The Princes of Ireland, by Edward Rutherfurd

My dad passed on his copy of The Princes of Ireland to me after reading and enjoying it.  It took me awhile to get into it.  I haven’t read an Edward Rutherfurd novel since his first big geographically-based blockbuster, Sarum.  I didn’t dislike Sarum, but I also had no desire to reread it.  When I [...]

Catching Katie, by Robin Lee Hatcher

Not being normally a romance reader, I started picking up “inspirational romance” novels a few months ago in the name of market research — because I had a story I wanted to write that seemed it would fit better into that category than any other.  Of all the inspirational romances I’ve read during this “market [...]

Zipporah, by Marek Halter

I think most people know that I’m a big fan of good Biblical fiction , since I write it myself.  Zipporah is the second volume of Marek Halter’s “Canaan trilogy” and focuses on an intriguing minor character almost buried in the Biblical footnotes — Moses’ wife Zipporah, who is described both as the daughter of [...]

A Bed of Red Flowers, by Nelofer Pazira

This is the story of Nelofer Pazira and her family — their lives in Afghanistan, their escape to Pakistan and eventually to Canada as immigrants, and Pazira’s return many years later as part of a feature film crew.  Most of the story is set during Pazira’s childhood and teenage years in Afghanistan — the years [...]