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The LiteraryScape podcast serves both readers and writers of historical Christian romance with a sprinkling of contemporary Christian suspense books. We read, discuss, review, and rate books in this unique romance sub-genre. For authors, we bring inside tips and tricks from those who have gone before us. LiteraryScape is the one stop shop for both readers and authors to connect, learn, and grow together.

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The Rogue and The Saint
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

The Rogue and The Saint

I cannot give enough praise for Julie Lessman’s newest book, A Dare and A Prayer. This is by far her best novel yet. She delivers big on the romance, character arc, and justice.

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Swindled for Love
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Swindled for Love

In this episode Jamie and Melissa discuss the novella, Redeeming the Swindler by Jodi Bayse.

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Redemption: Your Best Life is Just Ahead
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Redemption: Your Best Life is Just Ahead

We hand Jesus our sins and He gives us redemption so that we may have eternal life in Heaven with Him, the Holy Spirit, and God the Father. You won’t find a better exchange rate than this.

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Wells Fargo West
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Wells Fargo West

In this episode Tiffanie, Jamie, and Melissa share their favorites from the Wells Fargo West series by Julia David.

Which book was our favorite in this series?

Who was our favorite leading lady?

Which hero did we fall in love with?

Which supporting character won us over?

Find this out and more during this week’s episode.

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Blinded by Pride
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Blinded by Pride

Pastor Jon used Nebuchadnezzar’s story to address this lie in our culture today: I can do anything I want, and you can’t judge me. This is pride. The same kind of pride that Nebuchadnezzar dealt with.

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Happy Endings
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Happy Endings

The Passenger’s Promise brings together two unlikely people. Naomi Kimble is a reverend’s daughter on a rescue mission of her own. Captain Weston Rayborn is a traitor on the run with his three young children.

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Marriage is a Covenant
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Marriage is a Covenant

Take time to examine your views on marriage. Do they align more with God’s word or the world’s view? When you realign with God’s word, He’ll bless the socks off your marriage, and you’ll watch your children enter into a Godly marriage too.

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Unexpected
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Unexpected

In this episode Tiffanie, Jamie, and Melissa discuss The Station Keeper’s Surrender. This is the second book in Julia David’s Wells Fargo West series.

We met the young widow, Ava Farrow and her sweet son Matthew, in The Messenger’s Mischief. Their adventure continues as she struggles to find her way in a wild and dangerous land.

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Self-Made Prison
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Self-Made Prison

Jesus brings you complete healing and the strength to fight the good fight when temptation comes your way. Don’t live another day in your self-made prison of unforgiveness. He is seeking you, knocking on the door of your prison. Open it! Run into His loving arms and live in true freedom.

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Innocent and Sweet
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Innocent and Sweet

In this episode Tiffanie, Jamie, and Melissa discuss The Messenger’s Mischief by Julia David. This is the first book in her Wells Fargo West series.

Miss Elaine Balderhoff is as sweet and innocent as they come. As the new schoolteacher in Virginia City, she works hard to maintain propriety while showing her students the love of Christ.

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Do You Think About Your Child’s Soul?
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Do You Think About Your Child’s Soul?

Do you stop and think about your children’s souls? Don’t you want to give your children the best? Well, the best is Jesus Christ who redeems us and presents us to His father as wholesome, clean, and new. So that, we may have everlasting life in paradise with Him.

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Why Women Love Manly Men
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Why Women Love Manly Men

A chance to sit down and talk with award-winning author Julie Lessman, is always a treat. You can’t walk away without being inspired by her testimony and commitment to serve God. It’s the same kind of inspiration you get when you read her books!

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What is a Biblical Marriage?
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

What is a Biblical Marriage?

This week's inspirational moment is not coming from a historical Christian romance novel, but rather we are sitting down with Sarah Turnquist and Gregg Bridgeman to talk about what is a biblical marriage.

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A Fight for Love
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

A Fight for Love

In the last novel, A Passion Redeemed, Julie blew her readers away with the revelation of Charity’s past and Mitch’s. Believe it or not, she throws a shocker out about Brady’s past that will blow her readers away! In fact, Izzy doesn’t handle the news well herself.

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Forgiven
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Forgiven

If you are struggling today to accept the fact that God and will forgive you of all your sins, then please read your Bible! As Julie said it is riddled with real life accounts of sinners like you and me, who God not only forgave, but used to further His kingdom!

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Rising From the Ashes
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Rising From the Ashes

We left off with Mitch heading back home to Dublin with a broken heart after giving Faith up to Collin. And who should be waiting for him, scheming ways to make him hers? Charity.

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Unequally Yoked
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Unequally Yoked

Who you marry is the second most important decision in your life. The first is to follow Jesus Christ.

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2 Sisters 2 Men
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

2 Sisters 2 Men

In this episode Tiff and I are discussing Julie Lessman’s book A Passion Most Pure. We get to follow Patrick and Marcy into parenthood as they help their children navigate adult life and love.

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Jealousy & Passion
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

Jealousy & Passion

Song of Solomon 1:2-4: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—for your love is more delightful than wine. Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens love you! Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers.

If you are a fan of Julie’s work, then you know she packs her novels with passion. Not passion of the world, but God’s passion. We live in a fallen world and when we pursue its version of passion, we sell ourselves short of God’s boundless passion.

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A Rogue and An Angel
Melissa Lashure Melissa Lashure

A Rogue and An Angel

In this episode Tiffanie and I discuss Julie Lessman’s prequel to her Daughters of Boston series, A Light in the Window. This is the love story of Marceline Murphy and Patrick O’Connor, the matriarch and patriarch of the O’Connor family.

Julie captures her readers with an introduction to our hero, Patrick O’Connor, that is both humorous and romantic. Patrick is quite a rogue and bad boy. He and his best friend Sam are drinking the sacred wine in the confessional, because they can’t afford drinks at their favorite bar, Brannigan’s. Hilarity ensues when Father Fritz catches them. However, before they are caught Patrick shares his feelings for Marcy after seeing her from a distance.

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