Lady in the Mist is a story about secrets – all sorts of secrets. Tabitha’s work as a midwife exposes her to many secrets of her town. Could one of them be the reason for the frightening threats she has received? When she meets Dominick repeatedly out at night after curfew, she suspects that he could be responsible for the mysterious disappearance of young men in the village. For this reason, she fights her growing attraction to Dominick. Then Tabitha’s long lost fiance returns with secrets of his own. As the web of secrets enlarges, evidence seems to point in several directions. Will Tabitha be able to overcome her loss of faith and learn the truth? Will the men responsible for the criminal activity be revealed? Which man will Tabitha end up with – Dominick or her former fiance? I’ll never tell. You MUST pick up a copy of Lady in the Mist and find out for yourself.
Overall, I really enjoyed Lady in the Mist. The setting, characterization, and plot were excellent. The romantic tension was right on target. There was just the right amount of mystery and suspense to keep me wondering almost to the end. Historical facts were intriguing and seemed to be well researched. However, the author had a habit of ending chapters without total resolution to whatever was going on at the time. Then the next chapter would begin at a later time with a totally different topic and it would take awhile to find out what happened when I was left hanging back in the last chapter. But even with that slight problem, I still loved the story.
This book was provided for review by Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A Whole Town’s Secrets Held by One Woman… Could anyone get beyond the secrets of her past?
As a midwife, Tabitha Eckles, the woman at the center of Laurie Alice Eakes’ new book, Lady in the Mist, (ISBN: 978-0-8007-3452-7, February 2011, $14.99) knows the most intimate secrets of the women and families she cares for. While the women in town are drawn to her warmth and caring ways, the men are wary at best.
In the little town of Seabourne, Virginia where Tabitha Eckles lives, another standoff is brewing. It is 1809 and relations between America and England rest on the edge of a knife, when Tabitha crosses paths on the beach one morning with a man named Dominick Cherrett. He seems to have his own secrets to keep, including why he, a British aristocrat, is on American soil working as an indentured servant.
One chance meeting leads these two secret keepers through a twisted path of kidnappings, death threats, and public disgrace. Can Tabitha trust Dominick? What might he be hiding? And can either of them find true love in a world that seems set against them?
“Featuring a charming hero with a mysterious past and mission, Lady in the Mist brims with tension, intrigue, and romance.”–Julie Klassen, bestselling author of The Silent Governess and The Girl in the Gatehouse
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Laurie Alice Eakes began to be fascinated by the role of midwives in history during graduate school and she knew that someday she wanted to write novels with midwife heroines. Ten years later, after several published novels and a National Readers Choice Award for Best Regency, the midwives idea returned, and Lady in the Mist was born. Laurie Alice has a master degree in creative writing and writes full time from her home in Texas, where she lives with her husband and sundry dogs and cats.
Ginny Yttrup is an author, freelance writer, and writing coach. As she writes, speaks, and coaches, her prayer is that God will use her words to replace the lies so many believe about themselves with the truth of His unconditional love and grace. To see someone grasp, perhaps for the first time, the truth of God’s love, is truly an honor. Through a relationship with the Truth, Jesus Christ, the bonds of shame are loosed and freedom abounds!
When Ginny is not working, she loves spending time with her two college-age sons or with friends. She is surrounded by the most amazing people–each a gift in their own way. If she can spend time outdoors with those she love, it’s even better. And she thoroughly adores her dog, Bear. He’s a book lover too.
She has two grown sons and lives near Sacramento, California. Words is her first novel.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
“I collect words. I keep them in a box in my mind. I’d like to keep them in a real box, something pretty, maybe a shoe box covered with flowered wrapping paper. Whenever I wanted, I’d open the box and pick up the papers, reading and feeling the words all at once. Then I could hide the box. But the words are safer in my mind. There, he can’t take them.”
Ten-year old Kaylee Wren doesn’t speak. Not since her drug-addled mother walked away, leaving her in a remote cabin nestled in the towering redwoods-in the care of a man who is as dangerous as he is evil. With silence her only refuge, Kaylee collects words she might never speak from the only memento her mother left behind: a dictionary.
Sierra Dawn is thirty-four, an artist, and alone. She has allowed the shame of her past to silence her present hopes and chooses to bury her pain by trying to control her circumstances. But on the twelfth anniversary of her daughter’s death, Sierra’s control begins to crumble as the God of her childhood woos her back to Himself.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Words, go HERE.
Debra White Smith is a seasoned Christian author, speaker, and media personality who has been regularly publishing books for over a decade. In the last twelve years, she has accumulated over 50 books sales to her credit with over 1 million books in print. Her titles include such life-changing books as Romancing Your Husband, Romancing Your Wife, The Divine Romance: Developing Intimacy with God, the The Lonestar Intrigue fiction series, and The Jane Austen fiction series.
As a woman of God, Debra is committed to the highest standards of integrity and to spending hours a week being still before the Father, staying in tune with Him, and listening for His voice of direction in all she does. This commitment to romancing the Lord, coupled with her lifestyle of devouring, analyzing, and dissecting the Word of God has allowed God to bring about a miracle of deliverance and healing in Debra’s spirit, mind, and soul. For you see, Debra holds a double Ph.D. from the toughest schools in the world. The first Ph.D. from the “School of Hard Knocks” and the second, from the “School of Very Hard Knocks.” Aside from that, she holds an M.A. in English from the University of Texas.
Along with Debra’s being voted a fiction-reader favorite several times, her book Romancing Your Husband was a finalist in the 2003 Gold Medallion Awards. And, her Austen Series novel First Impressions was a finalist in the 2005 Retailer’s Choice Awards. Debra has been a popular media guest across the nation, including Fox TV, The 700 Club, ABC Radio, USA Radio Network, and Moody Broadcasting. Her favorite hobbies include fishing, bargain-hunting, and swimming with her family. Debra also vows she would walk 50 miles for a scoop of German Chocolate ice cream.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In the small town of Bullard, Texas, the Mansfield brothers seem to have everything in order . . . except for their love lives. Jack is the lonely police chief still pining after Charli, his college girlfriend. Younger brother Sonny keeps busy on the road as a private investigator, and a secret from his past prevents him from finding someone to settle down with. But all that is about to change…
Read the two stories…
In Texas Heat, Charli is wrongly accused of a terrible crime. Now Jack must arrest the one woman he’s ever loved and risk everything to prove her innocence and save her life.
In Texas Pursuit, a single mother is a target of a relentless stalker—and Sonny finds himself both the only man who can protect her and the one who inadvertently leads danger back into her world.
Page-turning novels of romance and suspense, the Lone Star Intrigue series will give you faith in the power of love, and remind you that having faith in a God who redeems our mistakes is the greatest love story of all.
Learn more about Debra and her books on her Website.
MY REVIEW:
I have always enjoyed Debra White Smith’s novels and was especially excited to see that not only were these set in Texas but that they were also suspense. Lone Star Intrigue actually contains the first two novels of the series with the same title. Each installment features one of the Mansfield brothers, Jack and Tony and a love interest he endeavors to protect and/or rescue.
The plots were fast paced with plenty of action and romance. Spiritual content was believable as some of the characters struggled with their faith. Both stories held my interest throughout and were fairly quick reads. Now I’m ready to find out what happens with the other brother Ryan in The Chase, final book of the series to be published later this year.
For anyone who has ever wondered “There must be more than this” about the Christian life, Steve Schaefer has just the book for you. Living in the Overlap examines what the Bible has to say about the Kingdom of God in both the old and new testaments, especially what Jesus had to say about it. With an abundance of scripture references, quotes from many theologians, and his own personal experiences, Schaefer helps us to understand just what is meant by the Kingdom of God and how it should affect the life of Christians today as we wait for the final coming of Christ when he will usher in the fulfillment of His new testament kingdom promises.
Living in the Overlap is fairly easy to read with a conversational tone that should appeal to most readers. The well documented facts and an extensive section of end notes should satisfy the scholars among us. Schaefer made several excellent points that should challenge every Christian on how we can best be about the work of bringing Christ’s kingdom to those around us. I know he gave me plenty to consider.
This book was provided for review by Glass Road Public Relations.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Did Jesus already establish His kingdom on earth? ” Living in the Overlap explores the challenges and benefits of living in a kingdom that is both “already” and “not yet.” If you want a deeper understanding of Jesus’ kingdom message, and if you want to explore the kingdom’s implications for your life today, let this provocative and enlightening book be your guide.
The kingdom of God was the central message of Jesus, yet so few Christians understand what it means to live in that kingdom. Many of us think of the kingdom of God arriving with the second coming, but Steve Shaefer asserts that Jesus already established His kingdom on earth. Some of the blessings from the coming kingdom are available to us now, while we live in the overlap between the establishment of the kingdom and when it comes to its fullness. Those blessings can help us walk by faith, deal with temptation, and love others.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Because of his fascination with Scripture and its message, Steve Schaefer has repeatedly explored the land of the Bible. His experiences include hot-air ballooning over eerie Cappadocian rock formations in Turkey, trekking through the ancient “rose red” city of Petra in Jordan, sloshing through Hezekiah’s serpentine aqueduct in Israel, and scaling Jebel Musa (traditionally identified as Mount Sinai) in Egypt. But he now invites readers to embark on a different kind of biblical adventure in his new book, Living in the Overlap: How Jesus’ Kingdom Proclamation Can Transform Your World.
Steve holds a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Studies from Regent University’s School of Divinity. He has traveled the globe as a Managing Producer in the International Programming Department of CBN WorldReach, and is a popular speaker and teacher.
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A Whole Town’s Secrets Held by One Woman… 
Laurie Alice Eakes began to be fascinated by the role of midwives in history during graduate school and she knew that someday she wanted to write novels with midwife heroines. Ten years later, after several published novels and a National Readers Choice Award for Best Regency, the midwives idea returned, and Lady in the Mist was born. Laurie Alice has a master degree in creative writing and writes full time from her home in Texas, where she lives with her husband and sundry dogs and cats.
