Book Review

Secrets

Long-hidden secrets come to light in the shadowed halls of a California villa

Antonia stared out the Studebaker’s rear window as it sped away from her grandfather Quillan’s Sonoma villa, leaving behind the vineyard that had been life to her family — a life now lost….

The old villa needed what Rese Barrett could do as well as any man on the crew. Trained by the best, she had honed her skills with a passion for quality, an eye for detail, and no room for compromise.Renovation was her joy–taking something old and making it new without changing the heart if it. But this time the inn she restored was hers, and this time she worked alone….

The answers were there if he could find them, and the commission from his grandmother Antonia compelled him to do so. Brash and impulsive, Lance Michelli arrived at the inn sure of his quest and sensing his right. After all, it was part of his heritage.

Chef, musician, and spellbinder, Lance talked his way into her plans before she’d even made them and had Rese telling secrets she’d never before revealed. He spoke of faith as if he could touch it, but how much more was left unsaid?

Winner of the Christy Award, presented by the Christian Bookseller Association to honor the best in Christian fiction.

Selected by ForeWord Magazine as a 2003 Book of the Year (Gold Award in Romance category)

I loved this book!! While I was reading I wanted to restore an old home and cook!!! The author has an amazing ability to capture these two things. Wonderful love story too.

Books, Books, Books

I read lots of Christian Fiction. I also belong to a great book club hosted by my wonderful friend Sue (who happens to have an amazing hospitality gift) and we get together with a fantastic group of ladies. We meet twice per month, we have the day ladies and the evening ladies and we discuss the book. We have read many, many books over the past 4 years. We are currently reading The Yada Yada series, House of Hope, Who do I talk to? by Neta Jackson. It was a great read!!! We will be meeting next week and I will let you know how the meeting went.

I have always loved books. I was blessed to have a neighbor who introduced me to the Wayne Public Library as a young girl. I was friends with her daughter and she would take us to the library to check out books. It was here that I first read the Boxcar Children series and I was hooked. I have been reading ever since! I never would have imagined that I would have an opportunity to work at the Calvary Christian Academy Library as an adult for 2 years. I was a housewife masquerading as a librarian and I loved it. I love the smell of the library and I love the smell of books. I have a dream one day of having my own personal library complete with a rolling ladder and Hunter Green leather chairs and ottomans. Books have an amazing ability to transform your world. Great writers can get you so caught up in the characters that some stay with you for years to come. I know they have this new thing called Kindle, I like to turn a page, call me old fashioned. This keeps me at the library, where I go at least once per week. I will probably break down and get a Kindle at some point. I also love to read in bed before I go to sleep unless it's really thought provoking and then I can't sleep. I love reading when everyone is asleep and the house is quiet and I can concentrate. I read by book light. I have battery operated book lights that all go dim much too quickly. Right now I have 3 book lights going at the same time right now so I can get enough light to read. I have even used a flashlight too. Drives my husband crazy!! I am on the hunt for an electric book light so I can avoid this problem. Anyone have any leads on where to get one? I know, I know, the Kindle can be used at night with a lighted background. Again, I need to turn the page. I have read books that have kept me up reading late into the night. The one book that has done that is Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. A huge book, 500+ pages but a very worthy read. She is an incredibly gifted writer and this story will show you God's love in a way that will take your breath away. Warning, you will not be able to put this book down.

I will end this post with another challenge, read!!!! Go check out your local library, wander around, smell the books and allow books to transform your world.