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Joy’s 2025 Year in Books
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Finding Joy Later in Life: Inspiring 2026 Reflections
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| Lessons from a Tour Guide is a fun travelogue escape with banter, slow-burn tension, matchmaking grandma chaos, and open-door spice. A perfect beach bag romance. | |
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Surrendered: Letting Go and Living Like Jesus was such a timely and encouraging read for me. A beautiful reminder that peace often begins when we stop trying to control everything and fully trust God. Practical, honest, Scripture-filled, and full of ...more |
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Through Quick and Quinn truly surprised me in the best way. Deeply emotional, thoughtful, and full of heart, this story explores grief, healing, and finding connection after loss. A tender closed-door YA read with hope woven throughout. |
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Through Waters Deep was such a joy to read. WWII Boston, mystery, faith, and a sweet slow-burn romance made this a beautiful blend of suspense and heart. Loved Mary’s quiet strength. |
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| The End of the Rainbow reminded me why I’ve loved Betty Neels for years. A gentle old-school single dad, marriage-of-convenience romance with travelogue charm, a deliciously wicked other woman, and a heroine worth rooting for. Comfort read magic. | |
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Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love (Jane Austen's Men Book 1):
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“As long as she’s breathing, I will not stop. I will not surrender. I will give her more than this darkness. I will give her the world.”
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
“Daniel wasn’t saved from the lions’ den. He was saved in it. Maybe that’s how God works—not by pulling us out of the darkness, but by holding us through it.”
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
“Time didn’t exist here. Only control. The damp chill of the cellar clung to Rick’s skin, burrowing deep into his muscles, curling around his bones like a parasite.”
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
“From shadows deep, where silence reigned,
Where every breath ached, every step constrained,
I cried out, unseen, unheard, alone,
In a world of agony, carved from stone.”
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
Where every breath ached, every step constrained,
I cried out, unseen, unheard, alone,
In a world of agony, carved from stone.”
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
“I want you to love me. I want you to trust me enough to let me love you, and I want you to stay here with me so we can build a life together. That's what I want”
― Redeeming Love
― Redeeming Love
“Just rest in the Lord. He has already taken care of everything. You might as well let Him have your worries and hurts, 'cause they'll do you no good.”
― Where My Heart Belongs
― Where My Heart Belongs
“You’re still listening to her voice. Still believing the lie that you failed them. But Rick, you didn’t.”
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
― Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
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