Oh Christmas Tree
Like millions of families, we decorate our Christmas tree each holiday season. What began as an annual event became a vast, breakable...
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Reality Home Schooling
Like many home enthusiasts, I’m a fan of HGTV and now Magnolia Network. For those interested in home remodeling, decorating, or interior...
The Invincible Miss Cust
The Invincible Miss Cust, based on the real-life of Aleen Isabel Cust, might be historical fiction, but it’s a story destined to make...
First Blood
On the first day of her new assignment, Detective Inspector Kim Stone makes her way to her new Detective Chief Inspector’s office with no...
The Woman Underwater
That morning was like any other. Victoria Sands rushed her two boys through breakfast and out the door to school and blew a kiss to her...
A Jar of Pennies
Jesse Grinder was born with few options, and life went south from there. He’s from country stock who toil in forestry, eat, sleep, go to...
Hog Wild
The growing tribes of feral hogs spreading across the 450-square-mile Texas Cross Barr cattle ranch are about to get a snout full of...
The Floating Girls
Twelve-year-old Kay Whitaker has a severe case of boredom and loneliness. Growing up at the end of a dirt road in Bledsoe, Georgia,...
For Those Who Are Lost
With the Nazi invasion of Guernsey immanent, residents scramble to get their children off the island and to the safety of mainland...
How to Train Your Husband
Little Lessons Every New Bride Needs to Learn My husband often jokes with friends that he wants to return as one of our dogs when he...
Five Books to Pull from the TBR file For Your Vacation
Summer is the perfect time to delve into your To Be Read pile, and I have five superb books to share with you from mine. From a royally...
Well-Dressed Husbands
Let’s be honest. There is nothing sexier than a husband who has just mowed the lawn. Or cleaned out the garage. Or rearranged the...
The Physicists’ Daughter
It’s 1944, and Justine Byrne is thrilled by the opportunity to step away from her mind-numbing war-time assembly line job and use her...
The Romance of Packing
Planning what to pack for our upcoming summer trip to England would be easier if I knew all my careful, neat folding wouldn’t end up a...
Two Little Girls
One Heart-Wrenching Choice Choose which one dies—a horrific nightmare for any mother of more than one child. In Two Little Girls, the...
The Distant Dead
I discovered bestselling author Lesley Thomson’s remarkable Detective’s Daughter series a few years ago by chance. I should have also...
The Windsor Knot
As celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth’s platinum anniversary as monarch begin, it’s the perfect time to discover S.J. Bennett’s new...
Hattie Rose Has Earned Her Wings
Preparing for our first Christmas together 30 years ago, I asked my husband what kind of topper he’d like for our tree. His response told...
Salute to My Neighborhood Heros - Dallas Fire Station 17
I was delighted when asked to write a small profile of Lakewood's neighborhood fire station. In part, of course, because it's my...
First Impressions
After A Gloomy 2020, Refreshing Our Home’s Entry Is A Step In The Right Direction To Welcome Back Guests Our neighborhood, considered the...
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