Called by the Author Himself

The Storyteller

Written by Kristie Self

Series: The Ladies of Roderick Glen, Book 6 of 6

Release Date: 06.10.25

Genre: Christian Historical Romance

5 Stars!

“Why did God give you the ability to create stories if He didn’t intend for you to use it?”—I stopped. I blinked. And then I just sat there, letting it settle like truth tends to do when it’s been waiting to be heard.

The Storyteller is a calling wrapped in fiction, threaded with the kind of faith that doesn’t just speak—it moves, wrestles, listens, repents, prays. This story carries the weight of what it means to live the life God has handed you—not the one you imagined, not the one you planned, but the one that requires trust when trust costs something.

Merry’s conflict? It’s not just hers. It belongs to every one of us who has ever second-guessed our gift because someone else didn’t understand it. Who has ever tucked away what God made us to do because we feared it looked too small or too strange or too ordinary.

And then there’s Micah—convicted, sincere, beautifully undone by the very truth he thought he already knew.

“Thank You for Your words of wisdom, Lord … And help me to apply them to my own life, as well.”

I’ve whispered that same prayer. Maybe you have too.

There is no spiritual sugarcoating here. The faith in this book is woven like linen—strong, breathable, made to last. It appears in the quiet shifts, the held tongues, the confessions, the resolve. It shows up in disappointment and in hope, in small conversation and big decisions. And it holds. Oh, how it holds.

The beauty of this story lives in its depth of faith lived out loud. These characters didn’t just learn a lesson and move on—they walked through it. Wrestled with it. Prayed their way through it. Their growth felt honest, costly, and holy.

And somewhere along the way, I realized I wasn’t just reading about transformation—I was feeling it stir in me, too. That quiet, deep-in-the-spirit kind of becoming.

Not because every thread was tied up in a tidy bow, but because the truth on these pages rang eternal.

God doesn't waste words. He doesn’t waste the gifts He’s placed in us. And when He asks us to tell the story He’s written—whether with our pen or with our life—we say yes. We say it with trembling hands if we have to, but we say it. Because when the Author of your soul entrusts you with a story, you don’t bury it. You live it. You speak it. You become the storyteller.

I preordered a copy of this book but also had the joy of reading a digital ARC generously shared by the author. I am not required to write a positive review nor paid to do so. I wasn’t required to write a review, and these words weren’t paid for—they’re simply the honest reflections of someone deeply grateful for a story that stirred something eternal.