Good Girls Die Bored by Elizabeth Little

★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review. 
Juno's ready for a new start when her friend Min pulls her into a new season. Her new team is a surprise and a challenge. If you are ready for an adventure that keeps you guessing, you'll like this one.

Tuck it into your beach bag, add it to your carry-on, or pull it out of your briefcase when you have a long commute. Good summer reading.

A New Year in the Presidential Suite by Judith Keim

★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review. 
When you are sent away by your family, you don't know what to expect. Lori opens her heart in her week away, but Griff has more ideas coming. When an unexpected gift brings them together again, will love blossom?

A delightful romance and a hopeful story of restoration and new beginnings. Recommended for beach reading or commutes. Tuck it in your tote bag!

A Rule for the Rest of Us by Jen Pollock Michel

★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review. 
I thoroughly enjoyed this one. The author personalizes the Christian rule with stories and personal examples. Michel unfolds the process of setting up a rule of life, including the context, scheduling, engagement, and expectations of how God will use our efforts.

Michel abandons the legalism of spiritual formation, emphasizing the freedom available through submission to Christ. He lays out the trust, rest, community, and realism of creating a rule. Each chapter has a reflection question to help the reader process the concepts.

Whether you want to explore a rule of life or if you are ready to set up your own rule, you will appreciate this personal call to attention. Highly recommended.

Anchored, Aligned, Accountable by Aiko Bethea

★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review. 
Bethea is a poet who shapes prose with unique insights toward living an intentional, sustainable, and significant life. Her descriptive writing offers direction for arranging one's inner life so that actions and thoughts are aligned with a person's values and resources.

I loved the surprises, the crafted language, and the personal stories. It was a completely new way of thinking that produced joyful anticipation as I turned the pages. If you're floundering and can overlook coarse language (never a plus in my opinion), you'll be charmed and churned and challenged by this book. 

Chasing the Clouds Away by Debbie Macomber

★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review. 
Another winning story from Macomber about challenges and the attraction between people who seem unmatched. The conflict is mostly between different levels of status and wealth. One person is rich in family but struggles financially and with pride. The other longs for connections and has abundant wealth to share.

Can they come together and find happiness for themselves and their families? If you like the process of reconciliation, hope, and finding common ground, you'll thoroughly enjoy this story.

A Heart on Consignment by Mindy Steele

★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review. 
 A sweet romance with a look at Amish culture. If you've been overlooked because of a chatty nature and short stature, if your family is intent on marrying you off, how on earth do you find love?

This is a lovely story of creating family ties in a closeknit and strictly regimented community. If you like women's fiction, romances, or a good tale, this is for you.

Weathering Change by Courtney Ellis

★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review. 
 Don't miss this one if you love birds! There's a wealth of observation in these pages.

A woven encouragement to seek spiritual depth through seasons of disciplines, formation, and life's challenges. I was surprised several times at how well Ellis bridged nature and the hard work of developing our souls.