Adult Review – I’ll Be Home – Christmas Anthology
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Welcome to the Blog Tour for I’ll Be Home by Sara Davison, Darlene L. Turner, Helena Smrcek, and Melanie Stevenson, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Title: I’ll Be Home
Authors: Sara Davison, Darlene L. Turner, Helena Smrcek, & Melanie Stevenson
Publisher: Independent (Fab Four Press)
Release Date: October 29, 2024
Genre: Contemporary Christmas anthology
With chaos and confusion all around them, can they find their way home this Christmas?
The people in these four stories are all searching for something—an escaped convict, a job promotion from a love interest, connection to a lost parent, answers across time.
Christmas should be a time of wonder and celebration, but the obstacles each faces seem insurmountable. Even, at times, life-threatening.
Perhaps they will find what they are seeking during this season of miracles and hope. Or maybe, with God’s help, they will discover that the longing of their hearts takes them to places—and people—they didn’t even know they’d been searching for.
I’ll Be Home is a collection of four stories of faith, hope, love, (and trains) that will warm your heart, encourage your soul, and draw you home this Christmas.
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My Adult Review
Davison, Sara, Darlene L. Turner, Helena Smrcek, and Melanie Stevenson. I’ll Be Home: four contemporary Christmas novellas of faith, hope, love (and trains). Fab Four Press, 2024.
If you are looking for a nice easy read for the holidays, I’ll Be Home would be perfect. I was able to read each of the novellas in just a couple hours making each of the stories a nice afternoon or evening read.
Mistletoe and Mayhem in the Rockies by Darlene L. Turner
I have never read anything by Darlene Turner before but I hope this will not be the last. I was hooked from the first page. Turner has a way of starting a story that makes you want to read more. I’m not usually a murder mystery reader but I enjoyed Mistletoe and Mayhem in the Rockies. While Turner did drop hints as to the solution to the mysteries I was surprised by who were the actual criminals.
Love Across Time by Helena Smrcek
I have never read anything by Helena Smrcek either. She is another author I hope to read more of. Love Across Time has a dual timeline – 40 years apart – World War II and current day. In a way this is a story of opposites attract because Nick and Joy seem to be polar opposites. They are the characters of the current day story. She is his real estate agent and he just purchased a house to fix up, turn into a B&B, and flip. The World War II characters are Beth and Gabriel – a nurse and a pilot serving in England during the war. The thing that joins the two stories is the love letters of Beth and Gabriel that Joy found in the attic of Nick’s house. I’d love to read more about these characters.
Where My Heart Belongs by Melanie Stevenson
Review coming soon
Just a Gilbert Blythe Kind of Girl by Sara Davison
Review coming soon
I’ll Be Home is an anthology of novellas written for the adult market. However I did not find anything that would keep it from being placed in a K-12 Christian school library. I would mark it for high school only.
I received a complimentary copy of I’ll Be Home. This is my honest review.
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About the Authors – Darlene L. Turner, Helen Smrcek, Melanie Stevenson and Sara Davison
Sara Davison is the author of The Night Guardians, The Rose Tattoo, two sparrows for a penny, and In the Shadows series, as well as the standalone, The Watcher. A finalist for more than a dozen national writing awards, including the Christy Award, Davison is a Holt Medallion, Cascade, and two-time Carol Award winner for romantic suspense. She lives in Ontario with her husband, Michael. Like every good Canadian, she loves coffee, hockey, poutine, and apologizing for no particular reason.
Connect with Sara by visiting saradavison.org to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.
Darlene L. Turner is an award-winning and a Publishers Weekly best-selling author and lives with her husband, Jeff in Ontario, Canada. Her love of suspense began when she read her first Nancy Drew book. She’s turned that passion into her writing and believes readers will be captured by her plots, inspired by her strong characters, and moved by her inspirational message.
Connect with Darlene by visiting darlenelturner.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.
Helena Smrcek is an award-winning author, screenwriter, public speaker and writing coach. She is known for her thrilling and heartwarming stories. Her career began as a high school freelancer, leading to three decades in publishing. She co-founded Write!Canada and The Word Guild and has graduated from multiple writing programs.
Connect with Helena by visiting helenasmrcek.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.
Melanie Stevenson is an award-winning author and lives in Ontario, Canada, surrounded by her husband and four children. She attended the University of Waterloo and obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts. Melanie’s first book, One More Tomorrow, was shortlisted in the Word Alive Press publishing contest out of over two hundred entries across North America and was published in 2019. In 2020, she won Best Romantic Fiction for One More Tomorrow and Best New Canadian Author at The Word Awards—Canada’s top Christian literary awards. Her mission is to create stories of excellence that impact hearts and lives. Paper, canvas, and dirt are her favorite blank pages.
Connect with Melanie by visiting melaniestevenson.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.
Tour Giveaway
(1) winner will receive a $25 Amazon card plus a paperback copy of I’ll Be Home!
Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight October 29, 2024 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on November 5, 2024. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US/CAN only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
Giveaway is subject to JustRead Publicity Tours Giveaway Policies.
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These stories sound perfect for relaxing at the end of a busy day!
so glad you’ve enjoyed the first two novellas! Looking forward to reading your reviews of the others too when you have a chance 🙂 Thanks for being on the tour, Jane!