Death Be Not Proud by C. F. Dunn

 
Death Be Not Proud by C. F. Dunn

From Goodreads.com:
Following the vicious attack by a psychotic colleague, and reeling from the suspicion that Matthew Lynes is not all that he seems, Professor Emma D'Eresby flees her college teaching position in Maine to her hometown in England-- taking the mysterious seventeenth-century journal she stole from the college's archives with her.

Broken physically and emotionally, Emma drifts until, fearing for their daughter's sanity, her parents invite a family friend to assess her. In the course of their conversation, Emma discovers that he spoke to Matthew over thirty years before.

This finally spurs her into action and soon, when she finds what certainly must be a reference to Matthew in the journal, she begins to understand Matthew's profound secret.

But when Matthew arrives to confess his love for her, she must decide if she can trust him--and he must decide if he can share his extraordinary secret with her. Drawn by a deep connection that both feel but don't quite understand they find they must set aside their doubts and trust each other.

Readers will be thrilled by the second installment in The Secret of the Journal from British author C. F. Dunn. Mixing suspense, romance, and the supernatural, Death Be Not Proud explores the profound moral implications of a life seemingly invulnerable to time.

My Take: This is the second book in this series and although you can read this book without reading the first one I would suggest reading the first book so you would not feel like you need to catch up.  I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it if you like history books and mysteries as there is a mystery about Matthew.  Even though this is marketed as a Christian romance, I really didn't see much Christian about it.  And the whole Matthew mystery makes it hard to believe.  I would just suggest that this is a fantasy book and romance.  

I received a review copy of this book from Kregel in exchange for my honest review. 

Mortal Fire by C. F. Dunn

 
Mortal Fire by C. F. Dunn

From Good Reads.com:
First book in a new series from an author to watch Twenty-nine-year-old, independent, and self-assured Cambridge history professor Emma D'Eresby has one obsession in life: the curious journal of a seventeenth-century Englishman, a portion of which was left to her by her late grandfather.

When an unexpected opportunity to study the journal in its entirety presents itself, Emma finds herself leaving Cambridge to take up a year-long position at a prestigious university in Maine. Anticipating a quiet year of research, Emma quickly discovers her work impeded by a range of unforeseen complications. From the start, there is the well-intentioned matchmaking of her vivacious Russian colleague, Elena Smalova, and the unexpected jailing of one of her post-graduate students. More troublesome, however, are the unsolved, brutal night attacks on women near the university and Emma's suspicion that they might be linked to the sinister English professor, Kort Staahl. But, most diverting and disconcerting of all, is Emma's growing attraction to the strikingly handsome Dr. Matthew Lyons, whose kind but deliberately distant demeanor puzzles her.

Suspense and dread mount when Kort begins to take a persistent and unsettling interest in Emma. What are Kort's intentions, and what is he capable of? And the mystery surrounding Matthew only deepens when Emma discovers a link between him and the journal. What is Matthew trying to hide?

My Take:  What a great start to a series!!  I am looking forward to reading the next book already.  This is my type of book, edge of your seat suspense and edgy.  I like Emma's one mindedness of her interest in the journal.  Poor Emma she just wants to study the journal but things keep getting in the way.  This story if full of twists and turns that makes you wonder just exactly what will happen next.  
Ever since I received this book I felt myself draw to the book because of the cover.  It is really mysterious and just adds to the intrigue of the book. 
If you like suspenseful on the edge of your seat books this may be the book for you .
I received a review copy of this books in exchange for my honest opinion.