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Operation Valentine by Elizabeth Maddrey

Feb1

God’s Plans

Operation ValentineOperation Valentine by Elizabeth Maddrey is the second book in the Operation Romance series but can be read as a stand-alone. It was a delightful story that I read in just one sitting as I could not put it down.

Rick and Annabelle were an item in college but Annabelle broke off their engagement to pursue her career. As the novel opens, it is six years later and Annabelle is a free lance computer expert. She works alone and lives alone, never having recovered from Rick. She still loves him.

Rick has been working in Germany but is back for a month. He too never stopped loving Annabelle. Circumstances throw the pair together. Both believe the other is over the relationship and they try their best to avoid each other. What will happen?

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A Dash of Daring by Elizabeth Maddrey

Nov16

Jesus At The Centre

A Dash Of DaringA Dash Of Daring by Elizabeth Maddrey is book three in the series A Taste Of Romance. It is a contemporary novel and can be read as a stand-alone. I  however loved meeting up with familiar characters. It felt more like catching up with old friends than reading a novel. Elizabeth Maddrey writes about ‘real’ characters doing ‘real’ life with all its ups and downs. The Touch Of Romance series would make a fabulous trio of films.

Amy works in a poor school in downtown Washington. She is passionate about her job and her students. The only thing that worries her is Zach, the Maths teacher at the school. Zach likes Amy, but Zach is white and Amy is mixed race. Amy has seen the problems of marrying outside your culture, but she really likes Zach. Elizabeth Maddrey explores the mixed race theme within the novel. Only Amy seems bothered about it. She confesses to her Mum, who replies “My skin doesn’t determine my worth. Jesus does.” Amy feels she now has permission to be just who Jesus created her to be.

The course of love never runs smoothly. Elizabeth Maddrey shows this within the novel. If something is good, it is worth fighting for. Relationships don’t just happen, they need to be worked at.

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Operation Mistletoe by Elizabeth Maddrey

Nov12

The Real Meaning of Christmas

Operation MistletoeOperation Mistletoe by Elizabeth Maddrey is a wonderful Christmas novella. I always love books by Elizabeth Maddrey, but this one is really special. It is more than just a warm, fuzzy, feel-good story, it is about the real meaning of Christmas.

Twenty eight year old Tori dislikes Christmas after ten disastrous ones, and is horrified when she is told to go and interview Gabe, a company director, about his Christmas lights display to raise money for Operation Mistletoe. Operation Mistletoe is a charity founded by Gabe to help bring Christmas to the forces men and women serving overseas. It is more than just gifts, it is showing them Jesus.

Operation Mistletoe has Jesus at the centre of the novel. It is not a ‘preachy’ read. It shows characters living out their Christian lives, that then attract others to Jesus. It is about walking the walk.

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