Cynthia Ruchti

All That Fills Us

Fiction

“Autumn Lytle’s All That Fills Us takes the reader on a journey they will not expect—both as they accompany the main character’s physical adventure and her emotional pilgrimage. But it’s a story that will truly make the reader believe they know and may have embraced—or perhaps are—the main character. They’ll also want to play all the supporting cast member roles (or most of them) and will emerge from the reading experience wholly altered. Rich imagery, emotive language, language, and relationship tangles that snarl and resolve under the hand of a gifted writer.”

The 10 Best Decisions a Single Mom Can Make

Marriage, Family & Relationships

““Practical, practical, practical and beautifully insightful from the voice of a single parent, the now-adult child of a single parent, and the God who not only sees and cares but also threads his stories with hope for single moms. The 10 Best Decisions a Single Mom Can Make offers tested, proven, and heartening advice for navigating the challenges single moms face on the daily.”

The Things We Knew

Fiction

“In The Things We Knew, author Catherine West captures the nuances of deeply rooted familial pain and its impact on those in its wake. Intriguing setting, realistic characters with all-too-familiar tensions, and a tangle worth tracing to its source make The Things We Knew as satisfying as a Nantucket sunrise.”

This Is Where It Ends

Fiction

“In This Is Where It Ends, author Cindy K. Sproles again gives readers unforgettable characters that feel like family. Few can find the richness in a scene of seeming deprivation and poverty like Sproles, who draws beautiful images in a slanting screen door and a slanting sun, a worn porch board and worn-through patience, even the aching bones of a woman aching for heaven. Sweet and sharp, drawn out like hard-to-come-by forgiveness, This Is Where It Ends provides readers with insights they didn’t know they needed.”

Whose Waves These Are

Fiction

“When an author can capture me in the early words of a story, hold my attention on every page, and make me care this deeply about the characters and their struggles, struggles, the author has proven her skill as a storyteller. Amanda Dykes does all that, but with lyrical language that textures the experience and illustrates the power of well-placed words and their effect on the soul. I’ll not forget Whose Waves These Are. Beautifully done.”