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Review: Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Kathryn R. Biel
Author Kathryn R. Biel
Telling stories of resilient women, Kathryn R. Biel hails from Upstate New York where her most important role is being mom and wife to an incredibly understanding family who don't mind fetching coffee and living in a dusty house. In addition to being Chief Home Officer and Director of Child Development of the Biel household, she works as a school-based physical therapist. She attended Boston University and received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from The Sage Colleges. After years of writing countless letters of medical necessity for wheelchairs, finding increasingly creative ways to encourage insurance companies to fund her client's needs, and writing entertaining annual Christmas letters, she decided to take a shot at writing the kind of novel that she likes to read. Kathryn is the author of ten women's fiction, romantic comedy, contemporary romance, and chick lit works, including Live for This and Made for Me.
First, I want to thank Kathryn R. Biel for providing me with
this book so I may bring you this review.
When I first read the title for Kathryn R. Biel’s new book
Paradise by the Dashboard Light I automatically thought of the song. Which is
one of my favorites by Meatloaf. Immediately, she had me smiling at that fact.
But as the book progressed she did have some very comical moments in the book.
I found myself laughing out loud a few times.
Especially at the fertilized egg comment!
This was such a fresh and unique storyline that I really
enjoyed. Two sets of fraternal twins, born on the same day, same time, same
hospital. All four twins were friends and had a bond. Each had a sibling that
each had an issue with.
Even held a special place in my heart in the story. He was born
premature (as was my niece) and was not thriving as well. Ian his brother
became a Neonatal Dr. to help save babies. Mostly, because he thought it was
his fault his brother was born that way.
I loved the unique names in this book Rio and Rainne.
The sexual tension between Rio and Ian was off the charts
and I loved it!!
Sep 2, 2018
Review: Reason to Believe A Reason to Love Series: Book Two
Summary of Book
Held hostage by her past and a sense that she is unworthy of love, can Olivia be saved?
Olivia Montgomery has learned in life that most people are self-serving and only have their own interests at heart. After a broken marriage and an unplanned pregnancy takes her to the one place she never wanted to go again, Olivia must fight for her freedom and independence.
In a moment of life or death she meets Tyler, a man who seeks to honor God in all his actions. His love is not like anything Olivia has ever known. It's foreign and yet the most powerful love she has ever experienced. It has the power to heal, to forgive, and it never gives up on her. Little does she know that there is One who can love her more than Tyler.
A heart-warming Christian romance that illustrates how God works out our hardships for His glory, continuously showering us with love.
Author T.K. Chapin
First, I want to thank TK Chapin for providing me with this
book so I may bring you this review.
A Reason to Believe A Reason to Love Series: Book Two by
T.K. Chapin has Best Selling status screaming all over it!! I am a huge fan of
T.K. Chapin’s work for a few years now. I have read many of his books. Each book
he writes his writing, his storytelling, the emotions he draws from the
characters, the messages he tries to portray to his readers, and his overall
love of faith and God gets-better-and-better. Reason to Believe is the best novel
in my genuine opinion that he has ever written.
I do want to warn readers of events In the book that may
trigger some. Infidelity on a spouse for 5 years and being confronted by the
girlfriend, alcoholism and substance abuse to numb the pain of an injury, being
kept from your daughter until you get clean and sober. There is also talk about
ending your life and wanting to die when the character hit rock bottom.
The beginning of this book blew me out of the water big
time. If you have ever read for T.K. you know this was far from his style of writing
the first few pages. I literally was saying to myself oh no he didn’t just go
there. How would you like it if your husband’s girlfriend Lisa of 5 years came
over and introduced herself?! Yup, that
happens in this book! Oh that is just the beginning too! I felt like I was watching something on Lifetime
Channel unfold. BTW huge fan of those movies too! But WOW this begging of the
book sure hooked me. I know for a fact it will hook other readers too.
This book will really make you sit down and really think
about your life as a whole. As a reader I could identify with the chronic pain
issue that Olivia was dealing with. I could understand the emotions she was
going through and the acupuncture she tried. Never did I go down the poor road
she did fortunately. But, I could empathize with her that it is lonely and you
want to shut out the world when you are in this pain. I am glad that she had
Tyler in her life to help her out.
Side note- If you are in chronic pain from whatever the
reason is just know -you are NOT alone There are doctors who can help you. You don’t
need to turn to alcohol or drugs.
Speaking of Tyler he literally was a gift from God in more
ways than one! He saved Olivia’s life in more ways than one too. Out of all the
couples that TK has matched made these two were my favorite. He saw someone
special In her. He knew she was not perfect even though she was against the
idea of God. However, he wasn’t really looking for perfection. Just someone perfect
for him. That someone was Olivia. Even though she was broken he never gave up hope.
He truly had a huge heart of gold! Tyler would be someone I would be proud to
date.
There are so many stories within the main story of this
book.
Overall, I absolutely loved this book! I was so happy to see
Serenah and Charlie back again from Diamond Lake. I loved the fact that it was
a longer book and the beginning and near the end was really strong. There was a
lot of action and great scenes. However, I felt myself wondering at the end
will they or wont they finally get together? Then I questioned why did the book
end like this? Will the next book pick up where it left off with this couple?
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