{"id":18720,"date":"2015-05-04T20:36:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T01:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=18720"},"modified":"2015-05-04T20:37:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T01:37:27","slug":"18720","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=18720","title":{"rendered":"On a Ring and a Prayer by Sandra D. Bricker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"On<\/p>\n

\n
\n

MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Sandra Bricker has been one of my go-to authors when I was in the mood for a fun and light-hearted read. Her latest novel, “On a Ring and a Prayer” definitely has its share of fun and amusing scenes but in some aspects, this one seems to have even more substance than usual.<\/p>\n

“On a Ring and a Prayer” is populated with strong characters who I enjoyed getting to know. I quickly found myself wrapped up in their lives and had to keep turning those pages in order to learn what would happen next. Naturally I hated what had happened to Jessie and admired how she responded to her less-than-perfect change of lifestyle. I found myself rooting for her and Danny to connect but really didn’t see how that could happen. Of course, Sandra found a way to deliver the perfect yet believable happy ending.<\/p>\n

As expected, I enjoyed Sandra’s latest book and would recommend it and any of her other novels. I sincerely hope that I will find myself reading a future novel that features some of the great characters I met in this one.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This book was provided for review by the Amazon Vine program.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n

ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twelve years of marriage, 4,000 square feet of dream house, and a handsome husband. Jessie Stanton has it all\u2026 until one fateful afternoon when she notices her BMW bouncing by the window behind a tow truck. Her husband has gone, and he\u2019s taken it all. The whirling tornado that cuts down the life she\u2019s built drops Jessie onto the sandy beach of Malibu with a thud, penniless and alone. When all she\u2019s left with are the designer labels in her closet and the dreamy Neil Lane rock on her finger, Jessie tries to make ends meet by pawning her prized ring to fund a new business venture: a small shop where her designer duds and shimmering accessories are temporarily leased out to Southern California women with champagne tastes but root beer realities. As Jessie tries to rebuild, she realizes she can\u2019t move on, not without answers. Reluctantly, Jessie turns to beach bum\/private investigator Danny Callahan for help. But is she staking her future success and happiness\u2026on a ring and a prayer?<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"SandraFor more than a decade, Sandra D. Bricker<\/strong> lived in Los Angeles. While honing her chosen craft of screenwriting in every spare moment, she worked as a personal assistant and publicist to some of daytime television\u2019s hottest stars. When her mother became ill in Florida, she walked away from that segment of her life and moved across the country to take on a new role: Caregiver.<\/p>\n

The author says that it was her 8th novel that opened the door to finding her way as a writer. \u201cI\u2019m a Christian woman, first and foremost,\u201d she says. \u201cSo it was a bit of a dream-come-true when Summerside Press chose me as one of two authors to launch the Love Finds You line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandie\u2019s real-life role as cancer survivor has parlayed into her steadfast commitment to raising awareness and funds for ovarian cancer research. Spearheading a series of devotionals for Summerside Press (such as the popular His Grace is Sufficient\u2026Decaf is Not<\/i>), the author has stipulated that a portion of each contributor\u2019s proceeds will go to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing allowed to combine my faith and my humor with raising funds for my pet projects \u2026 and still pursue my writing dream,\u201d says Bricker, \u201cwell, that\u2019s the best of all worlds, as far as I\u2019m concerned!\u201d<\/p>\n

And one of the author\u2019s pet projects is animal rescue, evidenced by the special bond she has created with one particular formerly-abandoned puppy \u2014 a red-haired collie with \u201ckiller brown eyes and the heart of the class clown.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MY REVIEW: \u00a0Sandra Bricker has been one of my go-to authors when I was in the mood for a fun and light-hearted read. Her latest novel, “On a Ring and a Prayer” definitely has its share of fun and amusing scenes but in some aspects, this one seems to have even more substance than usual. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,60,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-contemporary-fiction","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18720"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18726,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions\/18726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}