Jencey's Writer's Corner

Today I am sharing the last novel in the House of Winslow series by Gilbert Morris. The White Knight wraps up this series which has forty novels in all.   Would there be any surprises for this finale? Synopsis:   Luke Winslow is the son of Peter and Jolie Winslow and they have one other son Tim.   In the beginning of the story Luke is flying in the Spanish Civil War.   His life couldn’t be better with a Spanish sweetheart and enjoying time with her family.   One day a raid by the Germans bomb the Spanish family that Luke is so fond of.    Will he learn to heal from these wounds? While he makes it back to the states through an unlikely friend Luke is unable to heal.   His brother thinks the answer is working for the family company, but is it really the path for Luke?   Or could a ministry at Haven house hold the key for his future? My Thoughts:   I am sad to bid farewell to a series that I have loved since I was a c...

The Widow’s Choice is one of the few remaining novels in the House of Winslow series that I hadn’t read.   We are into World War II and how does this impact the members of the Winslow family?   We meet a new character Alona Winslow Jennings who is the daughter of Cassidy and Serena Winslow.   She is not mentioned in previous novels.   So what do I think of this one? Synopsis: Alona Jennings couldn’t be happier with her family, her husband Truman Jennings and their three sons Tim, Carl, and Zachary.   One day out while out with her husband and family he points out a bunch of crows in the sky.   He then refers to it as a crow summer.   This means that something bad is about to happen.   Alona doesn’t put much stock in this saying until she gets news of her husband’s death.   Although she receives a settlement from the quarry where he worked, she finds herself a widow during the Great Depression.   How will she provide for he...

Could you trust someone who is supposed to be your enemy?   Would your mission be the same?   How does God’s plan figure into this story?   The author Gilbert Morris answers these questions and more in his novel Unlikely Allies . Synopsis:   Mallory is excited for the next part of her life to begin.   She has grown up as a missionary kid.   Her choice of career is to a missionary to the Lapps in Norway.   Mallory’s work seems to be going well, until World War II reaches Norway.   She is conflicted about whether she should participate in the resistance or not?   Miles away in Germany another SS officer is having second thoughts.   Derek Gruber wants nothing to do with this war but to persue literature and writing, and a chance to be with his first love Rachel.   Derek gets news that absolutely devastates him which leads him down a grim path.   What will happen for both Derek and Mallory as the war progresses? My...