Archive | June 2019

The Pink Bonnet by Liz Tolsma

Jun21

Emotional And Horrifying

The Pink Bonnet by Liz Tolsma is a marvellous Christian historical suspense that will have your heart racing and your emotions ripped to shreds.

In The Pink Bonnet fact meets fiction as Liz Tolsma weaves her story around the real life figure of Georgia Tann who kidnapped children and sold them to the highest bidder. The story is set in 1933. It is a difficult read. Liz Tolsma has perfectly captured the despair and grief of the mothers whose children go missing. It is horrendous to realise that though this is fiction, it was for many a reality.

At the heart of the novel is a mother’s love. It is a mother’s love that clings on to hope. It does not let go and it is unconditional. This reminds us that we have a heavenly Father who loves us unconditionally, who will not let us go and who will leave no stone unturned in His pursuit of us. God pursues us not because He has to but because He loves us and He wants us to come home to Him.

Within the novel there is a network of corruption and a continual question of trust. Just who can be trusted to do the right thing?

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House Of Shadows by Nicola Cornick

Jun20

A Love Through Time

House Of Shadows by Nicola Cornick is a fascinating and compulsive contemporary and historical read. Fact and fiction combine under the author’s skilful imagination.

The novel is mainly set in present day but travels back to the late seventeenth century and the early nineteenth century. It is an epic tale of myths, love, curses and ancient artefacts which wield their power. The reader is enthralled as we try to predict the action.

There are missing persons to be found in the past and present – men who disappeared leaving no trace.

A great love travels down the ages. It is a love that refuses to die but is continually reborn.

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Thirst Of Steel by Ronie Kendig

Jun20

Loyalties

Thirst Of Steel by Ronie Kendig is a thrilling Christian suspense. It is the third and final book in the Tox Files series.

Once again Ronie Kendig has spun an intricate tale that keeps the reader on their toes. Familiar characters continue to fight against evil forces. The team is loyal and has each other’s backs.

There is the question of truth and lies. Not everything is as it seems. Going deep undercover means sometimes lines are blurred. Characters risk their own safety to bring others to justice.

A centuries old curse needs to be broken as brilliant minds try to piece old artefacts together.

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Random God Sightings by Kelly Hanes

Jun20

Glimpsing Him

Random God Sightings by Kelly Hanes is a powerful book of twenty six stories of seeing God in the everyday. Often in our striving to see God, we miss the fact that He is walking right beside us. We will ‘see’ Him when we least expect to. God may be at the Christian conference but He is also at the convenience store.

These tales are designed to help us look for God in the everyday. When we seek Him, we will find Him. “It was God’s face, revealed to me in the face of The Teacher.” We may only glimpse God for a second but it is that second that will lift our spirits.

There are lessons to be learnt within the tales as the reader sees that children are remarkably perceptive and that strangers are kind. “People like that could change the world.” May we be people who see and who having seen, change the world.

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