I love Christmastime. There’s just something about celebrating Jesus’ birth that fills me with joy. This year, especially, we have more reason to celebrate as our daughter, Remy, married the love of her life, Gage, in a beautiful, Christmas-themed wedding. We’re still waiting on the professional photos to come back, but I can share a couple with you!
Last month’s free ornament winner was Samantha N! Samantha, email me your snail mail address so I can get the ornament in the mail to you.
Robin Caroll has long been one of my favorite Christian suspense authors, but this is the first novella of hers that I’ve read. I usually don’t read many mystery novellas, as I didn’t think it possible that a fully-developed suspense tale with the depth that men and women of faith face their challenges with could be contained in a much shorter format. This author absolutely proved me wrong!
The story was well-planned and beautifully executed. This novella has changed my mind about novellas; this author fully captures the characters and the plot, bringing it to a conclusion that is both satisfying and encouraging to one’s daily faith walk. I highly recommend ‘The Christmas Bell Tolls’ to older teens and adults of any age who appreciate well-written Christian suspense that has a strong demonstration of faith in the Lord without preaching, and a bit of romance, woven through days leading up to Christmas Eve.
Special Christmas gift from me to you…
From 12/17/25 8:00 AM through 8:00 AM 12/24/25, the kindle version of THE CHRISTMAS BELL TOLLS is on sale for $0.99!!!
As a seasoned FBI agent, DARREN TIMMONS has seen it all, but when his precious daughter Savannah is abducted from a Christmas wedding party, she quickly becomes the only case that ever mattered. As she is lost somewhere out in the big, dark world of Memphis’ underbelly without her inhaler or her medication, Darren is forced to sit on the sidelines of the investigation and put his faith in the one woman he’s not sure he can trust.
DNA Serologist EVA LANGSTON is still nursing the sting of a breakup from her romance with Darren. Eva doesn’t know if she has the strength to assist when she’s called in to work the case of Darren’s missing little girl. When her name is listed as a possible suspect in the abduction, Eva wants nothing more than to escape, but she can’t bear to leave Darren alone in his desperate search for the little girl she came to love.
As the clock ticks on Savannah’s medical needs, Darren and Eva must work together and learn to trust again, to bring the little girl home. Can their search for Savannah help them find true love again?
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Selena is ready to retire from her career as a social media stunt star. After a disastrous breakup, one last job—on a cruise—will give her the cash to take charge of her future.
Peter wants to make full operative at Vanguard Security. After breaking the law in his teens, he needs to succeed at the straight and narrow. That means keeping his personal feelings for Selena under wraps.
When a dangerous foreign general and more than one spy prove they have other plans for both Selena and Peter, they have to band together to stay alive. Or they’ll be sucked beneath the undertow.
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Happy (and thrilling) Reading!
Robin’s Writing World
During the last months of this year, I’m finishing up Shadow Over Hotel Grim, with a tentative release date the end of February 2026, just in time for the 80th anniversary of the real-life murders.
Have you ever seen the movie, The Town That Dreaded Sundown? It’s based on the real-life murders in Texarkana, Texas that is the backdrop for Shadow Over Hotel Grim!
