Winds of Hope by Anita Stansfield (The Jayson Wolfe Series)

 This is the first book that I have read by this LDS author.  I picked it up at the local library and I really loved it.  This book isn't book one of the series which is called the Jayson Wolfe Series. But the author begins this book with updates on "what is happening" and where the previous books left things.  This helped since I didn't know when I grabbed this book that it was a part of a series. And so I could enjoy it as a stand-alone as well.

Being from a neighboring town of this author, I knew the places she wrote about perfectly.  That made it a personal book to me.

She writes of the trials and growth of Jayson Wolfe and his family members.  I loved the openness and honesty of the characters in the book, grappling with things of the past and growing beyond them.

A very good book and I will be reading more from this author!

Deep Shadows by Vannetta Chapman

I loved it!  Okay, so the description said that this book was "dystopian" and to be honest I didn't have a clue what that meant.  I had to look it up and now I know.  But if you don't know, I will let you look it up for yourself.

This is one book that makes you wonder if you are prepared for what tomorrow may bring into your life.  It definitely made me wonder and I thought that I was "prepared".  Now, not so sure.  This book will make you think and contemplate what the future has in store, how people will react and who is in charge?

I am not giving away any surprises in this book, but this is definitely one of the author's finest works. I highly recommend this book!

I was given a copy of this book from the publisher for my honest review.

You can purchase a copy at the following link.

Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People" by Anna Balmer Myers

I purchased this book at Amazon quite a while ago.  I say "purchased", how ever it was free and is still free yet today. Here is the link to the free book dowload.

I was surprised when I read about the author who wrote this book in the 1920's.  It is a sweet, wholesome story of Phoebe, a plain person, who finds that she wants to not be so plain.  When a schoolteacher appears in her town from Philadelphia, she sees a more modern, "fancier" woman that she wants to model her life after.

Her childhood friends, David and Phares are both interested in her as more than just a "friend".  Yet as she grows up she wants to stretch her wings a bit and take singing lessons in Philadelphia.

Having been raised by her father and her father's sister as a plain person, they would be much happier to have her stay on the farm and live out her days in the manner of the plain people.  Yet she finds a way to make her dream come true.  She leaves behind her friends and family to seek out a new way.

As times change in the world and war breaks out, she finds that caring about others is a very important part of her life.  She finds the true meaning of where and how her life should be lived.

This is a very sweet and descriptive book on the Plain People, in this case, of the Brethren Church.  It was an enjoyable read and because the author lived in the time period of the book, probably quite accurate as to the circumstances.  This is a very nice historical fiction, and for free, how could you go wrong?

You can read about this author at this link.