The Secrets of Emberwild–Reader Friday

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The Secrets of Emberwild by Stephenia H. McGee is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Freedom rushed through Nora Fenton’s veins, erupting with each breath. But first the photo and Scripture. I was leaving the church where I take Pilates Tuesday afternoon when I noticed the contrails and clouds against the blue sky. I stopped and snapped this …

Reader Friday ~ Eternity Between Us

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This week I’m reviewing a book I wrote an endorsement for: Eternity Between Us by Stephenia H. McGee. Here’s the back cover copy and then my thoughts: Two hearts. Two sides..and a gulf between them as deep and wide as eternity.  After being forced to use a pistol against invaders, Evelyn Mapleton is no longer the timid girl her extended family …

Reader Friday

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What are you reading this week? After I typed that, I realized I should challenge everyone to read at least one book each week! Lately, that’s what I’ve been able to do. Last week I read Mississippi’s own Stephenia H. McGee’s In His Eyes. Stephenia lives just outside Jackson, Mississippi and her book is set a few miles north in Greenville, during Reconstruction …