Don't Blame the Devil!

Don't Blame the Devil!
by
Pat G’Orge-Walker
Lizan Mitchell, narrator
audiobook
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African American fiction
Christian fiction
romance

Hold on to your wig! You are in for a wild ride when Delilah DuPree comes your way! This sassy 60 something year old can be mistaken for Lena Horne in her looks and singing, but heaven help us when Delilah loses her temper. Through a series of bad choices Delilah is without a car and without a family. She encounters her ex-husband, her son, and her granddaughter through chance or is it God's providence?
Either way, they are wise to her devilish ways and cautious. Will Delilah have a happy ending or be cast off as a sinner? This audiobook is hilarious and earthy in its treatment of the modern Christian African American church and the narrator does a whiz-bang job of giving each character his or her own voice.

Garden Spells

Garden Spells
by
Sarah Addison Allen
Romance fiction

I read a glowing review of a different Sarah Addison Allen book, but I thought I would go back and read her first book to see what she had to offer.
This book features sisters who grew up in North Carolina. One embraced her family's home and traditions, while the other couldn't wait to "get out of Dodge". Now the prodigal sister has returned, running from her abusive spouse. The sisters both need to break out of their routines and learn to fully live again. One needs to settle down some and one needs to be shaken up some.
The book features some "light" mysticism/mythology about herb lore in a way reminiscent of Sharyn Crumb or Phyllis Whitney.
This is a nice, warm, comfortable book which would be excellent for summer reading - preferably while sitting on a bench in a shady herb garden under an apple tree.

Here are some other books that the author recommends:
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Military Daddy

Military Daddy
(Heartwarming Inspirational Romance: Love Inspired (by Steeple Hill))
by
Patricia Davids
adult Christian romance

A one night stand by a recovering (relapsing)alcoholic and a career military man leads to a pregnancy. Do Annie and Shane want to see if they can succeed as a couple or should he just leave for his next duty station in Germany and forget about Annie and the baby?
I found it interesting that Annie professes to be a Christian, but the author has not made Annie a stereotype. Annie is a struggling Christian and a struggling alcoholic/recovering alcoholic. Shane is an honorable man, but not a Christian. This book does not dwell in black and white situations, but in real to life morals. This is no Grace Livingston Hill type of romance, but a contemporary romance.
The setting is an unusual one. The author has the military man as part of a reenactment group out of Fort Riley, Kansas: The General's Mounted Color Guard. Another twist is that Annie's pregnancy has a rare complication that may lead to a miscarriage or birth defect. I would rate this book as better than the average pocket size Inspirational Romance.