Looking for a Sweet Read?

Have you ever read a book and just felt happy?

 Philip Gulley's Harmony series is an entire set of books that take you to a small town in Indiana and give you a glimpse into the lives of a Quaker minister, his family, his church family, and his town full of characters.

Philip Gulley is a talented writer, and a talented observer of human nature. He lets the character's quirks be quirky without being kitschy, and he likes them -- the people ring true as Middle America at its finest.

In Harmony novels there's no complicated plot to follow; the story takes you along in gentle steps as events take place, unfolding as life does, with the characters acting and reacting as real people. The books aren't preachy or overly religious, but the author writes about faith and works and the inner workings of a church family with honesty and love, leaving a peaceful feeling in the soul of his readers.

Pick up a Harmony novel and see if you feel transported back to a time and place where people felt comfortable sitting on their porches, doors are left unlocked, and the biggest problem of the day is how to get along with a crotchety old librarian who threatens to publish names in the local paper if your library books are overdue. (Hint: return the book when Miss Rudy is having her supper, between 5:00 and 5:30 each day.)