{"id":23672,"date":"2018-10-15T19:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T00:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=23672"},"modified":"2018-10-15T19:30:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T00:30:03","slug":"a-sparkle-of-silver-by-liz-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=23672","title":{"rendered":"A Sparkle of Silver by Liz Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Sparkle-of-Silver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Sparkle-of-Silver.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Sparkle-of-Silver-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Sparkle-of-Silver-150x232.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liz Johnson has another winner with <em><strong>A Sparkle of Silver<\/strong><\/em>, the first book in her new Georgia Coast Romance series. With its dual timeline, family secrets, a search for hidden treasure, a fantastic setting, and of course romance, this novel had me quickly turning the pages until I reached the end.\u00a0 It was quite easy to care about the well-developed characters, especially the special relationship between Millie and her grandmother Joy. Millie&#8217;s response to her grandmother&#8217;s dementia and her determination to take care of her was touching.<\/p>\n<p>I particularly enjoyed reading about life at the chateau during its prime through the journals written by Millie&#8217;s great-grandmother Ruth. It offered a look at a slice of times gone by that few experience these days. Ample plot twists held my attention throughout and I was pleased by the way the story ended. An emphasis on the importance of family and trusting the Lord was evident.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A Sparkle of Silver<\/strong><\/em> is truly a treasure in my opinion and I hope other readers will love it also.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10857\" title=\"divider2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png 317w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2-150x28.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by the author and Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group. A favorable review was not required. All views expressed are my own.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Uncovering the past can lead to an unexpected future . . .<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nMillie Sullivan plays a 1920s-era guest during tours of a palatial estate on the shore of St. Simons Island, Georgia, where her great-grandmother was a real guest ninety years ago. When Millie learns of a lost diary that may contain the location of a hidden treasure on the estate and reveal the identity of her great-grandfather, she sets out to find the truth of her heritage&#8211;and the fortune she desperately needs. But it won&#8217;t be easy.<\/p>\n<p>When security guard Ben Thornton discovers her snooping in the estate&#8217;s private library, he threatens to have her fired. Still, her story seems too ludicrous to be fiction, and her offer to split the treasure is too tempting to pass up.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for a romantic escapade through dark halls and dusty corners that will have you holding your breath and sighing with delight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.bakerpublishinggroup.com\/processed\/book-resources\/files\/Excerpt_9780800729622.pdf?1533757268\">Read an excerpt here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CMHVBt\">Purchase a copy here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Liz-Johnson-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Liz-Johnson-2.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Liz-Johnson-2-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Liz Johnson<\/b> is the author of more than a dozen novels, including<i> A Sparkle of Silver<\/i>, <i>The Red Door Inn<\/i>, <i>Where Two Hearts Meet<\/i>, and <i>On Love&#8217;s Gentle Shore<\/i>, as well as<i> <\/i>a <i>New York Times<\/i> bestselling novella and a handful of short stories. A marketing manager for a Christian film company, she makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MY REVIEW: Liz Johnson has another winner with A Sparkle of Silver, the first book in her new Georgia Coast Romance series. With its dual timeline, family secrets, a search for hidden treasure, a fantastic setting, and of course romance, this novel had me quickly turning the pages until I reached the end.\u00a0 It was [&hellip;]<\/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":[8,60,67,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-contemporary-fiction","category-mystery","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=23672"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23676,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23672\/revisions\/23676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}