Win a dozen books written especially with Catholic teens in mind for your favorite Catholic school classroom or library! The books, valued at more than…
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Author: CAstfalk
Carolyn Astfalk is a wife, mother, and author of contemporary Catholic romances, including her latest, All in Good Time. She formerly worked as a communications director and now works just to keep her head above water. Find her books on Amazon and her other words scattered around the blogosphere and social media.
Welcome to the September 2019 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! At the recommendation of the priest/leader at…
7 CommentsColletta’s Kitchen Sink is hosting a Fall Reading Challenge, and I’m going to give it a shot. Between September 1 and November 30, I aim…
Leave a CommentThe Butterfly Recluse by Therese Heckenkamp I think the butterflies knew what was coming that day – that he was coming, and that life as…
14 CommentsWelcome to the August 2019 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! On our way home from our Boston-area…
8 CommentsToday’s Catholic Teacher Bulletin Board: All the Latest (January 16, 2019) “Theresa Linden, author of awarding-winning Catholic teen fiction, has added another book to her…
Leave a CommentIn January 2021, Warrior of the Kizan was re-published as Nephilim: Corruption: A Christian Space Princess Novel (Warriof the Kizan Book 1). This post has been edited for title and new cover.
About the Book:
To save a princess, he must first save himself.
Star Wars meets Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars in this techno-magic tale of war and redemption!
Dakhar Talin, a member of a cursed, telepathic people, is the new head of security for the Royal House of Emun. When the princess, Tasia, is kidnapped, Dakhar’s investigation leads him to a sinister planet called Earth.
But inner demons from his military service torment him, threatening his sanity, integrity, and the success of his mission. Can he bring the princess home before he loses his soul to ever-corrupting madness?
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We recently visited the Boston area of Massachusetts, and I’ve been thinking of the books I’ve read – contemporary or historical – set in this locale. I bet I’m forgetting some! But these are the first that came to mind.
A Passion Most Pure by Julie LessmanI’ve read A Passion Most Pure twice – something I don’t often do – mainly due to the size of my to-be-read list. This book, my introduction to Julie Lessman’s writing, stuck with me so much I gave it a second go.
Is it a little like a soap opera in spots? Yep. There’s a reason soap operas of the daytime and nighttime variety have endured. I don’t consider those elements a strike against the book.
I love that the importance of chastity is addressed without minimizing temptation, glossing over human frailties, or the purpose of God-given passion in our lives. A great introduction to the Daughters of Boston! 4 Comments