Archive | April 2019

The Gift Of Tears by Keith Nano

Apr9

The Lighthouse In The Dark

The Gift Of Tears by Keith Nano is the true tale of a miraculous healing showing that the miracle working God of the Bible is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Keith Nano provides the background to his faith journey. He raises his family to know God. This is their story of the day tragedy struck and how their faith in God and in people would be stretched and enlarged.

As their son Jacob was struck down and fighting for his life, following a bout of pneumonia, Keith Nano and his family saw the family of God in action. Practical help was provided as well as prayers and moral support. “They came to hug us and to pray with us. They came to cry with us.” The reader sees people helping people. Being on the receiving end of such generosity was hard as Keith Nano was more used to giving and not getting. He learnt to receive with grace all that was offered. “They just showed up.” Prayer teams mobilised. Charity events were organised. Practical goods and help were given. The innate goodness of people shone as Jacobs Army mobilised.

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A Forbidden Love by Kerry Postle

Apr9

The Indomitable Spirit

A Forbidden Love by Kerry Postle is a heart wrenching historical novel that will stir your emotions as you read.

The action is set during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 – 1939. The author has clearly researched thoroughly and woven fact and fiction together to educate and inform as well as entertain. I knew very little about this topic but now I do.

War brings out the very best and the very worst in people. There were some who used the premise of war to commit the most inhumane and barbaric acts. The reader shudders to hear there are ‘lists.’ Terrible atrocities were committed against women and girls. Evil really did have a face.

The opposite side of the coin was the innate goodness and bravery of some on both sides. Some risked their own lives to do good in a time of evil, as people were smuggled to safety.

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The Edge Of Mercy by Heidi Chiavaroli

Apr8

The Caretaker

The Edge Of Mercy by Heidi Chiavaroli is a marvellous historical and contemporary Christian novel that focuses on life, love and new beginnings.

God is at the heart of the novel, working in the background, longing for us to return to Him. “God didn’t show up at church… if He had I missed Him.” God is with us everywhere we go. If we cannot ‘see’ or ‘feel’ Him, maybe our eyes and heart are not really looking. When we truly seek Him with all our heart, He will be found.

The novel explores the foundations of our lives. If our lives are built on anything but Jesus, we are on shaky ground. “If Jesus was supposed to save me, why did I feel like I constantly had to save myself?” We all have a God shaped hole that only He can fill, whether we realise it or not. If we continually chase after material things, we will be neglecting our spiritual life.

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The Little Vintage Carousel By The Sea by Jaimie Admans

Apr8

Until The Carousel Stops Turning

The Little Vintage Carousel By The Sea by Jaimie Admans is the most delightful feel-good contemporary romance. It warmed my heart, soothed my soul and left me smiling and feeling good.

The characters are a wonderful mix and all well drawn. I loved the older couple who have no filter on their mouth so we hear all about their bladder problems! The leading lady’s Mum is not afraid to meddle and says what she thinks. The two lead characters and both vulnerable but begin to trust again. Their dialogue is both witty and charming.

Set mainly in a seaside town in North Yorkshire, the reader is in for a real treat. It is a place where problems are solved with ice cream and your business is everyone else’s! There is a warm welcome that you do not get in the anonymity that is London.

There is the theme of restoration – not just of an old carousel but of lives too. The seaside town is a place where hurt souls can begin to live again.

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