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Hannah Hood Lucero writes Christian romantic suspense often with military ties. This one is a perfect release for the USA's 250th celebrations. Read my review below: As You Were is a Christian romantic suspense that kept me riveted from page one. Don’t let the book length scare you off, there is something interesting or exciting happening the whole way through.  If you read Ashes to Ashes you know Luke Campbell’s backstory. And while I highly recommend reading that first, you can get by without it. If you did read it, you will feel so differently about Luke by the end. I was very disappointed in him after Ashes to Ashes. In As You Were he is finally getting to join the army which he had been looking forward to for years. The only problem is he has to buddy enlist with a pop star who’s all glitz and glam and he can’t imagine that she’s taking this seriously. From day one Luke and Bobbie Lynn Canter do not get along and seem to bring out the worst in each other. Throughout the book t...

  In May, my guest blogger was author Heather Wood, a Christian historical fiction author whose books I love, and who has also been my editor on many of my books. I recently listened to her audiobook of Until We All Run Free and really enjoyed it. Below you can read my thoughts on both the book and narration. Review: Until We All Run Free is the second story in the series about the Young siblings in the time soon after the American Civil War. I highly recommend reading the first book first. This story focuses on Jed’s life while continuing the stories of the other siblings to a lesser extent. In the first story much of Jed’s background was left a mystery. Here it is filled out as this marriage story progresses. His difficult past plays into his difficulties in marriage and it tactfully reveals difficulties marriages can have when the couple has trouble communicating.  This story masterfully blends love, faith, family, and history so realistically with flawed characters who g...