Updates from Audra Rae Christianson https://audraraechristianson.com Updates from Audra Rae Christianson Book Review: Love and other Distractions by Tracy Baack https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56442/book-review-love-and-other-distractions-by-tracy-baack https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56442/book-review-love-and-other-distractions-by-tracy-baack <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56442/book-review-love-and-other-distractions-by-tracy-baack"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/659678ff49f42.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></a></strong></span></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56442/book-review-love-and-other-distractions-by-tracy-baack"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/69e6e6c556fe1.jpg" style="float: left; padding: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dii"></a></strong></span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></strong></span></span></div><div data-pasted="true"><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong>Amaya Simmons is climbing the corporate ladder one determined step at a time. Career goals? Crushing it. Finding love? Hard pass.<br><br>When Amaya earns a huge promotion, she’s elated. When she’s assigned a temporary consultant to help with data analytics, she’s annoyed. When she discovers <em>who&nbsp;</em>that consultant is, she’s horrified.<br><br>Not only is Miguel Alvarez her best friend’s brother-in-law..</strong></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/54910/book-review-my-merry-mistake-by-courtney-walsh" data-pasted="true" class="default-link-style"></a></div> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:00:52 CDT Book Review: Love and other Chances by Tracy Baack https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56441/book-review-love-and-other-chances-by-tracy-baack https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56441/book-review-love-and-other-chances-by-tracy-baack <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56441/book-review-love-and-other-chances-by-tracy-baack"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/659678ff49f42.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></a></strong></span></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56441/book-review-love-and-other-chances-by-tracy-baack"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/69e6e55ec6165.jpg" style="float: left; padding: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dii"></a></strong></span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></strong></span></span></div><div data-pasted="true"><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong>Teegan Jones is the epitome of an extrovert&mdash;so why is she suddenly avoiding people?<br><br>For the past three years, she&rsquo;s thrived in her full-time ministry position as a mentor to college students, but now burnout is looming. Teegan takes her long-distance best friends&rsquo; advice: find local peers who can fill her cup. The last thing she expects is for one of those peers to be the man she spent years intentionally forgetting...</strong></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/54910/book-review-my-merry-mistake-by-courtney-walsh" data-pasted="true" class="default-link-style"></a></div> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:52:39 CDT Book Review: Love and other Goals by Tracy Baack https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56440/book-review-love-and-other-goals-by-tracy-baack https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56440/book-review-love-and-other-goals-by-tracy-baack <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56440/book-review-love-and-other-goals-by-tracy-baack"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/659678ff49f42.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></a></strong></span></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56440/book-review-love-and-other-goals-by-tracy-baack"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/69e6e3751ce86.jpg" style="float: left; padding: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dii"></a></strong></span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></strong></span></span></div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><span style='font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); background: white; font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;' data-pasted="true"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); background: white;" data-pasted="true"><strong>Lana Grant&rsquo;s goal is too important to risk failing, so she&rsquo;s formulated an iron-clad plan to get to where she wants to be&mdash;changing the world as an immigration lawyer, just like her mother.</strong></span></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); background: white;" data-pasted="true"><span style='font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif; color: rgb(30, 25, 21);'><strong><br><br></strong><span style="background: white;"><strong>She&rsquo;s spent all of high school and college ticking off boxes toward her future, aided by the support of her family, sorority friends, and campus ministry group. She hopes her recent summer internship will be the final factor that makes her law school application stand out in the stack. Now, all Lana needs is for her long-time crush to finally confess his love and her dream future can become a reality...</strong></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/54910/book-review-my-merry-mistake-by-courtney-walsh" data-pasted="true" class="default-link-style"></a></div> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:46:23 CDT Book Review: Love Undercover by Mandi Blake https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56439/book-review-love-undercover-by-mandi-blake https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56439/book-review-love-undercover-by-mandi-blake <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56439/book-review-love-undercover-by-mandi-blake"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/659678ff49f42.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></a></strong></span></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56439/book-review-love-undercover-by-mandi-blake"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/69e6d6a81b4b4.jpg" style="float: left; padding: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dii"></a></strong></span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></strong></span></span></div><div data-pasted="true"><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong>He once saved her life. Now she needs him to help save someone else.<br><br>Zach Wilson never meant for things to go so far. Abducting Lauren Vincent was supposed to get him answers&mdash;until his brother took things too far. Sparing Lauren was the only right thing Zach had ever done, but one good decision couldn&#39;t erase a lifetime of bad ones. So when he gets out of prison, he never expected to find the woman he hurt most waiting for him with forgiveness in her eyes...</strong></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:49:59 CDT Book Review: The Cinderella Plot by Pepper Basham https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56438/book-review-the-cinderella-plot-by-pepper-basham https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56438/book-review-the-cinderella-plot-by-pepper-basham <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56438/book-review-the-cinderella-plot-by-pepper-basham"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/659678ff49f42.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></a></strong></span></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56438/book-review-the-cinderella-plot-by-pepper-basham"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/69e6d5493fe23.jpg" style="float: left; padding: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dii"></a></strong></span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></strong></span></span></div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); background: white;" data-pasted="true"><strong>Paisley Harper is invisible.</strong></span><span style='font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif; color: rgb(30, 25, 21);'><strong><br><br></strong><span style="background: white;"><strong>Not in a superpower way. More like the people-look-right-through-you-in-the-hallway kind of way.</strong></span><strong><br><br></strong><span style="background: white;"><strong>She&rsquo;s the girl with the oversized cardigan, random book knowledge, and the uncanny ability to tutor the school&rsquo;s star quarterback without actually being seen as anything more than helpful. Meanwhile...</strong></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/54910/book-review-my-merry-mistake-by-courtney-walsh" data-pasted="true" class="default-link-style"></a></div> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:43:43 CDT Book Review: More Than Friends by Denise Hunter https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56429/book-review-more-than-friends-by-denise-hunter https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56429/book-review-more-than-friends-by-denise-hunter <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56429/book-review-more-than-friends-by-denise-hunter"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/659678ff49f42.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></a></strong></span></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56429/book-review-more-than-friends-by-denise-hunter"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/69e5aae11834a.jpg" style="float: left; padding: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dii"></a></strong></span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></strong></span></span></div><div style=' font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;' data-pasted="true"><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);'><strong>Jenna Greene just ended things with her boyfriend . . . which also ended her career. (That&#39;s the risk a girl takes when her boyfriend doubles as her boss.) With no income and no job prospects in sight, Jenna is forced to return to her mother&#39;s house on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, to figure out what&#39;s next. And the timing couldn&#39;t be more perfect. Jenna&#39;s widowed mother has just returned from a cruise--with a brand-new boyfriend in tow...&nbsp;</strong></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:29:30 CDT Book Review: Last to Fall by Lynn H Blackburn https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56428/book-review-last-to-fall-by-lynn-h-blackburn https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56428/book-review-last-to-fall-by-lynn-h-blackburn <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56428/book-review-last-to-fall-by-lynn-h-blackburn"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/659678ff49f42.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></a></strong></span></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56428/book-review-last-to-fall-by-lynn-h-blackburn"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/69e5a7f428667.jpg" style="float: left; padding: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dii"></a></strong></span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></strong></span></span></div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Bronwyn Pierce has poured everything into The Haven, her family's exclusive mountain resort in Gossamer Falls. But when financial discrepancies surface and the numbers suggest something far darker than simple mismanagement, she's forced to call on the one person with the skills to help Mo Quinn, a former Army Intelligence officer, her first love, and the last person she ever wanted to trust again...</strong></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:19:59 CDT Book Review: Candy Apple Kisses by Amy Clipston https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56427/book-review-candy-apple-kisses-by-amy-clipston https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56427/book-review-candy-apple-kisses-by-amy-clipston <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56427/book-review-candy-apple-kisses-by-amy-clipston"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/659678ff49f42.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></a></strong></span></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56427/book-review-candy-apple-kisses-by-amy-clipston"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/69e5a593af54c.jpg" style="float: left; padding: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dii"></a></strong></span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></strong></span></span></div><div data-pasted="true"><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); background: white;" data-pasted="true"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); background: white;" data-pasted="true"><strong>Emily never expected to return to Splendid Lake, the quaint town that held her childhood memories, and certainly not to help save Jake's family orchard. She left years ago with dreams of artistic glory in the city, but when Jake calls for help, she can't say no. As she steps back into the beauty of the lakeside community, Emily feels a tug of inspiration she thought she'd lost. Painting the orchard and its autumnal splendor breathes new life into her art, but it also stirs long-dormant emotions for Jake--feelings she's too scared to name, especially with Claire, his ex, hovering so close...&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:11:03 CDT Book Review: Without a Clue by Melissa Ferguson https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56426/book-review-without-a-clue-by-melissa-ferguson https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56426/book-review-without-a-clue-by-melissa-ferguson <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-pasted="true"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56426/book-review-without-a-clue-by-melissa-ferguson"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/659678ff49f42.jpg" style="width: 100%;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></a></strong></span></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><strong><a href="https://audraraechristianson.com/blog/56426/book-review-without-a-clue-by-melissa-ferguson"><img src="https://getoiling-5189-fast.b-cdn.net/images/5189/69e58cd687fc1.jpg" style="float: left; padding: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dii"></a></strong></span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Antic Didone,serif;"><strong><u>ABOUT THE BOOK</u></strong></span></span></div><div data-pasted="true"><span style='font-size: 20px; font-family: "Antic Didone", serif;'><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; color: rgb(30, 25, 21); background: white;" data-pasted="true"><strong>If there&#39;s one thing Penelope Mae Dupont prizes most, it&#39;s her composure--her ability to stay calm in the face of stress. 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