Paul Harding is a masterful storyteller. At the outset I was grasped with astonishment about human behavior and the extremes which set my heart yearning for the characters that would enthrall ones redeeming sensitivities for humane tolerance and forgiveness. The characters grasp your attention by virtue of their complexity and conflicting notions. It introduces your own sensibilities for their welfare and danger which cannot allow one to put the book down.
The Apple Islanders in their utopian isolation are unforgettable thru their refusal to give in to suffering and manipulation. Eha, Esther and Ethan Honey share with you being a part of their world which creates an intense involvement by the reader to cheer for their happiness, fulfillment, and love. This is an astonishing portrayal of lives sacrificial endeavors and the constant striving for change. Paul Harding keeps one always anticipating turning the next corner to satisfy your hopes and fears.

A heart warming story of a fathers whose son is autistic and in all his fathers attempts to enroll his son in scientific therapy his son succumbs to his desperation. I cried at the culmination of the story.

McBrides creativity is extraordinary. He can instill wonder and suspense to imagining the history and personal value of a Toy Box Car Set. A president who gains insight and the essence of human values from the conversation of a young boy and his father overheard in a horse stable. He creates endearing relationships in unconventional characters that keeps one from putting the book down.

D-Day Girls is an enthralling account of wartime intrigue with a sense of colloquial culture set against an invading war machine. It is a complex web of treachery with gradual undermining of the invading forces from within by a network of brilliant and courageous women. Created is an intimate story of the sacrifice of personal safety and relationships for the integrity of a nation. These courageous women capture your heart in a moving story that is so beautifully orchestrated by Sara Rose it is impossible to put down. To witness what these women endured is a heart wrenching experience and gives one a true sense of their inexorable values and faithful allegiance to one another and their country.