It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
Today's Wild Card author is:
and the book:
FaithWords (January 26, 2011)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Michael Phillips has been writing in the Christian marketplace for 30 years. All told, he has written, co-written, and edited some 110 books. Phillips and his wife live in the U.S., and make their second home in Scotland.
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SHORT BOOK DISCRIPTION:
Widowed at 34, amateur harpist Marie "Angel" Buchan realizes at 40 that her life and dreams are slowly slipping away. A summer in Scotland turns out to offer far more than she ever imagined! Not only does the music of her harp capture the fancy of the small coastal village she visits, she is unexpectedly drawn into a love triangle involving the local curate and the local duke.
The boyhood friends have been estranged as adults because of their mutual love of another woman (now dead) some years before. History seems destined to repeat itself, with Marie in the thick of it. Her involvement in the lives of the two men, as well as in the community, leads to a range of exciting relationships and lands Marie in the center of the mystery of a long-unsolved local murder. Eventually she must make her decision: with whom will she cast the lot of her future?
Product Details:
List Price: $16.99
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: FaithWords (January 26, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 044656771X
ISBN-13: 978-0446567718
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AND NOW OUR REVIEW:
I thoroughly enjoyed Angel Harp by Michael Phillips. Although Mr. Phillips is writing in the first-person voice of a woman, the story is believable and realistic. His attention to detail and descriptions of Scottish locales sets the mood and makes it easy to imagine oneself there. He also captures the Scottish brogues in a credible manner that doesn’t slow the story.
Mr. Phillips handling of a widow’s loneliness and angst over her former faith is artfully done. Many of her troubling thoughts and questions are some readers may have asked themselves after a tragic loss.
In addition to details about harps, woven into the story are old mysteries and likable characters, as well as music. In an effort to restore her dreams, will this woman find happiness again? Angel Harp is an enjoyable read!
— Gail Lewis
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