by Ruth Schmeckpeper | Jan 15, 2026 | Book Recommendations
The Lies We Trade plunges readers into the high-pressure world of Wall Street, where success comes at a cost and truth is often the first casualty. Meredith Hansel is a driven executive suddenly caught in a web of lies, betrayals, and relentless workplace drama....
by Ruth Schmeckpeper | Dec 29, 2025 | Book Recommendations
This Promised Land was one of my favorite reads of 2025—an emotionally rich story of homecoming, fractured relationships, and hard-won hope. When Ginny Pickering Boyden unexpectedly inherits her family’s Christmas tree farm, she returns to the place she left decades...
by Ruth Schmeckpeper | Dec 24, 2025 | Book Recommendations
Secrets of Their Past follows Neal Rodgers as he returns to Wander Canyon in search of answers about his past. His quiet investigation takes an unexpected turn when he meets his neighbor, single mom Tessa Kennedy—who has just inherited a litter of kittens. When Tessa...
by Ruth Schmeckpeper | Dec 17, 2025 | Book Recommendations
Are you looking for a heartwarming, small-town Christmas romance? A Very Chapel Falls Christmas is the delightful story of Noelle Clark’s new job promoting the city just in time for Christmas season. But the plot thickens when her former fiancé, Nik Forrest, is the...
by Ruth Schmeckpeper | Nov 26, 2025 | Book Recommendations
The Song of Sourwood Mountain by Ann H. Gabhart is a beautifully crafted tale of courage, calling, and steadfast faith. Set in 1910, the story follows Mira Dean, a young woman whose quiet life is upended when a visiting preacher proposes marriage and invites her to...