Archive | July 2020

Code Of Valor by Lynette Eason

Jul18

A Heart Of Compassion

Code Of Valor by Lynette Eason is a fabulous Christian suspense and the third book in the Blue Justice series.

Once again Lynette Eason has produced a marvellous plotline that is both intriguing and well executed. The characters are realistic and easy to empathise with. The leading lady particularly resonated with me. She was a mixture of very strong and also insecure. She believed God loved others just as they were but she let her view of her weight define her. She did not see her self-worth. She needed to know “I am loved. I am God’s.”

The leading lady had compassion for others, even those who wished her harm. Her first thought was that no-one, no matter what they’d done, must die without Jesus.

We all face battles and have scars to prove it. Our scars and our past do not define us. We are who God says we are.

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The Storm by Amanda Jennings

Jul17

Gripping And Consuming

The Storm by Amanda Jennings is a marvellous contemporary psychological read that will consume your thoughts.

The action alternates between 1998 and fifteen years later from various points of view. The reader becomes completely caught up in it all. We know that there was a defining moment but we do not know when or what. As we read we search for clues.

Guilt consumes. Guilt ruins lives. When guilt and lies are all you know, the truth is hard to find. We must tell the truth in order to live in freedom. Only then can a character shed the chains of the past and move forward.

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Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis

Jul16

Beautiful

Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis is a most beautiful contemporary novel about friendship, love and being lost.

The novel is beautifully written and very emotionally charged. It is about feeling lost and longing to belong.

I loved Emmie Blue, the main character with her huge heart and her searching for a home. Setbacks did not keep her down. Her heart and her huge capacity to love kept her going when most of us would have been floored. She brought out the maternal mothering gene in me as I just wanted to wrap my arms around her and give her a home.

A family is all Emmie Blue desires – a family to love and to be loved. There are some beautiful friendships within the novel. There are friendships that will self-sacrifice for love.

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Called To Protect by Lynette Eason

Jul15

Out Of The Top Drawer

Called To Protect by Lynette Eason is a marvellous Christian suspense. It is the second book in the Blue Justice series but can be read as a stand-alone.

The series follows the St John family, all of whom work in the emergency services. This book has Chloe and her K9 partner Hank as the focus. The reader witnesses the strong bond between the pair as they work together to fight crime.

Relationships between the siblings and their parents are strong, loving and with mutual respect. Their love and care reaches beyond the family unit to reach the lost and the hurting. The parents are the perfect example of a marriage working with God at the centre.

Life intrudes. Our pasts shape us but they do not have to define us. We may become angry and withdraw from God but He will never withdraw from us. Anger is draining. “I don’t want to be angry anymore… Please help me.” When we give our negative emotions to God, He can help us to deal with them in His strength.

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