. I can just see Isabelle dancing in the forest, completely free (as this human body can get) worshipping God.

I think Rel and I have talked

The Summer the Wind Whispered My Name by Don Locke ~ Tracy’s Take

What is it About?

Life for Davy Connors is as carefree and stable as a kid’s life can be in 1960. The one responsibility his young life contains is that of neighbourhood paperboy. He knows all the neighbours and their children, and the little neighbourhood idiosyncrasies that make life in his area comfortably normal. Until one day, the Jensen’s sell their home to the Buford’s, a coloured family. All of a sudden Davy’s neighbourhood is not the calm settled place he always believed it to be. Tensions begin to rise to the surface as racism rears its

Spending time with family…..

Happy New Year 🙂


Praying 2009 is one of adventure and discovery…and not just regarding books – LOL!

I will be spending extra time with my family over the next two weeks so my posting will be a little less regular. Do keep dropping by though, as my Character Spotlights kick off again on 5th January with Jamie Carie’s Isabelle Renoir from her just released, Wind Dancer and there will be reviews and other posts from time to time.

Here’s to another great year of encouraging, engaging and challenging reading 🙂

Relz Reviewz Top 10 Reads of 2008

Oh, my this gets harder every year! I have had to be ruthless to narrow my favourite books of 2008 to only 10.

Here they are in no particular order (click on the links for my reviews):~


Havah by Tosca Lee

Fossil Hunter by John B Olson

The Convenient Groom by Denise Hunter

By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer

Forsaken by James David Jordan

Healing Promises by Amy Wallace

Taming Rafe by Susan May Warren


The Restorer’s Journey by Sharon Hinck

Love Starts with Elle by Rachel Hauck

A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell


And because I couldn’t bear