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  • The Friday Review: Finding Lady Enderly

    By Joanna Davidson Politano Cinderella meets My Fair Lady in this stunning Gilded Age mystery novel! Raina practically lives on the streets of London where she works as a rag woman and mourns the loss of the sailor she loved. And then, one night, everything changes. A rich and handsome man offers her the opportunity…

  • The Friday Review: You’re Not Enough (And That’s Ok)

    By Allie Beth Stuckey You need to love yourself before you can love others. You’re perfect the way you are. You determine your truth. These messages have wound their way throughout our culture, touted by Christians and non-Christians alike. Women, particularly, are targeted with this message of self-sufficiency, self-care, and self-help. But these, and other…

  • The Friday Review: The Fur Trader’s Lady

    By Gabrielle Meyer As a kid, I loved reading books about the frontier and the fur trade. Sadly, there’s not a ton of good adult historical fiction on the subject, so I was eager to read this new release by Gabrielle Meyer. Lady Charlotte is on the run. An orphan, she is controlled by her…

  • The Friday Review: Yee Yee Apparel

    5th Friday, time for a different kind of review. Let me introduce y’all to my favorite apparel company!  Yee Yee Apparel is a faith, freedom, and outdoor apparel and lifestyle company founded by three brothers in Texas. Originally the catch-phrase of country singer, Granger Smith, Yee Yee appeared on merch for years before the brothers,…

  • The Friday Review: Top Gun: Maverick

    Starring Tom Cruise Which movie was better? The original or the sequel? While the 1986 movie is a classic, I think the editing and music pushes the 2022 movie into the lead. If you haven’t seen Top Gun: Maverick, you’ve been missing out! Maverick is doing what he loves best, working as a test pilot…

  • The Friday Review: The Tempest at Annabel’s Lighthouse

    By Jaime Jo Wright I couldn’t sleep after finishing this book. Not because it was scary (though it was), but because it was SO GOOD! The twist at the end was… just phenomenal. Set in the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior, The Tempest at Annabel’s Lighthouse is a split time mystery alternating between modern day…

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