Karen Sue Hadley

JUNE 30, 2016   I hope your summer is going well. It is hot here in Oklahoma but that is the norm for this state. When the three digit numbers hit it sure makes me glad I'm going to heaven when I leave the earth. Thank you Lord for saving me!!!     "Splashdown" by Linda K. Rodante   This book was released this month and I had the privilege of reading to review this book. I'm so glad I did!!. It is "WOW!!" I read this book in one day. It grabs you from page one all the way to the end. You will learn about the homeless, human trafficking, the emotions that come with pregnancy and the importance of abstinence. You will grow to love the good characters, you'll be glad when the bad are brought to justice, be surprised at the identity of the villain, give thanks for the lives that are changed and cheer when Rich finally gets his act together. I try to review without any spoilers. So, Just. Read. The. Book.     Blessings,     Karen 

June 24, 2016          OHHHH, don't you just love this cover!! Mary Alford is a talented writer and she has written a story that will encourage you and lift your spirits. Sometimes what we think we see or know is not at all like it seems. That lesson is a hard one and one Cara finally learns. A inspiring story of how God can change people and bring them to the place they need to be. Read the book! Cara Stevens is finally coming back home to Cartwright, Montana. But will she find the place she longs from her childhood or a past without hope. Since Cara left Cartwright a little more than a year earlier, not much has changed. Except her life is in shambles, her heart broken and the man she thought she had left behind is standing before her claiming to be a changed man.     

 JUNE 22, 2016 About the Book  Purchase your copy of  The Amish Firefighter  here A Beautiful Young Woman Banished from Home Abigail Stutzman thought it was bad enough being dropped at the nearest bus station and sent to live several states away with some relatives she’d never even heard of, much less met. But now, just a week after her arrival in Jamesport, Missouri, she finds herself at the scene of a barn fire. An intentional barn fire. And all fingers are pointed at her. She’s desperate to prove her innocence and protect her reputation, but nobody’s making that easy to do. And God certainly doesn’t seem willing to help. A Brave Firefighter with an Agenda of His Own Sam Miller is in the process of turning over a new leaf. Determined to atone for the follies of his past, he is a volunteer firefighter, an EMT, and a doctor-in-training. With suspicious barn fires escalating, and the Miller family being among the victims, no one is more determined to see the perpetra

JUNE 15, 2016 Good Day!  I love reading books especially by my favorite authors and by new authors that I didn't know about. Tammy Fish has written a mail-order bride novel that is refreshing, different and interesting. It is a great read. Little Wade will steal your heart as his dad and mail order bride struggle to keep themselves from truly committing to one another and deal with the pain of their pasts. You won't want to miss this sweet novel. I look forward to reading more of her books. Blessings, Karen When an unforeseen accident tramples her dreams, Selena trudges through a desert of loneliness caring for an invalid husband. Finding herself a widow at twenty-eight, she grasps at the chance to experience a new life. Answering an advertisement for a marriage of convenience, she agrees to the platonic arrangement in order to care for the man’s young son. Leaving her home in Illinois, she travels by train to Oregon to discover a very different world from the one

June 14, 2016 Good Day! Do you ever daydream? I do and I believe most people do. "A Dream of Miracles" is a great book and the hero has dreams he isn't quite sure about and the Amish woman with two children, one who has been sickly since birth. But Mattie is widowed, alone and scared while trying to keep life in some kind of normalcy. A story of belief, learning to trust God and that the unexpected happens. Blessings, Karen (I received this book for my honest review) When a suspicious outsider with a shadowy past comes crashing into Amish widow Mattie’s fragile world, can she learn to love again? When Mattie and Bo cross paths, all signs point to disaster. Yet as they face a crucible of trials and tragedies together, longings begin to stir that seem destined only to end in more heartbreak. Is a miracle possible—not only of healing but of forbidden love? What secrets lie in Bo’s dreams? And will Mattie find the courage to face her uncertain future . . . or wi

JUNE 9, 2016 IT'S    RELEASE             DAY FOR SHANNA HATFIELD'S "MILLIE"!!! CONGRATULATIONS SHANNA!!!!!!! Shanna Hatfield writes clean romance fiction with a lesson to learn and humor injected at the right moment. I am enjoying this series "Pendleton Petticoats". They can be read as stand alone as well, I have a few of them to catch up on myself and look forward to it. What do you get when you take a woman who is leading a temperance movement and a man who runs a saloon? A very interesting and unlikely couple. Millie is firm in her beliefs and Gideon is just as stubborn in his. This book is fun yet it holds the lesson to not jump to conclusions of others without listening to them first. Greed is a ugly sidekick and help others without expecting anything in return. I have no doubt you will enjoy this book. To find out about Millie, Gideon and the rest of the delightful characters you'll grow to love-Read the Book!! Blessings, Kare

JUNE 4, 2016 CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS! Just saying that word sounds difficult.  What is Apologetics? Basically it is knowing what you believe and why you believe it. It is the study and examination of God's word. It is building a solid spiritual foundation in our belief in God.  In Mary Jo Sharp's book "Defending the Faith" you will read about: Reasons for knowing why you believe in God How your beliefs affect your life How your beliefs affect others What you can do right now(how to begin discussing beliefs in everyday conversations) Popular apologist Mary Jo Sharp issues a personal challenge for sisters in Christ to approach their faith on an intellectual level, along with a compelling call for women’s ministries to help women love God with their minds by incorporating apologetics into their programs. Confident Christianity is a Christian apologetics ministry founded by Mary Jo Sharp that addresses the hard questions of Christianity through research,

  JUNE 2, 2016 Welcome to the month of June!!     Today we are celebrating the release of Carrie Fancett Pagels new book "Saving The Marquise's Granddaughter" Isn't the cover just beautiful!     About the Book In a land fraught with religious strife, they must break the barriers between status and faith to forge a fresh future in a new world… After her Huguenot father is arrested, aristocrat Suzanne Richelieu escapes Versailles. Handsome German peasant, Johan Rousch, risks his life to bring her to the safety of his family’s farm in the Palatinate duchy, but when Suzanne’s brother and the French army arrive with a warning that they plan to burn the area, she and Johan are forced to flee. With no money or options, both become indentured servants in exchange for safe passage to Philadelphia. Suzanne falls gravely ill aboard ship and marries Johan, only to survive with no memory of the wedding—a reality made worse when Johan spots the “priest” who marr