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reviewed by Bonnie Way Joanie Collins is the oldest of eight kids in a strong, Catholic family. She’s starting her first day of work as a journalist reporter with the local TV station when she catches the eye of Brandon Vaughn—the station’s commercial producer and resident “womanizer.” Brandon’s charm and good looks put Joanie off guard and leave her [...]
reviewed by Ellen Gable Hrkach The author describes his novel, In Shepherd’s Clothing, as a romantic suspense. The main protagonist is a priest. I suppose I’m naive because I wondered “Who is going to experience the romance in this novel?” I also wondered “Who is the Devil in this story?” It didn’t take long to [...]
reviewed by Debra Murphy Paperback: 278 pages Publisher: Parlez-Moi Press; 1st edition (December 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 9780978594039 ISBN-13: 978-0978594039 ASIN: 0978594037 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches Who, if I cried, would hear me, of the angelic orders? or even supposing that one should suddenly carry me to his heart — I should [...]
Paperback: 402 pages (available from Amazon) Publisher: CreateSpace (May 26, 2010) ISBN-10: 1451509286 ISBN-13: 978-1451509281 reviewed by Ellen Gable Hrkach Create Space 2010 “Love means to love that which is unlovable, or it is no virtue at all; forgiving means to pardon that which is unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all.” This [...]
Paperback: 436 pages Publisher: Loyola Press (January 1, 2007) ISBN-10: 0829423524 ISBN-13: 978-0829423525 reviewed by Debra Murphy Originally published in 1956 by MacMillan, Son of Dust by Anglo-Catholic novelist Hilda Frances Margaret Prescott is a historical romance set in eleventh century Normandy shortly before “William the Conqueror”, Duke of Normandy, crossed the Channel to capture [...]
Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: Xulon Press (September 23, 2008) ISBN-10: 1606478214 ISBN-13: 978-1606478219 reviewed by Tannia Ortiz-Lopès In her book, Treasures in Clay Vessels, author Angela T. Pisaturo brings to the historical romance reader a profound story of acceptance, discoveries, and healing. The book cover shows an image of a woman looking from the distance [...]
reviewed by Tannia Ortiz-Lopès In her book, In Name Only, author Ellen Gable brings to her readers a romantic Cinderella story staged in Philadelphia in 1876. The book’s front cover shows two of Gable’s distinct symbols: a ledger book and a photograph of a woman looking out a window. The back cover shows two men, [...]
reviewed by Tannia E. Ortiz-Lopès In her book, The Passion of Mary-Margaret, author Lisa Samson tells an entertaining, uplifting, and encouraging story where the gifts of the Spirit are manifested by the main characters as they lead us to a better understanding of Jesus’ Divine Mercy. The book cover shows a picture of a lighthouse [...]
reviewed by Tannia E. Ortiz-Lopes In her book, Emily’s Hope, author Ellen Gable tells the story of Emily Greer and a hidden and disturbing family secret. The book starts with Emily, married with children, riding in an ambulance to the hospital’s emergency room due to pregnancy complications. In the middle of this turmoil, her [...]
reviewed by John Murphy Henry Harland is a little-known American-born Catholic writer who lived in turn-of-the-century England. Though relatively obscure today, he was hugely popular in his own time—among the literati for his work in editing the highly influential Yellow Book quarterly, whose art editor was Aubrey Beardsley, and among the hoi polloi for light romantic [...]
reviewed by John Murphy “You are not afraid it may be rather a mistake for an American man of business to marry a French countess?” The American man of business is certainly not afraid it’s a mistake; it seems only too natural. Christopher Newman, a captain of American industry in his mid-thirties, travels to Europe [...]
BBC Audiobooks, 2005, unabridged, read by James Wilby reviewed by Rachel Murphy Having been a devoted fan of Jane and Rochester since my mid-teens, I decided to give Bronte’s The Professor a try, on audiobook—though perhaps I was motivated even more by its narrator, the film actor James Wilby (Behind the Lines, A Tale of [...]
