The Mulligan for Life

Posted on by August 16, 2022
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Deb’s Dozen: Mulligans Are Second Chances. Sometimes, a Second Chance for Life and Love.
I was always a fan of mulligans when I played golf. As a duffer, I frequently needed a second chance. This wonderful movie, The Mulligan, is about second chances. The main character (Eric Close) has lost his way and become seduced by greed and power. Along the way, he’s become estranged from his wife and son. When he blows up during a golf match, he’s introduced to the “Old Pro” (Pat Boone). Working with the “OP” on his golf game, he learns even more about life. Loved the characters, loved the story, loved the movie. A book or movie that makes me laugh, cry, and think deeply is definitely a 5-Star.
Watch on Amazon Prime: Mulligan DVD

Sea Glass Cottage Finds Love in Hope Harbor

Posted on by April 18, 2022
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Deb’s Dozen: Two Couples, Both Separated by Tragedy, Who Find Healing in Hope Harbor

Irene Hannon’s Hope Harbor series ranks as one of my favorites. I’m inclined to start any of the novels with great anticipation. Sea Glass Cottage fulfilled my desires for another wonderful love story set in the peaceful seaside town. Favorite characters return—Charley, the resident taco chef, artist, and philosopher; the dueling clerics, Father Murphy and Reverend Baker; and, of course, the almost human seagull pair, Floyd and Gladys.

Christi Reece arrived in Hope Harbor hoping to find what she considers her last resort—Jack Colby, whose heart she broke eleven years before. Jack, now a policeman, could care less about Christi and wants nothing to do with her … or does he?

Beth Adams befriends Christi, who learns Beth also suffers a broken heart from the loss of her son and her estrangement from her husband, Steve. She hires Christi part time to work in her gift shop, Eye of the Beholder.
And then, as always, Charley enters the lives of both women … and both men, and life in Hope Harbor gets interesting for all four people.

Hannon writes the most interesting characters and invents the most interesting circumstances for them to be involved in. Having Hope Harbor for a setting adds to the charm of the star-crossed, but sun-blessed romances. Another five star read, and, as Irene would say …

Come home to Hope Harbor—where hearts heal … and love blooms

Hope Harbor

Irene Hannon

Irene Hannon is the best-selling and award-winning author of more than fifty novels. She is the seven-time nominee and three-time winner of the RITA Award from the Romance Writers of America (RWA) and is a member of the RWA Hall of Fame. Her Hope Harbor series complements her suspense/romances set of series.

Baker Books gave me access to a NetGalley copy of Sea Glass Cottage but in no way obligated me to write a review.

Knit by Pendragón: a Cozy Little Tale

Posted on by October 11, 2021
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Deb’s Dozen: To knit with love and prayer is to share His love everywhere.

My mother knit and did counted cross-stitch and read and accomplished all those things with love. She was a wonderful woman, and I miss her terribly. While I read The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady by Sharon J. Mondragón, one of her characters, Margaret, needed to be in control much like I do. Margaret regretted not talking with her mother more before she died. Although I talked with Mom up until she couldn’t any longer, I wish I had spent more time with her during the sweet period before she went Home.

All of the women in the Heavenly Hugs Prayer Shawl Ministry have secret wishes they hope will come true. They’ve knitted for ages in the Prayer Chapel at their church. A failing church slated to be closed. The pastor, in a stroke of brilliance (or a nudge from above), suggests they take their knitting to the local mall while a volunteer paints the chapel they’d been knitting in.

From a quiet group not doing anything but knitting and praying, they become an active group that still knits and prays. They also become involved in the lives of the people who work in the mall and see them knitting. Will this activity help them surmount their own problems and concerns? Come and meet Margaret and Fran and Jane and Rose and the others. Maybe you’ll even learn to knit.
Sharon Mondragón wrote a delightful set of characters and a delightful story in which to display them. You’ll love them as much as I’ve grown to. Five stars.

Sharon J. Mondragón herself facilitates a prayer shawl ministry for a group near her home in Midlothian, Texas. She also teaches knitting. She has lived every writer’s dream of having her work made into a motion picture after it earned recognition from the Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest and ACFW.

Kregel Publications gave me a copy of The Unlikely Yarn but did not obligate me in any way to write a review. Should you purchase this book (and I hope you will) from any of the links in this blog post, I may receive a small commission as an Amazon associate.

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