TWOsday ~ two more Kindle books

  

To Be Perfectly Honest: One Man's Year of Almost Living Truthfully Could Change Your Life. No Lie. ~ by Phil Callaway, 2011, memoir

Would I lie to you?  Not this year.  Veteran author and speaker Phil Callaway is no stranger to daunting challenges.  He has been laughed at — repeatedly — by large crowds of people from Halifax to Hong Kong.  He fathered three children in three years, spent much of last year on airplanes built by the lowest bidder, and flipped an out-of-control ATV, which doesn’t mean he sold it for a profit.  So who better than Phil Callaway to boldly accept a challenge that would make the average person run and hide?  Phil promised to tell the truth for an entire year, and he wasn’t joking.  Twelve months later, his journal was crammed with successes, near-successes, and outright failures.  During his year-long experiment with veracity, he made a disastrous financial investment, fielded hundreds of intrusive questions from friends and strangers, attended a thirty-year class reunion, and waded into possibly the most revealing — and hilarious — situations he has ever documented.  Find out what happens when a follower of Jesus does his level best to always tell the truth.  There is no doubt you’ll be entertained. But don’t be surprised if you are left with a question:  How might your life be changed if you sold out to the truth — with no exceptions?

The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn ~ by Lori Benton, 2014, fiction (North Carolina)

In an act of brave defiance, Tamsen Littlejohn escapes the life her harsh stepfather has forced upon her.  Forsaking security and an arranged marriage, she enlists frontiersman Jesse Bird to guide her to the Watauga settlement in western North Carolina.  But shedding her old life doesn’t come without cost.  As the two cross a vast mountain wilderness, Tamsen faces hardships that test the limits of her faith and endurance.  Convinced that Tamsen has been kidnapped, wealthy suitor Ambrose Kincaid follows after her, in company with her equally determined stepfather.  With trouble in pursuit, Tamsen and Jesse find themselves thrust into the conflict of a divided community of Overmountain settlers.  The State of Franklin has been declared, but many remain loyal to North Carolina.  With one life left behind and chaos on the horizon, Tamsen struggles to adapt to a life for which she was never prepared.  But could this challenging frontier life be what her soul has longed for, what God has been leading her toward?  As pursuit draws ever nearer, will her faith see her through the greatest danger of all — loving a man who has risked everything for her?