http://www.christianbookworm.net Christian Book Reviews Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:23:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fudge Laced Felonies by Cynthis Hickey was an entertaining and satisfying read (You can't go wrong with chocolate). We meet our heroine Summer while she is getting onto longtime friend Ethan because he killed her rose bush (she thinks). While digging up the bush to replace it, she and Ethan ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/fudge-laced-felonies/ Another Stab at Life by Anita Higman is a good mystery with several twists and turns. Bailey inherits a rundown house that is straight out of  a horror movie and has a gruesome surprise waiting for her on her first night in her new home. She also meets Max, the ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/another-stab-at-life/ [amazonify]0373442963:right[/amazonify]When we meet our heroine in Killer Cargo by Dana Mentink, she's sitting on a small runway in her private plane waiting for someone to pick up her delivery of pet food. This is a routine delivery for her for one of her steady customers, so she thinks nothing of flying out to ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/killer-cargo/ [amazonify]0764204351:right[/amazonify]My Soul to Keep by T. Davis Bunn is a modern day David and Goliath story. The book has several important characters, but the central character in the book is Brent, a former Hollywood star who spent time in prison because of drugs, alcohol and a wreck. In prison he became a ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/my-soul-to-keep/ [amazonify]0880707577:right[/amazonify]Stonehaven by Amanda LacLean is the sequel to Westward. This is the story of Callie, who has traveled to Ohio to attend college, and is now 22. While attending Oberlin College, Callie becomes involved in the Underground Railroad after witnessing the murder of a child and assault of a runaway ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/stonehaven/ [amazonify]0425217086:right[/amazonify]In The Betrayed, A Novel of the Gifted, Lisa Bergren picks up where we left our group. They were escaping Siena,the hometown of Lady Daria, the healer, after being betrayed by one of their group, and were on their way to Firenze to try to locate more parts of the ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/the-betrayed-a-novel-of-the-gifted/ [amazonify]0880707518:right[/amazonify]Westward by Amanda MacLean is the first in a series of 4 books that start off with sisters Juliana and Callasandra (Callie). Early in the book, their father dies and they learn that because of bad investments, everything he has left the girls is really nothing after the creditors get ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/westward/ [amazonify]0425215601:right[/amazonify]I'll admit that I was a bit concerned before reading The Begotten by Lisa Tawn Bergren. I've read many of her books and she always had a sound Christian principles, but the description of this book reminded me more of The Davinci Code. I decided to try the book with ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/the-begotten-a-novel-of-the-gifted/ [amazonify]0842311653:right[/amazonify]Hide and Seek by Catherine Palmer is the sequel to Finders Keepers and is the story of Luke, Montgomery and Darcy. In Finders Keepers Luke's wife dies of a brain tumor and in Hide and Seek we find Luke not coping very well with her death. Before her death, Luke was ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/hide-and-seek/ [amazonify]1400310172:right[/amazonify]Nightmare Academy by Frank Peretti is the second in The Veritas Project about the Springfields. In this book, the family has been asked to investigate the disappearance of runaways after a missing child is found out of his mind. The only understandable thing he can say is Nightmare Academy. When the ... http://www.christianbookworm.net/nightmare-academy/